ʻO Kings of Leon he hui pōhaku hema. ʻOi aku ka pili o ka mele o ka hui i ka indie rock ma mua o nā ʻano mele ʻē aʻe i ʻae ʻia e nā poʻe o ka hema e like me 3 Doors Down or Saving Abel.
ʻO ia paha ke kumu i loaʻa ai i nā mōʻī o Leon ka lanakila ʻoihana nui ma ʻEulopa ma mua o ʻAmelika. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo nā album a ka hui ke kumu i ka hoʻomaikaʻi koʻikoʻi. Mai ka makahiki 2008, ua haʻaheo ʻo Recording Academy i kāna poʻe mele. Ua loaʻa i ka hui nā koho Grammy.
Moolelo a me ka moolelo o na Moi o Leon
ʻO nā aliʻi o Leon he mau lālā o ka ʻohana Followville: ʻekolu mau kaikunāne (ka mele ʻo Caleb, bassist Jared, pahu pahu ʻo Nathan) a me kahi hoahānau (ka mea hoʻokani pila ʻo Matthew).
Ua hoʻohana nā kaikunāne ʻekolu i ka hapa nui o ko lākou wā ʻōpio e huakaʻi ana i ka hema o ʻAmelika me ko lākou makuakāne ʻo Ivan (Leon) Followville. He kahunapule kaahele ma ka halepule Pentecostal. Ua aʻo ka makuahine o Betty Ann i kāna mau keikikāne ma hope o ke kula.
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Kaleba lāua ʻo Iareda ma Mount Juliet (Tennessee). A ua hānau ʻia ʻo Nathan lāua ʻo Matthew ma Oklahoma City (Oklahoma). Wahi a Rolling Stone magazine, "ʻOiai ʻo Leon e haʻi ana i nā hale pule ma Deep South, hele nā keikikāne i nā lawelawe a hoʻokani pahu i kēlā me kēia manawa. I kēlā manawa, ua aʻo ʻia lākou ma nā kula parochial liʻiliʻi.
Ua haʻalele ka makuakāne i ka hale pule a haʻalele i kāna wahine i ka makahiki 1997. Ua neʻe nā keikikāne i Nashville. Ua ʻae lākou i ke mele rock i ke ʻano o ke ola i hōʻole ʻia ma mua.
Ka launa pū me Angelo Petraglia
Ma laila lāua i hui ai me kā lāua haku mele ʻo Angelo Petraglia. Mahalo iā ia, ua hoʻomaikaʻi nā kaikunāne i ko lākou mākaukau haku mele. Ua kamaʻāina pū lākou me ka Rolling Stones, The Clash and Thin Lizzy.
ʻEono mahina ma hope mai, ua pūlima ʻo Nathan lāua ʻo Caleb me RCA Records. Ua koi ʻia ka lepili i ka duo e kiʻi hou i nā lālā ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kahi ʻoihana mele.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka hui i ka hui ʻana o ka hoahānau ʻo Matthew a me ke kaikaina ʻo Jared. Ua kapa lākou iā lākou iho he "Nā Mō'ī o Leon" ma muli o Natana, Kaleba, ka makua kāne a me ke kupuna kāne o Iareda, i kapa ʻia ʻo Leon.
Ma kahi hālāwai ninaninau, ua ʻae ʻo Caleb i ka "kidnapping" i ka hoahānau ʻo Matthew mai kona kūlanakauhale hānau ma Mississippi i mea e komo ai ʻo ia i ka hui.
Ua haʻi lākou i kona makuahine e noho ʻo ia no hoʻokahi pule. ʻOiai ua ʻike lākou ʻaʻole ʻo ia e hoʻi i ka home. Ua hoʻohui ʻo Drummer Nathan: "I ko mākou pūlima ʻana me RCA, ʻo wau wale nō a me Caleb. Ua haʻi mai ka lepili iā mākou makemake ʻo ia e hoʻohui i ka hui i ka laina piha, akā ua ʻōlelo mākou e hui mākou i kā mākou hui ponoʻī.
Nā Aliʻi o Leon Youth and Young Manhood and Aha Shake Heartbreak (2003–2005)
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka palapala hoʻopaʻa mua o Holy Roller Novocaine ma Pepeluali 18, 2003. A laila he 16 makahiki wale nō ʻo Jared, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i aʻo i ka hoʻokani pila.
Me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o Holy Roller Novocaine, ua hauʻoli ka hui i ke kaulana nui ma mua o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka Youth and Young Manhood. Ua loaʻa iā ia ka helu 4/5 hōkū mai Rolling Stone magazine.
