We are Electric Eel Shock! Who the f*ck are your? Is exactly how these punk bandits announced themselves in The High Stool Bar in Limerick many years ago, and little has changed in their operation since.
Formed out of Tokyo in 1994 ESS are still insanely brilliant, a sharp shock of Ramones, AC/DC and Black Sabbath, refusing to grow up and forever on a world tour in support of their self-funded albums.
Check out Go Europe! (2004) and Transworld Ultra Rock (2007)
Aki Morimoto (Guitar & Vocals), Kazuto Maekawa(Bass) and Tomoharu ‘Gian’ Ito (Drums) celebrated 21 years on the road last year and claim a strong connection with and support from their fans.
ESS are one of the first bands to use crowd funding. In 2004 they raised $10,000 from 100 fans (the Samurai 100) by offering them guest-list for life. Two years later they became the fastest band to raise the $50,000 budget through SellaBand. EES and their UK based manager Bob Slayer were consultants for the fledgling PledgeMusic and blazed a trail in establishing the viability of crowd funding in music today.
They have now launched their own crowd funding site Fan-Bo.com where fans of Japanese pop culture can support independent bands, artists and writers.
Electric Eel Shock are a band who’ve worked hard and party even harder. Expect fuzzy stoner rock riffs, addictive earworm hooks and one long sock!
Electric Eel Shock play Kasbah Social Club, Dolan’s this Friday November 18.
