![]() Most vital of all, with one lick of liquor, she grew rubber bones.įever to Tell certainly shocked anyone that had watched Karen O’s rise through New York City’s thriving ranks. She could swallow virtually an entire microphone while still singing spew beer from the height of any lighting rig and mesmerise indie fans in their thousands with her incredible concoction of celebratory raunch rock, fun-time innocence and open-hearted fragility. ![]() She could shape-shift in an instant, morphing between a she-wolf howl and pussycat purr. ![]() When mild-mannered film student and acoustic singer-songwriter Karen Ohm donned her endless array of outlandish outfits and drank her special potion – margaritas, champagne, tequila, fan beers – she transformed into Karen O, the art punk chaos queen of the Noughties New York scene.Īs the singer of Yeah Yeah Yeahs – the Brooklyn trio comprising Karen O, guitarist Nick Zinner and drummer Brian Chase whose iconic, million-selling debut album Fever to Tell was released 20 years ago on 29 April – Karen O was formidable. Landing clean out of the blue, in a shockwave of cheek glitter and sweat, she was a very postmodern Gotham superhero. ![]()
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