[2] Throughout the late 1990s, they played regularly at the Old Miami and Gold Dollar clubs in Detroit,[3] the center of a scene that also produced acts like the White Stripes.

[4] The band was originally composed of lead singer Dick Valentine (Tyler Spencer), drummer M. (Cory Martin), lead guitarist The Rock and Roll Indian (Anthony Selph), rhythm guitarist Surge Joebot (Joe Frezza), and bassist Disco (Steve Nawara, formerly of the Detroit Cobras).

High Voltage" and record the track "Dealin' in Death and Stealin' in the Name of the Lord" with Troy Gregory for his Sybil album.

[10] Although this was presented as fact in multiple sources,[10][11][12] Electric Six guitarist Surge told an interviewer who asked about the singer's identity, "It's a fan.

[15] The band's 2003 debut Fire (also produced and mixed by Damien Mendis and Stuart Bradbury) earned the group significant critical success, landing the "Danger!

The song was reportedly inspired by a raucous night out in Detroit's gay club scene with former Crazy Town member Brandon Calabro.

The Rock and Roll Indian, Surge Joebot and Disco all left the band after finishing the recording of Fire in June 2003, leaving Dick Valentine, M, and Tait Nucleus?

[22] The controversial music video showed lead singer Dick Valentine portraying the ghost of late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury and performing with a backing band of poodles.

[24] Valentine addressed the controversy and said, "Some have claimed this video portrays me dancing on Freddie Mercury's grave, but that wasn't the idea.

(Keith Thompson, member of Johnny Headband) joined the band, replacing John R. Dequindre on the bass, who reportedly wished to spend more time on his other musical projects.

A 30 track album of demos and previously unreleased material titled Sexy Trash was released and made available at those shows.

In May 2009, Metropolis records released "Covered in Gas" by Evil Cowards, a project by Valentine and Fall On Your Sword's William Bates.

Dick Valentine told the audience at Johnny Brenda's in Philadelphia on April 30, 2009 that the new fall release would be titled "Jared Styles";[citation needed] however the final name for the album simply became KILL.

A music video for first track on the album, "Body Shot", has been released on the internet, and is featured on the upcoming soundtrack of Michael Benveniste's "Tedd Can Chronicles".

[citation needed] On February 14, 2010, Dick Valentine announced via the Electric Six website that the band is in the process of recording their 7th studio album.

[27] On April 30, 2010, Dick Valentine confirmed at a concert at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana that the seventh album would be a twelve-track compilation titled Zodiac.

[28] On January 30, 2012, the band announced via their website and Facebook that they were going to release a live album, titled Absolute Pleasure, in late 2012.

"[30] A live DVD of Fire was also going to be filmed at the Shepherd's Bush Empire in London on December 15; however, these plans were cancelled[31] and later revisited as the band's 2013 Absolute Treasure Kickstarter project.

On January 22, 2014, the Electric Six Facebook page posted "Hey Crazies...work has commenced on studio album # 2,143...or 10, depending upon how you're keeping score.

by Kiss, "Everywhere" by Fleetwood Mac, "Easy Lover" by Phil Collins and Phillip Bailey, "Turn Me Loose" by Loverboy and "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" by David Bowie.

[42] Disc 2, Memories, served as a sequel to Sexy Trash, offering another selection of rarities, demos and B-sides from the band's back-catalogue.

A few weeks later, he surfaced as the new drummer for Celtic punk band Flogging Molly under his real name, Mike Alonso.

On July 29, 2016, the band announced its twelfth studio album, Fresh Blood for Tired Vampyres, which was released on October 7, 2016.

In November, the band launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund production of a double album titled A Very Electric SiXmas and Chill Out!

[53][clarification needed] Critics have termed their lyrics "disaffected, angry, ironic, and lustful",[54] expressing "macho flippancy" and "tongue-in-cheek pomposity".

[3] Commenting on their usual lyrical material while promoting the band's album Switzerland, frontman Dick Valentine said, "For the first time, none of the songs have the word 'dance' or variation of 'dance' in the title.

"[57] Valentine cited Freddie Mercury, Talking Heads, Falco, Devo,[58] and Captain Beefheart as his musical influences, as well as Black Sabbath, Queen, and KISS for the rest of the group.