Kings in Their Castles: At Home With Kings of Leon
Caleb Followill's self-destructive alter-ego has been dubbed "the Rooster" by the rest of the band. "I'd drink whiskey knowing I was going to turn into [the Rooster] but I didn't care," he says.
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Caleb Followill Drinking Wine in Bed
Caleb Followill says the first lyrics he ever wrote were about the same themes he draws inspiration from today: "Religion and alcohol and women and love.
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Caleb Followill In His Bedroom
Caleb Followill says his peak partying days are in the past. "There were times when I was a pretty fucked-up guy. There was rarely a moment when I was sober enough to make a point."
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Caleb Followill Playing Guitar In Front of House
Caleb Followill photographed in front of his farmhouse in rural Tennessee that he shares with his brother, Nathan.
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Jared Followill Holding Baseball Bat
Jared Followill photographed at home in Nashville. When he was younger, "Jared was the devil incarnate," Nathan says.
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Jared Followill Holding His Dog
Jared Followill with his dog, Chopper, at the Nashville home he shares with his fiancé, Alisa Torres.
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Jared Followill Looking in Mirror
Jared Followill tells Rolling Stone, "I hate touring more than anything in the world.
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Jared Followill Raising Arms
Jared Followill originally resisted playing the bass, thinking "all bass players were fat and had goatees, like the guy from Goo Goo Dolls."
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Jared Followill Sitting in Chair with Dog
Now that the band has broken through, Jared Followill says, "It's almost like [Caleb] doesn't want to be too successful."
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Matthew Followill On Motorcycle
Matthew Followill lives in a Nashville condo that he shares with his British girlfriend, Johanna Bennett. He and Jared share a love of fast cars and motorcycles.
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Matthew Followill Playing Guitar
Matthew Followill picked up the guitar at age 12 after a teacher showed his class a few chords. "I borrowed a guitar from my uncle and would play for six hours a day," he says.
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Nathan Followill Holding Bob Dylan Record
Nathan Followill says Jared encouraged him and Caleb to move away from their early country sound. "He played us music that his friends were listening to, like the Pixies and stuff like that, and we geared our songwriting toward those styles," he says.
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Nathan Followill Holding Football Helmet
Nathan Followill says RCA's first plan for the band was based on how "they could spin 'two good-looking brothers from the South' thing. Me and Caleb came home and said, 'Fuck that.'"
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Nathan Followill Standing by Windows
Nathan Followill says if the brothers hadn't found music, "Caleb and I would have ended up like in Step Brothers. It would be me and him, in our 40s, living at Mom's house."