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Vinony's link graph records 163 inbound references to Alex Kapranos, and connects out to FFS, Moscow and guitar.
Vinony files it under 1972 births, 20th-century Scottish male singers and 21st-century Scottish male singers.
Vinony links it to 21 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Blessing
- Sound Bites
- Sound bites
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Almondsbury, Gloucestershire, England
Known for
- Franz Ferdinand : concert privé au Centre Pompidou — Self2025
- The Thousand and One Musical Lives of Fleetwood Mac — Self2024
- Taratata fête les 40 ans de Bercy — Self2024
- Clara Luciani : Ça commence comme ça — Self2023
- Franz Ferdinand - Musilac 2023 — Self2023
- Franz Ferdinand | Echoes with Jehnny Beth (ARTE concerts) — Chant, guitare2022
- The Sparks Brothers — Self2021
- La hora musa — Self2018
- Rip It Up — Self2018
- Franz Ferdinand - Rock en Seine 2017 — Self2017
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1972-03-20
Discography
- Heart Attack2019
- Summer Wine2020
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 22,934
- Total plays
- 93,762
Tags
Alex Kapranos is a witty, skinny lad from Glasgow, Scotland. His father is from Greece, and he split his childhood between visiting there and living in Sunderland and South Shields. His family moved to Glasgow in 1983, where he would eventually meet the rest of his band. Originally going by Alex Huntley, his mother's maiden name, he switched back to Kapranos upon starting Franz Ferdinand in 2001. He was in many bands before Franz Ferdinand-- including The Yummy Fur <a href="https://www.last.fm/
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paul
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Almondsbury
- Spouse
- Clara Luciani
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- art rock
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Domino Recording Company
- Image
- ConcertoFranzFerdinandLisboaSetembro2005.jpg
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- Commons category
- Alex Kapranos
- date of birth
- 1972-03-20
- Commons gallery
- Alex Kapranos
- start of work period
- 1992-00-00
- social media followers
- 90387
- birth name
- Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley
- copyright representative
- PRS for Music
- name in native language
- Alex Kapranos
- unmarried partner
- Eleanor Friedberger
- medical condition
- asthma
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