Kaiser Chiefs are worried about the future of rock bands

Kaiser Chiefs expressed the fear that the popularity of rock music will decline in the nearest future. Frontman Ricky Wilson pointed that with the move of time new bands have less opportunity to build a successful career.

"Necessity is the mother of invention and there will always be music. Whether it will be a viable career for five guys with guitars I'm not sure at the moment but you know, they'll be there in a garage somewhere", claimed he.

Bassist Simon Rix added that new bands do not receive support from record companies: "What it took for us was for a record company to give us a little money to get us on tour in a van, to get people to see us, to like our band. That's what record companies do, and how bands get somewhere, but now they don't do that because they never make it back".

Recently Kaiser Chiefs revealed that recent "choose your own album" campaign has brought them unexpected troubles. Earlier the band has released its new album The Future Is Medieval in unusual manner – fans were able to choose 10 out of 20 songs possible before buying the record.

The campaign turned out to be so popular that definitive version of The Future Is Medieval – released on CD a bit later – had very low sales, which made Kaiser Chiefs' record label displeased.