As far as I’m concerned, anything that’s ever been a hit, even old Ozzy, is a pop song. We’re not afraid of pop songs, but that doesn’t make you a pop group. It’s in our blood, we write catchy songs. To bring this pair of current pop rock titans together, Blunt asked Franz Ferdinand’s singer/guitarist Alex Kapranos and bassist Bob Hardy to jot down some tough(ish) questions for us to pose to Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, and Mark Stoermer of The Killers.īrandon:No! We’re a rock ‘n’ roll group who have a pop feel. They are taking it to the masses, which is heartening, not only to coattail-riders like The Bravery or Kaiser Chiefs, but to anyone who likes to see rock music infiltrating the mainstream that’s not Linkin Park or Nickleback. Though they formed on different sides of the globe, both Franz and The Killers are leading a surge of rock acts taking cues from the pop of that era. Like Franz Ferdinand, The Killers love an eighties revival. Brightside”, “Somebody Told Me” and “Smile Like You Mean It”. They’re even my aunty’s new favourite band! And with singles the calibre of “Mr. It’s sold Platinum here, and by the time you’re reading this will have spent around 30 weeks in the Top 40. Hot Fuss hit Number One on the ARIA chart in February, and at the time of writing was still hovering in the Top Ten. The Killers – Brandon Flowers (vocals/keyboard), Dave Keuning (guitar), Mark Stoermer (bass) and Ronnie Vannucci (drums) came out to Australia in December last year for a brief 4-date blink-and-you’ll-miss-’em visit and ever since have seen sales go off the Richter scale. However, like any organic rags-to-riches story, the buzz took time to build, and now, almost a year later, The Killers are the undisputed hit sensations of 2005. By that time, Hot Fuss, the debut by Las Vegas foursome The Killers was already out (it was released in June). Franz Ferdinand were the fresh hit of last year, scoring every New Kid On The Block accolade going, rocking my Aunty’s I-Pod almost non-stop, and clean sweeping all the awards pools at year’s end. It happened to me last year when Franz Ferdinand roared out of Scotland with the brilliant single “Take Me Out” and a solid debut album. When your aunty starts telling you about “this great new band” she’s heard, you know it’s gone to another level. THE KILLERS The clash of pop rock titans! Alex Kapranos and Bob Hardy of Franz Ferdinand give a good old-fashioned grilling to the new sensations of 2005, The Killers. To ready ourselves for a leap straight into the Pressure Machine, we’re headed back to the halcyon days of ’05 to see what Kapranos and Hardy had to ask 3/4 of The Killers.
Lo and behold, that’s exactly what they did! Like, to a T: the tagline for BLUNT #39 was literally, “The sensations of 2004 go head-to-head with the sensations of 2005!”. So, naturally, the OG BLUNT team had a genius idea: what if they could somehow go two-for-two and get Franz Ferdinand’s vocalist and bassist – Alex Kapranos and Bob Hardy, respectively – to interview The Killers? They could have the sensations of 2004 go head-to-head with the sensations of 2005! The two bands essentially shared a fanbase, with similar styles, aesthetics and approaches to their artistry.
#MUSIC GENIUS TAKE ME OUT FRANZ FERDINAND CRACKED#
On the other side of the ring were Scottish indie-rockers Franz Ferdinand, who’d also cracked the mainstream with an ’04 debut (theirs self-titled). But in the early months of 2005 – riding hot the heels of their game-changing debut, Hot Fuss, the June prior – they were still the “ones to watch”. The Vegas-native foursome are objectively one of the biggest rock bands of our generation, regularly packing out stadiums around the world like they were casual theatre gigs. Earlier today, The Killers released their monumental seventh album, Pressure Machine.
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