Keep white in the office, call it Jerry Heller says:
You know Kapranos isn't his real name, I assume

Keep white in the office, call it Jerry Heller says:
It was his mother's maiden name he adopted when trying to "break into showbiz"

Keep white in the office, call it Jerry Heller says:
In this band he was called "Lord Huntley"

Kinky Fantastic says:
oh ha

Kinky Fantastic says:
how disappointing

Kinky Fantastic says:
although quite clearly the man is not greek

Kinky Fantastic says:
what name would you have

Keep white in the office, call it Jerry Heller says:
I've always used Alex Tannin as a fake name

Kinky Fantastic says:
why?

Keep white in the office, call it Jerry Heller says:
I think it was when I needed a fake name quickly, and my dad's cousin has two sons called Alessandro and Tannino

Keep white in the office, call it Jerry Heller says:
So I just anglicized it

Kinky Fantastic says:
Dude, anglicising Italian is like putting Asda ketchup on foie gras.

Keep white in the office, call it Jerry Heller says:
"The Italianated Englishman is the devil incarnate"