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Discovered in the wake of the Strokes' popularity and the subsequent garage rock revival, New York's art punk trio the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are comprised of singer Karen O, guitarist Nicolas Zinner, and drummer Brian Chase. O met Chase at Ohio's Oberlin College and met Zinner through friends after she transferred to NYU. Zinner and O formed the band in 2000; originally, they were a folky duo called Unitard, but they went electric after being inspired by Ohio's legendary avant punk scene. After the drummer they recruited initially bowed out, Chase joined the lineup.

The 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 yet sexy take on garage punk. In late 2001, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs released their self-titled debut EP, which they recorded with Boss Hog's Jerry Teel, on their own Shifty label. Early the next year the band stepped into the international spotlight, appearing at South by Southwest, touring the U.S. with Girls Against Boys and Europe with Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, and headlining their own U.K. tour. Wichita Recordings distributed the group's EP in the U.K. and Touch and Go reissued it in the States.

In between tours, the group spent 2002 putting the finishing touches on its full-length debut and playing American dates with Sleater-Kinney, Liars, and Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Late that year, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs released the Machine EP to tide fans over before their first full-length. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs moved to Interscope for their debut album, 2003's Fever to Tell. Boasting a cleaner sound and more eclectic songwriting than their EPs, the album continued their critical acclaim and also won them a fair amount of commercial success: the gorgeous ballad "Maps" became a hit in 2004 and pushed Fever to Tell to gold status that year. Karen O also moved to Los Angeles in 2004, making the Yeah Yeah Yeahs a bicoastal band.

The group took some time to pursue individual projects in 2005. O loaned her vocals to "Hello Tomorrow," a collaboration with producer Squeak E. Clean that provided the soundtrack to a Nike shoe commercial directed by Spike Jonze, while Zinner recorded with the side project Head Wound City and also had a book of photographs, I Hope You Are All Happy Now, published. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs reconvened in the studio that year to record their second album with Clean as producer; jokingly, Clean said that the album was about O's cat and would be called Coco Beware, but the album's real title, Show Your Bones, was revealed soon after. Released in spring 2006, the album was the band's most mature, polished work yet, and reached number 11 on the album charts. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs spent the rest of the year touring in support of the album, and returned in summer 2007 with the Is Is EP, a collection of newly recorded versions of songs written in between the band's two albums. ~ Heather Phares, All Music GuideMore

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs
IT'S BLITZ! Digital OUT NOW...Physical March 31st. Worldwide April 6th. check out the first single "...
Songs: 7, Videos: 10, Playlists: 2, Blog Posts: 8, Polls: 0, Battles: 0

Most Popular Music Videos (15)

Cheated Hearts
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Heads Will Roll
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Y Control
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Gold Lion
(Duration: 3:04)
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Maps
(Duration: 5:49)
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Zero
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Fan Comments

Oct 12th, 2:46am
Anyone in here heard of or listen to the Gossip? I am currently obsessed with their new album. Music For Men. "Heavy Cross" is such an incredible song!
Oct 11th, 3:43am
I wish they had Karen O's "Hello Tomorrow" on here, it's a really good song.
Aug 27th, 8:13pm
U should listen to Karen O's other side project
Jul 14th, 2:07am
I remember watching their " Maps " video back in 2003 every morning...good times
May 27th, 10:01pm
are amazing!
karen I love u >
May 22nd, 3:21am
you guys rock and keep on rocking
Mar 4th, 12:39pm Last edited Mar 10th, 11:08am.
hi friends,