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Franz Ferdinand (band)

May 04, 2023

For the heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne after whom this band was named, see Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Franz Ferdinand are a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 2002. The band's original line-up was composed of Alex Kapranos (lead vocals, guitar), Nick McCarthy (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals), Bob Hardy (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Paul Thomson (drums, percussion, backing vocals). Julian Corrie (keyboards, guitar, backing vocals) and Dino Bardot (guitar, backing vocals) joined the band in 2017 after McCarthy left during the previous year, and Audrey Tait (drums) joined the band after Thomson left in 2021. The band is one of the more popular post-punk revival bands, garnering multiple UK top 20 hits.[1] They have been nominated for several Grammy Awards and have received two Brit Awards—winning one for Best British Group—as well as one NME Award.

Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand performing live in 2018. From left to right: Bardot, Corrie, Kapranos, Thomson and Hardy
Background information
OriginGlasgow, Scotland
Genres
Years active2002–present
LabelsDomino
SpinoffsFFS
Spinoff ofThe Yummy Fur
Members
Past members
Websitefranzferdinand.com

The band's first two singles, "Darts of Pleasure" and "Take Me Out", peaked within the top 50 on the UK Singles Chart. "Take Me Out" charted in several countries and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal; it became the band's signature song. Their self-titled debut studio album won the 2004 Mercury Prize and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Album.

In 2005, the band released their second studio album, You Could Have It So Much Better, produced by Rich Costey. It peaked within the top-ten in multiple countries and earned Grammy-nominations for Best Alternative Album and for one of the singles, "Do You Want To". The band's third studio album, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, was released in January 2009; by then the band had shifted from a post-punk-focused sound to a more dance-oriented sound. A remix album of Tonight, titled Blood, was released in July 2009.

Four years after the release of Tonight, the band released their fourth studio album, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action, in August 2013. In 2015, Franz Ferdinand and American rock band Sparks formed the supergroup FFS and released a one-off self-titled album in June 2015. Following the departure of McCarthy, the band released their fifth studio album, Always Ascending, in February 2018.

History

Formation (2001–2003)

 
The Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria inspired the band's name.

The band's members played in various bands during the 1990s, including The Karelia, Yummy Fur, 10p Invaders, and Embryo. Alex Kapranos and Paul Thomson met at a party and began a close friendship and played together in Yummy Fur, and subsequently teamed up to write songs. Around the same time, Kapranos taught his friend Bob Hardy how to play bass after being given a bass guitar by Mick Cooke of Belle & Sebastian. Kapranos met co-guitarist Nick McCarthy, who had returned to Scotland after studying jazz bass in Germany, in 2001.[2]

Once the members came together, they settled on the name Franz Ferdinand for their band. The name was originally inspired by a racehorse called Archduke Ferdinand.[3] After seeing the horse win the Northumberland Plate in 2001, the band began to discuss Archduke Franz Ferdinand and thought it would be a good band name because of the alliteration of the name and the implications of the Archduke's death; his assassination was a significant factor in the lead-up to World War I.[4] In an interview, Hardy recollected that "mainly we just liked the way it sounded. We liked the alliteration." Kapranos continued, saying "he was an incredible figure as well. His life, or at least the ending of it, was the catalyst for the complete transformation of the world and that is what we want our music to be. But I don't want to over-intellectualise the name thing. Basically a name should just sound good ... like music." Thomson concluded, saying "I like the idea that, if we become popular, maybe the words Franz Ferdinand will make people think of the band instead of the historical figure."[5]

Franz Ferdinand and international breakthrough (2003–2005)

Main article: Franz Ferdinand (album)
 
The band performing in 2004

In May 2003 the band signed to Laurence Bell's independent record label, Domino Recording Company.[6] The band moved to Gula Studios in Malmö, Sweden, with Cardigans producer Tore Johansson to record their debut album. In the latter part of 2003, the band released their debut single, "Darts of Pleasure". In January 2004, the single "Take Me Out" reached No. 3 in the UK charts. The album, Franz Ferdinand, was released in early 2004, debuting at No. 3 in the UK Albums Chart in February 2004, and at No. 12 in the Australian album charts in April 2004. The album only reached the lowest levels of the Billboard 200 album charts in the US as of early 2004, but reached the top 5 of the indie rock chart and the Heatseeker chart for debut artists. After a couple of North American tours and heavy rotation of the "Take Me Out" video on MTV, the album eventually reached No. 32 on the Billboard 200 later in 2004, and sold over a million copies in the United States.[2] Franz Ferdinand received a generally strong positive response from critics. NME rated it 9 out of 10, and said that the band was the latest in the line of art school rock bands featuring the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Roxy Music, the Sex Pistols, Wire, Travis and Blur.

On 7 September 2004, the album was awarded the 2004 Mercury Music Prize. "Take Me Out" gained first place in the Australian Triple J Hottest 100 for 2004, winning more than twice the votes of the second-place entry, with This Fire and The Dark of the Matinee entering at No. 24 and No. 50 respectively. Franz Ferdinand won an Ivor Novello Award in 2004 and two Brit Awards in 2005. The avant-garde music video for "Take Me Out" earned them a Breakthrough Video MTV Award. NME named Franz Ferdinand the best album of 2004,[7] and placed it 38th on their 100 Best Albums of All Time list.[8] The band performed "Take Me Out" as a live medley with Los Lonely Boys, Maroon 5, The Black Eyed Peas and Gwen Stefani at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards in 2005, in which "Take Me Out" was nominated for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Franz Ferdinand was nominated for Best Alternative Album. "Take Me Out" was featured on the video games NHL 2005, Madden NFL 2005 and the breakthrough game Guitar Hero. The album has sold around 3.6 million copies worldwide.

