Alex Kapranos
Alex Kapranos was born in Almondsbury, England, United Kingdom on March 20th, 1972 and is the Rock Singer. At the age of 52, Alex Kapranos biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley (born 20 March 1972) is a Scottish musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and author.
He is best known as the lead singer and guitarist of Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand.
He has also been a member of FFS and BNQT, which are both supergroups.
Early life
Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley was born in Almondsbury, South Gloucestershire, on March 20, 1972, the son of an English mother and Greek father. He went to Sunderland as a two-month-old boy, heading to Scotland when he was 7. He studied Theology at the University of Aberdeen. He continued studying at the University of Strathclyde, gaining a BA after dropping out. He was named Strathclyde's Alumnus of the Year in 2005.
Prior to his music career, Kapranos served as a chef, barman, music promoter, pilot, welder, and IT lecturer. He appeared on the Glasgow music scene in the 1990s, most notably The Kazoo Club. He appeared in some of Glasgow's most popular bands, including The Blisters (later known as The Karelia), The Amphetameanies, and The Yummy Furrow while attending Anniesland College. He is also known to have contributed to Urusei Yatsura and Lung Leg recordings.
Personal life
Kapranos enjoys making abstract furniture in his carpentry workshop in his spare time.
Kapranos was arrested about an hour by officials at Domodedovo Airport in Moscow in June 2005 after being mistakenly identified as being on a "no-fly" list. This was due to Huntley's surname, which had also been used as an alias by former MI6 agent Richard Tomlinson. Since circulating a draft of a book about MI6, Tomlinson was dismissed, jailed, and designated as a security risk. Officials determined that Kapranos did not fit Tomlinson's description.
He grew up in Sunderland and he loved the local football team, Sunderland A.F.C.
Kapranos is asthmatic and allergic to peanuts.
Career
After dropping "Huntley" from his name, Kapranos formed Franz Ferdinand in 2001. The band was composed of Kapranos, Nick McCarthy (guitar, keyboard, backup vocals), Paul Thomson (drums, backup vocals, sometimes guitar) and Bob Hardy (bass). The band saw chart success after their second single "Take Me Out" was released on 12 January 2004 and reached Number 3 in the UK Charts followed by their debut album Franz Ferdinand (released 9 February 2004), which debuted on the UK album chart at Number 3.
The band went on to win the 2004 Mercury Music Prize and two Brit Awards in 2005 for Best British Group and Best British Rock Act.
In 2015, the band collaborated with American band Sparks to form a supergroup named FFS.
Kapranos produced Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever – the third album by British indie rock group The Cribs in Vancouver, B.C., released on 14 May 2007. He also produced their single-only track "Don't You Wanna Be Relevant?", which was featured with "Our Bovine Public" (from Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever) as a double A-side.
Kapranos makes a cameo appearance in the video for "Our Bovine Public".
His remix of the single "New in Town" by British pop singer Little Boots was featured on various formats of the singles release.
He produced the debut album by British indie rock band Citizens! – Here We Are, which was released by Kitsuné on 28 May 2012.
He produced the second album of Scottish guitarist RM Hubbert, Thirteen Lost & Found. In 2019, he produced the single "Pista (Great Start)" by London-based band Los Bitchos, which he described thus: “Truly international with cumbia beats, Turkish psychedelia, a hint of Swedish pop and a touch of shoegaze shimmer. More than anything, they put you in a really good mood when you listen to them. Celebratory trills and whoops energise the vibrant Dick Dale-esque guitars and brass, making for a blistering escape to a rip-roaring desert session."
