Simon Rix, the bassist of successful English band, Kaiser Chiefs, has explained how Lucas Radebe's Leeds United connection helped them choose their band name.
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The musicians, who are all big Leeds fans, chose the name Kaiser Chiefs after it was brought up in conversation and they remembered that their club's captain, Radebe, had made the move from Kaizer Chiefs in South Africa.
After performing at FNB Stadium this past weekend, the bassist told the Siya crew of how the name came about by saying, "We sort of nicked it! But in the nicest possible way… We used to be called Parva, but for some reason nobody could spell it or pronounce it, so when we started a new band we wanted a strong, powerful name.
"Somebody spotted the name Kaizer Chiefs and me and Whitey (Andrew White), who are big Leeds United fans, were like 'That's where Lucas is from'. We really liked the connection with Leeds and it's a really powerful name, so we thought it was sort of like fate.
"We started performing and then one day got a call from Leeds United and they told us that Lucas wanted to meet us. We went to the stadium, met Lucas and got on really well with him. We asked him if he thought it'd be ok if we used the name and he said, 'Nah, it's fine. I'll talk to someone'.
When asked whether the 's' instead of the 'z' was for copyright reasons Rix laughed as he replied, "We just spelt it wrong! That wasn't a clever manoeuvre from us!"
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As for his message to Stuart Baxter and the Amakhosi players, the musician said, "I think they're doing a great job as it is! I follow them from England, and I know they've had some good seasons since they formed but they're really flying this season. I just hope they can keep it up."
