It’s not everyday you get to sit down with the lead singer of the Kaiser Chiefs and chat with them about how often they take a shower.. well Distracts’ Sunita did just that. Being Distracts’ on the road blogger is not too shabby after all! She grabbed vocal lead Ricky for a quick chat at the last ever Cornbury Music Festival.
He tells us about life on the road, hygiene habits (well, mostly how to wash your pants on the road) and how important it is to stay humble as a rockstars? Are rockstars ever humble..?
Kaiser Chiefs are an English indie rock band from Leeds who formed in 2000 as Parva, releasing one studio album, 22, in 2003, before renaming and establishing themselves in their current name that same year. Since their formation the band consists of lead vocalist Ricky Wilson, guitarist Andrew “Whitey” White, bassist Simon Rix, keyboardist Nick “Peanut” Baines and since 2013 drummer Vijay Mistry, who replaced founding drummer Nick Hodgson who left the band in late 2012.
Primarily inspired by new wave and punk rock music of the late 1970s and 1980s, the band have released six original studio albums: Employment (2005), Yours Truly, Angry Mob (2007), Off with Their Heads (2008), The Future Is Medieval (2011), Education, Education, Education & War (2014) and Stay Together (2016) one EP Lap of Honour (2005), one compilation album Souvenir: The Singles 2004–2012 (2012) and numerous singles, including the number one hit song “Ruby“.
Their album Employment enjoyed critical and commercial success with over three million copies sold. It has won the band three Brit Awards, including the award for Best British Group, a NME award for Best Album, and was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize.
Their UK hit singles include 2004 and 2005 number 9 hit “I Predict a Riot“, 2007 UK number 1 hit “Ruby“, which has sold over 461,000 copies, from their platinum album “Yours Truly, Angry Mob” plus a further two Top 20 singles in 2007 with “The Angry Mob” and “Everything Is Average Nowadays“. In 2008, they had a UK number 5 hit with the post-punk revival track “Never Miss a Beat“. In total, the band has sold over 1.1 million singles combined up to their 5th album. Their latest top 40 single, “Coming Home” hit number 31 in 2014. Their album Education, Education, Education & War hit number one in the albums chart also in 2014.
There new album ‘Stay Together’ is out now- GET IT!
Kaiser Chiefs – Order the new album ‘Stay Together’ – Out Now
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