| For the historical figure, see Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.For other uses, see Franz Ferdinand (disambiguation).Franz Ferdinand are an indie rock band that formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 2001.Named after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the band is comprised of Alex Kapranos (lead vocals and guitar), Bob Hardy (bass guitar), Nick McCarthy (rhythm guitar, keyboards and backing vocals, and Paul Thomson (drums, percussion and backing vocals).NME made Franz Ferdinand their Album of the Year."Do You Want To" and other hits such as "Walk Away" and "The Fallen".You Could Have It So Much Better
1.Formation
The members of Franz Ferdinand had played previously in various bands during the 1990s including The Karelia, The Yummy Fur, 10p Invaders and Embryo.Some time around the end of 2001, Bob Hardy was sitting in Alex Kapranos's kitchen in Glasgow.Kapranos had just been given a bass by his friend Mick, on the condition that he did 'something useful' with it.So he asked "Do you want to learn to play the bass then, Bob?""No, I'm an artist, not a musician."Nick McCarthy at a party.Kapranos went with his own drink, as was tradition in that particular place, whereas Nick had a different idea: to try and steal other people's drinks without getting caught.Nick tried to steal Alex's vodka, but he was caught and a fight broke out.When asked if he knew how to play the drums, McCarthy said that he could.However, when they met up in McCarthy's flat, this didn't seem the case.Undeterred, they began to rehearse together at McCarthy's house.The trio met up with Paul Thomson who had played drums with Yummy Fur.Thomson was originally going to play guitar because he wanted to try something other than drums.Nick and Alex decided that they needed somewhere bigger than Nick's home to play music in.After some weeks, they found their way in and shut the events down because of the band running an illegal bar and contravening various health and safety, fire hazard and noise abatement legislation.On Tobago Street there is a Victorian courtroom and gaol.It was ideal for the band.In a 2004 interview with VH1, Alex Kapranos described the sound they were seeking.There was a guy holding up a mobile phone to the stage while we were playing.We arranged to meet some of these guys and it felt like some daft Carry On film, or a Terry and June episode.The band had recorded an EP worth of material which they intended to release themselves.Domino Records offered them a contract to release an EP called Darts of Pleasure in the latter part of 2003.NME editor Connor McNicholas said, "My first contact with Franz Ferdinand was when someone was playing the Darts of Pleasure demos, in the NME office, and it was genuinely one of those moments when a track goes on and I come bundling out of my office saying "what the hell is this because this is amazing" it was therefore no surprise the band won the "Phillip Hall Radar Award" at the NME Awards of 2004 (announced in late 2003).Franz played the Carling stage in 2003 alongside bands such as Razorlight and Keane.We were playing in a tent and it was crammed, the single wasn't even out yet..."."Franz Ferdinand do little new and are surfing on the New Wave 20 years late."With the release, Franz were acclaimed as "the saviours of rock and roll" John Peel gave them airtime.In January, Franz Ferdinand's single Take Me Out would propel them into the charts with a pop consciousness that no guitar band had done for years.Alex however cancelled out any attempts of clever lyrics, "The music we hate is that of earnest boys making complicated music for other earnest boys.Franz Ferdinand have been quoted as saying they wanted to make "music that girls can dance to."It debuted at number 3 in the UK Albums Chart in February 2004 and at number 12 in the Australian album charts in April 2004.After a couple of North American tours and heavy rotation of the "Take Me Out" video on MTV, the album eventually reached No.Billboard 200 later in 2004 and has been certified platinum in the US for sales exceeding 1,000,000.The Franz Ferdinand album received a generally strong positive response from critics.NME said that the band was the latest in the line of art school rock bands featuring Duran Duran, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Roxy Music, the Sex Pistols, Wire, Travis and Blur.The BBC's review of the album said: "At only 38 minutes long Franz Ferdinand may not be a particularly long album, but it is a masterpiece of funky, punky, suave cool from the first track to the last."Franz Ferdinand proceeded to win an Ivor Novello Award in 2004 and two BRIT Awards in 2005.Best Albums of All Time list.You Could Have It So Much Better...With Franz Ferdinand before settling on the current title.However, it generally was critically acclaimed and seen as an album equal to, or better than their first by most critics, including the NME.It entered the UK Album Charts at Number 1 and the US charts at Number 8.This stylistic change was reflected in more lively live shows, featuring band members jumping off the drum kit, smashing