Nathan Followill Caleb Followill Jared Followill Matthew Followill. The brothers spent much of their youth travelling around the American South with their father, a traveling United Pentecostal Church preacher. Brothers Nathan and Caleb originally sang country music and dance electro and later moved to playing rock and roll. They also were members of the West Tennessee Mass Choir for a short time. Nathan, the eldest of the brothers, graduated from Christian Life Academy (a private school that is now defunct) in Henderson, TN. Caleb dropped out mid-senior year to pursue country music. Upon signing with RCA, they were introduced to Nashville-based song-writer/producer Angelo Petraglia, who had previously worked with artists such as Trisha Yearwood and Martina McBride. "I turned those guys on to the Rolling Stones and a lot of the older raw rock-and-roll stuff," he said. The band toured with Pearl Jam and Bob Dylan for much of 2005 and 2006. The band's third album was titled Because of the Times, which may be a reference to a large UPC ministers conference of the same name held in Alexandria, Louisiana that the brothers often attended. Ed O'Brien of Radiohead admitted he was a fan ... "I don't get jealous when I see other bands, but when I see them I think, 'Man, I'd love to be in that band'. They're young...they remind me of... the Bunnymen or something like that."

* Favorite Second Album: Aha Shake Heartbreak (2004/2005)
* Kings of Leon's song 'Molly's Chambers' was used in a V.W. Jetta commercial.
* A track from Youth and Young Manhood, 'Spiral Staircase', is featured on the Playstation 3 game 'Motorstorm'
* 'Red Morning Light' is featured in the Playstation 2 and PC sport game, FIFA Football 2004.