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| | Franz Ferdinand - RiotOnBroadway.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17) |
 | | Franz Ferdinand is a British rock band from Glasgow, named after the archduke of Austria whose assassination sparked World War I. As of 2006, Franz Ferdinand is composed of Alexander Kapranos (lead vocals, guitar), Robert Hardy (bass guitar), Nicholas McCarthy (guitar, keyboard, backing vocals), and Paul Thomson (drums, backing vocals). |
 | | The band's debut self-titled album (released in 2004) debuted on the UK album charts at number three, and won the 2004 Mercury Music Prize, before their second album charted at number 1. |
 | | So far, the band has released eight singles, a double single and a video-clip-only single, of which "Take Me Out", "The Dark of the Matinée", "This Fire" (on the download chart) and "Do You Want To" were top 10 hits in the UK. |
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