guitars and rolling around on stage."Jeremy Fraser" are not featured on the album, recorded in early 2006 during the band's tour of Australia in support of the album).Eleanor Put Your Boots On, and was also not featured on the album, but recorded on tour in Michigan.Wells" entered the top 15 of the UK Singles Chart.Australia and New Zealand at the end of January as well, as you do.Alex had this to say regarding the next album.Franz Ferdinand has always been pop".On February 14, 2007, Bonnaroo released the initial 2007 lineup, which included Franz Ferdinand, the two confirmed that this would be the only festival they'll perform in that year, despite initial plans to not perform live at all that year.In the same interview held with XFM discussing the next album, Alex said this to XFM.Despite what Alex said, on September 22nd Franz Ferdinand headlined at Loopallu, a festival which at the time was in its third year, held in the village of Ullapool in the north west Highlands.They played a mix of old and new tracks in a tent by the side of Loch Broom.It was in December, 2006 that the actual band members took control of their own MySpace page, they used it as an advantage to upload video updates and on March 26, 2007, a video of them recording an instrumental song dubbed Flight of the Galvatron was uploaded.On May 9, 2007, Alex updated the band's MySpace blog with brief mentions of two songs, entitled A New Thrill and English Goodbye.The band actually debuted the two songs in Spring 2007 in a live show in Glasgow.In addition, they played "Favourite Lie", "Turn It On", and "Anyone In Love".On May 30, 2007, Rock'n Coke Festival in Istanbul released the lineup, which included Franz Ferdinand.Their working titles were "Live Alone," "Kathrine Kiss Me," and "Ulysses."An image that appeared for some time on the band's homepage and it's speculated that it will be the name of the new album.They performed a new song entitled "Kathrine Kiss Me" along with "Hallam Foe, Dandelion Blow" and crowd favorites, "Dark of the Matinee" and "Jacqueline."In late August 2007, the Official Site was simply a black background with "Not Yet" in grey letters at the bottom right.This has prompted plenty of speculation that the third album would be coming soon and some also believed that "Not Yet" may indeed have turned out to be the title of the third album, however as of October 22nd, FranzFerdinand.Not Yet and featured instead an image of the band against a brick wall in black and white.He spoke of a song from the next album called "Ulysses" and confirmed that it featured a collaboration from Anri Sala.Paul said, "I liked the idea that the song wasn't out yet, and that it's being taken apart and put back together again by someone who hasn't even heard the original.We've recorded a couple of songs with different producers.Hopefully we'll start recording around December and get it out before the summer.This time we've had a chance to reconvene after having six months off and learnt to play our instruments a bit differently.""We've been recording a couple of songs in the last two weeks.The strangest instrument we've been using is an old Russian synthesiser built from spare parts in the Cold War.In the 3rd issue of the Franz Ferdinand Fan Cub, they put the lyrics of a new and yet unheard song 'Lucid Dreams'.To meet Wikipedia's quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup because it is in a list format that may be better presented using prose.Editing help is available.The band performed played and recorded with Jane Birkin, covering the Serge Gainsbourg song "Sorry Angel" for the 2005 album Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited.He is also seen briefly in the video for Walk Away.The band is also working on an album of Sparks covers, collaborating with the group on the recordings.Brown Onions for David Shringley's compilation album "Worried Noodles".The band kept instrumentation identical but used lyrics written by Shringley which include the consistent repetition of the word "No" and occasionally "No brains, no teeth, no legs, no eyes...".Hot Chip a band who, it is reported are a favourite of Franz Ferdinand also performed their own version of "No" on the same album.The name of the band was originally inspired by a racehorse called The Archduke.After seeing the horse run on television the band began to discuss Archduke Franz Ferdinand and thought it would be a good band name because of the sound of the name and the implications of the Archduke's death (his assassination was the most significant of many factors which led to World War I).Franz Ferdinand will make people think of the band instead of the historical figure."The song "Take Me Out", on the band's first album, was the second single to be released by the band.The single release of "Take Me Out" came with the B side, "All For You Sophia", based on the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife, whose name was Sophie, not Sophia.The band changed the name Sophie to Sophia to give the song a better ring to it.Sixth Part of the World also by Alexander Rodchenko, "This Fire", which references Beat the white with