From the little town of Bowling Green in Kentucky, these five kids have got everything you love about the Kings of Leon and the Foo Fighters.

Combined with the groove of the Chilli Peppers and the stage presence of the Stones, Cage The Elephant are no 'splash in the pan' band. A must see live band, these guys are currently bringing the industry to its knees - in awe!

From the same camp as Paramore, Cage The Elephant are Matt Schultz (vocals), his brother Brad (guitar) plus their friends Daniel Titchenor (bass), Lincoln Parish (guitar) and Jared Champion (drums). When their debut album hits in 2008 they’ll be impossible to ignore, but their story begins a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.

Matt and Brad, along with Daniel, grew up on an alternative religious commune. “Our parents were kind of Jesus freaks,” recalls Brad, “they were like a bunch of hippies and then they found God on acid. They were big hippies and then they became hardcore Christians.”

The metal scene is strong in Bowling Green, but the three of them bonded when they were turned onto rock’n’roll by Jimi Hendrix. They didn’t get to listen to much of it at home. “If my Dad was feeling saucy he’d put Pink Floyd on,” chuckles Brad. He was an old rocker too, Joe Cocker, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan. But I can’t remember listening to much that wasn’t Christian until Mom and Dad got divorced.”

Mr Schlutz is “a lot more chilled out now,” and right behind the band. But back then their love affair with music had to be a more covert operation. Concerned that his sons were being exposed to songs about suicide, he smashed up a Pearl Jam tape one afternoon. “He wouldn’t let us listen to that shit,” says Matt, “but we would sneak that stuff. We had this big crate of tapes, I remember sneaking all kinds of shit.”

Sneak they did: The White Stripes, Green Day, Kings Of Leon, Queens Of The Stone Age. That, coupled with the funk of Rage Against The Machine, Beck and the Beastie Boys, the virgin sound of Cage The Elephant was being forged. Daniel, Jared and Lincoln joined up, the band toured, demoed, did the stuff that bands do. But something special was building; people were listening and a fever soon spread from that little Kentucky town.

Stints on Lollapolooza and Bonaroo touring festivals followed, which led to tours with Queens Of The Stone Age and Wolfmother. But the band knew that their destiny also lay in the UK. After signing with DPS in the U.S., they recorded their album in Nashville in just ten days with producer Jay Joyce. (“the best fucking producer in the world!”), signed a UK deal with Relentless Records and towards the end of 2007 played a series of electrifying tour supports with Foals and The Raveonettes.

Check out their live clips on Youtube and all live dates are on the myspace.

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