You Could Have It So Much Better (2005–2007)

Main article: You Could Have It So Much Better

The band spent much of 2005 in the studio in Glasgow working on their follow-up album, You Could Have It So Much Better, which was released on 3 October 2005. The band initially intended to leave the album self-titled like their debut,[9] but they changed it to You Could Have It So Much Better...With Franz Ferdinand before settling on the final title.[10] The album's cover design was modelled on Alexander Rodchenko's 1924 portrait of Lilya Brik. The band attempted to broaden its musical range on the album; Hardy said, "There's more to life than disco-beat guitar music".[2] It was generally well received in the press and seen as an album equal to, or better than, their first by most critics.[11] It entered the UK Album Charts at Number 1 and the US charts at Number 8. The album eventually sold 2 million copies worldwide.

 
Franz Ferdinand performing live in Dundee, Scotland in 2006

To support the album, four singles were released. Included in that set is a double A-side single that contained a video-clip-only single as well (both the AA-side "L. Wells" and the video-clip "Jeremy Fraser" are not featured on the album, recorded in early 2006 during the band's tour of Australia in support of the album). Also included is another video-clip-only single called "Wine, In the Afternoon" which is the B-side to "Eleanor Put Your Boots On", and was also not featured on the album, but recorded on tour in Michigan. "Do You Want To" made it to number 4 and was declared by Q to be the greatest single of 2005, while "Walk Away" and "The Fallen" entered the top 15 of the UK Singles Chart. The fourth and final single from the second album, "Eleanor Put Your Boots On", peaked at number 30. You Could Have It So Much Better went on to earn a nomination for Best Alternative Album at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards in 2006, as did "Do You Want To" for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.

Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2007–2011)

Main article: Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
 
The band performing live in 2009

On 26 January 2009, the band released their third studio album, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, which they had been recording in Glasgow since mid-2007.[12] The band recorded the album in a disused building in Glasgow that had been a town hall in the past. Alex Kapranos has stated that "The last record was...like a teenager having sex. This one's a bit more assured and a bit friendlier for the dance floor."[13] Tonight was mixed by Canadian Mix Engineer Mike Fraser.[14] The song "Ulysses" was chosen to be the first single and was released on 19 January 2009. It was first played by Zane Lowe on 17 November 2008. Shortly afterwards it hit YouTube.[15] It did not see that much success in the UK Top 40, reaching only No. 20, but it fared better in Spain and Japan where it reached No. 2 and No. 3, respectively. It also entered the Top 20 of the US Modern Rock Chart. The album, Tonight was released 26 January 2009 and debuted at No. 2 in the UK Album Chart and No. 9 in the US Billboard 200. The second single, "No You Girls" saw success both in the charts and on the radio prior to release, eventually reaching No. 7 on the US Modern Rock Chart and was performed by Franz Ferdinand on Comic Relief 2009 Top of The Pops special. "Can't Stop Feeling" was released on 6 July as the third single from the album and on 28 August, "What She Came For" was released as the 4th single in the form of a remix single. The band performed "What She Came For" on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien on Wednesday, 26 August 2009.[16]

The band appeared on Radio 1's live lounge performing their second single "No You Girls", and did a cover of Britney Spears' comeback single "Womanizer". In February 2009, Glastonbury Festival announced Franz Ferdinand as the first major band playing at that year's festival.[17] The band also unveiled a 19-date tour of the US during the spring, in support of the new album. The tour included a set at the Coachella Festival.[18] The band were also one of the main stage acts performing at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Swindon in May. On 6 May 2009, it was announced that Franz Ferdinand would be the third opening act for the Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown World Tour. They played 8–26 August 2009, and they followed Kaiser Chiefs and The Bravery.

On 1 June 2009, the band released Blood, a compilation album that includes dub music versions of songs from Tonight: Franz Ferdinand.[19] The release was timed to coincide with Record Store Day. iTunes Festival: London 2009, iTunes Store exclusive, was released in June as well.[20]

Also made for the Record Store Day, on 16 April 2011 Domino released the compilation Covers E.P., which featured songs of Tonight: Franz Ferdinand played by Peaches, LCD Soundsystem, Stephin Merritt, ESG and Debbie Harry (who recorded in duet with the band). The first edition was only vinyl, and on 2 May 2011 it was released on CD.

Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action and FFS with Sparks (2012–2015)

Main article: Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
Further information: FFS (band) and FFS (album)
 
The band performing live at the 2014 Sun Festival in Málaga, Spain

Writing for a fourth studio album began in 2010.[21] Kapranos stated that the band promised themselves they would also focus on not over-publicising their progress as he felt that's something he regretted about their previous album. In May 2012, the band returned to touring, playing several festivals during the summer of 2012 including a headlining slot at Field Day festival in London's Victoria Park.[22] Other appearances included Barcelona's Primavera Sound Festival, Montreal's 2012 Osheaga Music Festival, Chicago's 2012 Lollapalooza Music Festival, Belgium's Dour Festival, Portugal's Marés Vivas Festival and San Francisco's 2012 Outside Lands Music Festival.

