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How much do you really know about Yeah Yeah Yeahs? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

Karen O once performed a show entirely inside a giant inflatable hamster ball.

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Easy
✗ FALSE

She famously performed inside a giant hamster ball during a 2004 show at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, not an entire show.

2.

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs' debut album 'Fever to Tell' was recorded in just two weeks.

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Medium
✓ TRUE

Produced by Dave Sitek, the album was famously recorded quickly in 2002 at Headgear Studio in Brooklyn, capturing raw energy after years of live shows.

3.

Karen O's parents were both professional musicians who taught her piano as a child.

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Medium
✗ FALSE

Karen O's father was a Polish toy inventor, her mother a Korean seamstress. Neither were musicians, and she had no formal piano training from them.

4.

The music video for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs song 'Heads Will Roll' was directed by Spike Jonze.

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Medium
✗ FALSE

It was directed by Richard Ayoade, known for his work on 'The IT Crowd' and later films, not Spike Jonze.

5.

Karen O wrote the song "Maps" about her then-boyfriend, who later became her husband.

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✗ FALSE

The song was about Angus Andrew (Liars), but they did not marry. Karen O married filmmaker Barnaby Clay in 2011.

6.

The band's official name is 'The Yeah Yeah Yeahs'.

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Hard
✗ FALSE

The band is named 'Yeah Yeah Yeahs' without the definite article 'The'. This is confirmed by all official releases and sources.

7.

The band name 'Yeah Yeah Yeahs' was inspired by the repeated phrase 'Yeah, yeah, yeah' in the Cramps' song 'The Way I Walk.'

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The Yeah Yeah Yeahs took their name from the Cramps' cover of 'The Way I Walk,' which features an extended refrain of 'yeah, yeah, yeah.'

8.

The band's second album "Show Your Bones" was nominated for a Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album.

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Released in 2006, it was indeed nominated for Best Alternative Music Album at the 49th Grammy Awards, losing to Gnarls Barkley.

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