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Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley was born on 20 March 1972 in Almondsbury, Gloucestershire.
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He moved to Scotland when he was 7.
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From the early 1990s, he was a fixture of the Glasgow music scene, running live nights at the 13th Note, most notably The Kazoo Club.
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He attended the University of Aberdeen to study Theology
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After dropping "Huntley" from his name, Kapranos formed Franz Ferdinand in 2001
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The band was composed of Alex Kapranos, Nick McCarthy (guitar, keyboard, backup vocals), Paul Thomson (drums, backup vocals, sometimes guitar) and Bob Hardy (bass).
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The band saw chart success after their second single "Take Me Out"
was released on 12 January 2004, and reached Number 3 in the UK Charts followed by their debut album Franz Ferdinand released on 9 February 2004 which debuted on the UK album chart at Number 3. -
The band went on to win the 2004 Mercury Music Prize[12 and two Brit Awards in 2005 for Best British Group and Best British Rock Act.
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In 2015, the band collaborated with American band Sparks to form a supergroup named FFS.
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In July 2016, the band announced that guitarist Nick McCarthy would not be involved in the recording and touring of their next album, in order to concentrate on his family and other musical interests.
