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Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, United States (2000 – present)
Kings of Leon are a rock band made up of three brothers and a cousin, based in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, United States who play a cross between Southern rock and garage rock. They formed in 2000 and have had a large following with fans of alternative rock.
The band consists of the brothers Nathan Followill (drums/backing vocals), Caleb Followill (vocals/rhythm guitar), Jared Followill (bass) and cousin Matthew Followill (lead guitar).
The group’s name is derived from Nathan, Caleb, and Jared’s father and grandfather, both named Leon. Jared and Caleb were born in Tennessee, while Nathan and Matthew were born in Oklahoma. The brothers spent much of their youth travelling around the south with their father, a traveling Pentecostal Church preacher and their mother, who taught them when they were not in school. According to Rolling Stone magazine, “While Leon preached at churches and tent revivals throughout the Deep South, the boys attended services and were occasionally enlisted to bang on some drums. They were home-schooled or enrolled in small parochial schools. Except for a five-year stretch when they settled in Jackson, Tennessee, the Followills spent their childhoods driving through the South in a purple 1988 Oldsmobile, decamping for a week or two wherever Leon was scheduled to preach.”
The band consists of the brothers Nathan Followill (drums/backing vocals), Caleb Followill (vocals/rhythm guitar), Jared Followill (bass) and cousin Matthew Followill (lead guitar).
The group’s name is derived from Nathan, Caleb, and Jared’s father and grandfather, both named Leon. Jared and Caleb were born in Tennessee, while Nathan and Matthew were born in Oklahoma. The brothers spent much of their youth travelling around the south with their father, a traveling Pentecostal Church preacher and their mother, who taught them when they were not in school. According to Rolling Stone magazine, “While Leon preached at churches and tent revivals throughout the Deep South, the boys attended services and were occasionally enlisted to bang on some drums. They were home-schooled or enrolled in small parochial schools. Except for a five-year stretch when they settled in Jackson, Tennessee, the Followills spent their childhoods driving through the South in a purple 1988 Oldsmobile, decamping for a week or two wherever Leon was scheduled to preach.”
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WilOrc wrote:
thanks ulique, your right no one cares.....my bad for speaking my mind
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mill123 wrote:
I agree with jebrough I think the latest album is proper boring. When aha shake came out it was an exciting album and I still think it's their best
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UliQue wrote:
everyone is a musician, who cares? and the first 3 KOL albums were all co-written by their mentor guy, on the latest JB record only 3 songs have an extra song writer.
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myworldhasnoend wrote:
kings is nothing but catchy.I personally think that they lack creativity and innovation.i saw them this summer and was highly disappointed.
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WilOrc wrote:
Amen Calla...it also doesnt mean you are a musician either, which i happen to be....
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chilledvondub wrote:
totally agree with UK -Calla
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UK-Calla wrote:
internet experts make me laugh. none of you really know what you are talking about, you don't know why bands make decisions or why they sound the way they do, you don't know how much of their songs they actually write either. only they themselves know. just because you have a last.fm account doesn't mean you're a music critic.
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UliQue wrote:
everyone is so narrow minded when it comes to the jonas brothers, they write brilliant pop songs and there is nothing wrong with that! everyone is just jealous that at 16 there were nowhere near as talented as the jonas brothers are. like them or not, nick is an amazing singer and their songs are very well written. you must give them that, at least.
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Mykonos22 wrote:
btw, not callin anyone HERE fuckin idiots, ment the jonas brothers! p.s, my view on the 4th album is that the band is firmly where they always wanted to be, a stadium band, the biggest band on the planet! i dont think they are but thats wat they've always craved! and its a shame they released sex on fire, its now there mr.brightside! every yob knows it, and they lose credibilty for songs like cold desert, knocked up, etc such an amazing band, have been lucky to have seen them twice now, hopefully again soon! because WOOOOOOOW shes such a charmer ;)
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Mykonos22 wrote:
get off kings of leons page talkin about the shitness dat is the jonas brothers, officially americas busted, the worst band ever! fuckin idiots, kings rule!
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UliQue wrote:
but too many fools assume they don't and start hating on them, claiming they're just another manufactured pop band, when they write more of their own music than kings of leon.
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Solo616 wrote:
Although I love the first two albums, I'm not going to stop listening to the fourth album just because it's became really popular at the moment. And if the Jonas brothers turned out to be angels who sauced the music out of there squeaky clean cunts, it would still be terrible. Whether or not they write or play their own music does not affect that it's awful.
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UliQue wrote:
if you knew anything about the jonas brothers you'd know they write and perform all their songs, so hush if you don't know what you're chatting about.
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Sunzy wrote:
to that person who listens to Z100... whats up with people listening to the jonas brothers now? they just sound like terrible manufactured pop.. who mime their instruments.. and pose waay too much...
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Manhattan <3
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Jim19 wrote:
hahaha, I'm with ulique on this one
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UliQue wrote:
that is fucking retarded, sorry.
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princepsfemina wrote:
I heard "Sex on Fire" on the radio station Z100 in New York, which plays such wonderful bands as the Jonas Brothers on repeat. I think we all should concede what has happened to Kings of Leon...I will still listen to their first three albums...but never the fourth again.
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crescendollls wrote:
They're trying too hard now with this album, prefered the old stuff D:
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UliQue wrote:
jebrough, the only reason you find it boring is because you clearly do not understand music. the song writing on it is far more mature and interesting, the debut was very simple, scruffy southern rock.
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Kings of Leon
Uptown Theater, Kansas City MO, United States
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Kings of Leon @ "DARE 2 DREAM"
House of Blues, Chicago IL, United States
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4 Dec 2008 | from blog.myspace.com/kingsofleon
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