 The band has earned some attention due to many of their songs being featured in the soundtracks of Gary Hustwit's design documentaries "Helvetica", "Objectified", and "Urbanized".The name El Ten Eleven is derived from the name of an airliner, the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar.Bassist and composer Kristian Dunn and drummer Tim Fogarty formed El Ten Eleven in 2002 while living in the Silver Lake community of Los Angeles.