Kaiser Chiefs

The Kaiser Chiefs are an English rock band. It was founded in early 2003 in Leeds and grew out of the garage rock band Parva. The band's name is inspired by the former club of Leeds United player Lucas Radebe, the Kaizer Chiefs in Johannesburg.

History

The musical style of the Kaiser Chiefs moves between indie rock and garage rock and is influenced by bands such as The Beach Boys, Super Furry Animals, The Kinks, XTC, Beta Band, Blur, Supergrass, 10cc, Small Faces, Dexys Midnight Runners and Madness. You put yourself reluctant to certain influences determine how keyboardist Nick " Peanut " Baines told in an interview on February 3, 2007. So he turned out particularly that they have a lot of inspiration from British bands with which they grew up, got, but every song sounds different. The Kaiser Chiefs are friends with the band Franz Ferdinand.

The breakthrough for the band in the fall of 2004 with the single I Predict a Riot, in which they reached the UK Singles Chart. In February 2005 they released their debut single, Oh My God a second time, an increase in their home country in the top ten a. The first album, Employment, was released in March 2005. 's Second album, Yours Truly, Angry Mob, was produced by Stephen Street and recorded in 2006 and arrived on 23 February 2007 in the sale. With the piece of Ruby, the band managed in Germany the breakthrough. The single slowly climbed up to eleventh place in the German single charts.

On 17 October 2008, the third studio album by the Kaiser Chiefs, Off with Their Heads appeared.

In 2009, Ruby and Never Miss a Beat part of the official soundtrack for Pro Evolution Soccer 2010.

In July 2009, Kaiser Chiefs appeared as the opening act at three U2 concerts as part of the 360 ° tour: in Paris on 11 and 12 July 2009 and in Dublin on 25 July 2009.

On 27 June 2011 a physical version of the fourth studio album was released with 12 tracks, after the fans were able to put together your own version Download with 10 tracks from June 3. Here you could for 7.50 pounds of 20 pieces, of which approximately one-minute sample could be heard, create its "own" album. It could also be used on earlier versions of clients, where each creator of the one pound version was refunded.

In 2012 she appeared in London in the closing ceremony of the Summer Olympics. In the same year they released the compilation Souvenir: The Singles 2004-2012, which contained all singles released up to that point and two new songs.

On December 4, 2012 Nick Hodgson was surprisingly his departure from the band known to be dedicated to the work on the two record labels " Chewing Gum Records" and "Birthday Records " intense in the future. Hodgson had previously been considered the main songwriter of the Kaiser Chiefs and sustaining power of the group. The remaining four band members decided then to Hodgson not be replaced by a full-time member, but instead to continue as a quartet.

In live performances, they will be supported by future -changing guest drummer. For the tour in 2013, they have committed to the club -Smith - drummer Vijay Mistry.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Source

Awards

  • On 18 February 2005, the Kaiser Chiefs have been awarded the Philip Hall Radar Award at the British music magazine NME.
  • On February 15, 2006, she won the BRIT Award for Best British Band, Best British rock group and best British live act.
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