the Red wedge by El Lissitzky and "Michael", with single art based on A Proun by Lissitzky."It's kind of two dimensional in a three dimensional style if that makes any sense.That's what gives the video that strange, jerky, style".The lyrics of Do You Want To make reference to parties at the 'trendy' Glasgow art gallery Transmission and the video includes a satire of the work of contemporary artist Vanessa Beecroft.Problems playing the files?Retrieved January 12, 2004.You Could Have It So Much Better"."Franz Ferdinand reveal third album details" NME."Franz Ferdinand To Start Work On New Album In January" Gigwise."Franz Ferdinand reveal future plans".June 2003, SHOOTING STARS: FRANZ FERDINAND MARRY HISTORY AND ART, John Clarke.This article needs additional citations for verification.Please help improve this article by adding reliable references."Franz Ferdinand" redirects here.For the band, see Franz Ferdinand (band).For other uses, see Franz Ferdinand (disambiguation).When he was only twelve years old, his cousin Duke Francis V of Modena died, naming Franz Ferdinand his heir on condition that he add the name Este to his own.Franz Ferdinand thus became one of the wealthiest men in Austria.He was given the normal strict education of an archduke with an emphasis on history and moral character.In 1883 Franz Ferdinand entered the army with the rank of third lieutenant.As a young man, Franz Ferdinand developed two great passions: hunting and travel.It is estimated that he shot more than 5,000 deer in his lifetime.In 1883, he visited Italy for the first time in order to see the properties left to him by Duke Francis V of Modena.In 1889, Franz Ferdinand's life changed dramatically.Franz Ferdinand's father, Archduke Karl Ludwig, as first in line to the throne.However his father renounced his succession rights a few days after the Crown Prince's death.Henceforth, Franz Ferdinand was groomed to succeed.Archduke Franz Ferdinand (right) with his family.In 1895 Franz Ferdinand met Countess Sophie Chotek at a ball in Prague.Franz Ferdinand began to visit Archduke Friedrich's villa in Pressburg (now Bratislava).They kept their relationship a secret for more than two years.Archduchess Isabella assumed that Franz Ferdinand was enamored with one of her daughters.In 1898, however, he left his watch lying on a tennis court at her home.Franz Ferdinand refused to consider marrying anyone else.Pope Leo XIII, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, and the German Emperor Wilhelm II all made representations on Franz Ferdinand's behalf to the Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, arguing that the disagreement between Franz Joseph and Franz Ferdinand was undermining the stability of the monarchy.Finally, in 1899, the Emperor Franz Joseph agreed to permit Franz Ferdinand to marry Sophie, on condition that the marriage would be morganatic and that their descendants would not have succession rights to the throne.Franz Joseph did not attend the affair, nor did any archduke including Franz Ferdinand's brothers.The only members of the imperial family who were present were Franz Ferdinand's stepmother, Maria Theresia, and her two daughters.Hohenberg) with the style Her Serene Highness (Ihre Durchlaucht).In 1909, she was given the more senior title Duchess of Hohenberg (Herzogin von Hohenberg) with the style Her Highness (Ihre Hoheit).Stift Rois De Blougne tourer in which the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was riding at the time of his assassination.The event, known as the Assassination in Sarajevo, triggered World War I.It missed them, but many civilians were injured.Franz and Sophie both insisted on going to see all those injured at the hospital.Franz was shot in the jugular and was still alive when witnesses arrived to his aid.Princip had used the Browning .Hungary's declaration of war against Serbia.Franz Ferdinand is interred with his wife Sophie in Artstetten Castle, Austria.Franz Ferdinand's neck while the other pierced Sophie's abdomen....As the car was reversing (to go back to the Governor's residence because the entourage thought the Imperial couple were unhurt) a thin streak of blood shot from the Archduke's mouth onto Count Harrach's right cheek (he was standing on the car's running board).Harrach drew out a handkerchief to still the gushing blood.Turning to his wife despite the bullet in his neck, Franz Ferdinand pleaded: "Sopherl!Bleibe am Leben fur unsere Kinder!Is Your Imperial Highness suffering very badly?"It is nothing" said the Archduke in a weak but audible voice.He seemed to be losing consciousness, but, his voice growing steadily weaker, he repeated the phrase perhaps six or seven times more.He was losing counsciousness during his last few minutes.Koonin
