British indie giants Kaiser Chiefs are set to take a break.
Since emerging in the summer of 2004 with their single ‘I Predict A Riot’ Kaiser Chiefs have barely rested. Swiftly becoming one of the biggest groups in the UK, the band have toured relentlessly with album number three dropping last year.
‘Off With Their Heads’ was another collection of witty, catchy indie anthems which was followed by a lung bursting series of headline dates and festival appearances. Now it seems the band are spent, and plan to take a break following their upcoming dates with Green Day.
Singer Ricky Wilson revealed: “We’ve all got things that we’re doing outside of the band – I’ve got five years of letters to open. Nick has bought an electric drum kit and was making up a song about people in Shoreditch the other day.”
“Our keyboardist Peanut’s building a studio too, but he’ll be working on that until the day he dies.”
Wilson is a frequent guest on television, helping cover the summer festival on the BBC. Rumours circulating amongst fans had suggested he would try his luck as a television presenter, which Wilson has denied.
Speaking to the Daily Star newspaper: “I’m too into being in the band. They’d have to pay me a f**kload of money to do TV!”
“When we made the last record we wanted to do it quickly and have loads of fun. Then you finish it and hand it in like homework. That’s when it becomes really boring. Everyone starts scrutinising it and all you want to do is get back to being in a band with your friends. That’s what I want to do.”
