Electric Eels - Die Electric Eels LP CD's The skittish "Police State" stands

The skittish "Police State" stands toe-to-toe with the art-punk flag-bearers in the North (Gang of Four

The Mirror (1975) and Stalker (1979)

) to create a singular sound that Julian Cope called "a huge beating heart

Bathed in late night psychedelia and the looping repetition of a drone sample

Sun Ra with Pharoah Sanders & Black Harold by Sun Ra & His Arkestra

Electric Eels - Die Electric Eels LP CD's The skittish "Police State" standsCleveland's electric eels (all lower case in homage to poet e. e. cummings) is America's quintessential proto punk band. Formed in 1972 by singer Dave E. McManus and guitarists John Morton and Brian McMahon, the group enlisted drummer Nick Knox (later of The Cramps) and producer Paul Marotta to record a flurry of catchy and genuinely fucked up tunes. After only five legendary live performances complete with Dave E. in black leather jacket covered in