The turtle made and album cover in 1998.

Hometown: Hoboken, NJFormed: 1984
Members:Ira Kaplan -guitar, vocalsGeorgia Hubley -drums, guitar, vocalsJames McNew -bass, guitar, vocals
Bands In The Family:The Schramms, Dump
Notes:Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley founded Yo La Tengo as a low-key extension of their obsessive musical fandom. The band went through innumerable line-ups before settling on the trio of Kaplan, Hubley, and McNew in 1992.



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Origin of name
Their name comes from a baseball anecdote. During the 1962 season, Richie Ashburn, the center fielder of the New York Mets, was crashing again and again with Venezuelan Elio Chacón. When Ashburn went for a catch, he would scream, "I got it! I got it!" only to collide with the 160 pound (73 kg, 11 stones 6 pounds) Chacón, who spoke only Spanish. Ashburn learned to yell, "Yo la tengo! Yo la tengo!" which is "I've got it" in Spanish. In a later game, Ashburn happily saw Chacón backing off. He relaxed, positioned himself to catch the ball, and was instead run over by 200 pound (91 kg, 14 stones 4 pounds) left fielder Frank Thomas, who understood no Spanish.
The band wanted a name that sounded foreign in order to avoid any connotations and Kaplan is a devoted baseball fan (and a fan of the New York Mets in particular). However, it still irks them when they are asked the origin of the name. [1] The band once performed a cover of the Mets theme song "Meet the Mets" during a benefit appearance on radio station WFMU's pledge drive.