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unusual facts about Alex Kapranos


Alex Kapranos

Sound Bites: Eating on Tour with Franz Ferdinand, a book of the column and unreleased material illustrated by Andy Knowles was released in 2006.


Don't You Wanna Be Relevant? / Our Bovine Public

Along with 'Get Yr Hands Out of My Grave', the Cribs and Will Jackson produced 'Don't You Wanna be Relevant?' at Soundworks Studios, Leeds, with 'Our Bovine Public' recorded at the Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, British Columbia with Franz Ferdinand vocalist and guitarist Alex Kapranos.

Eleanor Friedberger

She previously dated Alex Kapranos of the Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand, and the band's song Eleanor Put Your Boots On is considered by fans of both bands to be about her.

I'm a Realist

Recorded at the Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, British Columbia with Franz Ferdinand vocalist and guitarist Alex Kapranos, the song received mastering treatment at Alchemy, London, United Kingdom.

RM Hubbert

Car Song (with Aidan Moffat & Alex Kapranos) / Mo Ve'La Bella Mia Da La (with Alasdair Roberts & Emma Pollock) (Chemikal Underground Records / CHEM176DD / 29th April 2012)

Scarlet's Well

Though most of the material has been written by Bid, collaborators have included Alex Kapranos ("The Spell" on the "Strange Letters" album) and David Shrigley ("Maybe", though this song only appeared on his "Worried Noodles" album); past and present members of the band have also contributed, with some lyrics made of poems by Christina Rossetti, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and Edgar Allan Poe.


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