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* FunnyAfro: Simon Rix, depending on the publicity shot (like the one above).
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* NewSoundAlbum: ''Stay Together'' was the band making their foray into electropop in the style of bands like Music/CutCopy and Music/TwoDoorCinemaClub.

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[[caption-width-right:350:L-R: Nick Hodgson, Andrew "Whitey" White, Ricky Wilson, Nick "Peanut" Baines, Simon Rix.]]



The band is comprised of: Ricky Wilson (vocals; [[NamesTheSame not the one from]] Music/TheB52s FakingTheDead), Andrew White (guitar), Simon Rix (bass), Vijay Mistry (drums, replacing founding member Nick Hodgson) and Nick Baines (keyboard).

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The band is comprised of: Ricky Wilson (vocals; [[NamesTheSame not the one from]] Music/TheB52s FakingTheDead), Andrew "Whitey" White (guitar), Simon Rix (bass), Vijay Mistry (drums, replacing founding member Nick Hodgson) and Nick "Peanut" Baines (keyboard).



** The title of ''Off With Their Heads'' is mentioned in "Like It Too Much".

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** The title of ''Off With Their Heads'' is mentioned shows up in "Like It Too Much".



* AWildRapperAppears: British rapper Sway raps a verse of "Half the Truth".

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* AWildRapperAppears: British rapper Sway raps does a verse of "Half the Truth".



* EvilLaugh: The chorus of "Misery Company".



* LongRunnerLineUp: The band remained stable from 1996 until the drummer's departure in 2012.

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* LongRunnerLineUp: The band remained stable from 1996 until the drummer's Hodgson's departure in 2012.



** "Addicted to Drugs" is a direct reference to Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love", right down to having the exact same chorus line (albeit replacing "love" with "drugs").

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** "Addicted to Drugs" is a direct reference to Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love", right down to having the exact same chorus line (albeit replacing substituting "love" with "drugs").



* StageNames: 'Peanut' (Nick Baines) and 'Whitey' (Andrew White).

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* StageNames: 'Peanut' Peanut (Nick Baines) and 'Whitey' Whitey (Andrew White).



* TruckDriversGearChange: The final chorus of "Everything is Average Nowadays".

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* TitleOnlyChorus: "I Predict a Riot".
* TruckDriversGearChange: The final chorus of "Everything is Average Nowadays".
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* AlbumTitleDrop:
**The title of ''Off With Their Heads'' is mentioned in "Like It Too Much".
**''The Future is Medieval'' has its title repeated in the outro of "Child of the Jago".
**The US release ''Start the Revolution Without Me'' gets its title from "Cousin in the Bronx", although the song uses "''a'' revolution" rather than "''the'' revolution".
**"Cannons" from ''Education, Education, Education & War'' comes close, with only two instances of "education" instead of three.
**''Yours Truly, Angry Mob'' and ''Stay Together'' each have a derived TitleTrack ("The Angry Mob" and "We Stay Together" respectively).
* AWildRapperAppears: British rapper Sway raps a verse of "Half the Truth".


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* FaceOnTheCover: ''Yours Truly, Angry Mob'' features the band in [[DeliberatelyMonochrome monochrome]].


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* {{Instrumentals}}: "Howlaround" from ''The Future is Medieval''.
* LieBackAndThinkOfEngland: The trope is mentioned prominently in "Born to Be a Dancer", a song about a failed relationship.


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* OneSteveLimit: Nick Baines and Nick Hodgson; the latter quit the band in 2012 and was replaced by Vijay Mistry the following year.


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* PrecisionFStrike: "Record Collection":
-->From the tip of a rhino, fuck it if I know
* SexIsGood: "Good Clean Fun", in which the narrator claims that "sex makes everything better".


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** "Addicted to Drugs" is a direct reference to Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love", right down to having the exact same chorus line (albeit replacing "love" with "drugs").
** "Child of the Jago" takes its name from an 1896 novel by Arthur Morrison.
** The first three words of ''Education, Education, Education & War'' originate from a speech made in 1996 by UsefulNotes/TonyBlair. The "& War" was added as a TakeThat to his participation in UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror.


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** "Kurt vs. Frasier (The Battle for Seattle)" is a tribute to Music/KurtCobain and [[Series/{{Frasier}} Frasier Crane]], two icons of UsefulNotes/TheNineties who lived in UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}}.
* SpecialGuest: Music/LilyAllen provides backing vocals on "Never Miss a Beat" and "Always Happens Like That". New Young Pony Club also appear on the former track.


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* SpokenWordInMusic: Creator/BillNighy recites a war poem at the end of "Cannons".
* StageNames: 'Peanut' (Nick Baines) and 'Whitey' (Andrew White).
* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Nick Hodgson sings lead vocals on "Boxing Champ", "Remember You're a Girl", "Man on Mars" and "If You Will Have Me".
* TruckDriversGearChange: The final chorus of "Everything is Average Nowadays".
* VisualInnuendo: The music video for "People Know How to Love One Another" is filled with sexual imagery, including a pencil entering a pencil sharpener and an [[UsefulNotes/{{Emojis}} aubergine (eggplant) kissing a peach]].
* WarIsHell: A major theme of ''Education, Education, Education & War''.
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* ''Duck'' (2019)


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** The video for "People Know How to Love One Another" shows the band riding in a van similar to the [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Mystery Machine]], emblazoned with the Rose of York.
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The band is comprised of: Ricky Wilson (vocals; [[NamesTheSame not the one from]] Music/TheB52s), Andrew White (guitar), Simon Rix (bass), Vijay Mistry (drums, replacing founding member Nick Hodgson) and Nick Baines (keyboard).

