20Q: Franz Ferdinand

March, 2006

Q1[Q] Playboy: In an industry known for unusual band names, yours stands out. How did you come up with it?[A] Nick: We were all sitting in Alex's flat, watching horse racing on the telly. We'd been talking about band names for ages and had lists and lists of terrible ones. A horse called the Archduke came into the race. We thought, Oh yeah, the Archduke; what was he called again? Then we started talking about the First World War and thought that was a good theme somehow, a historic theme, and we...

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