CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos says he’s not a guy who likes to look back. But now that the Scottish band has turned 20, he’s making an exception. The group formed in ...

Paul has been a member of Franz Ferdinand since their formation in 2002. “After nearly 20 years the time has come for this boy to step aside,“ he writes. The band also announced Paul's ...

Franz Ferdinand leader Alex Kapranos was born in 1972, when the Maels were already a couple of albums into the career of a band that began as Half-Nelson and was later renamed Sparks.

Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band’s 1969 masterpiece. Franz Ferdinand and Sparks formed an art-rock supergroup and released their self-titled album, FFS, in 2015.

Two decades ago, the Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand sent a jolt across the music world. Over the last few years there's been a bit of an indie music resurgence, but for Franz Ferdinand, it ...

The Franz Ferdinand frontman stopped when he heard familiar voices call out his name. He turned and saw Ron and Russell Mael of veteran Los Angeles band Sparks, who, like Franz, were set to play ...

Over a decade since "Take Me Out," you might have wondered what happened to Franz Ferdinand. After dabbling in a supergroup, in late 2017, the band announced a new lineup, single, album and tour ...

Earlier this year, Franz Ferdinand offered an online preview of a new song called "Lucid Dreams" — its ... The band recorded it at a leisurely pace over 18 months, ...

Franz Ferdinand is the name not only of the assassinated Archduke of Austria, considered the trigger for World War I; Franz Ferdinand is now a Scottish band that has made it big in Britain.

Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos responded with some dismay to the fact that his band had inadvertently started trending as people drew comparisons between the assassination of the group’s ...

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

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