Vaj Ntxwv ntawm Leon yog ib pawg pob zeb yav qab teb. Lub suab paj nruag nyob ze rau sab ntsuj plig rau indie pob zeb dua li lwm hom suab paj nruag uas tau txais rau yav qab teb tam sim no xws li 3 Qhov Rooj Down lossis Txuag Abel.
Tej zaum yog vim li cas cov vaj ntawm Leon tau muaj kev lag luam tseem ceeb hauv Tebchaws Europe dua li hauv Asmeskas. Txawm li cas los xij, cov pab pawg albums ua rau tsim nyog qhuas qhuas. Txij li xyoo 2008, Recording Academy tau txaus siab rau nws cov kws ntaus nkauj. Cov pab pawg tau txais Grammy nominations.
Keeb kwm thiab keeb kwm ntawm Vaj Ntxwv ntawm Leon
Vaj Ntxwv ntawm Leon yog tsim los ntawm cov tswv cuab ntawm Followville tsev neeg: peb cov kwv tij (singer Caleb, bassist Jared, drummer Nathan) thiab ib tug npawg (guitarist Matthew).
Peb cov kwv tij tau siv feem ntau ntawm lawv cov tub ntxhais hluas mus rau yav qab teb Tebchaws Meskas nrog lawv txiv, Ivan (Leon) Followville. Nws yog ib tug tshaj tawm txoj moo zoo nyob rau hauv lub tsev teev ntuj Pentecostal. Betty Ann niam qhia nws cov tub tom qab kawm ntawv.
Caleb thiab Jared yug ntawm Mount Juliet (Tennessee). Thiab Nathan thiab Matthew yug hauv Oklahoma City (Oklahoma). Raws li Rolling Stone magazine, “Thaum Leon tab tom tshaj tawm hauv pawg ntseeg thoob plaws hauv Sab Qab Teb Sab Qab Teb, cov tub hluas tuaj koom kev pabcuam thiab ntaus nruas ib ntus. Lub sijhawm ntawd, lawv tau kawm hauv tsev lossis kawm hauv cov tsev kawm ntawv me me. "
Leej txiv tau ncaim lub tsev teev ntuj thiab sib nrauj nws tus poj niam xyoo 1997. Cov tub tom qab ntawd tsiv mus rau Nashville. Lawv tau txais cov suab paj nruag pob zeb ua ib txoj hauv kev ntawm lub neej uas yav tas los tsis kam lees lawv.
Kev paub nrog Angelo Petraglia
Nyob ntawd lawv tau ntsib lawv tus kws sau nkauj Angelo Petraglia. Ua tsaug rau nws, cov kwv tij honed lawv cov txuj ci sau nkauj. Lawv kuj tau paub nrog Rolling Stones, Lub Clash thiab Nyias Lizzy.
Rau lub hlis tom qab, Nathan thiab Caleb tau kos npe nrog RCA Cov Ntaub Ntawv. Daim ntawv lo thawb rau lub duo los nrhiav cov tswv cuab ntxiv ua ntej pib ua haujlwm suab paj nruag.
Cov pab pawg tau tsim thaum tus npawg Matthew thiab tus kwv yau Jared koom nrog. Lawv muab lawv lub npe hu ua "Vajntxwv ntawm Le-oos" tom qab Nathas, Caleb, Jared txiv thiab yawg, uas hu ua Leon.
Hauv kev xam phaj, Caleb tau lees tias "kev nyiag" tus kwv tij Matthew los ntawm nws lub nroog hauv Mississippi txhawm rau kom nws koom nrog pab pawg.
Lawv hais rau nws niam tias nws yuav nyob ib lub lis piam xwb. Txawm li ntawd los lawv yeej paub tias nws yuav tsis rov los tsev. Drummer Nathan hais ntxiv tias: “Thaum peb kos npe nrog RCA, nws tsuas yog kuv thiab Caleb xwb. Daim ntawv qhia tau hais rau peb tias nws xav muab cov pab pawg sib sau ua ke, tab sis peb tau hais tias peb yuav muab peb pab pawg ua ke. "
Vaj Ntxwv ntawm Leon Cov Hluas thiab Hluas Hluas thiab Aha Shake Heartbreak (2003–2005)
Thawj cov ntaub ntawv ntawm Holy Roller Novocaine tau tso tawm thaum Lub Ob Hlis 18, 2003. Ces Jared tsuas muaj 16 xyoo xwb, thiab nws tseem tsis tau kawm ntaus ntses bass thaj tsam.
Nrog rau kev tso tawm ntawm Holy Roller Novocaine, cov pab pawg tau nyiam qhov muaj koob npe loj ua ntej kev tso tawm ntawm Cov Hluas thiab Hluas Txiv Neej. Nws tau txais 4/5 lub hnub qub ntsuam xyuas los ntawm Rolling Stone magazine.
