Hello ladies and gents this is the Viking telling you that today we are talking about!!
Franz Ferdinand
1.Long-time guitarist Nick McCarthy has announced he has parted ways with Franz Ferdinand. It’s sad news, but hopefully we’ll get plenty more Franz music in the future. Here are some geeky facts about the Glasgow indie rockers. For starters, did you know that the B-side of breakout single ‘Take Me Out’, ‘All For You, Sophia’, is about their namesake Archduke? It includes nods towards his assassin and secret society ‘Black Hands’.
2.The band is well versed when it comes to cover tracks, with renditions of hits by the likes of Pulp, David Bowie and Britney Spears.
3.Their songs have also been undergone the remix treatment by several big names from the electronic music world, including Daft Punk, Hot Chip and Erol Alkan.
4.Bassist Bob Hardy on the band’s name: “Mainly we just liked the way it sounded. We liked the alliteration.”
5.Kapranos previously played in some of Glasgow’s best-loved bands, including The Yummy Fur, The Amphetameanies and The Blisters.
And as always have a chilled day from the Viking
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