Nick Zinner
Nick Zinner
Nicholas Joseph "Nick" Zinneris the guitarist for the New York rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs. He is known for his "unmistakable" wild hair, skinny physique, and pale appearance. Zinner is an accomplished photographer and a vegan...
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth8 December 1974
basically exactly knew sound
Fever' is basically a live record. We knew exactly what it should sound like before we went into the recording. So we could have this bratty confidence.
absolutely basically knew studio
We went into the studio with absolutely nothing. Sometimes we were on the same page, but other times it was more complicated, basically because we didn't know what we were after. All we knew was we wanted it to be different from the first one.
intense knew musical sound
This time, we were a little more insecure. We knew we didn't want the same sound or musical paradigm. And we all had intense bouts of self-pressure and self-doubt.
believe defined either fans odd ourselves people prepared
It's interesting that people are prepared to believe such odd things about us. Either we haven't really defined ourselves yet, or our fans are a little crazy.
crazy play people
The fact that so many people whose livelihood depends on being able to play, it's just crazy.
home past years
As I've learned in the past few years, Mali is home to some of the most incredible musicians in the world.
cameras pockets helping
It definitely helps if I can wear a jacket, because I can have a camera in my pocket. When we're on tour or if I go travel somewhere by myself, that's when I take the most photos.
elements lines fans
I'm a big fan of Henri Cartier-Bresson, the French photographer who had that whole "decisive moment" approach to taking pictures, of having multiple elements line up within the frame.
alternatives band world
I'm a huge Nirvana fan and I like seeing things that at first seem out of context, but actually they're one of the biggest bands in the world. I like to see pop culture, like punk or alternative culture, clash with some other type of culture.
people my-favorite
My favorite photos are the ones where people don't really see me. I'm more interested in looking at people looking at things.
photography laughing important
Photography has always been important to me for that, being able to make sense of something or understand something or remember something or laugh at something.
photography laughing important
Photography has always been important to me for that, being able to make sense of something or understand something or remember something or laugh at something.