Plaub ntawm tsib zaj nkauj tom qab tau tso tawm rau Cov Hluas thiab Hluas Txiv Neej. Txawm li cas los xij, versions of Wasted Time thiab California Tos txawv. Thawj zaug muaj qhov nruj dua thiab lub suab sib txawv dua li Cov Tub Ntxhais Hluas thiab Hluas Kev Ua Si. Qhov kawg tau sau cia kom nrawm kom tiav txhua yam kom sai li sai tau.
Lub mini-album muaj B-sab Wicker Chair thaum Andrea khiav tawm ua ntej nws tso tawm. Cov nkauj tso tawm raws li EP tau sau nrog Angelo Petraglia uas tsim cov nkauj.
Lub suab paj nruag debut studio album
Cov pab pawg debut studio album Youth and Young Manhood raug tso tawm hauv UK thaum Lub Xya Hli 2003. Thiab kuj nyob rau hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas lub yim hli ntuj ntawm tib lub xyoo.
Lub album tau kaw ntawm Sound City Studios (Los Angeles) thiab Shangri-La Studios (Malibu) nrog Ethan Jones (tus tub ntawm tus tsim khoom Glyn Jones). Nws tau txais kev ceeb toom tseem ceeb hauv lub tebchaws tab sis tau dhau los ua qhov kev xav hauv UK thiab Ireland. NME magazine tshaj tawm nws "ib qho zoo tshaj plaws debut albums ntawm 10 xyoo dhau los".
Tom qab tso tawm album, Vaj Ntxwv ntawm Leon ncig xyuas nrog cov pob zeb The Strokes thiab U2.
Aha Shake's thib ob album Heartbreak tau tso tawm hauv UK thaum Lub Kaum Hli 2004. Thiab tseem nyob hauv Tebchaws Meskas thaum Lub Ob Hlis 2005. Nws yog nyob rau yav qab teb garage pob zeb ntawm thawj album. Qhov muab tso ua ke nthuav cov pab pawg neeg hauv tsev thiab thoob ntiaj teb cov neeg tuaj saib. Lub album tau rov ua dua los ntawm Angelo Petraglia thiab Ethan Jones.
Lub thoob, Plaub Kicks thiab Vaj Ntxwv ntawm Rodeo raug tso tawm ua ib leeg. Lub thoob ntaus 20 saum toj kawg nkaus hauv UK. Taper Jean Ntxhais kuj tau siv hauv zaj duab xis Disturbia (2007) thiab zaj duab xis Cloverfield (2008).
Cov pab pawg tau txais khoom plig los ntawm Elvis Costello. Nws kuj tau ncig nrog Bob Dylan thiab Pearl Jam hauv 2005 thiab 2006.
Vaj Ntxwv ntawm Leon: Vim Lub Sijhawm (2006-2007)
Thaum Lub Peb Hlis 2006, Vaj Ntxwv ntawm Leon rov qab mus rau lub studio nrog cov neeg tsim khoom Angelo Petraglia thiab Ethan Johns. Lawv txuas ntxiv mus ua haujlwm rau peb album. Guitarist Matthew hais rau NME, "Txiv neej, peb tab tom zaum ntawm ib pawg ntawm cov nkauj tam sim no thiab peb xav kom lub ntiaj teb hnov lawv."
Pawg thib peb album Vim Lub Sijhawm yog hais txog lub rooj sib tham ntawm cov txiv plig ntawm tib lub npe. Nws tshwm sim hauv Pentecostal Lub Koom Txoos ntawm Alexandria (Louisiana), uas cov kwv tij feem ntau tuaj xyuas.
Lub album tau qhia txog kev hloov pauv los ntawm kev ua haujlwm dhau los ntawm Kings of Leon. Nws muaj ib tug noticeably polished thiab clearer suab.
Lub album tau tso tawm rau 2 Plaub Hlis 2007 hauv UK. Ib hnub tom qab, ib leeg On Call tau tso tawm hauv Tebchaws Meskas, uas tau dhau los ua kev ntaus hauv UK thiab Ireland.
Nws debuted ntawm tus naj npawb 1 hauv UK thiab Ireland. Thiab nkag mus rau cov kab kos European ntawm tus lej 25. Kwv yees li 70 daim ntawv raug muag hauv thawj lub lim tiam ntawm kev tso tawm. NME tau hais tias album "ua rau Vaj Ntxwv ntawm Leon yog ib qho ntawm cov neeg Asmeskas nto moo tshaj plaws ntawm peb lub sijhawm".
Dave Hood (Artrocker) muab lub album ib lub hnub qub tawm ntawm tsib, pom tias: "Kings of Leon sim, kawm thiab poob me ntsis."
Txawm hais tias muaj kev qhuas sib xyaw, cov nkauj tau coj mus rau cov neeg hu nkauj hauv Tebchaws Europe, suav nrog Charmer thiab Kiv cua. Zoo li Knocked Up thiab Kuv Party.
