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Franz Ferdinand rock!
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WHEN you name your band after a man whose assassination led to the
beginning of World War 1, you are either asking for trouble or
basking in your own glory of attempted revolution.
Though the death of Franz Ferdinand, the Austrian archduke who was
killed by the Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip in 1914, did
forever change the course of mankind, Franz Ferdinand, the Scottish
post punk rockers, might not achieve the same notoriety.
Yes, they have been described as one of the most exciting bands to
emerge from the UK in 2004. But in a year mainly reserved for
respectable follow-up albums of ...
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