Título: Kaiser Chiefs
Seção: Off With Their Heads (2008-2009)
Background: 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 and occasional drummer 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)

Conteúdo: When they were around eleven years old, Nick Hodgson, Nick Baines and Simon Rix met in the same class at St. Mary's Catholic High School, Menston, West Yorkshire. After leaving school, Rix and Baines left for university in 1996 whereas Hodgson remained in the Leeds area, meeting both Andrew White and Ricky Wilson. Hodgson, White and Wilson formed the band Runston Parva, its name a deliberate misspelling of a small East Yorkshire hamlet called Ruston Parva. After Runston Parva failed to secure a record deal, the group re-formed as Parva upon the return of Rix and Baines from university. Parva's career went beyond the boundaries of Leeds, and the band was able to obtain both a record and publishing deal. However, after Beggars Banquet closed the Mantra label, Parva were dropped and left desolate and without any direction after the release of an album (22) and three singles ("Heavy", "Good Bad Right Wrong" and "Hessles").  According to manager James Sandom in an interview with HitQuarters, as a dropped band they had become damaged goods, "No one would touch them because they had a history. A lot of people used their history against them." The band decided that they would aim for a longer term record deal and started afresh with new songs and a new name: Kaiser Chiefs. The new name was taken from South African football club Kaizer Chiefs, the first club of ex-Leeds United captain Lucas Radebe.  Manager James Sandom was tipped off about the band by Drowned in Sound founder Sean Ad

user: What is Off With Their Heads?

assistant: the new album

user: When was this album released?

assistant: 2008

user: How well was the album received?

assistant: The band featured on several shows over Christmas 2008

user: Did they tour for this album?

assistant: Kaiser Chiefs headed out on a UK Arena tour between February and March 2009,

user: Did they tour outside of the UK?

assistant: On 16 July 2009, they played at Mares Vivas in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal

user: Did they play any venues in North America?

assistant: They then opened for Green Day from 27 July to 7 August 2009,

user: Where did they perform with Green Day?

assistant: Reading and Leeds Festival 2009.

user: Did they play anywhere in South America outside of Portugal?

assistant: along with Republic of Loose, opened for U2 in Croke Park in Dublin

user: Did they perform anywhere else in Europe?

assistant: The tour visited Sheffield, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Newcastle, Manchester, Liverpool, Cardiff and Dublin.

user: Did they do anything else related to the album Off With Their Heads?

assistant: performing "Never Miss a Beat" with Girls Aloud on their TV Special and playing the same song on the Christmas Day edition of Top of the Pops.