Kaiser Chiefs biography
Kaiser Chiefs have also established their own record label, entitled Chewing Gum Records. Their first signing was The Neat, a band from Kingston upon Hull, who were featured on the BBC6 Music Playlist.
On 30 May 2011, the band appeared on BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe show and announced a new song which was called "Little Shocks". It was played on the show and was streamed on the band's official website up until the current official website, including the "create your own album" feature was released on 3 June 2011.
On 3 June 2011, Kaiser Chiefs launched their new album from their website. However, instead of simply allowing fans to download the pre-made album, the band instead employed a new policy of allowing fans to "create their own albums". Using this technique, fans are able to choose 10 out of 20 songs to create "their album" for £7.50; the band provides streams of roughly one minute to preview each track before selection. Furthermore, after the creation of some albums, by early customers, later customers could be able to select an already created album if they desired, with the original creator being reimbursed one pound for each copy of their album downloaded/sold.
Many celebrities including, Radio One DJ Chris Moyles, The Guardian Newspaper, and frontman Ricky Wilson, created their own version of the album, donating the £1 reimbursement for each copy sold to the Alzheimer's Society.
On 27 June 2011, Kaiser Chiefs released an official tracklisting for the album, featuring 12 of the 20 available tracks and including a previously unheard track 'Kinda Girl You Are' which did not make the initial launch as it was not ready in time.
In early 2012, Kaiser Chiefs will play a 20 date tour of the United Kingdom, followed by a tour of North America.
On 6 March 2012 the album was released under the title Start The Revolution Without Me for the US market. The tracklist differs significantly from the initial release including the track On The Run which is exclusive to the US album and will serve as its lead single in early 2012.
During an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, David Letterman spoke to Nick Hodgson about buying the Kaiser Chiefs drum set after a brief discussion between the pair an undisclosed price was agreed. At the end of the Kaiser Chiefs show at Chicago's House of Blues (19 April 2012) Nick Hodgson announced this was the final show for his drum kit, which was to be sent to David Letterman.
Members
- Ricky Wilson - lead vocals, percussion
- Nick Hodgson - drums, backing vocals, lead vocals (on Boxing Champ, Remember You're A Girl, Man On Mars, Acting Up, It Ain't Easy (Demo) and If You Will Have Me) and acoustic guitar (on acoustic Love's Not A Competition (But I'm Winning)),
- Andrew "Whitey" White - guitar (live backing vocals)
- Simon Rix - Bass Guitar (live backing vocals)
- Nick "Peanut" Baines - keyboards/synths, percussion/hand claps (on Modern Way and You Want History)
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