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. The members of Franz Ferdinand played in various bands during the 1990s, including The Karelia, Yummy Fur, 10p Invaders, and Embryo. " Ulysses" was released as the lead single, although " No You Girls" proved to be popular, being their second longest-charting single in the UK, after "Do You Want To" (2005). After the release of You Could Have It So Much Better, the band took some time recording their third album, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, which was released internationally on January 26, 2009, and made the top ten in the United Kingdom and the United States. The album produced the hit single " Do You Want To", amongst many other singles. The album topped the UK Album Charts, and made the top ten in the Billboard 200 in the US. The band's second album, You Could Have It So Much Better (2005), was a platinum-selling album in the United Kingdom and gold-selling in the United States. From the album, three top-ten singles were released: "Take Me Out", " The Dark of the Matinée", and " This Fire". NME named Franz Ferdinand as their Album of the Year. The band went on to win the 2004 Mercury Music Prize, and two BRIT Awards in 2005 for Best British Group and Best British Rock Act. 3 in the UK Charts, followed by their debut album, Franz Ferdinand, which debuted on the UK album chart at No. The band first experienced chart success when their second single, " Take Me Out", reached No. The band is composed 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). International customers are responsible for import fees due upon delivery (Except UK orders under $160). ALL SALES FINAL.Indie rock, post-punk revival, dance-rock, post-Britpopįranz Ferdinand is a British band formed in Glasgow in 2002. Available on Thursday, October 12th 10 AM PDT at. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Greenpeace USA. Comes with a Digital Certificate of Authenticity provided by Verisart. Screen print on thick cream Speckletone paper. A portion of proceeds from this print will benefit Greenpeace USA to support their efforts to fight climate change. No matter how slick and seductive the packaging may be, fossil fuel corporations know that they are wrecking the planet… they know from their own internal scientific research, which they hid while telling the public “everything is fine and beautiful here.” Don’t be deceived or sedated… and vote with your conscience, not your lifestyle aspirations, because future generations lives depend on it! Without action, every hollow noise we make is our swan song. Endless power from fossil fuels was a naive driver of the American dream for several decades, but we know better now that there are environmental consequences to powering our deluxe lifestyles with fossil fuels. The image is inspired by the sleek and idealized mid-century architecture of both deluxe homes and deluxe factories from which the power and products for these homes is generated. The Pattern of Denial print is an examination of image versus reality.
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