ʻEhā o nā mele ʻelima i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ka Youth and Young Manhood. Eia naʻe, ʻokoʻa nā mana o Wasted Time a me California Waiting. ʻO ka mea mua he ʻoi aku ka paʻa o ka riff a me ke ʻano leo ʻokoʻa ma mua o ke mele ʻO Youth and Young Manhood. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka mea hope i ka wikiwiki e hoʻopau i nā mea āpau i ka hiki.
Aia i loko o ka mini-album ka B-side Wicker Chair aʻo ke mele Andrea i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma mua o kona hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana. Ua kākau ʻia nā mele i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ke ʻano he EP me Angelo Petraglia nāna i hana i nā mele.
ʻO ka album studio mua o ka hui
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album studio mua ʻo Youth and Young Manhood ma UK i Iulai 2003. A ma ʻAmelika hoʻi i ʻAukake o ia makahiki hoʻokahi.
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka album ma waena o Sound City Studios (Los Angeles) a me Shangri-La Studios (Malibu) me Ethan Jones (ke keiki a ka mea hana Glyn Jones). Ua loaʻa iā ia kahi leka koʻikoʻi ma ka ʻāina akā ua lilo ia i mea ʻike ma UK a me Ireland. Ua haʻi aku ʻo NME magazine "kekahi o nā mele mele maikaʻi loa o nā makahiki 10 i hala".
Ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka album, ua huakaʻi ʻo Kings of Leon me nā hui pōhaku ʻo The Strokes a me U2.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album lua a Aha Shake Heartbreak ma UK i ʻOkakopa 2004. A ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i Pepeluali 2005. Hoʻokumu ʻia ia ma ka pōhaku kaʻa hema o ka album mua. Ua hoʻonui ka hui ʻana i ka lehulehu a me ka lehulehu o ka hui. Ua hana hou ʻia ka album e Angelo Petraglia lāua ʻo Ethan Jones.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka Bucket, Four Kicks a me King of Rodeo ma ke ʻano he hoʻokahi. Ua paʻi ka Bucket i ka 20 kiʻekiʻe ma UK. Ua hoʻohana ʻia ʻo Taper Jean Girl i ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni Disturbia (2007) a me ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni Cloverfield (2008).
Ua loaʻa i ka hui nā makana mai Elvis Costello. Ua huakaʻi pū ʻo ia me Bob Dylan a me Pearl Jam ma 2005 a me 2006.
Nā Aliʻi o Leon: No ka Manawa (2006-2007)
I Malaki 2006, ua hoʻi ʻo Kings of Leon i ke keena me nā mea hana ʻo Angelo Petraglia a me Ethan Johns. Ua hoʻomau lākou i ka hana ma ke kolu album. Ua haʻi aku ka mea hoʻokani pila ʻo Matthew iā NME, "E ke kanaka, ke noho nei mākou ma luna o kahi pūʻulu mele i kēia manawa a makemake mākou i ka honua e lohe iā lākou."
ʻO ka album ʻekolu o ka hui ʻo Because of the Times e pili ana i kahi ʻaha kūkā o nā kahuna pule o ka inoa hoʻokahi. Ua mālama ʻia ia ma ka hale pule Pentecostal o Alexandria (Louisiana), kahi i kipa pinepine ʻia e nā kaikunāne.
Ua hōʻike ka album i kahi loli mai ka hana mua ʻo Kings of Leon. Loaʻa iā ia kahi leo ʻoi aku ka poni a ʻoi aku ka maopopo.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album ma 2 ʻApelila 2007 ma UK. I kekahi lā ma hope mai, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka mea hoʻokahi On Call ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, i lilo i mea kaulana i UK a me Ireland.
Hoʻomaka ia ma ka helu 1 ma UK a me Ireland. A komo i ka papa palapala ʻEulopa ma ka helu 25. Ma kahi o 70 kope i kūʻai ʻia i ka pule mua o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo NME ʻo ka album "hoʻolilo iā Kings of Leon kekahi o nā hui ʻAmelika kaulana loa o ko mākou manawa".
Ua hāʻawi ʻo Dave Hood (Artrocker) i ka album i hoʻokahi hōkū o ʻelima, ʻike ʻia: "E hoʻokolohua nā mō'ī o Leon, e aʻo a nalowale iki."
ʻOiai ka hoʻopiʻi hui ʻana, ua alakaʻi ʻia ka album i nā mele mele ma ʻEulopa, me Charmer a me Fans. E like me Knocked Up a me kaʻu Pāʻina.
