According to Rolling Stone magazine, "While Ivan preached at churches and tent revivals throughout Oklahoma and the Deep South, his boys attended services and were occasionally enlisted to "bang on some drums". Jared attended Mount Juliet High School, while Matthew was born and raised in Mississippi. Nathan was born in Oklahoma, and Jared and Caleb were born in and around Memphis, Tennessee. The three Followill brothers (Matthew is their cousin) grew up in Oklahoma and Tennessee with their father, Ivan Leon Followill, a United Pentecostal Church preacher, and their mother, Betty-Ann.
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Their third album, Because of the Times, also reached the number one spot.Īfter the release of Only by the Night in September 2008, the band achieved chart success in the United States.
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Kings of Leon achieved initial success in the United Kingdom with nine Top 40 singles, two BRIT Awards in 2008, and all three of the band's albums at the time peaked in the top five of the UK Albums Chart. The band's early music was a blend of Southern rock and garage rock with blues influences, but it has gradually evolved throughout the years to include a variety of genres and a more alternative, arena rock sound. The band is composed of brothers Caleb, Nathan and Jared Followill with their cousin Matthew Followill. Kings of Leon is an American rock band that formed in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1999.