Both Nathan and Caleb Followill would also learn to play music in their church. 'We all figured we would end up being preachers,' Followill told Kiehl. While their mother listened only to gospel during the family's long road trips, the boys learned to love the Rolling Stones and Neil Young. 'It was against our religion pretty much to do just about everything you could ever imagine,' Caleb Followill told Stephen Kiehl in the Baltimore Sun. They skipped playing dingy little bars in front of a handful of people, instead playing in front of thousands.' With two successful albums and a large following in the United Kingdom, the Kings of Leon were poised to create a new form of Southern Rock in the new millennium.Ĭaleb, Nathan, and Jared Followill learned about rock 'n' roll while traveling the American countryside with their evangelist father during the 1980s and 1990s. Dave Hilson wrote in the Asia Africa Intelligence Wire, 'The rise has been so fast that the band have barely had time to soak it all in.

The band members also moved from the conservative religious background of their youth to the heady atmosphere of rock 'n' roll concert halls in the United States and Europe. In a short time the Kings of Leon moved from being a highly regarded indie band, beloved by critics, to that of a major label artist opening for U2.

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