stripped-down electronic music

Born in New York

From the slums of Shaolin the Rza

switched managers and jumped to a new record label

Previously unreleased material

Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand peaches stripped-down electronic musicFranz Ferdinand are a band formed in Glasgow in 2002. The name of the band was originally inspired by a racehorse called Archduke Ferdinand. After seeing the horse win the Northumberland Plate in 2001, the band began to discuss Archduke Franz Ferdinand and thought it would be a good band name because of the alliteration of the name and the implications of the Archduke's death (his assassination was a significant factor in the lead up to World War I).