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The band is comprised of: Ricky Wilson (vocals; [[NamesTheSame not the one from]] Music/TheB52s), Music/TheB52s FakingTheDead), Andrew White (guitar), Simon Rix (bass), Vijay Mistry (drums, replacing founding member Nick Hodgson) and Nick Baines (keyboard).
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The band is comprised of: Ricky Wilson (vocals), Andrew White (guitar), Simon Rix (bass), Vijay Mistry (drums, replacing founding member Nick Hodgson) and Nick Baines (keyboard).

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The band is comprised of: Ricky Wilson (vocals), (vocals; [[NamesTheSame not the one from]] Music/TheB52s), Andrew White (guitar), Simon Rix (bass), Vijay Mistry (drums, replacing founding member Nick Hodgson) and Nick Baines (keyboard).
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* MarketBasedTitle: ''The Future is Medieval'' will be released in America with the title ''Start the Revolution Without Me''.

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* MarketBasedTitle: ''The Future is Medieval'' will be was released in America with the title ''Start the Revolution Without Me''.
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* BigOMG: The song "Oh My God", naturally.


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* OneWomanSong: "Ruby".

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-->''"Take a look, take a look, take a look\\

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--->--'''Never Miss a Beat'''

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--->--'''Never -->-- "Never Miss a Beat'''
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* "Stay Together" (2016)

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* "Stay Together" ''Stay Together'' (2016)

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** ''Start the Revolution Without Me'' (USA, 2012)

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** ''Start the Revolution Without Me'' (USA, (USA re-release, 2012)


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* "Stay Together" (2016)
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'''Kaiser Chiefs''' are an indie rock band from Leeds, England, formed in 1996 as Runston Parva, then changed to just Parva; however, after their record deal fell apart with a single album due to the label's closure, they decided to start from scratch and rechristened themselves with their current name, with which they would achieve international success. Their current name comes from Kaizer Chiefs, a football team from Johannesburg (South Africa), in which one of Leeds United's all-time famous players, Lucas Radebe, started his career.

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'''Kaiser Chiefs''' Kaiser Chiefs are an indie rock band from Leeds, England, formed in 1996 as Runston Parva, then changed to just Parva; however, after their record deal fell apart with a single album due to the label's closure, they decided to start from scratch and rechristened themselves with their current name, with which they would achieve international success. Their current name comes from Kaizer Chiefs, a football team from Johannesburg (South Africa), in which one of Leeds United's all-time famous players, Lucas Radebe, started his career.
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* ShoutOut: "[[BeachBoys Caroline, Yes]]".

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* ShoutOut: "[[BeachBoys "[[Music/TheBeachBoys Caroline, Yes]]".
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Kaiser Chiefs are an indie rock band from Leeds, England, formed in 1996 as Runston Parva, then changed to just Parva; however, after their record deal fell apart with a single album due to the label's closure, they decided to start from scratch and rechristened themselves with their current name, with which they would achieve international success. Their current name comes from Kaizer Chiefs, a football team from Johannesburg (South Africa), in which one of Leeds United's all-time famous players, Lucas Radebe, started his career.

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Kaiser Chiefs '''Kaiser Chiefs''' are an indie rock band from Leeds, England, formed in 1996 as Runston Parva, then changed to just Parva; however, after their record deal fell apart with a single album due to the label's closure, they decided to start from scratch and rechristened themselves with their current name, with which they would achieve international success. Their current name comes from Kaizer Chiefs, a football team from Johannesburg (South Africa), in which one of Leeds United's all-time famous players, Lucas Radebe, started his career.



!'''Kaiser Chiefs provide examples of:'''

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!'''Kaiser !Kaiser Chiefs provide examples of:'''of:

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Their sound draws much inspiration from Music/NewWave and post-punk, while adding touches of other styles of rock along the way.

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Their sound draws much inspiration from Music/NewWave [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]] and post-punk, while adding touches of other styles of rock along the way.
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I don\'t know how Chorus Only Song is YMMV, but I\'ll move it anyway.


* ChorusOnlySong: "Na Na Na Na Naa".
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* ''Education, Education, Education & War'' (2014)
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Singer Ricky Wilson joined the third season of ''Series/TheVoice UK'' as a coach.

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The band is comprised of: Ricky Wilson (vocals), Andrew White (guitar), Simon Rix (bass), Nick Hodgson (drums) and Nick Baines (keyboard).

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The band is comprised of: Ricky Wilson (vocals), Andrew White (guitar), Simon Rix (bass), Vijay Mistry (drums, replacing founding member Nick Hodgson (drums) Hodgson) and Nick Baines (keyboard).


