Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yeah Yeah Yeahs in 2002. L–R: Brian Chase, Karen O, Nick Zinner
Yeah Yeah Yeahs in 2002. L–R: Brian Chase, Karen O, Nick Zinner
Background information
OriginNew York City, U.S.
Genres
WorksDiscography
Years active
  • 2000–2014
  • 2017–present
Labels
AwardsFull list
Members
Websiteyeahyeahyeahs.com

Yeah Yeah Yeahs are an American indie rock band formed in New York City in 2000 by Karen O (vocals), Nick Zinner (guitars, keyboards), and Brian Chase (drums, percussion). They were key artists of the 2000s garage rock and post-punk movements, noted for their energetic performances, emotive lyrics, and musical reinventions. They do not have a bassist but are supported by Imaad Wasif during live shows.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs began recording in 2001, releasing two EPs and one single. They found commercial success with their debut album, Fever to Tell (2003). It produced the single "Maps", which became the band's signature song. They issued a second album, Show Your Bones (2006), and shifted to dance-punk with their third, It's Blitz! (2009); both records received positive reviews and produced the singles "Gold Lion", "Zero", and "Heads Will Roll". Their fourth album, Mosquito (2013), became their highest-charting record in the United States but did not match the reception of its predecessors. The group went on a hiatus the following year and returned in 2017. Their fifth and most recent album, Cool It Down (2022), was released to critical acclaim. It produced the digital hit "Spitting Off the Edge of the World".

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have received several accolades, including nominations for five Grammy Awards, the Shortlist Music Prize, and seven MTV Video Music Awards. Rolling Stone included Fever to Tell on their list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" and "Maps" on their "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

History

Formation and Fever to Tell (2000–2003)

In 2000, singer/songwriter Karen Orzolek—henceforth known as Karen O—and guitarist Nick Zinner, founded the acoustic duo Unitard. Later that year, they changed their name to Yeah Yeah Yeahs, adopted from a New York City vernacular expression,[1][2] and shifted to a "trashy, punky, [and] grimy" sound inspired by their observations of the contemporary Ohio music scene.[2][3] In 2001, the band was invited to open for the White Stripes at the Mercury Lounge in Manhattan.[4] As Karen O did not want to use a drum machine live, she enlisted drummer Brian Chase.[5]

In late 2001, Yeah Yeah Yeahs collaborated with Boss Hog's Jerry Teel to record and self-release their debut EP, Yeah Yeah Yeahs.[6] The record did not earn much attention upon release but gained a cult following when it was reissued in 2002 by Touch and Go Records in the United States and Wichita Recordings in the United Kingdom.[6][7] It topped the UK Indie Chart and, according to Nielsen SoundScan, has sold over 71,000 copies.[8][9] Reviews of Yeah Yeah Yeahs were generally favorable, and NME ranked it the second best single of 2002.[10]

Karen O, Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman, performing in 2002

By the end of 2002, Yeah Yeah Yeahs's first record and live shows garnered them international recognition.[11] The band received offers from major record labels to finance and produce their debut album, Fever to Tell, but rejected them, as they felt it would compromise their creative control.[12] They funded the album themselves and hired the then-unknown Dave Sitek (TV on the Radio) as a co-producer, his first of several collaborations with the band.[13] They recorded the album at the local Headgear Studio in early 2002 and compiled unused material into Machine, their second EP, for promotion.[14][9] Yeah Yeah Yeahs subsequently signed to Interscope Records at the insistence of Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth, which allowed them to maintain creative control.[15]

Fever to Tell was released in May 2003 and sold more than one million copies worldwide by 2009.[16][17][18] The album propelled the band to international stardom,[19] being hailed as the best release of 2003 by writers of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die and by publications like The New York Times.[20][21] It reached number 55 on the US Billboard 200 and number thirteen on the UK Albums Chart,[17][22] and it was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album and the Shortlist Music Prize.[23][24] Considered an essential work of the 2000s garage rock and post-punk revivals, NME rated it the fifth-best album of the decade, writing: "When they first arrived in Britain a year ago, it seemed likely they'd make a debut album fixated on the simple art of fucking. Instead, 'Fever to Tell' is more complicated: seeking to explain love, sex and the remarkable, brittle, sometimes disturbing connections between the two."[25] Four singles were released from the album: "Date with the Night", "Pin", "Maps", and "Y Control"; the first three reached the top 30 of the UK singles chart.[17] "Maps" is considered the band's signature song and was unanimously acclaimed, peaking at number 87 on the Billboard Hot 100 and tripling the sales of Fever to Tell.[14][22] The song's music video was played extensively on MTV, and it got nominated for four MTV Video Music Awards.[26][27]

Show Your Bones (2004–2006)

