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ranz Ferinand Music Biography on the Bottom
Glasgow's
art-damaged
rock
quartet
Franz
Ferdinand
—
named
for
the
Austro-Hungarian
Archduke
whose
murder
sparked
World
War
I
—
features
bassist
Bob
Hardy
guitarist
Nick
McCarthy
drummer
Paul
Thomson
and
singer/guitarist
Alex
Kapranos.
In
late
2001
Kapranos
and
Hardy
had
begun
working
on
music
together
when
they
met
McCarthy
a
classically
trained
pianist
and
double
bass
player
who
originally
played
drums
for
the
group
despite
no
prior
experience
as
a
drummer.
The
trio
had
been
rehearsing
at
McCarthy's
house
for
a
while
when
they
met
and
started
playing
with
Thomson
a
former
drummer
for
the
Yummy
Fur
who
felt
like
playing
guitar
instead.
Eventually
McCarthy
and
Thomson
switched
to
guitar
and
drums
and
the
band
switched
practice
spaces
stumbling
upon
an
abandoned
warehouse
that
they
named
the
Chateau.