A lot of bands have the enthusiasm kicked out of them by playing really dreary pub venues that just churn bands through.

In 2005 he was awarded Strathclyde's Alumnus of the Year. He moved to the North East of England when he was three months old spending his early childhood in Washington Tyne and Wear and South Shields[citation needed] his mother's home town and spent many summer holidays in his father's native Greece. Also in 2008 Kapranos narrated the BBC Radio One documentary 'The Story of Kraftwerk'.

Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley (born 20 March 1972) commonly known as Alex Kapranos is a Scottish musician and the lead singer and guitarist of the Glasgow based band Franz Ferdinand.