During their 2012 tour, the band gradually introduced new songs to their repertoire,[23] along with a reworked version of Tonight cut "Can't Stop Feeling" combined with I Feel Love by Donna Summer. In March 2013, Franz Ferdinand continued touring and premiering new songs. In early March they performed Evil Eye and Love Illumination, while the end of the month saw the live premiere of Goodbye Lovers & Friends. On 16 May 2013, Franz Ferdinand officially announced their fourth album, titled Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action, along with cover art, track listing and a release date of 26 August 2013.[24] The band launched the new album at a show at the Electric Brixton. FMV Magazine's Dan Jenko praised the gig, saying that "there's no reason why latest LP Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action can't be the belated soundtrack of the summer".[25]

On 9 March 2015, it was announced that the band had formed a supergroup with Sparks under the name FFS, with plans to release a studio album and tour Europe during that summer.[26] A teaser titled "The Domino Effect" was released on the group's YouTube channel that same day.[27] The John Congleton-produced album, FFS, was officially announced on 1 April 2015.[28] Three official singles were released from the album: "Johnny Delusional", which was released on 13 April,[29] "Call Girl", which was released on 28 May,[30] and "Police Encounters", which was released on 23 October.[31]

Lineup change and Always Ascending (2016–2020)

In July 2016, the band announced that guitarist Nick McCarthy would not be involved in the recording and touring of their next album, in order to concentrate on his family and other musical interests. The band, however, have stressed that it is possible he may rejoin the band at a later date.[32][33] On 14 October 2016, the band released "Demagogue", a song protesting and satirising the candidacy of Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election of 2016. It was released as part of the 30 Days, 50 Songs programme that featured 50 songs lyrically against Trump and his candidacy.[34][35]

On 19 May 2017, two days prior to the start of their North American tour, Franz Ferdinand announced their new five-piece line-up,[36] with former Yummy Fur and 1990s member Dino Bardot on guitar[37] and Julian Corrie on keyboards, synth and guitar.[38] On 25 October, the band released the title track from their fifth studio album, Always Ascending (2018), as its lead single. They revealed the album's release date, 9 February 2018, and announced dates for a world tour.[39] Corrie joined the band for the recording sessions of the album, while Bardot joined after recording was completed.[40]

Departure of Thomson and Hits to the Head (2021–present)

On 21 October 2021, the band announced through social media that Paul Thomson had departed the band, with Glasgow-based drummer Audrey Tait joining as his replacement, as well as confirming that studio recordings had been undertaken with Tait. The announcement was accompanied by a statement from Thomson and a photograph of him passing his drumsticks to Tait.[41][42][43] Tait's debut performance with the band had taken place several weeks before the announcement, at the Balmain fashion show in Paris on 29 September.[44]

Franz Ferdinand released a new single, "Billy Goodbye", on 2 November 2021.[45] The track is one of two new songs on the greatest hits compilation Hits to the Head, which was released on 11 March 2022.[45]

Franz Ferdinand performed at Night for Ukraine, a fundraising benefit held at the Roundhouse in north London on the evening of March 9, 2022, with the funds raised being donated to the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal, to provide aid to people fleeing Ukraine following the Russian invasion. The event was organised by Fabien Riggall in collaboration with the Ukrainian pop duo Bloom Twins.[46]

Collaborations and covers

Franz Ferdinand covered the LCD Soundsystem song "All My Friends" which appeared as a B-side on the single and LCD Soundsystem covered their song Live Alone in return, which appeared on a covers EP alongside Stephin Merritt, ESG and Debbie Harry who all covered songs from Tonight.[47] They have also covered "Sexy Boy" by Air, "It Won't Be Long" by the Beatles, Pulp's "Mis-Shapes", Gwen Stefani's top 5 hit "What You Waiting For?", Blondie's "Call Me", Britney Spears' "Womanizer" and David Bowie's song "Sound and Vision", featuring Girls Aloud[48] on backing vocals, for a compilation disc marking the 40th anniversary of BBC Radio 1, along with other leading artists. Additionally, Franz Ferdinand recorded a cover of the Fire Engines' song "Get Up and Use Me". In return, the Fire Engines recorded a cover of "Jacqueline". The band also took a similar approach with Dutch band De Kift, covering the song "Heisa-Ho" whilst De Kift recorded a cover of "Love and Destroy" with Dutch lyrics. The cover by De Kift is named "Liefde En Puin" which is the title "Love and Destroy" translated into Dutch. The band has had remixes by electronic artists Daft Punk, Hot Chip, Justice, The Avalanches, Microfilm and Erol Alkan.

The band also performed, played and recorded with Jane Birkin, covering the Serge Gainsbourg song "Sorry Angel" for the 2005 album Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited. In addition, Franz re-recorded the track "Brown Onions" for David Shrigley's compilation album Worried Noodles.[49] The band kept instrumentation identical but used lyrics written by Shrigley which include the consistent repetition of the word "No" and occasionally "No brains, no teeth, no legs, no eyes...". Hot Chip, a band who are reported to be a favourite of Franz Ferdinand, also performed their own version of "No" on the same album.

