Biography: Yatha Sidhra, Yatsura, Y.U.P., Yazbek, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Year 5000, Year Future, Yearling, Yearning, Yeasayer,

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Yatha Sidhra Biography, Photos, Pictures

Yatha Sidhra, from Freiberg,Germany, near both the Swiss and French borders, was a short-lived group that only lasted long enough to record one piece of music That one piece of music was the 40-minute “A Meditation Mass” which stretched over two sides of the LP of the same name released in 1973 by the legendary Brain label and considered one of the classics of cosmic Krautrock

Lo-fi Scottish popsters Yatsura (aka Urusei Yatsura, a moniker which caused the group to run afoul of the Japanese comic book and cartoon franchise of the same name) comprised singers/guitarists Fergus Lawrie and Graham Kemp, bassist Elaine Graham and her brother, drummer Ian

Recovering from ’80s punk wave in Finland, there spawned two very complex but innovative rock groups, CMX and YUP Although YUP was founded in the late ’80s, a later version of YUP dates to the early ’90s

A true jack of all trades, native New York composer/lyricist David Yazbek got his big break scoring the stage adaptation of the hit film The Full Monty, a break that earned him both a Tony and a Grammy nomination

Yeah Yeah Yeahs Biography, Photos, Pictures

Discovered in the wake of the Strokes’ popularity and the subsequent garage rock revival, New York’s art punk trio the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are comprised of singer Karen O, guitarist Nicolas Zinner, and drummer Brian Chase

Year 5000, or Y5K, is a member of the de facto Portland-Seattle musician exchange Headed by Seattle-ite Mat Probasco (guitar/vocals) and supported by Oregon musicians Ritchie Young (drums) and Joel Holly (bass), Y5K is a trio in constant evolution

A noise-oriented punk band with some artsy experimental tendencies, Year Future leavens their screamo attack with unexpected elements like heavy dub basslines and gothy keyboard textures, with influences ranging from Fugazi and early Sonic Youth to Public Image Ltd

Finding their place between pop/rock and punk-pop, North Carolina band Yearling feature guitarist/vocalist Sid Menon (also of metal outfit Glass Casket), guitarist George Hage, bassist Tony Collins, and drummer Michael Schroeder

The band known as Yearning was formed by Finnish youths Juhani Palom�ki (vocals/guitar/keyboards), Tero Kalliom�ki (guitars), and Toni Kostiainen (drums) in late 1994, and originally went by the name Flegeton, which was derived from Dante’s Divine Comedy

The music of Brooklyn’s Yeasayer is a genre-bending journey into pop, druggy rock, Middle Eastern, African, folk and dub The band’s origin goes as far back as when vocalist/keyboardist Chris Keating and guitarist Anand Wilder were youngsters in Baltimore

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