A Band Called Yeah Yeah Yeahs Trivia Quiz

Answer: Orzolek

Karen was born is Busan, South Korea in 1978 and her full name was Karen Lee Orzolek. Her mother was South Korean. The family moved to the USA and Karen grew up in New Jersey. Apart from vocals she also played piano.

Answer: Nick

Nicholas Joseph Zinner was born in 1974 in Sharon, Massachusetts. He studied photography at Bard College and has released a number of collections of his work. Apart from playing with the group he was involved with other musical projects and has contributed to albums such as "Digital Ash in a Digital Urn".

Answer: Chase

Brian Chase was born in Long Island, New York in 1978. His first band was called The Seconds and he drummed for them during his college days. Apart from playing with the band he also performed with other musicians.

Answer: Fever to Tell

Their debut album was released on the Interscope label in April 2003 and was produced by the band and Dave Sitek.
Before releasing their first studio album the Yeah Yeah Yeahs released an eponymous EP in 2001 followed by the EP "Machine" in 2002.

Answer: Maps

"Maps" reached number nine in Billboard's Hot Modern Rock Tracks and helped enormously the sales of the album. Before the release of "Maps" they had released two other tracks as singles, "Date with the Night" and "Pins" without much success.
The other three songs were released by the Loving Spoonful.

Answer: Show Your Bones

The album was released in March 2006 again on the Interscope label. This time two more people appeared in the list of producers. They were Squeak E. Clean and David Andrew. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2007 in the category Best Alternative Music Album.
The other three options were albums by Fleetwood Mac.

Answer: Gold Lion

"Gold Lion" was released on March 21, 2006 and gave the band their second successful single. Its best chart position was 14 on the Modern Rock charts and reached number 18 on the Official UK Charts. The song was written by the band.

Answer: It's Blitz!

"It's Blitz!" was released in March 2009 on the same label as the previous two. David Launay and Andrew Sitek produced the album. The album was acclaimed by various music critics.
The cover of the album showed a hand squeezing a raw egg! The artwork was by Karen O.

Answer: Zero

Although "Zero" was called by some music publications as the best track of 2009, it didn't achieve the success of previous singles by the band.
The cover of the single showed an open mouth with an eyeball in it!

Answer: Mosquito

"Mosquito" was released on April 12, 2013. All the songs on the album were written by the band. On the production side Sitek and Launay produced all the tracks with the exception of "Buried Alive" which was produced by James Murphy and Sam Spiegel.
Once again the work of the band was acclaimed by the critics but this time it became the band's most successful, reaching number five in Billboard 200.
The album's cover showed a screaming baby being attacked by a giant mosquito.
Mosquitoes are the number one human killer with numbers reaching almost one million per year.