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Nicholas Joseph "Nick" Zinner (born December 8, 1974) is the guitarist for the New York rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs. He is known for his "unmistakable"〔(Lazy-i Interview with Nick Zinner ), April 2006〕 wild hair, skinny physique, and pale appearance. Zinner is an accomplished photographer.〔http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/nick-zinner/41-strings-by-nick-zinner〕 ==Musical career== Before forming the Yeah Yeahs Yeahs with Karen O and Brian Chase in 2000,〔http://www.allmusic.com/artist/yeah-yeah-yeahs-p522831/biography〕 Zinner attended Bard College where 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 1990s and broke up in 2001.〔(Bard makes noise )〕 Since 2001, Zinner has many collaborative efforts with such acts as TV on the Radio, Har Mar Superstar, Ronnie Spector〔(Pitchfork Record Review | Ronnie Spector: The Last of the Rock Stars ), 6 June 2006〕 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. In 2005 Zinner formed a band Head Wound City along with members from The Locust and The Blood Brothers.〔(auralminority Interview with Nick Zinner ), 7 September 2005〕 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 2007 he also re-mix The Hives's song called "Tick Tick Boom", which was used as a B-side, for the released of the single "T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S", of the same band.〔http://www.nme.com/news/the-hives/33232〕 In August 2009 Nick was included at number 16 in NME magazine's future 50 list. In early 2011 Zinner contributed guitar to the song "Go" by Santigold. In May 2011 Zinner was commissioned to curate, compose and lead a performance ''41 Strings'' in NYC to celebrate the 41st Earth Day. The performance, in which he collaborated with musicians Hisham Bharoocha and Ben Vida, involved 41 players of various stringed instruments, plus additional percussion and synthesiser parts. 41 Strings was performed at Sydney Opera House in Australia as part of Sydney Festival 2012, and Royal Festival Hall in London UK as part of James Lavelle's Meltdown in 2014 with guest guitarists from The XX, Savages, Deap Vally, Damon Albarn band, Magic Numbers and The Verve.〔〔http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/live-reviews/nick-zinner-presents-41-strings-meltdown-at-royal-festival-hall-london-20-0〕 In 2013, Zinner reformed his college band Challenge of the Future in order to play a benefit show at Union Pool in Brooklyn to raise money for the daughter of a friend who died. Challenge of the Future then released the single "You Can't Call Off the Dog," which was recorded at Adrian Grenier's Wreckroom studio in New York. In 2013, Zinner produced and recorded Santigold's contribution to the Catching Fire soundtrack 'Shooting Arrows at the Sky'. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nick Zinner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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