A rattle began to issue from his throat, which subsided as the car drew in front of the Konak (Town Hall).Despite several doctors' efforts, the Archduke died shortly after being carried into the building while his beloved wife was almost certainly dead from internal bleeding before the motorcade reached the Konak.This page was last modified 23:12, 9 January 2008.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.Franz Ferdinand and Rich Costey, and recorded in both rural Scotland and at Avatar Studios in NYC, the album features thirteen brand new tracks, including the new single, "Do You Want To."Alex met Nick in Jo and Celia's kitchen.Nick was dressed like a young Adam Ant and was stealing Alex's vodka.Nick lied and said that he could.Paul had pawned his kit, but he liked the idea of playing guitar, so he started coming down Nick's South Side mansion.One day he and Nick swapped over, on the condition that Paul still got to sing and didn't have to use rack toms, as they stopped the audience getting a good view of him.Girl Art was an exhibition organised by a group of students at the Glasgow School Of Art.They heard the plan for music that girls could dance to, so ask the boys to play their first gig.It was in Celia's bedroom, which was lit by neon.At least 80 people watched and most of them danced.They discovered two things: that the line wasn't disused after all and a huge abandoned art deco warehouse overlooking the Clyde.Latest news: Lucy McKenzie asks if they'll play her studio, they are charged with running an illegal bar and arrested at the Chateau.They take over the derelict Bridgton CID court and jail, nip down to London for a few days play a few gigs and Domino Record Co decide to put out their music.CONGRATULATIONS ON THEIR BRIT AWARDS!SPECIAL FRANZ FERDINAND LIMITED EDITION CD IN U.After completing five hugely successful US tours, rocking stellar performances on "Conan" and "Letterman," and garnering the cover of Spin Magazine, Franz Ferdinand will reissue their GOLD debut album on November 23 with a very special bonus disc.Rich Costey in New York City during the summer of 2004, resulting in an exciting new version that radio stations have been picking up on and playing considerably.StyleWar for "This Fire," already blazing across the various video channels.To avoid the confusion and customer dissatisfaction of hearing the new version of "This Fire" on the video outlets and radio, the new recording was added to the release.Franz Ferdinand's expanded reissue is sure to be a huge holiday hit for your friends and family!To download "This Fffire" on iTunes, click here!Plus Franz Ferdinand's CD at shakefire.Watch the brand new Franz Ferdinand video for "This Fire" at mtv.Click here to watch Franz Ferdinand's video for "Take Me Out!"NOW 17
Franz Ferdinand's "Take Me Out" has been selected to appear on the next installment of the Now Music CD series: Now That's What I Call Music Volume 17.For more information including the tracklisting, please click here.Download Franz Ferdinand ringtones here!"All For You, Sofia" at iTunes!Click here to download Franz Ferdinand music at iTunes.FRANZ FERDINAND WINS MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARD!Congratulations to Franz Ferdinand for winning the Breakthrough Video Award at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards!ARTIST OF THE MONTH
Check out an exclusive interview and performance from Franz Ferdinand as well as the videos for "Take Me Out" and "The Dark Of The Matinee" on Yahoo!Emerging Artist Of The Month feature.Windows to use Netscape (Keyword: UPGRADE).You will also need to download and install WINSOCK.Macintosh users should contact AOL directly for help.Minutes() * 60 + newCurrentTime.See all 424 customer reviews...Ships from and sold by Amazon.See all artists' picks on our Music You Should Hear page.See all 424 customer reviews...Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?To hear a song sample, click on "Listen" by that sample.Franz Ferdinand is an unrelentingly smart, fluffy, and fun debut.This is what the Rapture and Interpol would sound like if they wrote songs half as good as those they rip off, or the Strokes if their parents had sent them to art school instead of the fashion academy.Every song on here is so blatantly derivative it sounds almost original, like a Blur without the gloomy hangover.Songs like "Darts of Pleasure," "Come on Home," "Take Me Out," and "Cheating on You" are so good they will surely appeal even to those without slanty, messy haircuts.Sheet music for Franz ferdinand at Sheet Music Plus.No Credit Card Required.Send Franz Ferdinand ringtones to your cell phone now!No one has tagged this product for Amazon search yet.Franz Ferdinand open for Interpol about a year ago, but to be honest, I don't remember them at all.Either I was still parking the car or fighting my way to the bar, but I'm sure that if I'd heard any of the songs here, I would have quit my job and devoted my life to preaching the gospel of Franz Ferndinand.And altho' they were opening for Interpol, a better comparison would be the Rapture.Everything here has been stolen from somewhere else, and I mean that in the best possible way.Gang of Four record, only catchier."Jacqueline" starts out like a sea chanty, 43 seconds of melancholy crooning that make Franz Ferdinand sound like second cousins to the Decemberists."Tell Her Tonight" follows suit, with a funky riff that sounds like it was lifted from "Echoes."Bauhaus, and then morphs into a completely different