The band partnered with Sony in Tokyo, filming commercials for the launch of the A Series Walkman music player on 8 September 2005.[50][51] A limited edition Franz Ferdinand-themed Walkman A Series player was released by Sony Japan in January 2006, with only one hundred made.[52]

The band 'met' Gorillaz in December 2005 and interviewed each other for a feature in Observer Music Monthly.[53]

At the 2009 NME Awards ceremony, they performed a cover of Blondie's "Call Me" with Elly Jackson of La Roux on guest vocals.

When Franz appeared on Radio 1's Live Lounge on 6 April 2009, to promote "No You Girls", they covered "Womanizer" by Britney Spears.

They have also collaborated with Marion Cotillard for the 2010 Lady Dior campaign. The band wrote the lyrics and plays the music for the song "The Eyes of Mars", while the actress is on vocals. Kapranos noted that it was refreshing working with her as she had a lot of fun going and retrying the song time and time again.

In 2010, Franz Ferdinand contributed to the Alice in Wonderland soundtrack with their adaption of the song "The Lobster Quadrille". Later that year, Kapranos and McCarthy collaborated on the song "Do It Again" with Edwyn Collins on his album Losing Sleep.[54]

In 2016, Alex Kapranos took part in a documentary about Glasgow music and Chemikal Underground Records called Lost in France. The film was directed by Niall McCann and brought Kapranos (along with members of The Delgados, Mogwai and others) to Mauron, Brittany, to recreate a gig they played when Kapranos was in his earlier band, The Karelia. The film features Kapranos playing live with Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai, and other musicians such as Emma Pollock and RM Hubbert, and Holy Mountain, as well as interviews with Kapranos and his old label-mates. Lost in France premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival to wholly positive reviews and was called "funny, vital and sobering"[55] by Scotland's arts bible The Skinny.

In 2022, Franz Ferdinand's single, "This Fire" served as the opening theme song for the Polish-Japanese animated series, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.[56]

Style

Music and art

Stylistically, the band has been labelled as "indie rock,[57][58] post-punk revival,[59][60] dance-punk,[61][62] dance-rock[63][64] and art rock."[65]

The band is notable for its use of Russian avant-garde imagery in album and single covers designed by Matthew Cooper. Examples include: "You Could Have It So Much Better", which references a 1924 portrait of Lilya Brik by Alexander Rodchenko; "Take Me Out", which references One-Sixth Part of the World, also by Alexander Rodchenko; "This Fire" which references Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge by El Lissitzky; and "Michael", with single art based on A Proun by Lissitzky. The song "Love and Destroy" was inspired by the scene of disorder made by Margarita, a character of Michael Bulgakov's "The Master and Margarita", in the apartment of the literature critic Latunzky.

Also, in "Outsiders", the lyrics "In seventeen years will you still be Camille, Lee Miller, Gala or whatever" are a reference to the lovers of the artists Auguste Rodin, Man Ray and Salvador Dalí.

The band have been credited with helping to increase the popularity of men's fringed hairstyles.[66]

Music videos

Many of the videos to promote the band's singles take inspiration from Russian avant-garde much like their LP and CD sleeves.

The avant-garde music video for "Take Me Out", directed by Jonas Odell, was inspired by Dadaism (especially Max Ernst's Une Semaine de Bonté), Busby Berkeley choreographies and Russian constructivist design.[67] Alex Kapranos explained the many and varied influences behind the 1930s-style promo for second single "Take Me Out": "It's kind of two dimensional in a three dimensional style if that makes any sense. It's a montage of images; ourselves, pictures and things taken from other places and put together in a strange, abstract way. That's what gives the video that strange, jerky, style".[67]

The lyrics of "Do You Want To" make reference to parties at the "trendy" Glasgow art gallery Transmission, and the video includes a variety of the work of contemporary artist Vanessa Beecroft.

Members

Timeline

Discography

Main article: Franz Ferdinand discography

Studio albums

Awards and honours

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Franz Ferdinand

See also

Notes

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References

  • Hiatt, Brian (2005). "Hot Scots – Franz Ferdinand get rock fans dancing again"[dead link] Rolling Stone (Retrieved 16 June 2006)
  • Rebecca Nicholson (2 Nov 2007). Retrieved 30 November 2008
  • . Retrieved 22 March 2008

