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New York City, New York, USA (2000 – present)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs are an indie rock band formed in New York City, New York, USA in the late summer of 2000 by Karen O, born Karen Lee Orzolek (vocals), Nick Zinner (guitar, keyboards) and Brian Chase (drums). Their music melds genres ranging from new wave to art punk and garage rock using heavy guitars, synthetic sounds, and screaming, erotic, bluesy vocals. Karen O is known for her energetic, animated stage presence, complemented by her outrageously colorful costumes.
The band have recorded three studio albums (“Fever To Tell,” “Show Your Bones,” “It’s Blitz!”), as well as three EPs (“Yeah Yeah Yeahs” EP, “Machine” EP and the “Is Is EP”).
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 band 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, Yeah Yeah Yeahs 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.
The band have recorded three studio albums (“Fever To Tell,” “Show Your Bones,” “It’s Blitz!”), as well as three EPs (“Yeah Yeah Yeahs” EP, “Machine” EP and the “Is Is EP”).
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 band 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, Yeah Yeah Yeahs 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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It's Blitz!
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Fever To Tell
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Is Is EP
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Expressionblank wrote:
Y CONTROL ♥
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vastige_sym wrote:
MIles Away ♥
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ROBOBOOGIE wrote:
oh dear, someone compared them to flo & the machine?! hahahaha
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hubixxx wrote:
I don't get it! How Florance + the machine can be compared to YYY?
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hubixxx wrote:
Karen!
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romuloantonio wrote:
wait, they don't love you like i love you...
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GlassOni0n wrote:
COME TO RUSSIA!
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Ccgreen14 wrote:
MilES AWAY!!!!
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kitnetty wrote:
Maps <3
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isis <3
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softshock ♥
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Phenomena ♥
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Black tongue ♥
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kulpdogg wrote:
if anyone can help me obtain "Heads Will Roll (Weird Tapes Version)" PLEASE send me a message! <3 Please!
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kaftoskaitsiou wrote:
fever to tell <3
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diegostrehl wrote:
♥
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ZetaJack wrote:
Their EP IsIs is.... wonderfull **
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Atreyu-One wrote:
MASSA de mais!!!!!
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glenn_hwj wrote:
I love all their stuff, each album is different really. I can't wait to see what they do with their next album!
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annisatadiyana wrote:
she's a killer queen
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