After a show at Death By Audio earlier this month, Japan’s Electric Eel Shock are returning from a trek down to SXSW with Peelander-Z. Their first trek in the US in six years is almost complete, but ...

[Electric Eel Shock are a trio that practices in] …crazy Japanese metal. These three guys make Boris look like a chamber quartet. They hit the stage to Iron Man with the singer/guitarist leading the ...

America is a little behind Japan in terms of high-tech gadgets, automobiles, video games and, heck, even karaoke bars. Then again, we’re leading the garage-rock scene, which native Tokyo garage trio ...

Most of us have probably used a 9-volt battery. They power small household items such as clocks, smoke detectors, and toys. Now think about what you could power with 860 volts. It’s 95 times the ...

Forget Hooked on Phonics; Japanese rock trio Electric Eel Shock claims to have learned English by listening to Black Sabbath and Judas Priest. Song titles like “I Love Fish but Fish Hate Me” and ...

The electric eel is the closest thing nature’s got to a living, breathing battery. Running up to eight feet in length, these serpentine swimmers (which actually aren’t true eels, but a type of ...

The hot-rod rock ‘n’ roll stalwarts at Gearhead Records have been indulging in two habits of late: snatching up Japanese bands (Gitogito Hustler, Electric Eel Shock) and laying down big air mattresses ...