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Nick Zinner

Born

December 08, 1974

Genre

Arts & Photography, Music

Influences

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Nicholas Joseph Zinner is 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 also a member of the band Head Wound City along with members from The Locust and The Blood Brothers.

Since 2001, Zinner has many collaborative efforts under his belt with such acts as TV on the Radio, Har Mar Superstar, Ronnie Spector, The Horrors, and Scarlett Johansson. He contributed guitar and keyboard to several tracks on Bright Eyes' 2005 album Digital Ash in a Digital Urn and went on tour with the band as part of the rotating roster.

Zinner produced the re-mix of the track 'Compliments' on British group Bloc Party's 2005 album Silent Alarm Remixed, and has remix Nicholas Joseph Zinner is 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 also a member of the band Head Wound City along with members from The Locust and The Blood Brothers.

Since 2001, Zinner has many collaborative efforts under his belt with such acts as TV on the Radio, Har Mar Superstar, Ronnie Spector, The Horrors, and Scarlett Johansson. He contributed guitar and keyboard to several tracks on Bright Eyes' 2005 album Digital Ash in a Digital Urn and went on tour with the band as part of the rotating roster.

Zinner produced the re-mix of the track 'Compliments' on British group Bloc Party's 2005 album Silent Alarm Remixed, and has remixed The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower's song, "INRI," on their INRI ep. Zinner has also remixed Single Frame's song, "People are Germs," in addition to appearing in the music video.

In August 2009 Nick was included at number 16 in NME magazine's future 50 list.

Additionally, Zinner is an accomplished photographer. He studied photography at Bard College and has released three separate collections of his work: No Seats on the Party Car (2001), Slept in Beds (2003) and I hope you are all happy now (2004), which features an introduction written by director Jim Jarmusch. He also studied photography in Paris, France in 2001 before meeting Karen O.

While at Bard college he played in the Boba Fett Experience, who later changed their name to Challenge of the Future because of concerns about being sued by George Lucas. The band moved to Williamsburg, Brooklyn in the late nineties and broke up in 2001.

Nick is a vegan and involved with the animal rights group, PETA. He has tattoos in different places including one of a star on his arm, and another of a heart on his finger and one on his hand. Zinner listened to metal bands while growing up, and cites Mötley Crüe and Glenn Danzig as major influences.

His father, Stephen Zinner MD, is a medical professor at Harvard University and a classical pianist. Nick Zinner also played the violin, referring to himself as a "child prodigy." ...more

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Average rating: 3.9 · 155 ratings · 22 reviews · 8 distinct works

	I Hope You are All Happy Now 4.12 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Please Take Me Off the Guest List by Nick Zinner (Photographer), Zachary Lipez (Text), Stacy Wakefield (Goodreads Author) (Book Designer) 3.73 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	131 Different Things by Zachary Lipez, Nick Zinner (Photographer), Stacy Wakefield (Goodreads Author) (Designer) 3.45 avg rating — 29 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slept in Beds by Zachary Lipez (Text), Nick Zinner (Photography), Stacy Wakefield (Goodreads Author) (Book Designer) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Modern Romance Sheet Music by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Karen O., Nick Zinner 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vice Magazine: Volume 14, Number 12 2nd Annual Fiction Issue by Vice Magazine, Yōko Ogawa, William T. Vollmann 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yeah Yeah Yeahs EP by Brian Chase (Performer), Karen O (performer), Nick Zinner (performer) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maps Sheet Music by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Nick Zinner, Brian Chase 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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