KAISER CHIEFS IN U.S. GRAVEYARD?

Kaiser Chiefs tries unsuccessfully for the second time to release “I Predict A Riot” to U.S. radio hoping this time it would catch fire. After a modest dent into the radio charts, this week the song was not on the chart.

The band remains as popular as ever in the U.K., Europe and other parts of the world. Kaiser Chiefs vocalist Ricky Wilson said that they fully realize that the U.S. is a “graveyard” for U.K. bands.

“America is kind of the graveyard for a lot of British bands who come over and put all their efforts in breaking in America, people forget them in the U.K. and people forget them in Europe. So we don’t know what to tell them. A lot of British bands come over here as well, they have to start off, like we did, playing to rooms of 150 people in Missoula, right? — Big Hawaiian Reggae scene in Missoula, Montana by the way — But they…and their egos can’t handle it because they go there… At home they can do four thousand capacity places, and they come over here, suddenly no one knows the words, no one gives a monkey’s bum, people just look out [with their arms crossed and bands] can’t handle it.”

While Kaiser Chiefs didn’t have a significant impact on the U.S. public in general, several cities have pockets of fans and they’re well respected by their musical peers in the States.