That is me, Nathan Followill & my friend Brent (aka Bono) back in October 2005. Nathan is the drummer for Kings of Leon. This coming Friday nite I will be seeing KoL in Dallas. The concert marks the 10th time I have seen KoL since 2005. The photo shown is from the 2nd time I saw them. To mark this occasion I will now list 10 Kings of Leon facts that you may or may not know.
1- Nathan & Caleb (his brother) agreed to let Jared (their youngest brother) in the band IF he learned the bass. Jared locked himself in his room until he figured it out.
2- Caleb wrote the song "Soft" after a wild nite with Kate Moss (British model) in which he couldn't get it up.
3- KoL's third album, Because of the Times (which is their best record), is named after a Pentecostal conference held in Alexandria, LA
4- Before focusing on rock music, Caleb & Nathan tried their hand at becoming country music stars.
5- Nathan & Caleb wrote a song which was used in the movie We Were Soldiers. They did not record the song, Michael McDonald & Jamie O'Neal performed the track. "Not So Distance Day."
6- The song "The Bucket" is about how Caleb robbed Jared of his youth. Jared was 15/16 when the band was official a band.
7- KoL have big time fans: Bob Dylan, U2 & Pearl Jam all rave about the band. KoL has opened for those bands as well.
8- The Rolling Stones have asked Kings of Leon to open for them numerous times. Scheduling conflict.
9- The band broke big overseas first. Their first gig was at a strip club/ bar. The place was so outrageous, the band played behind a chain link fence.
10- Remember that iPod commercial that really put Apple iPod on the map? You know, the one with "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" by JET? Apple went to Kings of Leon first, asked to use one of their songs. KoL declined. Nathan spoke about it years after "If we did that, we would have peaked. Look at JET now, where are they? No one knows but we just arrived."
Hope you enjoyed.
R.R.
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