External links

  • Official website

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For the heir presumptive to the Austro Hungarian throne after whom this band was named see Archduke Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand are a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 2002 The band s original line up was composed of Alex Kapranos lead vocals guitar Nick McCarthy guitar keyboards backing vocals Bob Hardy bass guitar backing vocals and Paul Thomson drums percussion backing vocals Julian Corrie keyboards guitar backing vocals and Dino Bardot guitar backing vocals joined the band in 2017 after McCarthy left during the previous year and Audrey Tait drums joined the band after Thomson left in 2021 The band is one of the more popular post punk revival bands garnering multiple UK top 20 hits 1 They have been nominated for several Grammy Awards and have received two Brit Awards winning one for Best British Group as well as one NME Award Franz FerdinandFranz Ferdinand performing live in 2018 From left to right Bardot Corrie Kapranos Thomson and HardyBackground informationOriginGlasgow ScotlandGenresIndie rock post punk revival dance punk dance rock art rockYears active2002 presentLabelsDominoSpinoffsFFSSpinoff ofThe Yummy FurMembersAlex Kapranos Bob Hardy Julian Corrie Dino Bardot Audrey TaitPast membersNick McCarthy Paul ThomsonWebsitefranzferdinand wbr comThe band s first two singles Darts of Pleasure and Take Me Out peaked within the top 50 on the UK Singles Chart Take Me Out charted in several countries and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal it became the band s signature song Their self titled debut studio album won the 2004 Mercury Prize and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Album In 2005 the band released their second studio album You Could Have It So Much Better produced by Rich Costey It peaked within the top ten in multiple countries and earned Grammy nominations for Best Alternative Album and for one of the singles Do You Want To The band s third studio album Tonight Franz Ferdinand was released in January 2009 by then the band had shifted from a post punk focused sound to a more dance oriented sound A remix album of Tonight titled Blood was released in July 2009 Four years after the release of Tonight the band released their fourth studio album Right Thoughts Right Words Right Action in August 2013 In 2015 Franz Ferdinand and American rock band Sparks formed the supergroup FFS and released a one off self titled album in June 2015 Following the departure of McCarthy the band released their fifth studio album Always Ascending in February 2018 Contents 1 History 1 1 Formation 2001 2003 1 2 Franz Ferdinand and international breakthrough 2003 2005 1 3 You Could Have It So Much Better 2005 2007 1 4 Tonight Franz Ferdinand 2007 2011 1 5 Right Thoughts Right Words Right Action and FFS with Sparks 2012 2015 1 6 Lineup change and Always Ascending 2016 2020 1 7 Departure of Thomson and Hits to the Head 2021 present 2 Collaborations and covers 3 Style 3 1 Music and art 3 2 Music videos 4 Members 5 Discography 6 Awards and honours 7 See also 8 Notes 9 References 10 External linksHistory EditFormation 2001 2003 Edit The Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria inspired the band s name The band s members played in various bands during the 1990s including The Karelia Yummy Fur 10p Invaders and Embryo Alex Kapranos and Paul Thomson met at a party and began a close friendship and played together in Yummy Fur and subsequently teamed up to write songs Around the same time Kapranos taught his friend Bob Hardy how to play bass after being given a bass guitar by Mick Cooke of Belle amp Sebastian Kapranos met co guitarist Nick McCarthy who had returned to Scotland after studying jazz bass in Germany in 2001 2 Once the members came together they settled on the name Franz Ferdinand for their band The name was originally inspired by a racehorse called Archduke Ferdinand 3 After seeing the horse win the Northumberland Plate in 2001 the band began to discuss Archduke Franz Ferdinand and thought it would be a good band name because of the alliteration of the name and the implications of the Archduke s death his assassination was a significant factor in the lead up to World War I 4 In an interview Hardy recollected that mainly we just liked the way it sounded We liked the alliteration Kapranos continued saying he was an incredible figure as well His life or at least the ending of it was the catalyst for the complete transformation of the world and that is what we want our music to be But I don t want to over intellectualise the name thing Basically a name should just sound good like music Thomson concluded saying I like the idea that if we become popular maybe the words Franz Ferdinand will make people think of the band instead of the historical figure 5 Franz Ferdinand and international breakthrough 2003 2005 Edit Main article Franz Ferdinand album The band performing in 2004 In May 2003 the band signed to Laurence Bell s independent record label Domino Recording Company 6 The band moved to Gula Studios in Malmo Sweden with Cardigans producer Tore Johansson to record their debut album In the latter part of 2003 the band released their debut single Darts of Pleasure In January 2004 the single Take Me Out reached No 3 in the UK charts The album Franz Ferdinand was released in early 2004 debuting at No 3 in the UK Albums Chart in February 2004 and at No 12 in the Australian album charts in April 2004 The album only reached the lowest levels of the Billboard 200 album charts in the US as of early 2004 but reached the top 5 of the indie rock chart and the Heatseeker chart for debut artists After a couple of North American tours and heavy rotation of the Take Me Out video on MTV the album eventually reached No 32 on the Billboard 200 later in 2004 and sold over a million copies in the United States 2 Franz Ferdinand received a generally strong positive response from critics NME rated it 9 out of 10 and said that the band was the latest in the line of art school rock bands featuring the Beatles The Rolling Stones The Who Roxy Music the Sex Pistols Wire Travis and Blur On 7 September 2004 the album was awarded the 2004 Mercury Music Prize Take Me Out gained first