Yeah Yeah Yeahs is an indie rock band from New York City. They are two boys, Nick Zinner and Brian Chase, and one girl, Karen O. Karen O is the singer. They started in the world of music in 2000. In 2009 a second guitarist, David Pajo, joined the band and replaced Imad Wasif. They have four albums, which are: Fever to Tell, the first, Show Your Bones, the second, It's Blitz!, the third, and the fourth, Mosquito. They play different genres of music: alternative rock, indie rock, art punk, dance punk and post punk revival. They were nominated to the Grammy Awards on 3 occasions: Fever to tell, Show your bones and It’s blitz!. And they have had 7 nominations to the MTV Awards for three of their works: Maps in 2004, Heads will roll in 2009 and Sacrilege in 2013.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
History
Karen Orzolek (Karen O) and Nicholas "Nick" Zinner formed the band in 2000 as a folk duo under the original name Unitard. After a first drummer left the band, Brian Chase joined the lineup. From their beginnings with acoustic guitar and vocals, the band, inspired by the avant-punk scene in Ohio, increasingly moved to electric guitars and eventually defined their style, which can best be described as indie rock, but is often also classified under art-punk and garage rock.
After supporting gigs for The Strokes and The White Stripes, the band released their first EP titled Yeah Yeah Yeahs in 2001. The EP is sometimes mistakenly called Master because of a necklace with the pendant Master adorning the cover photo. After further appearances with Sleater-Kinney, Liars and The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, the second EP Machine was released in 2002.
2003 finally saw the release of their first studio album entitled Fever to Tell on Interscope. The album was received very positively by the critics and was nominated for a Grammy in the category Best Alternative Music Album in 2004. According to the British newspaper The Guardian, Fever to Tell has sold more than one million copies.
From the second album Show Your Bones, which followed in autumn 2006, the band was supported by guitarist Imaad Wasif at live performances. The first single from the album was Gold Lion. 2007 saw the release of the EP Is Is.
The release of the third album It's Blitz!, scheduled for April 2009, was brought forward to March 10 after a leak of the album circulated on the internet as early as February. Since the tour for this album, David Pajo has replaced Imaad Wasif as second guitarist in live performances.
The fourth album, titled Mosquito, was released on April 16, 2013.
Discography
Albums
- 2003: Fever to Tell
- 2006: Show Your Bones
- 2009: It's Blitz!
- 2013: Mosquito
EPs
- 2001: Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- 2002: Machine
- 2006: Yeah Yeah Yeahs: iTunes Session EP
- 2007: Is Is
Singles
- 2002: Machine
- 2003: Pin
- 2003: Date with the Night
- 2004: Maps
- 2004: Y Control
- 2006: Gold Lion
- 2006: Turn Into
- 2006: Cheated Hearts
- 2007: Down Boy
- 2009: Zero
- 2009: Heads Will Roll
- 2013: Sacrilege
Video albums
- 2004: Tell Me What Rockers to Swallow