Tsuas yog Hmo Ntuj (2008-2009)
Thaum xyoo 2008, cov qhab tau kaw lawv lub studio thib plaub, Tsuas yog Hmo Ntuj. Tsis ntev nws nkag mus rau UK Albums Chart ntawm tus lej 1 thiab nyob ntawd rau lwm lub lim tiam.
Tsuas yog Los Ntawm Hmo Ntuj tau nthuav tawm hauv ob lub lis piam ntu raws li UK No. 1 muab tso ua ke hauv xyoo 2009. Hauv Tebchaws Meskas, cov nkauj tau nce siab ntawm tus lej 5 ntawm Billboard kab kos. Q magazine hu ua Tsuas yog Hmo Ntuj "Album ntawm Xyoo" hauv 2008.
Cov tshuaj tiv thaiv rau album tau sib xyaw hauv Tebchaws Meskas. Spin, Rolling Stone thiab All Music Guide rated lub album zoo heev. Thaum Pitchfork Media muab lub album qhov sib npaug ntawm lub hnub qub 2.
Kev sib deev ntawm Hluav Taws yog thawj zaug tso tawm kom rub tawm hauv UK thaum Lub Cuaj Hli 8. Zaj nkauj tau los ua qhov zoo tshaj plaws hauv keeb kwm. Txij li thaum nws tau txais 1 txoj haujlwm hauv UK thiab Ireland. Nws yog thawj zaj nkauj ntaus tus naj npawb 1 ntawm Billboard Hot Modern Rock chart.
Qhov thib ob ib leeg, Siv Somebody (2008), tau ua tiav daim ntawv qhia thoob ntiaj teb. Nws tau mus txog tus lej 2 ntawm UK Singles Chart. Nws kuj tau mus txog saum 10 txoj haujlwm hauv Australia, Ireland, New York thiab Tebchaws Meskas.
Ua tsaug rau zaj nkauj Sex on Fire, pab pawg tau txais Grammy Award ntawm 51st ceremony (Staples Center, hauv Los Angeles) xyoo 2009. Cov kws ntaus suab paj nruag yeej qhov zoo tshaj plaws International Group thiab Best International Album nominations ntawm Brit Awards hauv 2009. Lawv kuj ua zaj nkauj Use Somebody live.
Cov pab pawg ua yeeb yam thaum Lub Peb Hlis 14, 2009 ntawm Sound Relief rau kev hais kwv txhiaj tau txais txiaj ntsig vim muaj hluav taws kub hnyiab. Zaj nkauj Crawl los ntawm lub album tau tso tawm ua dawb download ntawm band lub vev xaib. Tsuas Yog Hmo Ntuj tau ntawv pov thawj platinum hauv Asmeskas los ntawm RIAA rau kev muag khoom ntawm 1 lab luam tsawg dua ib xyoos tom qab nws tso tawm.
Cov haujlwm yav tom ntej (2009-2011)
Cov pab pawg tau tshaj tawm qhov kev tso tawm DVD nyob rau lub Kaum Ib Hlis 10, 2009 thiab cov nkauj remix. Cov DVD tau ua yeeb yaj kiab ntawm London's O2 Arena thaum Lub Xya Hli 2009.
Thaum Lub Kaum Hli 17, 2009, hmo ntuj ntawm qhov kawg ua yeeb yam ntawm Asmeskas ncig saib hauv Nashville, Tennessee, Nathan Fallill tau sau rau ntawm nws tus kheej Twitter nplooj ntawv: "Tam sim no yog lub sijhawm los pib tsim tshooj suab paj nruag tom ntej hauv Vaj Ntxwv ntawm Leon. Tsaug dua rau sawv daws! "
Pab pawg thib rau album Mechanical Bull tau tso tawm rau lub Cuaj Hlis 24, 2013. Lub album thawj zaug, Supersoaker, tau tso tawm thaum Lub Xya Hli 17, 2013.
Thaum Lub Kaum Hli 14, 2016, pawg tau tshaj tawm lawv lub 7th studio album, Phab ntsa, los ntawm RCA Cov Ntaub Ntawv. Nws peaked ntawm tus naj npawb 1 ntawm Billboard 200. Thawj zaug tso tawm los ntawm album yog Khib Ib Lub Sijhawm.
Tam sim no pab neeg sau nkauj zoo heev, npaj kev ncig xyuas thiab txaus siab rau nws cov kiv cua ntau dua.
Vaj Ntxwv ntawm Leon hauv 2021
Thaum pib lub Peb Hlis 2021, qhov kev nthuav qhia ntawm lub studio tshiab album Thaum Koj Pom Koj Tus Kheej tau tshwm sim. Qhov no yog 8th studio LP tsim los ntawm Markus Dravs.
Cov kws ntaus suab paj nruag tau tswj hwm qhia tias rau lawv qhov no yog cov ntaub ntawv ntiag tug tshaj plaws rau tag nrho lub sijhawm ntawm pawg neeg nyob. Thiab nws tau paub rau cov kiv cua tias ntau cov cuab yeej vintage suab hauv cov lem.
