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...Karen O hates German people; drummer Brian Chase rigged an MTV contest to win a Bon Jovi concert in his backyard; and the band's new record, Show Your Bones, is a concept album about O's cat. To set things straight, O, whose seldom-used last name is Orzolek, digs Germans; Chase has never won anything; and Coco Beware, while a real cat, has yet to inspire a song, let alone a whole album. "It's interesting that people are prepared to believe such odd things about us," says guitarist Nick Zinner. "Either we haven't really defined ourselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Taking On the Naysayers | 4/2/2006 | See Source »

...first met Karen O (the O is for Orzolek) two years ago, when Joy, nee Hultquist, was installed at the now defunct Daryl K store. "Wild, crazy Karen used to come in all the time," says Joy, 29, a willowy brunet wearing heels that have been spray-painted green. Joy, who is now a part-time sales associate at another New York store, Martin, had been making T shirts in her spare time, but the outfit that clinched the Yeah Yeah Yeahs deal was the "car-crash dress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 6. Christian Joy | 8/28/2003 | See Source »

...sleazy, vulgar and like nothing I'd ever seen before," says Orzolek, 24. Onstage she flashes her underwear, twirls around like a demented cheerleader and eviscerates plush toys. Since that first frock, there has been a series of arty, zany creations, including the "shrimp dress," a gaudy taffeta and tulle ball gown that Karen O turned into shrimp salad on stage in London this year. "That's the best thing that can happen," says Joy. "It's beyond fashion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 6. Christian Joy | 8/28/2003 | See Source »

...this rampant style experimentation, paralleled by the rollicking sounds of the band's debut album, Fever to Tell, has given rise to a claque of Karen O wannabes. But Orzolek will never defer to the pushy stylists waiting to dress her in the latest designer offerings. "Ready-to-wear doesn't make sense to me at all," sighs Orzolek, who exclusively wears Christian Joy for performances and shoots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 6. Christian Joy | 8/28/2003 | See Source »

...What of Orzolek's and Joy's new It girl status? Says Joy: "I ring up my mum and say, 'They're calling Karen a fashion icon, and she's got a fake mink hanging around her neck with button eyes!' It's stupid stuff." --By George Epaminondas

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 6. Christian Joy | 8/28/2003 | See Source »

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