In October 2004, Yeah Yeah Yeahs released their first DVD, Tell Me What Rockers to Swallow,[28] which includes a concert filmed at the Fillmore in San Francisco, all of the band's music videos to date, and various interviews.[29] Heather Phares from AllMusic called the release "impressive enough in its own right" and "remarkably complete", despite the band's small catalog to that point.[30] In early 2005, Yeah Yeah Yeahs began work on their second album, Show Your Bones, with the goal of reinventing their sound and not creating "Fever to Tell part 2".[31] Sitek returned to co-produce the album with the band and Sam Spiegel, better known as Squeak E. Clean.[32] The band faced various problems during production, including once scrapping and restarting the project,[31] and tensions rising amongst the members due to the pressure.[33][34] Karen O explained:

We just scared the shit out of each other, it was a dark and scary realm that we were going into – not that the music was dark and scary it was just totally different. It was a difficult act to pull off but we did, we got through it and we're feeling pretty good about it now.[34]

Yeah Yeah Yeahs performing at Coachella in 2006

Show Your Bones was officially announced in January 2006 and described as "what happens when you put your finger in a light socket".[35] It was released worldwide in March 2006[36] and became Yeah Yeah Yeahs's highest entry in the United Kingdom, at number seven.[17] The album sold 269,000 copies in the United States[37] and received positive reviews, with publications like Alternative Press and The Village Voice stating the band had successfully avoided a sophomore slump;[38][39] some believed the band's tension showed in the music.[40] NME ranked it as the second-best album of 2006 and the 32nd best of the decade.[25][41] It also earned the band their second nomination for the Best Alternative Music Album Grammy.[42] Three singles were released from the album: "Gold Lion", "Turn Into", and "Cheated Hearts". The first of these peaked at number 88 on the Billboard Hot 100,[22] and the last placed second on Time magazine's "Top 10 Everything" list in 2006.[40]

Yeah Yeah Yeahs began working with other artists in 2006 to curate All Tomorrow's Parties, a now-defunct UK organization that promoted independent music through their festivals.[43] As major contributors to the festival, the band were included in the 2009 documentary of the same name.[44] Also in 2006, they released a live EP exclusive to iTunes.[45]

It's Blitz! (2007–2009)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs announced their fourth EP, Is Is, in June 2007. It is composed of songs written between the production of Fever to Tell and Show Your Bones and was produced by Nick Launay.[46] In a statement on their website, the band wrote: "Summer nights are made for this shit. This shit IS IS made for summer nights."[46] It was released in July 2007 to positive reviews and chart success, entering the US Billboard 200 at no. 72.[22] The EP was highly praised by writers at NME and Pitchfork, both of whom stated that it was the band's most accessible work.[47][48] One single was released from the EP, "Down Boy", which was ranked by Rolling Stone as the 61st best song of the year.[49]

Yeah Yeah Yeahs performing at Glastonbury in 2009

In 2008, Yeah Yeah Yeahs began working on their third album, It's Blitz!.[50] They wrote all the material during production, in contrast with the sessions for their first two albums. Launay, who returned as a co-producer with Sitek, remarked that he had not seen a band do so since 1979.[50] The band reinvented themselves once more by shifting to dance-punk and pop rock music, making heavy use of an ARP synthesizer Zinner brought on a whim to one of five studios It's Blitz was recorded at;[51] several breaks were taken during production, to "get inspired".[50] The album was slated for release in April 2009, but an internet leak of the material occurred in February, much to the band's dismay.[52]

It's Blitz was ultimately released worldwide in March 2009[53] and outsold Show Your Bones, with shipped units of 278,000 in the United States.[54] It received gold certifications in Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom—their most highly certified album to date.[55][56][57] It was acclaimed by critics, with publications like AllMusic, Blender, and The New York Times lauding the band's new musical direction.[58][59][60] In addition to the band receiving their third nomination for the Best Alternative Music Album Grammy,[61] It's Blitz! was named the second-best album of 2009 by Spin and third-best by NME.[62][63] The record spawned three singles: "Zero", "Heads Will Roll", and "Skeletons", which garnered strong reviews and sales. "Zero" was ranked as the best song of the year by the aforementioned publications,[64][65] while "Heads Will Roll" became the band's best-selling single to date, going double platinum in the United Kingdom.[17] The song's music video was nominated for the MTV Video Music Award for Breakthrough Video.[66] A remix by Canadian artist A-Trak, which further heightened the song's popularity, was placed on Rolling Stone's list of "The 200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time".[67]

Mosquito (2010–2013)

On December 9, 2011, Karen O reported to NME that she had been working on new music with the band, hinting a new album was possibly in the making.[68] On January 14, 2013, Yeah Yeah Yeahs announced that the new record would be titled Mosquito; it was released in April of the same year.[69] It features production by Dave Sitek, Nick Launay, and LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy.[70] The first single, "Sacrilege", came out in February 2013.[71] "Despair" was issued as the second single, in July.[72]

Hiatus and subsequent activity (2014–2021)

