Franz Ferdinand are a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 2002. The band’s original lineup was composed of Alex Kapranos, Nick McCarthy, Bob Hardy, and Paul Thomson. Julian Corrie and Dino Bardot joined the band in 2017 after McCarthy left during the previous year. The name was originally inspired by a racehorse called Archduke Ferdinand, who was assassinated in 1914.
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Franz Ferdinand are a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 2002. The band’s original lineup was composed of Alex Kapranos, Nick McCarthy, Bob Hardy, and Paul Thomson. Julian Corrie and Dino Bardot joined the band in 2017 after McCarthy left during the previous year. 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. 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. The name was originally inspired by a racehorse called Archduke Ferdinand, who was assassinated in 1914. They thought it would be a good band name because of the alliteration of the name and the implications of the Archduque’s death. The first two singles, \”Darts of Pleasure\” and \”Take Me Out\”, peaked within the top-50 on the UK Singles Chart. The album, The Heatseeker, was released in early 2004, and sold over a million copies in the United States and over 200,000 in the UK. After a couple of heavy tours of North America and heavy rotation of the video on MTV, the album reached the lowest levels of the Billboard 200 album charts in the early 2000s. It was released on Domino Recording Company, with Cardigans producer Tore Johansson to record their debut album.
In May 2003 the band signed to Laurence Bell’s independent record label, Domino recording Company. In the latter part of 2003, they released their debut, “Darts Of Pleasure”. In January 2004, the single “Take Me out” reached the UK charts at No.3 in early February 2004. The single earned a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal; it became the band’s signature song. In 2005, the group released their second studio album “You Could Have It So Much Better” and earned Grammy-nominations for Best Alternative Album and for one of the singles, “Do You Want To” In August 2013, theband released their fourth studio album,. Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action, in August 2013. A remix album of Tonight, titled Blood, wasreleased in July 2009; by then the band had shifted from a post-punk-focused sound to a more dance-oriented sound. It reached the top 5 of the indie rock chart of the UK and the top 10 of the U.S. charts in early April 2004. It sold over 1.5 million copies and the album was a No.1 album on the Billboard chart in the US in April 2004, but reached the bottom of the US charts in April 2005. It has since been remastered and re-released twice, with the most recent version of the album being released in August 2014.
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