Kings of Leon is a band from Nashville, Tennessee. They were formed in 2000 by the Followill brothersl. Members of the band include Nathan Followill, Caleb Followill, Jared Followill and Matthew Followill. The brothers spent much of their youth traveling around the South with their father, Leon, a traveling United Pentecostal Church preacher and their mother, Betty-Ann, who taught them when they were not in school. The boys learned to play drums, guitar and bass as children while performing gospel songs in the church. 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. Their debut album, Youth and Young Manhood, was an average success, particularly outside the United States where they were dubbed one of the driving forces behind the so-called "new rock revolution" by the European press, most significantly in the United Kingdom. Kings of Leon released Because of the Times in 2007. The album became the band’s first number one album in the United Kingdom and in the Republic of Ireland. In 2008 they released their smash album, Only by the Night. It spawned the hit singles "Sex on Fire" and "Closer".
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