Bob Hardy (bassist)
- Indie rock
- post-punk revival
- art rock
Robert Byron Hardy (born 16 August 1980) is an English musician and the bassist for the Glasgow-based band Franz Ferdinand.
Biography
Hardy grew up in the outskirts of Bradford and attended Bradford Grammar School. Hardy is an artist with an interest in music while friend and bandmate Alex Kapranos is a musician interested in art; this is one of the primary reasons for how their friendship was established.[citation needed] Through Hardy's friends from the Glasgow School of Art, Kapranos developed an interest in the work of the Dadaists and the Russian Constructivists. Many of the earlier shows of the band would come about thanks to the band's art world contacts.[1][2]
Hardy is also a painter and a vegan.[3]
Equipment
Hardy plays a 1974 and a 1978 Rickenbacker 4001s / Hagström / Fender Precision. He previously used an SWR Goliath bass cabinet but now uses an Ampeg SVT Pro head and Ampeg 8x10 cabs. He uses Ernie Ball strings – roundwounds, medium gauge. His plectrum is a custom .60 mm magnesium/teflon amalgam.
References
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- Alex Kapranos
- Bob Hardy
- Julian Corrie
- Dino Bardot
- Audrey Tait
- Nick McCarthy
- Paul Thomson
- Franz Ferdinand
- You Could Have It So Much Better
- Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
- Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
- Always Ascending
- The Human Fear
- Blood
- Franz Ferdinand
- London Festival '09
- Covers
- "Darts of Pleasure"
- "Take Me Out"
- "The Dark of the Matinée"
- "Michael"
- "This Fire"
- "Do You Want To"
- "Walk Away"
- "The Fallen" / "L. Wells"
- "Eleanor Put Your Boots On"
- "Swallow, Smile"
- "Lucid Dreams"
- "Ulysses"
- "No You Girls"
- "Can't Stop Feeling"
- "What She Came For"
- "Die on the Floor / Katherine Hit Me"
- "Right Action" / "Love Illumination"
- "Evil Eye"
- "Bullet"
- "Fresh Strawberries"
- "Stand on the Horizon"
- "Johnny Delusional"
- "Call Girl"
- "Police Encounters"
- "Always Ascending"
- "Feel the Love Go"
- Discography
- Awards
- Domino Recording Company
- Sound Bites: Eating on Tour with Franz Ferdinand
- The Karelia
- The Yummy Fur
- FFS (self-titled album)
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