Eleven (band)

Eleven
Left to right: Jack Irons, Natasha Shneider, Alain Johannes.
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, California, USA
Genres	Alternative rock, grunge, hard rock
Years active	1990–2007
Labels	Morgan Creek,Third Rail, A&M
Associated acts	Queens of the Stone Age, What Is This?, Walk the Moon, The Desert Sessions, Chris Cornell Band, Spinnerette, Red Hot Chili Peppers
Website	www.elevenworld.com
Past members	Alain Johannes Jack Irons Natasha Shneider Matt Cameron Greg Upchurch Rick Markmann

Eleven was a alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1990 by Alain Johannes (vocals, guitar, sitar, horns), Natasha Shneider (vocals, keyboards, bass), and Jack Irons (drums).

Eleven's early history is intertwined with that of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. As teenagers Irons and Johannes formed the band Anthym with Flea and Hillel Slovak; this band was soon to be renamed What Is This?. The members of What Is This? then joined with Anthony Kiedis to form the Red Hot Chili Peppers, but Slovak and Irons also continued to record with Johannes, and What Is This? released the EP Squeezed with Chris Hutchinson playing bass. After the recording of the self-titled second What Is This? album, Slovak and Irons discontinued the band to concentrate full-time on the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Johannes and Shneider met and formed the duo Walk The Moon, which featured Jack Irons and Chris Hutchinson on several tracks. When Irons later left The Red Hot Chili Peppers he teamed up with his former bandmate Johannes and his new partner to form Eleven.

Midway through the recording of Eleven's third album, Thunk, Irons departed again to drum with Pearl Jam, and Matt Cameron played drums on the album's remaining four tracks. Irons was replaced by Greg Upchurch for their fourth album, Avantegardedog, but returned to the band once again prior to the recording of their fifth album, Howling Book. Rick Markmann played bass for Eleven on stage, though he did not feature on any of their albums.

Eleven have toured with Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Queens of the Stone Age and Candlebox, and Johannes and Shneider have also become a sought-after production team working on albums such as Chris Cornell's Euphoria Morning (on which they also wrote, performed and toured), No Doubt's Return of Saturn, Steadman's Revive, and The Desert Sessions 7&8 and 9&10 with Josh Homme. Most of the recording takes place at 11AD, their home studio - Howling Book was self-produced, recorded and mixed in its entirety at 11AD.