Music like The Yellow Dogs

The Yellow Dogsare an Iranian-American rock band, formed in 2006. The band was formed in Tehran, and is now based in Brooklyn, New York.

Two of the band's founding members, brothers Soroush "Looloosh" (age 27) and Arash (age 28) Farazmand, guitarist and drummer, respectively, were shot dead in Brooklyn, New York on November 11, 2013, along with an associate Ali Eskandarian (age 35). The two surviving band members are Siavash "Obash" Karampour (vocalist) and Kourosh "Koory" Mirzaei (bass), who were not present when the shooting occurred.

The Yellow Dogs are from Tehran, Iran. They sang in English and played Western instruments, citing Joy Division, Talking Heads as an influence. Their music was not approved by Iran's Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, and was therefore illegal. They performed in Bahman Ghobadi's Cannes Un Certain Regard award-winning film,No One Knows About Persian Catsand were interviewed by Reza Sayah for CNN before leaving Iran.