place in the Australian Triple J Hottest 100 for 2004 winning more than twice the votes of the second place entry with This Fire and The Dark of the Matinee entering at No 24 and No 50 respectively Franz Ferdinand won an Ivor Novello Award in 2004 and two Brit Awards in 2005 The avant garde music video for Take Me Out earned them a Breakthrough Video MTV Award NME named Franz Ferdinand the best album of 2004 7 and placed it 38th on their 100 Best Albums of All Time list 8 The band performed Take Me Out as a live medley with Los Lonely Boys Maroon 5 The Black Eyed Peas and Gwen Stefani at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards in 2005 in which Take Me Out was nominated for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Franz Ferdinand was nominated for Best Alternative Album Take Me Out was featured on the video games NHL 2005 Madden NFL 2005 and the breakthrough game Guitar Hero The album has sold around 3 6 million copies worldwide You Could Have It So Much Better 2005 2007 Edit Main article You Could Have It So Much Better The band spent much of 2005 in the studio in Glasgow working on their follow up album You Could Have It So Much Better which was released on 3 October 2005 The band initially intended to leave the album self titled like their debut 9 but they changed it to You Could Have It So Much Better With Franz Ferdinand before settling on the final title 10 The album s cover design was modelled on Alexander Rodchenko s 1924 portrait of Lilya Brik The band attempted to broaden its musical range on the album Hardy said There s more to life than disco beat guitar music 2 It was generally well received in the press and seen as an album equal to or better than their first by most critics 11 It entered the UK Album Charts at Number 1 and the US charts at Number 8 The album eventually sold 2 million copies worldwide Franz Ferdinand performing live in Dundee Scotland in 2006 To support the album four singles were released Included in that set is a double A side single that contained a video clip only single as well both the AA side L Wells and the video clip Jeremy Fraser are not featured on the album recorded in early 2006 during the band s tour of Australia in support of the album Also included is another video clip only single called Wine In the Afternoon which is the B side to Eleanor Put Your Boots On and was also not featured on the album but recorded on tour in Michigan Do You Want To made it to number 4 and was declared by Q to be the greatest single of 2005 while Walk Away and The Fallen entered the top 15 of the UK Singles Chart The fourth and final single from the second album Eleanor Put Your Boots On peaked at number 30 You Could Have It So Much Better went on to earn a nomination for Best Alternative Album at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards in 2006 as did Do You Want To for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Tonight Franz Ferdinand 2007 2011 Edit Main article Tonight Franz Ferdinand The band performing live in 2009 On 26 January 2009 the band released their third studio album Tonight Franz Ferdinand which they had been recording in Glasgow since mid 2007 12 The band recorded the album in a disused building in Glasgow that had been a town hall in the past Alex Kapranos has stated that The last record was like a teenager having sex This one s a bit more assured and a bit friendlier for the dance floor 13 Tonight was mixed by Canadian Mix Engineer Mike Fraser 14 The song Ulysses was chosen to be the first single and was released on 19 January 2009 It was first played by Zane Lowe on 17 November 2008 Shortly afterwards it hit YouTube 15 It did not see that much success in the UK Top 40 reaching only No 20 but it fared better in Spain and Japan where it reached No 2 and No 3 respectively It also entered the Top 20 of the US Modern Rock Chart The album Tonight was released 26 January 2009 and debuted at No 2 in the UK Album Chart and No 9 in the US Billboard 200 The second single No You Girls saw success both in the charts and on the radio prior to release eventually reaching No 7 on the US Modern Rock Chart and was performed by Franz Ferdinand on Comic Relief 2009 Top of The Pops special Can t Stop Feeling was released on 6 July as the third single from the album and on 28 August What She Came For was released as the 4th single in the form of a remix single The band performed What She Came For on The Tonight Show with Conan O Brien on Wednesday 26 August 2009 16 The band appeared on Radio 1 s live lounge performing their second single No You Girls and did a cover of Britney Spears comeback single Womanizer In February 2009 Glastonbury Festival announced Franz Ferdinand as the first major band playing at that year s festival 17 The band also unveiled a 19 date tour of the US during the spring in support of the new album The tour included a set at the Coachella Festival 18 The band were also one of the main stage acts performing at Radio 1 s Big Weekend in Swindon in May On 6 May 2009 it was announced that Franz Ferdinand would be the third opening act for the Green Day s 21st Century Breakdown World Tour They played 8 26 August 2009 and they followed Kaiser Chiefs and The Bravery On 1 June 2009 the band released Blood a compilation album that includes dub music versions of songs from Tonight Franz Ferdinand 19 The release was timed to coincide with Record Store Day iTunes Festival London 2009 iTunes Store exclusive was released in June as well 20 Also made for the Record Store Day on 16 April 2011 Domino released the compilation Covers E P which featured songs of Tonight Franz Ferdinand played by Peaches LCD Soundsystem Stephin Merritt ESG and Debbie Harry who recorded in duet with the band The first edition was only vinyl and on 2 May 2011 it was released on CD Right Thoughts Right Words Right Action and FFS with Sparks 2012 2015 Edit Main article Right Thoughts Right Words Right Action Further information FFS band and FFS album The band performing live at the 2014 Sun Festival in Malaga Spain Writing for a fourth studio album began in 2010 21 Kapranos stated that the band promised themselves they would also focus on not over publicising their progress as he felt that s something he regretted about their previous album In May 2012 the band