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* LongRunnerLineUp: The band remained stable from 1996 until the drummer's departure in 2012.

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Kaiser Chiefs are an indie rock band from Leeds, England, formed in 1996 as Runston Parva, then changed to just Parva; however, after their record deal fell apart with a single album due to the label's closure, they decided to start from scratch and rechristened themselves with their current name, with which they would achieve international success.

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Kaiser Chiefs are an indie rock band from Leeds, England, formed in 1996 as Runston Parva, then changed to just Parva; however, after their record deal fell apart with a single album due to the label's closure, they decided to start from scratch and rechristened themselves with their current name, with which they would achieve international success.
success. Their current name comes from Kaizer Chiefs, a football team from Johannesburg (South Africa), in which one of Leeds United's all-time famous players, Lucas Radebe, started his career.



* AGoodNameForARockBand: Their current name comes from Kaizer Chiefs, a football team from Johannesburg (South Africa), in which one of Leeds United's all-time famous players, Lucas Radebe, started his career.
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* SignatureSong: "I Predict a Riot" at first, but "Ruby" seems to have superseded it.
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* WretchedHive: The city depicted in "I Predict a Riot", which may or may not really be Leeds, depending on who you ask.
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* OopNorth: They come from Leeds.
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Their sound draws much inspiration from NewWave and post-punk, while adding touches of other styles of rock along the way.

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Their sound draws much inspiration from NewWave Music/NewWave and post-punk, while adding touches of other styles of rock along the way.

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The band is comprised of: Ricky Wilson (vocals), Andrew White (guitar), Simon Rix (bass), Nick Hodgson (drums) and Nick Baines (keyboard).



* AGoodNameforARockBand: Their current name comes from Kaizer Chiefs, a football team from Johannesburg (South Africa), in which one of Leeds United's all-time famous players, Lucas Radebe, started his career.

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* AGoodNameforARockBand: FunnyAfro: Simon Rix, depending on the publicity shot (like the one above).
* AGoodNameForARockBand:
Their current name comes from Kaizer Chiefs, a football team from Johannesburg (South Africa), in which one of Leeds United's all-time famous players, Lucas Radebe, started his career.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Both the first and the current name fall under this: Runston Parva has an N in the middle of the first name to differentiate itself from Ruston Parva, a hamlet in East Yorkshire, while the "Kaiser" in Kaiser Chiefs is written with an S to differentiate from the football team they took the name from (which is spelled "Kaizer", with a Z).

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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Both the first and the current name fall under this: Runston Parva has an N in the middle of the first name to differentiate itself from Ruston Parva, a hamlet in East Yorkshire, near Leeds, while the "Kaiser" in Kaiser Chiefs is written with an S to differentiate from the football team they took the name from (which is spelled "Kaizer", with a Z).
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* ChorusOnlySong: "Na Na Na Na Naa".



* ShoutOut: "[[BeachBoys Caroline, Yes]]"

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* ShoutOut: "[[BeachBoys Caroline, Yes]]"Yes]]".
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-->''"Take a look, take a look, take a look\\
At the kids on the street, no, they never miss a beat\\
No, they never miss a beat, never miss a beat\\
Never miss a beat, beat, beat, beat"''
--->--'''Never Miss a Beat'''

Kaiser Chiefs are an indie rock band from Leeds, England, formed in 1996 as Runston Parva, then changed to just Parva; however, after their record deal fell apart with a single album due to the label's closure, they decided to start from scratch and rechristened themselves with their current name, with which they would achieve international success.

Their sound draws much inspiration from NewWave and post-punk, while adding touches of other styles of rock along the way.

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'''Discography:'''
* ''22'' (2003, as Parva)
* ''Employment'' (2005)
* ''Yours Truly, Angry Mob'' (2007)
* ''Off With Their Heads'' (2008)
* ''The Future is Medieval'' (2011)
** ''Start the Revolution Without Me'' (USA, 2012)
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!'''Kaiser Chiefs provide examples of:'''
* BreakUpSong: "Everyday I Love You Less and Less".
* AGoodNameforARockBand: Their current name comes from Kaizer Chiefs, a football team from Johannesburg (South Africa), in which one of Leeds United's all-time famous players, Lucas Radebe, started his career.
* MarketBasedTitle: ''The Future is Medieval'' will be released in America with the title ''Start the Revolution Without Me''.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: "You Can Have It All", except it's not quite a denial:
-->I tell you what it's going to be like\\
No, you can never hold my hand in public\\
They can't know or understand\\
That you and me are now together
* ShoutOut: "[[BeachBoys Caroline, Yes]]"
* SignatureSong: "I Predict a Riot" at first, but "Ruby" seems to have superseded it.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Both the first and the current name fall under this: Runston Parva has an N in the middle of the first name to differentiate itself from Ruston Parva, a hamlet in East Yorkshire, while the "Kaiser" in Kaiser Chiefs is written with an S to differentiate from the football team they took the name from (which is spelled "Kaizer", with a Z).
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