Kaiser Chiefs were known by two other names before taking on their current moniker. First, the band was named after a hamlet in Yorkshire called Ruston Parva. After little success, the band dropped the "Ruston" from their name and was known simply as Parva. Parva scored a record deal with the Mantra label but were left in limbo when Mantra folded. Once again, they changed their name, this time deliberately misspelling the name of South African football club Kaizer Chiefs to form "Kaiser Chiefs" and the current incarnation of the band was created.
Most Kaiser Chiefs fans don't know that singer Ricky Wilson has a hereditary skin disorder called rosacea. In 2005, he told The Observer that he's tried creams and lotions to help his conditions but most of them just make it worse. Wilson said he doesn't worry about it much anymore and that he's "given up on trying to look good."
The motorbike at the beginning of the Kaiser Chiefs' song "Saturday Night" is owned by musician and former Blur guitarist Graham Coxon. In the liner notes of the band's debut album Employment, Coxon is credited with "playing" the bike on the track.
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