returned to touring playing several festivals during the summer of 2012 including a headlining slot at Field Day festival in London s Victoria Park 22 Other appearances included Barcelona s Primavera Sound Festival Montreal s 2012 Osheaga Music Festival Chicago s 2012 Lollapalooza Music Festival Belgium s Dour Festival Portugal s Mares Vivas Festival and San Francisco s 2012 Outside Lands Music Festival During their 2012 tour the band gradually introduced new songs to their repertoire 23 along with a reworked version of Tonight cut Can t Stop Feeling combined with I Feel Love by Donna Summer In March 2013 Franz Ferdinand continued touring and premiering new songs In early March they performed Evil Eye and Love Illumination while the end of the month saw the live premiere of Goodbye Lovers amp Friends On 16 May 2013 Franz Ferdinand officially announced their fourth album titled Right Thoughts Right Words Right Action along with cover art track listing and a release date of 26 August 2013 24 The band launched the new album at a show at the Electric Brixton FMV Magazine s Dan Jenko praised the gig saying that there s no reason why latest LP Right Thoughts Right Words Right Action can t be the belated soundtrack of the summer 25 On 9 March 2015 it was announced that the band had formed a supergroup with Sparks under the name FFS with plans to release a studio album and tour Europe during that summer 26 A teaser titled The Domino Effect was released on the group s YouTube channel that same day 27 The John Congleton produced album FFS was officially announced on 1 April 2015 28 Three official singles were released from the album Johnny Delusional which was released on 13 April 29 Call Girl which was released on 28 May 30 and Police Encounters which was released on 23 October 31 Lineup change and Always Ascending 2016 2020 Edit In July 2016 the band announced that guitarist Nick McCarthy would not be involved in the recording and touring of their next album in order to concentrate on his family and other musical interests The band however have stressed that it is possible he may rejoin the band at a later date 32 33 On 14 October 2016 the band released Demagogue a song protesting and satirising the candidacy of Donald Trump in the U S presidential election of 2016 It was released as part of the 30 Days 50 Songs programme that featured 50 songs lyrically against Trump and his candidacy 34 35 On 19 May 2017 two days prior to the start of their North American tour Franz Ferdinand announced their new five piece line up 36 with former Yummy Fur and 1990s member Dino Bardot on guitar 37 and Julian Corrie on keyboards synth and guitar 38 On 25 October the band released the title track from their fifth studio album Always Ascending 2018 as its lead single They revealed the album s release date 9 February 2018 and announced dates for a world tour 39 Corrie joined the band for the recording sessions of the album while Bardot joined after recording was completed 40 Departure of Thomson and Hits to the Head 2021 present Edit On 21 October 2021 the band announced through social media that Paul Thomson had departed the band with Glasgow based drummer Audrey Tait joining as his replacement as well as confirming that studio recordings had been undertaken with Tait The announcement was accompanied by a statement from Thomson and a photograph of him passing his drumsticks to Tait 41 42 43 Tait s debut performance with the band had taken place several weeks before the announcement at the Balmain fashion show in Paris on 29 September 44 Franz Ferdinand released a new single Billy Goodbye on 2 November 2021 45 The track is one of two new songs on the greatest hits compilation Hits to the Head which was released on 11 March 2022 45 Franz Ferdinand performed at Night for Ukraine a fundraising benefit held at the Roundhouse in north London on the evening of March 9 2022 with the funds raised being donated to the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal to provide aid to people fleeing Ukraine following the Russian invasion The event was organised by Fabien Riggall in collaboration with the Ukrainian pop duo Bloom Twins 46 Collaborations and covers EditFranz Ferdinand covered the LCD Soundsystem song All My Friends which appeared as a B side on the single and LCD Soundsystem covered their song Live Alone in return which appeared on a covers EP alongside Stephin Merritt ESG and Debbie Harry who all covered songs from Tonight 47 They have also covered Sexy Boy by Air It Won t Be Long by the Beatles Pulp s Mis Shapes Gwen Stefani s top 5 hit What You Waiting For Blondie s Call Me Britney Spears Womanizer and David Bowie s song Sound and Vision featuring Girls Aloud 48 on backing vocals for a compilation disc marking the 40th anniversary of BBC Radio 1 along with other leading artists Additionally Franz Ferdinand recorded a cover of the Fire Engines song Get Up and Use Me In return the Fire Engines recorded a cover of Jacqueline The band also took a similar approach with Dutch band De Kift covering the song Heisa Ho whilst De Kift recorded a cover of Love and Destroy with Dutch lyrics The cover by De Kift is named Liefde En Puin which is the title Love and Destroy translated into Dutch The band has had remixes by electronic artists Daft Punk Hot Chip Justice The Avalanches Microfilm and Erol Alkan The band also performed played and recorded with Jane Birkin covering the Serge Gainsbourg song Sorry Angel for the 2005 album Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited In addition Franz re recorded the track Brown Onions for David Shrigley s compilation album Worried Noodles 49 The band kept instrumentation identical but used lyrics written by Shrigley which include the consistent repetition of the word No and occasionally No brains no teeth no legs no eyes Hot Chip a band who are reported to be a favourite of Franz Ferdinand also performed their own version of No on the same album The band partnered with Sony in Tokyo filming commercials for the launch of the A Series Walkman music player on 8 September 2005 50 51 A limited edition Franz Ferdinand themed Walkman A Series player was released by Sony Japan in January 2006 with only one hundred made 52 The band met Gorillaz in December 2005 and interviewed each other for a feature