Ma ka pō wale nō (2008-2009)
I ka makahiki 2008, ua hoʻopaʻa ka hui i kā lākou album studio ʻehā, Only by the Night. Ua komo koke i ka UK Albums Chart ma ka helu 1 a noho ma laila no kekahi pule.
ʻO By The Night wale nō i hōʻike ʻia i nā kau ʻelua pule ma ke ʻano he UK No. 1 compilation ma 2009. Ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ua piʻi ka album ma ka helu 5 ma nā palapala palapala Billboard. ʻO ka magazine Q i kapa ʻia ʻo Only by the Night "Album of the Year" ma 2008.
Ua hui pū ʻia ka pane i ka album ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua helu maikaʻi loa ʻo Spin, Rolling Stone a me All Music Guide i ka album. ʻOiai ua hāʻawi ʻo Pitchfork Media i ka album i ka like virtual o kahi hōkū 2.
ʻO Sex on Fire ka mea mua i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e hoʻoiho ma UK ma 8 Kepakemapa. Ua lilo ka mele i mea lanakila loa ma ka mōʻaukala. Mai kona lawe ʻana i ke kūlana 1 ma UK a me Ireland. ʻO ia ke mele mua i paʻi i ka helu 1 ma ka pakuhi Billboard Hot Modern Rock.
ʻO ka lua o ka mea hoʻokahi, Use Somebody (2008), i hoʻokō i ka holomua palapala honua. Ua hiki i ka helu 2 ma ka UK Singles Chart. Ua hōʻea pū ʻo ia i nā kūlana kiʻekiʻe 10 kiʻekiʻe ma Australia, Ireland, New York a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
Mahalo i ke mele ʻo Sex on Fire, ua loaʻa i ka hui kahi makana Grammy ma ka hanana 51st (Staples Center, ma Los Angeles) ma 2009. Ua lanakila ka poʻe mele i ka Best International Group a me ka Best International Album nominations ma ka Brit Awards ma 2009. Ua hoʻokani lākou i ke mele Use Somebody live.
Ua hoʻokani ka hui ma Malaki 14, 2009 ma Sound Relief no kahi ʻaha mele ma muli o ke ahi ahi. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ke mele Crawl mai ka album ma ke ʻano he hoʻoiho manuahi ma ka pūnaewele o ka hui. ʻO By The Night wale nō i hōʻoia ʻia i ka platinum ma US e ka RIAA no ke kūʻai ʻana o 1 miliona mau kope ma lalo o hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope o kona hoʻokuʻu ʻia.
Nā papahana e hiki mai ana (2009-2011)
Ua hoʻolaha ka hui i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i kahi DVD ola ma Nowemapa 10, 2009 a me kahi album remix. Ua paʻi ʻia ke DVD ma London's O2 Arena i Iulai 2009.
Ma ʻOkakopa 17, 2009, i ka pō o ka hōʻike hope loa o ka huakaʻi US ma Nashville, Tennessee, kākau ʻo Nathan Fallill ma kāna ʻaoʻao Twitter ponoʻī: "ʻO ka manawa kēia e hoʻomaka ai e hana i ka mokuna mele aʻe ma The Kings of Leon. Mahalo hou i nā kānaka a pau!"
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album ʻeono o ka hui ʻo Mechanical Bull ma Kepakemapa 24, 2013. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka mele mua loa o ka album, ʻo Supersoaker, ma Iulai 17, 2013.
Ma ʻOkakopa 14, 2016, ua hoʻokuʻu ka hui i kā lākou album studio 7th, Walls, ma o RCA Records. Ua piʻi i ka helu 1 ma ka Billboard 200. ʻO ka mea mua i hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai ka album ʻo Waste a Moment.
I kēia manawa, kākau ka hui i nā mele nani, hoʻonohonoho i nā huakaʻi a hauʻoli nui i kāna mau mea pā.
Nā aliʻi o Leon i ka makahiki 2021
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Malaki 2021, ua mālama ʻia ka hōʻike ʻana o ka album studio hou When You See Yourself. ʻO kēia ka 8 studio LP i hana ʻia e Markus Dravs.
Ua hiki i nā mea mele ke kaʻana like no lākou ʻo kēia ka moʻolelo pilikino loa no ka manawa holoʻokoʻa o ka noho ʻana o ka hui. A ua ʻike pū ka poʻe pā i ka nui o nā mea kani vintage ke kani i nā ala.