In December 2014, the band went on hiatus.[73] They briefly reunited in 2016 in a performance for a Mick Rock documentary, where they covered songs by David Bowie and Lou Reed. They were accompanied by Money Mark and Jaleel Bunton of TV on the Radio.[74]

On June 20, 2017, Yeah Yeah Yeahs announced that they would be headlining the Austin Sound on Sound festival on November 10, adding: "Watch for more news coming soon".[75] The festival was subsequently cancelled.[76] Yeah Yeah Yeahs released a deluxe remastering of their debut album on October 20, 2017, through Interscope / UMe. It features previously unreleased demos, B-sides, and other rarities from the era.[77]

To celebrate the reissue, they performed a small series of shows in October and November at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, the Fox Oakland Theatre in Oakland, and Kings Theatre in Brooklyn. On May 26, 2018, they played at All Points East in London.[78]

Cool It Down (2022–present)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs performing at Brixton Academy, London, in 2022

In June 2022, the band announced that they would be releasing the album Cool It Down through Secretly Canadian on September 30, making it their first record in nine years.[79] They issued the first single, "Spitting Off the Edge of the World", featuring Perfume Genius, on June 1.[80] On September 29, the band performed their second single, "Burning", on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, as part of the show's weeklong residency at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.[81][82]

In 2025, they embarked on the Hidden in Pieces tour, performing acoustic versions of their songs, backed by a string section and piano.[83]

Artistry

Music

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have been known for their musical reinventions, with Karen O explaining that "We still have to grab people by the collar ... We put out a record every three years now; we could easily be forgotten. If you look at a lot of our peers that we came up with, a lot of them have disappeared."[84] The band began their career as an indie rock outfit with a garage rock, garage punk, art punk, art rock, and post-punk sound.[85][86] They were described during this period as "an art-rock trio who made an edgy post-punk, dancefloor-friendly racket that mixed up Blondie, Pretenders, and Siouxsie and the Banshees".[87][88] They then shifted to acoustic and dance-punk music in the late 2000s.[58]

The band's early inspirations include musicians like PJ Harvey, Neil Young, and John Zorn, and bands such as Sonic Youth, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Neutral Milk Hotel, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Van Halen, Grateful Dead,[12][89] Blondie, Ramones, Jonathan Fire*Eater, Make-Up, Blonde Redhead, the Greenhornes, Flux Information Sciences, the Locust, ESG, the Slits, Public Image Ltd, the Birthday Party, and Liars.[90] They do not have a bass player but have been supported by Imaad Wasif since 2006;[91] David Pajo briefly played with the band during their It's Blitz! era.[92][93]

Live performances

A driving factor behind the band's image and success are their energetic live performances.[12][94] In their early years, Yeah Yeah Yeahs had a reputation as "three otherwise-shy people" who transformed onstage.[95] By the mid-2000s, they became known for their exciting shows, highlighted by Karen O's unpredictable stage antics.[94] Though famous for this, the singer has described her behavior as "self-destructive", having previously injured herself.[96][97]

Legacy

Yeah Yeah Yeahs were key figures of the 2000s garage rock and post-punk revivals,[98][99] standing at the forefront of the New York music scene.[2][100] Rolling Stone described them as "the best thing to happen to punk rock".[101] Journalist Mark Beaumont noted their status as "youth-culture icons" and called them "marvellously [sic] photogenic and quotable".[102] The Atlantic dubbed them "the band that invented millennials".[103] Beaumont later wrote that they "captured the crosstown rush and post-punk cool of NYC even better than the Strokes."[104] American Songwriter wrote that they "welcomed the new millennium by forming what would become one of the most famous indie rock bands of all time".[2] They have inspired acts like Grimes,[105] Japanese Breakfast,[106] and the Linda Lindas.[107]

Fever to Tell is considered a seminal work of the 2000s rock movements, while "Maps" and "Heads Will Roll" are two of the band's most enduring tracks, having been covered or remixed multiple times.[108][67] The Guardian ranked Fever to Tell at number 38 on their "100 Best Albums of the 21st Century" list in 2019.[109] Rolling Stone ranked Fever to Tell at number 377 on their "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list in 2020,[110] and "Maps" at number 101 on their "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list in 2021[111] and number two on their "250 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century So Far" list in 2025.[112] The same publication included Karen O on its "200 Greatest Singers of All Time" list at 184 and Zinner on its "250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" list at number 211, both in 2023.[113][114]

Band members

Discography

Main article: Yeah Yeah Yeahs discography

Studio albums

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have received numerous accolades, including nominations for five Grammy Awards and the Shortlist Music Prize.[115][24] Rolling Stone placed Fever to Tell on its 2020 list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time", at 377, and "Maps" on its 2021 list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time", at 101;[116] they also added "Maps" second on its 2025 list of the "250 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century".[117][118]

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