Franz Ferdinand Capture Just The Right Sound, Thanks To -- Gulp! -- Human Remains
'I can't think of any records with human bones,' Alex Kapranos says of band's new percussion instruments.By Chris Harris
Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos
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When Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos and guitarist Nick McCarthy walked away from an auction last year in their hometown of Glasgow, Scotland, carrying a large wooden box containing human skeletal remains recovered from a dead doctor's office, they never imagined they'd use the bones for an...
MTV.com News — 'I can't think of any records with human bones,' Alex Kapranos says of band's new percussion instruments.By Chris Harris
Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos
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VH1 News — Franz Ferdinand's next album, the tentatively titled Tonight, got its signature sound from a hurled microphone and a box of human bones. more info