Stu Exclusive Interview: Kings of Leon
*(via speakerphone at 4am today)
stu: Hey guys, thanks for the interview.
KOL: No problem, stu, shoot.
stu: I'm googling Kings of Leon and finding your rise to stardom a bit elusive. I keep reading about the 88 Olds that your UPC preacher dad evangelized in, and I'm picturing these 3 boys in the back seat with pillows, bored out of their skull.
KOL: Yeah, except we weren't bored, we were taking life one adventure at a time.
stu: So, you're growing up in this big blue 88 sled, sitting on the pew every night listening to dad preach, and the next minute you're opening the show for U2 in the UK. There's a huge gap in between.
KOL: Yeah, fast forward but leave out the part about all the hard work we put into making the band a go.
stu: Funny, but everything I read about you guys mentions the UPC, sort of like, you're the preacher's kids-gone-bad and now play rock-and-roll. Sort of frames the bad-boy image for you doesn't it?
KOL: We can't deny our past, but we'd rather look at the right now, writing songs, performing, enjoying a little fame. We're the opposite of what we were raised to be, and that's embarrasing sometimes, you know, when Mom's around.
stu: Seems to me that you totally rejected your upbringing, the years spent in the car on the road, and Kings of Leon is sort of the answer to that anger about those years. Seems like y'all are surprised by how quickly you turned that anger into an overnight success.
KOL: Stu, I wouldn't call it anger cause we're not mad and we don't hate our folks, but those years created us, y'know, the band and what we stand for.
stu: And what I'm hearing is some funk-rock sounding like garage band music played by guys who like to rock. Could it be that fun was missing from those days in the 88?
KOL: Not unless you leave out the preacher's daughters [laughter].
stu: So, I'm asssuming here that you guys won't be featured musical guests at Youth Congress 2007, and I was wondering what reaction you'll get when Because of the Times album comes out, since the title is an obvious reference to the Apostolic conference of the same name.
KOL: I guess we'll see. Good thing they liked us in the UK...
(This concludes Part 1 of the exclusive KOL interview *[or was it only a dream?] Next: fall from grace)
*(via speakerphone at 4am today)
stu: Hey guys, thanks for the interview.
KOL: No problem, stu, shoot.
stu: I'm googling Kings of Leon and finding your rise to stardom a bit elusive. I keep reading about the 88 Olds that your UPC preacher dad evangelized in, and I'm picturing these 3 boys in the back seat with pillows, bored out of their skull.
KOL: Yeah, except we weren't bored, we were taking life one adventure at a time.
stu: So, you're growing up in this big blue 88 sled, sitting on the pew every night listening to dad preach, and the next minute you're opening the show for U2 in the UK. There's a huge gap in between.
KOL: Yeah, fast forward but leave out the part about all the hard work we put into making the band a go.
stu: Funny, but everything I read about you guys mentions the UPC, sort of like, you're the preacher's kids-gone-bad and now play rock-and-roll. Sort of frames the bad-boy image for you doesn't it?
KOL: We can't deny our past, but we'd rather look at the right now, writing songs, performing, enjoying a little fame. We're the opposite of what we were raised to be, and that's embarrasing sometimes, you know, when Mom's around.
stu: Seems to me that you totally rejected your upbringing, the years spent in the car on the road, and Kings of Leon is sort of the answer to that anger about those years. Seems like y'all are surprised by how quickly you turned that anger into an overnight success.
KOL: Stu, I wouldn't call it anger cause we're not mad and we don't hate our folks, but those years created us, y'know, the band and what we stand for.
stu: And what I'm hearing is some funk-rock sounding like garage band music played by guys who like to rock. Could it be that fun was missing from those days in the 88?
KOL: Not unless you leave out the preacher's daughters [laughter].
stu: So, I'm asssuming here that you guys won't be featured musical guests at Youth Congress 2007, and I was wondering what reaction you'll get when Because of the Times album comes out, since the title is an obvious reference to the Apostolic conference of the same name.
KOL: I guess we'll see. Good thing they liked us in the UK...
(This concludes Part 1 of the exclusive KOL interview *[or was it only a dream?] Next: fall from grace)
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