Nick Hodgson

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Nick Hodgson
Birth name Nicholas David James Hodgson
Born October 20, 1977 (1977-10-20) (age 30)
Leeds, England
Genre(s) Indie
Occupation(s) Musician
Instrument(s) Drums, vocals
Years active 2003–present
Label(s) B-Unique Records
Associated acts Kaiser Chiefs
Website www.kaiserchiefs.co.uk

Nicholas David James Hodgson (born October 20, 1977) is the drummer and principal song-writer of English indie band Kaiser Chiefs. On stage he provides the backing vocals.

He attended St. Mary's School, Menston with Nick Baines and Simon Rix. He then went onto Trinity & All Saints University College in Horsforth, Leeds. He later met Ricky Wilson and Andrew White (Whitey) at a soul night at Move On Up underneath the T&C in Leeds. Together they formed Runston Parva, later to be called Parva and now Kaiser Chiefs.

Together with bandmate Ricky Wilson, Nick started the Leeds club night Pigs "to give us something to look forward to", and after giving the rest of the band a mix CD with songs he had been playing at Pigs, they formed Kaiser Chiefs, scrapping all their old songs and changing "the way we play, the way we dress, basically everything we could change without changing... our faces"[citation needed]

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  • Attended High-school with Sean Conlon from Five (band)
  • Also plays guitar and piano
  • Played drums with Franz Ferdinand and a dozen other drummers at T in the Park and Reading festival in 2006 as part of the drum epic 'Outsiders'

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