Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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New York City, New York, USA (2000 – present)
Karen O and Brian Chase first met as students at Oberlin College in Ohio in the late 90s, where Chase was a jazz student at the conservatory. Karen then transferred to New York University, and while in New York met Zinner in a local bar, where they formed an “instant connection”. During this time they also shared a loft in Manhattan with future members of the band Metric.
The two formed an acoustic duo called Unitard, but they went electric after being inspired by Ohio’s avant-punk scene. After the drummer they recruited initially bowed out, Chase joined the line-up and decided to form a punk band similar to the “trashy, punky, grimy” art student groups that Karen had left behind in Ohio. The newly band named Yeah Yeah Yeahs wrote a slew of songs at their first rehearsal and soon wound up supporting The Strokes and The White Stripes, earning a significant buzz for their arty and garage punk scene.
In 9 July 2001, the band released their debut EP Yeah Yeah Yeahs, which they recorded with Boss Hog’s Jerry Teel, on their own Shifty label. In 5 November 2002, they released the second EP entitled Machine on Touch and Go label.
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alin1 There are also other great female-fronted rock bands that are active these days: Garbage, Metric, Guano Apes, The Joy Formidable, The Kills, Lacuna Coil, The Cranberries, The Cardigans, Republica, The Sounds, and Shiny Toy Guns (they have a male and a female vocalists and they're not quite rock, but still).
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countinfive these days?.... yyy's have been around for years? so have many other female fronted bands that are somewhat popular rilo kiley (broken up but still), metric....
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Fans of YYYs "It's Blitz!", you might be interested by the new Garbage album "Not Your Kind of People".
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Gustavo-zz I love YYY's, but I also love Paramore. Sorry people! '-' HAHAHAH
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Rawrrrrr_ It's so great to hear a female-fronted rock band that isn't fucking Paramore these days, thank you people for not only not sucking, but being quite awesome. [3]
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luke_cosmonaut fucking amazing band!
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martykazoo It's so great to hear a female-fronted rock band that isn't fucking Paramore these days, thank you people for not only not sucking, but being quite awesome. [3]
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Argentina & Chile
16 Mar 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/yeahyeahyeahs
- Argentina & Chile 16 Mar 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/yeahyeahyeahs
- Spank You Very Much 10 YYYears Anniversary Show 20 Sep 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/yeahyeahyeahs
- Spank You Very Much 10 YYYears Anniversary Show 20 Sep 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/yeahyeahyeahs
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