History Music / FranzFerdinand

* LongRunnerLineUp: They were initially Type I, keeping the same lineup for over 10 years after the formation of the band, but became Type II as of 2016, with [=McCarthy's=] departure and his replacement with Dino Bardot and Julian Corrie.

* ''FFS'' (2015) - Collaborative album with Music/{{Sparks}} ( [=McCarthy's=] last album)

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* TheRoaringTwenties: Their first album ''runneth over'' with the references to the '20s--especially in the videos, which are obviously influenced by UsefulNotes/{{Dada}} and Vkhutemas/Soviet Constructivism.

* BiTheWay: Implied in "Do You Want To".

Franz Ferdinand is a Scottish PostPunk[=/=]DancePunk band formed in 2002. They're named after the Austrian archduke whose assassination sparked UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.

Tell me, are resistance and stupidity the same?\\

And now I know , now I know, now I know,\\

* Alex Kapranos- lead vocals, guitar
* Bob Hardy- bass guitar
* Paul Thomson- drums
* Dino Bardot- guitar (2017-present)
* Julian Corrie- keyboard (2017-present)

-->''"The clip splices together a stomach-turning montage of gross-out footage: Blood spewing from a sink faucet, people getting butchered and dismembered, throats being cut, cannibalism, and frontman Alex Kapranos sporting [[PornStache a dirtbag moustache]]."''
* AscendedFanboy: The whole band are one to Music/{{Sparks}}. Around the time Franz's debut came out, Alex wrote a flattering article about them in the NME. Flash forward ten years, and the two bands have recorded a whole album together.

* BlitheSpirit: Lynsey Wells (of "L. Wells"), particularly as depicted in the video. Worth nothing that she is a real person the band knew (though not the girl in the video).

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The videos for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3zzTXNS4Aw L. Wells]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc6l3XeA_94 Jeremy Fraser]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMfjROpKCnw Bullet]]" and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAbPx_-IJBI Fresh Strawberries]] and a lot of promotional pictures. Its fair to say they quite like this trope.

* DerangedAnimation: The video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijk4j-r7qPA "Take Me Out"]] is a surreal melange of clockworks, body parts, old-school sketches and abstract diagrams.

** "Eleanor Put Your Boots On" and "Wine in the Afternoon" are described as [[Music/TheBeatles "beatlesque"]].

* SixthRanger: Andy Knowles of The Firey Furnaces, who occasionally filled in on an instrument if the main player goes on something else (keyboard, drums, what have you)

Franz Ferdinand is a Scottish [[PostPunk post-punk]]/DancePunk band formed in 2002. They're named after the Austrian archduke whose assassination sparked UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.

* BiTheWay: Implied in "Do You Want To."

** A variant appears in the video for ''Feel the Love go'' , it's filmed in grainy VHS quality with 480 aspect ratio, appropriate for the 80's theme of the video.

* LongRunnerLineUp: They were initially Type I, keeping the same lineup for over 10 years after the formation of the band, but became Type II a of 2016, with [=McCarthy's=] departure and his replacement with Dino Bardot and Julian Corrie.

** "Ulysses".

Former memebers include:

** ''Blood: Franz Ferdinand'' (2009) - A dance-rock dub remix album of ''Tonight''.

* DerangedAnimation: The video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijk4j-r7qPA 'Take Me Out']] is a surreal melange of clockworks, body parts, old-school sketches and abstract diagrams.

* YourMakeupIsRunning: "Walk Away"

* LongRunnerLineUp: Type I; the lineup has been the same ever since the band formed in 2002.
** As of 2016, now type 2, with [=McCarthy's=] departure and replacement with Dino Bardot and Julian Corrie.

* NewSoundAlbum: ''Tonight:''.

* OneWomanSong:
** "Jacqueline" and "L. Wells" (the L. is short for "Lynsey").
** "Michael" is a [[DistaffCounterpart One Man Song.]]

* Nick [=McCarthy=]- backing vocals, keyboard, rhythm guitar (Left the band in July 2016 to focus on his family.)

* Paul Thomson- drums, backing vocals, other percussion
Replacing [=McCarthy=] are 2 new members:
* Dino Bardot
* Julian Corrie

* Nick [=McCarthy=]- backing vocals, keyboard, rhythm guitar

* ''FFS'' (2015) - Collaborative album with Music/{{Sparks}}

* AlliterativeTitle: "Swallow, Smile", "Forty Feet" (usually written as "40'").

** "Love Illumination'', It cuts to rapidly shifting random patterns, weirldy sexual images, stiffly moving creatures, the band in animal masks, and a bunch of other strangeness. Drugs not required.

Franz Ferdinand is a Scottish [[PostPunk post-punk]]/DancePunk band formed in 2002. They're named after the Austrian archduke whose assassination sparked UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne.

Carrying a Hello Kitty Uzi \\

** "Michael" is a [[SpearCounterpart One Man Song]].

* LifeIsButADream: The narrator of "Lucid Dreams" lives in lucid dreams and prefers it that way.