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Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, United States (2000 – present)
Kings of Leon are a Grammy Award-winning alternative/garage rock band which formed in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, United States in 2000 . The band consists of brothers Nathan Followill (drums/backing vocals), Caleb Followill (vocals/rhythm guitar), Jared Followill (bass) and their 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.”
Kings of Leon’s first release, The Holy Roller Novocaine EP came out in 2003. Four of its five songs would later be released on Youth and Young Manhood, with the songs “California Waiting” and “Wasted Time” being remade.
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.”
Kings of Leon’s first release, The Holy Roller Novocaine EP came out in 2003. Four of its five songs would later be released on Youth and Young Manhood, with the songs “California Waiting” and “Wasted Time” being remade.
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Closer
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Notion
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Manhattan
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Crawl
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Be Somebody
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17
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I Want You
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Cold Desert
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On Call
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Knocked Up
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Charmer
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Fans
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Shoutbox
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Illiman wrote:
Recently terrible.
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xerces_ wrote:
terrible.
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Adds102 wrote:
I love all of their albums but Aha Shake Heartbreak is my favourite :) WE WANT SOUTHERN KOL BACK!
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supakewlaaron wrote:
I hope Notion doesn't get overplayed on UK radio and TV like the last two singles have. They've been run into the ground and Notion is a million times better...
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bobby-lee wrote:
http://www.lastfm.ru/group/Kings+of+Leon+UA
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p_i_e wrote:
Czy ktoś nagrał to co Caleb mówił po Knocked Up i przed Manhattanem na Openerze? Did anybody recorded a few words from Caleb after Knocked Up and before Manhattan on Open'er festival in Poland? Contact me or post on You Tube please! :))))
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funkygirlll wrote:
"garage rock band" looooool
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Snooz wrote:
LIstening to them for the first time, album by album, as usual a new band sounds to me like a mix of so many others... I'm wondering what band or singer it is that keeps lurking in the back of my head giving me a "where have I heared this before?"
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rfuv wrote:
bring back 2000s kings of leon
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Ellemiek wrote:
their new album is okay.. but I prefer their old stuff, albums like Aha Shake Heartbreak, and Because Of The Times are amazing!
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Neonfiller wrote:
Kings of Leon brands US music as 'kiddy pop and hip-hop' and prefer UK and Europe...more here http://www.neonfiller.com/page2.htm#kings
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p_i_e wrote:
Comeback to Poland!
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c_ukladanka wrote:
strongly overrated.
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LateOfThePier wrote:
yeah, my singing sounds just like this guys.. very good.. lol!
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SeventhSplinter wrote:
пеця пеця пеця пеця пеця
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r_o_l wrote:
i love u !
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martynhall20 wrote:
I think the Kings of Leon are ok, but I would like them a lot more if a certain UK based radio station called Absolute would stop over playing every song off the latest album! I'm pretty tired of the new stuff now, despite it being pretty good.....
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Nitrogenix wrote:
Great voice, but when they where in the Netherlands they looked abit angered. maybe because the people dind't liked them live here.
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theMatylda wrote:
poland love u guys :D
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StueUK wrote:
I can see the next album being a clash of OTTN and BOTT. Hopefuly. Both are brilliant.
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Featured Tracks
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Sex on Fire full track | 3:24 |
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Closer full track | 3:56 |
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17 full track | 3:04 |
Events
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Gurtenfestival 2009
Gurten, Berne, Switzerland
19 shouts
| 188 attendees
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Jul
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FIB Heineken 2009
Benicassim, Castellón de la Plana, Spain
3,611 shouts
| 973 attendees
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Jul
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Kings of Leon
Festival Benicasim, Benicàssim, Spain
1 shout
| 8 attendees
News
Kings of Leon's "Only by The Night" album becomes the biggest selling digital album…
10 Feb 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/kingsofleon
As of this week, "Only By The Night" has sold 133,155 digital albums passing Amy Winehouse's "Back to Black" as the biggest selling digital album EVER in the UK! Congratulations to Kings of Leon for t. …
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