Yeah Yeah Yeahs [EP]

Performer: Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Engineer: Jerry Teel
Distributor: Alternative Dis. Alliance

Notes: Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Karen O (vocals); Nick Zinner (guitar); Brian Chase (drums). Recorded at The Funhouse, New York, New York. Personnel: Karen O (vocals); Nicolas Zinner (guitar); Brian Chase (drums). Recording information: Funhouse, New York, NY. Karen O makes an entrance worthy of Warhol or Lee Van Cleef on her Yeah Yeah Yeahs debut EP, introducing herself on "Bang" with an unmistakably sexual growl, a rock-&-roll hunger somewhere between Mick Jagger and Jon Spencer. It's the sort of game-changing bravado that cannot be ignored. And when she primally screams about sex and desperation and madness over sonic blasts of noise and melody that conjure up second wave punk and new wave and early hardcore, often on the same song, it's exciting, almost stunning; it's clearly one of the more important EPs of its era.

Rolling Stone (8/8/02, p.78) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...A punk-rock dream come true...you should get a jolt out of every song....It's a truly inspirational sound, as well as a headache-inducing racket..." Spin (1/03, p.72) - Ranked #28 on Spin's list of 2002's "Albums of the Year" - "...Drums whip-crack, surf-punk guitars claw your back like chipped nails, and vocalist/train wreck Karen O. howls like a cat in heat on a hot Brooklyn roof." CMJ (7/8/02, p.12) - "...The YYY's are New York City's answer to self-indulgence. This EP will spoil and tease you hard."

Musically minimalistic and visually outrageous, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs were at the center of the revival of post-punk and garage rock that made New York City a rock & roll hotspot again in the early 2000s. After the success of the Strokes, the trio (led by neo-punk pinup girl Karen O) were the next band hotly tipped to break through. While their 2003 debut FEVER TO TELL didn't make them rich, it did make them major players on the international scene. Like the White Stripes and the Gossip, they have no bassist, instead relying on angular guitar riffs, primal drums, and Ms. O's lupine howl to get their punk's-not-dead message across.

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