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- Origin
- Glasgow, GB
- Active since
- 2001
About
Franz Ferdinand are a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 2002. Their original line-up was composed of Alex Kapranos (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Nick McCarthy (guitar, keyboards, vocals), Bob Hardy (bass) 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, percussion) joined the band after Thomson left in 2021. The band were categorised as a post-punk revival band, and garnered multiple UK top 20 hits in the 2000s. 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 band's 2003 debut single, "Darts of Pleasure", narrowly missed the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 44, but their second single that same year, "Take Me Out", yielded their commercial breakthrough, peaking at number three. "Take Me Out" charted in several other 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 debut album Franz Ferdinand 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…
Stations that played Franz Ferdinand
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Discography

The Human Fear
2025

Always Ascending
2018

Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
2013

Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
2009

Blood
2009

You Could Have It So Much Better
2005

Franz Ferdinand
2004
Members
Nick McCarthy
background vocals, guitar, keyboard
2002–2016
Bob Hardy
bass guitar
2002–present
Alex Kapranos
guitar, lead vocals
2002–present
Andy Knowles
additional, drums (drum set)
2005–2007
Dino Bardot
electric guitar
2017–present
Miaoux Miaoux
background vocals, electric guitar, keyboard
2017–present
Audrey Tait
drums (drum set)
2021–present
Paul Thomson
background vocals, drums (drum set), guitar, percussion
?–2021
External links
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