[2] Two of the band's founding members were brothers, Soroush (guitarist) and Arash (drummer) Farazmand; they were shot dead in Brooklyn on November 11, 2013, along with an associate Ali Eskandarian.
[3] The two surviving band members, Siavash "Obash" Karampour (vocalist) and Kourosh "Koory" Mirzaei (bass), who were not present when the shooting occurred.
They sang in English and played Western instruments, citing Joy Division, Talking Heads as an influence.
[citation needed] They performed in Bahman Ghobadi's Cannes Un Certain Regard award-winning film, No One Knows About Persian Cats[6][7] and were interviewed by Reza Sayah for CNN before leaving Iran.
[13] The Yellow Dogs track "New Century" is included in the motion picture soundtrack, and bassist Koory appears on the CD cover[14] and on the movie poster.