# Yeah Yeah Yeahs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 28, 2012, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-yeah-yeahs/620216 "2012-04-28T07:30:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-yeah-yeahs/620216/1 "2012-04-28T07:30:31Z")
Why the hell haven’t I heard them on the radio? I just listened to their album It’s Blitz, and have to say I loved it! “Hey radio, wanna know why you’re dying? Because you suck!” ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-yeah-yeahs/620216/2 "2012-04-28T12:29:45Z")
If you like them, try Grand Ole Party. They’re a defunct band whose lead singer – Kristin Gundred, AKA Dee Dee of Dum Dum Girls – reminds me a lot of Karen O. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-yeah-yeahs/620216/3 "2012-04-28T15:15:51Z")
^thanks, I will! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-yeah-yeahs/620216/4 "2012-04-28T16:10:30Z")
> [@sparky\_1](#): > > Why the hell haven’t I heard them on the radio? > > I just listened to their album It’s Blitz, and have to say I loved it! > > “Hey radio, wanna know why you’re dying? Because you suck!” “Maps” from their 2003 album from their album _Fever to Tell_ got some radio airplay. (It’s also on one of those Guitar Hero/Rock Band games.) I saw them at a show in 2004, and they were just fantastic live. Karen O has great stage presence, Nicolas Zinner fills the sonic space with his guitar work, and Brian Chase is a solid drummer with a style that has the power of rock with a bit of jazz swing to it. However, the album _It’s Blitz_ is quite a departure from the art-rock/garage-rock sound of “Fever to Tell.” Still, I’d recommend you to check out _Fever to Tell_ when you get a chance. It’s one of my favorite early 2000s albums. ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-yeah-yeahs/620216/5 "2012-04-28T17:14:20Z")
They get infrequent radio play on KROQ here in Los Angeles. My favorite song of theirs is “Maps.” (I used it to seed one of my Pandora channels, so now I can listen to all the Yeah Yeah Yeahs I want.) ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-yeah-yeahs/620216/6 "2012-04-28T17:17:46Z")
“Gold Lion” got a bunch of radio play too. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-yeah-yeahs/620216/7 "2012-04-28T20:43:45Z")
I was first introduced to them with the video for “[Heads Will Roll](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auzfTPp4moA),” which is freakin’ awesome.