song halfway through, with a bouncy Pixies bassline and hyperactive vocals sung in some sort of German pidgin."David Bowie's "John, I'm Only Dancing."But like everything else Franz Ferdinand pilfer, they do it a little bit better.Was this review helpful to you?The Strokes to Interpol and beyond.Truth is, although Franz Ferdinand pays an agreeable nod to a few bands that have come before them, they have developed their own unique sound and comparisons will undoubtedly fall short.If you like these bands too, you'll thank me for suggesting Franz Ferdinand.Smiths, first and foremost...I'm considering importing some of it.Franz Ferdinand come out on their debut album as a group of artists formed not for the sole purpose of creating music, but creating an atmosphere and a feeling.Amazing bass lines, great high hat attacks and solid rhythm guitar lay down the backdrop for a painting that could only be completed by a soulfull, solid voice.There will be the inevitible comparisons to Pulp, Interpol, Joy Division, etc.Just as everything adds up to be more than the simple sum of its' parts, Franz Ferdinand is a unique combination of artists and musicians that seem to have come together for the perfect approach to inspired, clever lyrics and an original sound.Every band is influenced by other bands...These guys are for real...Pick it up now before they end up on the cover of Rolling Stone as the band slated to save Rock and Roll.CD, one of the best of 2004!This debut album of the band Franz Ferdinand is an intense, rocking celebration of an album with many new tunes so incredible you're going to want more the moment the CD ends!For now we must be content with this effort and hope they turn out another CD soon!Interesting and very, very good!Another song, "Michael," has a great beat and is very candid about sexuality.The song "Auf Acshe" has a strong disco beat, just to show they can do practically any type of music!There's also the song "This Fire," which has a very strong, energetic rhythm that will make you want to chant along with it!Honestly, the songs on Franz Ferdinand are so damn good you'll have a hard time putting the CD away.This won't be gathering dust on your CD shelf!See all 424 customer reviews...Strokes Indie rock revolution of the early 2000s (i.The lyrics are smart, the music is catchy and complex without being pretentious...Franz Ferdinand is an incredibly fun band to listen to and you won't regret picking...After hearing take me out over and over again i figured this band wrote one decent song that was going to be hyped until they faded.Published 10 months ago by E.People, honestly, who cares if Franz Ferdinand is today's best band or if this album is "funky" or not.ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE !The ABC's of Classic Rock!Be the first person to add an article 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band.""Are you sure you want to delete this comment?"And a belated happy birthday to Nick!We know you are taking your time and that is fair, but we are so abandon!BOY (with short hair again..Your pictures are great, but the ones that are taken in Novi Sad are simply the best:))) hehe joking....You are loved in Italy, when are you coming here??Your music is the best, I hope to catch you live sometime!Winners are ex members of DO ME BAD THINGS.New glaswegian four piece, who are danny saunders alongside members of FRANZ FERDINAND, THE ROYAL WE and PAR CARK.CARDIACS)PLUS FRANZ FERDINAND DJS AND RESIDENT DJS PAUL AND VAL.Finally a pic on the homepage after the long not yet letters.Miss you tons and tons!!!Lots of love from the US.Hi Franz CatzCheers for being my pal an aw that.The taster at the Grand Ole Opry was magic!Hello lads,Just want to say I really love the photo that is now the official website!Franz Ferdinand are sinfully addictive!Denny, just outside falkirk lol fubar gig was amazin!"Urgent Security Alert","Warning: You are submitting information to an outside site.Do you wish to continue your form submission?"Id + " Link: " + targetLink.His assassination on June 28, 1914, provided the spark that ignited the Great War.Crown Prince Rudolf in 1889, and his own father in 1896.Not an especially cultured man, at times prideful and mistrusting, F.Hungarian dualism with 'Trialism,' a triple monarchy in which the empire's slavs would have an equal voice in government with the Germans and Magyars.Another possible variation F.While such radical reforms might have saved the empire, they were not popular among those with vested interests in the existing structure.Contented slavs living within the empire would not be likely to agitate for separation and to join with Serbia.As Inspector General of the Army, F.The trip also provided an opportunity for both himself and Sophie to be seen as 'imperial.Saravejo was made public.By killing him, the threat of his reforms would be removed.Franz Ferdinand was buried in a crypt beneath the chapel of his castle, Artstetten, instead of the customary burial place of the Hapsburgs, Capuchin Crypt, in Vienna.Related Articles in World War I Document Archive
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