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Hangin in the W.C.: FRANZ FERDINAND
March 23, 2004
Easy Street Records In-Store Performance, 6 pm
The Crocodile Caf, 11 pm
Seattle, the W.C.

All you history geeks, war freaks and people with a brain, identify 20th century Franz Ferdinand as the Archduke of Austria whose assassination in 1914 started World War I and changed the world over. All ye gadgees out there who love music will know that 21st century Franz Ferdinand is the up and coming band who is rocking horse shite. In plain English, Franz Ferdinand, the Scottish post-punk pop quartet, will rock you hoarse!

FF may be good lads with generous and good hearts but there are tigers lurking underneath their moppy heads and tight trousers.

Franz Ferdinand (FF) is Glasgow, Scotlands gift to the world. New Music Express (NME) magazine inaugurate FF as the band that will change your life. The hype and press surrounding this band is tremendous. KEXP, one of the best listener powered stations that anyone around the world can stream on the internet at www.kexp.org, plays FF several times a day.

Franz Ferdinand is on deejay John Richards 10 Top Records of 2004 list. They are huge in Europe. They were the hottest show at Austin, Texas, South By SouthWest (SXSW) music festival in mid-March. They sold out The Troubadour in Los Angeles and The Crocodile in Seattle. This is their first US tour and after taking Europe by storm, they have now come to take us.

See, these boys have been playing together for only two years. We are having a fanastic time. We been mucking about for years as friends so this is great for us lead singer Alex Kapranos tells me when I asked about how they were handling their growing schedule and increasing fame, as he signs the record I just had to buy after being blown away by their powerful sound at their in-store performance at Easy Street Records in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle.

Alex, lead guitarist Nick McCarthy, bassist Bob Hardy, and drummer Paul Thompson are four of the most gracious musicians Ive met in my life. I am impressed with their sweetness and sincerity. I chat them up for 10 minutes as they sign fans CD booklets, posters, and necks. Yes, necks. When I tell them that I am going to review the show, Alex offers to put me on the guest list. Wow! Nick also adds the three guys whom I met while waiting in line; Ewan and Mark are fellow Weegees and by chance, found out FF was playing while looking for a good record store and a show to see while passing through Seattle. What lucky devils!