The innuendo-laced lyrics, beautifully slurred by Caleb, almost take a back seat to the rolling, rousing rhythm guitar riffs. Presumably inspired by a line from the Thin Lizzy song Whiskey in the Jar, Kings of Leon’s debut single is an excellent example of garage rock, a sub-genre from the 1960’s which, as the name suggests, emphasizes a simple, stripped back, “do it yourself” sound. Britain very much took the band to their hearts, and it wasn’t until the band’s fourth album Only by the Night (2008) that Kings of Leon received similar attention in their home country, going on to win three Grammy awards. The album was extremely well received in the UK but failed to make much of a splash in the US. The band released their first EP Holy Roller Novocaine in early 2003, to a decent enough reception, and released their first album Youth and Young Manhood later that year. Recruiting their younger brother and cousin, Kings of Leon – named after their grandfather Leon – was born. In 2002, the two older Followill brothers, Caleb and Nathan were receiving significant label interest and eventually signed to the label RCA, who suggested the two put a band together.
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