in Observer Music Monthly 53 At the 2009 NME Awards ceremony they performed a cover of Blondie s Call Me with Elly Jackson of La Roux on guest vocals When Franz appeared on Radio 1 s Live Lounge on 6 April 2009 to promote No You Girls they covered Womanizer by Britney Spears They have also collaborated with Marion Cotillard for the 2010 Lady Dior campaign The band wrote the lyrics and plays the music for the song The Eyes of Mars while the actress is on vocals Kapranos noted that it was refreshing working with her as she had a lot of fun going and retrying the song time and time again In 2010 Franz Ferdinand contributed to the Alice in Wonderland soundtrack with their adaption of the song The Lobster Quadrille Later that year Kapranos and McCarthy collaborated on the song Do It Again with Edwyn Collins on his album Losing Sleep 54 In 2016 Alex Kapranos took part in a documentary about Glasgow music and Chemikal Underground Records called Lost in France The film was directed by Niall McCann and brought Kapranos along with members of The Delgados Mogwai and others to Mauron Brittany to recreate a gig they played when Kapranos was in his earlier band The Karelia The film features Kapranos playing live with Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai and other musicians such as Emma Pollock and RM Hubbert and Holy Mountain as well as interviews with Kapranos and his old label mates Lost in France premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival to wholly positive reviews and was called funny vital and sobering 55 by Scotland s arts bible The Skinny In 2022 Franz Ferdinand s single This Fire served as the opening theme song for the Polish Japanese animated series Cyberpunk Edgerunners 56 Style EditMusic and art Edit Stylistically the band has been labelled as indie rock 57 58 post punk revival 59 60 dance punk 61 62 dance rock 63 64 and art rock 65 The band is notable for its use of Russian avant garde imagery in album and single covers designed by Matthew Cooper Examples include You Could Have It So Much Better which references a 1924 portrait of Lilya Brik by Alexander Rodchenko Take Me Out which references One Sixth Part of the World also by Alexander Rodchenko This Fire which references Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge by El Lissitzky and Michael with single art based on A Proun by Lissitzky The song Love and Destroy was inspired by the scene of disorder made by Margarita a character of Michael Bulgakov s The Master and Margarita in the apartment of the literature critic Latunzky Also in Outsiders the lyrics In seventeen years will you still be Camille Lee Miller Gala or whatever are a reference to the lovers of the artists Auguste Rodin Man Ray and Salvador Dali The band have been credited with helping to increase the popularity of men s fringed hairstyles 66 Music videos Edit Many of the videos to promote the band s singles take inspiration from Russian avant garde much like their LP and CD sleeves The avant garde music video for Take Me Out directed by Jonas Odell was inspired by Dadaism especially Max Ernst s Une Semaine de Bonte Busby Berkeley choreographies and Russian constructivist design 67 Alex Kapranos explained the many and varied influences behind the 1930s style promo for second single Take Me Out It s kind of two dimensional in a three dimensional style if that makes any sense It s a montage of images ourselves pictures and things taken from other places and put together in a strange abstract way That s what gives the video that strange jerky style 67 The lyrics of Do You Want To make reference to parties at the trendy Glasgow art gallery Transmission and the video includes a variety of the work of contemporary artist Vanessa Beecroft Members EditCurrent members Alex Kapranos lead vocals lead guitar keyboards piano 2002 present Bob Hardy bass guitar percussion 2002 present backing vocals 2002 2008 Dino Bardot rhythm guitar backing vocals 2017 present Julian Corrie keyboards synthesizers lead guitar backing vocals 2017 present Audrey Tait drums percussion 2021 present Former members Nick McCarthy rhythm guitar keyboards synthesizers piano vocals 2002 2016 Paul Thomson drums percussion backing vocals 2002 2021 Former touring musicians Dan McLean keyboards piano synthesizers 2003 2008 2016 2017 guitar 2003 2008 percussion 2016 2017 Brian Henry keyboards piano synthesizers guitar backing vocals 2008 2017 TimelineDiscography EditMain article Franz Ferdinand discography Studio albums Franz Ferdinand 2004 You Could Have It So Much Better 2005 Tonight Franz Ferdinand 2009 Right Thoughts Right Words Right Action 2013 Always Ascending 2018 Awards and honours EditMain article List of awards and nominations received by Franz FerdinandSee also EditList of bands from Glasgow List of Scottish musiciansNotes Edit Franz Ferdinand The Heather s On Fire The Skinny 9 October 2009 Retrieved 9 July 2011 a b c Hiatt Brian 22 September 2005 Hot Scots Rolling Stone Archived from the original on 5 May 2009 Retrieved 11 January 2008 BBC Sport Archduke Ferdinand takes Plate honours Hurley James Nikolich Jessica Franz Ferdinand Archived from the original on 20 June 2009 Retrieved 29 August 2009 Franz 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Demagogue Listen Pitchfork Retrieved 14 October 2016 Leight Elias 14 October 2016 Hear Franz Ferdinand Slam Donald Trump in Demagogue Rolling Stone Archived from the original on 15 October 2016 Retrieved 14 October 2016 Franz Ferdinand 19 May 2017 Here we are under a bridge in Glasgow with new members Dino Bardot on the left and Julian Corrie on the right Twitter Retrieved 19 May 2017 Miaoux Miaoux 19 May 2017 Dino is the guitar master I m mostly keys Twitter Retrieved 19 May 2017 Miaoux Miaoux 19 May 2017 Excited to announce I ve joined the bold Franz Ferdinand as synth keys guitar player Twitter Retrieved 19 May 2017 Blais Bille Braudie 25 October 2017 Franz Ferdinand Announce New Album Always Ascending Share New Song Listen Pitchfork Retrieved 25 October 2017 Parker Lyndsey 10 January 2018 Franz Ferdinand talk politics and pop You basically elected your worst person Video Yahoo Music Retrieved 25 January 2018 Franz Ferdinand Twitter Retrieved 21 October 2021 Franz Ferdinand Drummer 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