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Kaiser Chiefs

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2024 - Kaiser Chiefs' Easy Eighth Album
2019 - Duck
2016 - Stay Together
2014 - Education, Education, Education & War
2012 - Start the Revolution Without Me
2012 - Souvenir: The Singles 2004-2012
2012 - On the Run
2011 - The Future Is Medieval
2008 - Off With Their Heads
2008 - Good Days Bad Days
2008 - Never Miss a Beat
2008 - iTunes Live from London
2007 - Yours Truly, Angry Mob
2007 - Ruby
2007 - Love's Not a Competition (But I'm Winning)
2007 - Everything Is Average Nowadays
2007 - The Angry Mob
2005 - Employment
2005 - 2005-04-04: Dance the Dogs Wildly: Limelight, Belfast, UK
2005 - Enjoyment
2005 - Everyday I Love You Less and Less
2005 - Modern Way
2005 - You Can Have It All
2004 - Oh My God
2004 - I Predict a Riot

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5 Male

Origin
Leeds, England, UK

Genre
Indie

Style
Rock/Pop

Mood
Energetic

Born

2003

Active
2003 to Present...

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6 users Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict a Riot
5 users Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby
5 users Kaiser Chiefs - Everyday I Love You Less and Less
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I Predict a Riot	Everything Is Average ...	Oh My God
How 2 Dance	Never Miss a Beat	Modern Way
Ruby	Kinda Girl You Are	Everyday I Love You Le...

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Kaiser Chiefs are an indie rock band from Leeds who formed in 1996. They were named after the South African football club Kaizer Chiefs. The name was chosen as the band were big Leeds United fans and their favourite player was Lucas Radebe, the club captain, who had signed for Leeds United from the Kaiser Chiefs. The group's debut album, Employment, was released in 2005. It was primarily inspired by New Wave and punk rock music of the late 1970s and 1980s, and enjoyed international success with over three million copies sold. In 2005, the album was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize. Kaiser Chiefs' second album, Yours Truly, Angry Mob (2007), yielded "Ruby", a number one single in the United Kingdom. They released their third album, Off with Their Heads, in October 2008. After a three-year hiatus, they released The Future Is Medieval in June 2011.

When they were around eleven years old, Nick Hodgson, Nick Baines and Simon Rix met in the same class at St. Mary's Catholic High School, Menston, West Yorkshire. After leaving school, Rix and Baines left for university in 1996 whereas Hodgson remained in the Leeds area, meeting both Andrew White and Ricky Wilson. Hodgson, White and Wilson formed the band Runston Parva, its name a deliberate misspelling of a small East Yorkshire hamlet called Ruston Parva. After Runston Parva failed to secure a record deal, the group re-formed as Parva upon the return of Rix and Baines from university. Parva's career went beyond the boundaries of Leeds, and the band was able to obtain both a record and publishing deal. However, after Beggars Banquet closed the Mantra label, Parva were dropped and left desolate and without any direction after the release of an album and three singles ("Heavy", "Good Bad Right Wrong" and "Hessles").

According to manager James Sandom in an interview with HitQuarters, as a dropped band they had become damaged goods, "No one would touch them because they had a history. A lot of people used their history against them." The band decided that they would aim for a longer term record deal and started afresh with new songs and a new name: Kaiser Chiefs. The new name was taken from South African football club Kaizer Chiefs.

Manager James Sandom was tipped off about the band by Drowned in Sound founder Sean Adams for the Drowned in Sound label and persuaded him to go and see them live. Sandom said: "I went to see a couple of shows and you were just bombarded by a series of potential hit singles." Soon after Sandom became their manager, Kaiser Chiefs signed to B-Unique Records. Atlantic Records had also made an offer for the band.


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