Kaiser Chiefs

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 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 five original studio albums: Employment (2005), Yours Truly, Angry Mob (2007), Off with Their Heads (2008), The Future Is Medieval (2011) and Education, Education, Education & War (2014), one EP Lap of Honour (2005), one compilation album Souvenir: The Singles 2004–2012 (2012) and numerous singles, including the number one hit song "Ruby".

Their album Employment enjoyed critical and commercial success with over three million copies sold. It has won the band three Brit Awards, including the award for Best British Group, a NME award for Best Album, and was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize.

Nick "Peanut" Baines

Nicholas Matthew "Peanut" Baines (born 21 March 1978) is the keyboardist of the English indie rock band Kaiser Chiefs.

In an interview for the 2005 Austin City Limits Music Festival DVD extras disc, Baines said he got the nickname "peanut" at school when, aged 10 or 11, he drew a picture of himself and his head looked like a peanut.

He plays guitar as well as keyboard, and in the same 2005 interview he said that he has played "music for most of my life". He, Nick Hodgson, and Simon Rix started playing in bands at school when they were about 15. He also remembers: "We were into stuff like Guns N' Roses. It was really cool to be able to play a song and actually finish it". The Beatles have been a major influence on the band, "as they should be on most musicians". Kaiser Chiefs were not an overnight success; singer Ricky Wilson has stated that it "took ten years of playing in this band to 'get lucky'".

He is known by his fans for wearing a hat all the time (as he is going bald) and for being the one the other Kaiser Chiefs pull pranks on; bassist Simon Rix has said "We bully Peanut onstage". In an interview in Australia, singer Ricky Wilson said: "He likes to go the front and clap, and while he was at the front clapping, we all went off. Left him there on his own." When the interviewer asked "For how long?", Wilson answered: "Hours."