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Alex Kapranos

By MariBP

  • Birth

    Birth
    Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley was born on 20 March 1972 in Almondsbury, Gloucestershire.

  • 7 years

    He moved to Scotland when he was 7.

  • The music starts

    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.

  • Academy

    Academy
    He attended the University of Aberdeen to study Theology

  • Franz Ferdinand

    Franz Ferdinand
    After dropping "Huntley" from his name, Kapranos formed Franz Ferdinand in 2001

  • The composition of the band

    The composition of the band
    The band was composed of Alex Kapranos, Nick McCarthy (guitar, keyboard, backup vocals), Paul Thomson (drums, backup vocals, sometimes guitar) and Bob Hardy (bass).

  • Success

    Success
    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.

  • Prizes

    Prizes
    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.

  • FFS

    FFS
    In 2015, the band collaborated with American band Sparks to form a supergroup named FFS.

  • Nick goodbye

    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.