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Yeah Yeah Yeahs is an American indie rock band formed in New York City in 2000 . The group is composed of vocalist and pianist Karen O , guitarist and keyboardist Nick Zinner , and drummer Brian Chase . They are complemented in live performances by second guitarist David Pajo , who joined as a touring member in 2009 and replaced Imaad Wasif who had previously held this role . According to an interview that aired during the ABC network ' s " Live from Central Park SummerStage " series , the band ' s name was taken from modern New York City vernacular . `` Gold Lion '' is the first single by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs from their second ___MASK88___ , Show Your Bones . Distinct in the Yeah Yeah Yeahs ' discography , it features acoustic guitar and a more slowed - down pace in contrast to former works like `` Bang ! '' and `` Date with the Night . '' It was released on March 21 , 2006 , and became the band ' s second major hit after 2004 ' s `` Maps . '' `` Gold Lion '' was named after the two Gold Lion awards won by the Adidas commercial Hello Tomorrow at the 2005 Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival . Karen O had contributed vocals to ad ' s song composed by Sam `` Squeak E . Clean '' Spiegel , brother of Karen ' s then - boyfriend Spike Jonze who had directed the ad . `` Gold Lion '' was featured in the 2006 edition of the NME Essential Bands compilation ___MASK88___ . It was also featured in a 2007 advertisement spot for Yves Saint Laurent ' s `` Elle '' perfume . The ad , directed by Michael Haussman , features Canadian supermodel Coco Rocha . Additionally , the song was featured in the Grey ' s Anatomy episode 17 Seconds . The song was also featured in the trailer for the second season of the hit BBC America show , Orphan Black . It has been noted by some music critics that `` Gold Lion '' sounds similar to `` No New Tale To Tell '' from 1980s alternative band Love and Rockets . In 2010 the instrumentals of the song were used in a commercial for Apple Inc . ' s iPad device . The Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music ___MASK88___ is an award presented to recording artists for quality albums in the alternative rock genre at the Grammy Awards , a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards . Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to " honor artistic achievement , technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry , without regard to ___MASK88___ sales or chart position ". Imaad Wasif is a singer , guitarist and songwriter whose music combines elements of psychedelic folk and rock . Wasif  s music has been described as  unbelievably intense with sparkling , ___MASK59___ - influenced guitar and a mystic bent . Fever to Tell is the debut ___MASK39___ by American indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs , released on April 29 , 2003 by ___MASK78___ . It was produced by David Andrew Sitek and mixed by Alan Moulder . Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United States and the ___MASK94___ in the 1980s . Indie rock encapsulates indie ___MASK90___ and lo - fi , among others . Originally used to describe record labels , the term became associated with the music they produced and was initially used interchangeably with alternative rock . As grunge and punk revival bands in the US , and then Britpop bands in the UK , broke into the mainstream in the 1990s , it came to be used to identify those acts that retained an outsider and underground perspective . In the 2000s , as a result of changes in the music industry and the growing importance of the Internet , some indie rock acts began to enjoy commercial success , leading to questions about its meaningfulness as a term . Rock Band is a series of music video games developed by Harmonix and MTV Games , and distributed by Electronic Arts for the Nintendo DS , iOS , PlayStation 2 , PlayStation 3 , PSP , Wii , Xbox One and Xbox 360 game systems . The series , inspired by Harmonix ' s previous efforts on the " Guitar Hero " series , allows up to four players to simulate the performance of popular ___MASK42___ songs by playing with controllers modeled after musical instruments . Players can play the lead guitar , bass guitar , keyboard , and drums parts to songs , as well as sing into a USB microphone . Players are scored on their ability to match scrolling musical notes while playing instruments , and by their ability to match the singer ' s pitch on vocals . ___MASK78___ is an American record company . A division of Interscope Geffen A & M Records , its parent company is the Universal Music Group , a subsidiary of Vivendi S . A . David Pajo ( born June 25 , 1968 ) is an American alternative rock musician . He has played a wide variety of music , loosely fitting into several other genres such as hardcore punk , math rock , post - rock , electronica , folk rock and indie ___MASK90___ . Though a multi - instrumentalist ( including guitar , bass guitar , banjo and drums ), he is best known for his guitar work . " Date with the Night " is the first single from " Fever to Tell " by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs . This single also includes the B - side " Yeah ! New York " which can also be found as a bonus track on the UK release of " Fever to Tell ", and an exclusive remix of " Bang " from their debut EP , " Yeah Yeah Yeahs " ( 2001 ). The single peaked at number sixteen on the UK ' s official charts . The video , directed by Patrick Daughters , was , supposedly , shot at Bristol University Union ' s Anson Rooms on Saturday 1 March 2003 but also contains scenes shot at other venues during the same tour , including The Zodiac in Oxford . The song is also available as a downloadable track for the music video game series " Rock Band ". The song was also featured on the soundtrack for the British teen soap opera Skins . Show Your Bones is the second ___MASK39___ by American indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs , released on March 22 , 2006 by ___MASK78___ . The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 2007 .