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The Black Keys Biography

Profession Soundtrack, Music department

Fast Facts

  • Won the 2013 BRIT Award for International Group
  • Best known for the singles "Tighten Up," "Lonely Boy" and "Gold on the Ceiling․"
  • Won three Grammy Awards in 2011, and another three in 2013
  • The duo attended the University of Akron together, but they dropped out to pursue music
  • Formed in 2001 by Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney in Akron, Ohio
  • Quote: "(from Dan Auerbach) "We don't have expectations or dreams, because those will always just bite you in the ass․""
  • Quote: "(from Patrick Carney) "Fast food is the one thing everyone can relate to․ It's depressing, but also interesting, that people desire to eat the same sandwich in every single city in the world․""
  • Quote: "(from Patrick Carney) "I think our relationship would be best described as a mixture between Patty and Selma Bouvier from 'The Simpsons' and Erik Estrada and that other dude [Larry Wilcox] from 'CHiPs'․""