Born in a dingy Glasgow flat, Franz Ferdinand's biggest hit became a foundational part of the 2000s indie-rock boom and Hottest 100 lore.

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LONDON — Two decades ago, the Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand sent a jolt across the music world. They waltzed in striped shirts and quickly became global icons for their deliriously hooky ...

Franz Ferdinand are a rock band that formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 2001. Named after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, ...

“We all do things that we wish we hadn’t done,” Alex Kapranos purrs at the end of the new Franz Ferdinand album, but it sounds like his regrets are too few to mention. The Scottish mod ...

With their evergreen hit “Take Me Out” having just passed the one billion Spotify streams mark, Franz Ferdinand have shared a ...

In Australia, Franz Ferdinand’s indie rock hit ‘Take Me Out’ not only took out the top spot on the hottest 100 of 2004, it won by more than twice the votes of the second-place entry (which was awarded ...

Alex Kapranos with his Franz Ferdinand bandmates ... I like my photography, music production and woodwork … My grandfather was a carpenter, so it’s always been a big part of my life.

Two decades ago, the Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand sent a jolt across the music world. They quickly became global icons for their deliriously hooky songs, hitting a critical mass in the chant ...

He moved to Scotland as a seven-year-old and from the early 90s became a key figure in the Glasgow music scene, playing in bands including The Yummy Fur and putting on club nights. He formed Franz ...

Righteous proof that rebel music and irony are alive and well. Franz Ferdinand, meanwhile, shared the news via Instagram on Thursday (January 9), writing: “We’ve just heard that ‘Take Me Out ...