Although chart success in England was an unlikely first step to fame for a band from Bowling Green, KY, mainstream rock band Cage the Elephant achieved just that. Formed by Matt Shultz, Brad Shultz, Jared Champion, Lincoln Parish, and Daniel Tichenor, the group earned a contract with the Relentless label and released the "Free Love" single late in 2007. A support slot for the Pigeon Detectives beckoned in early 2008, and follow-up single "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked" reached the Top 40 in June. The group's self-titled debut followed soon after, becoming a respectable commercial and critical success. ~ Chris True, All Music Guide read more

CAGE THE ELEPHANT Bowling Green, Kentucky is a small town in the American south. It's best known for manufacturing Chevrolet Corvettes and Fruit Of The Loom underwear. Soon, it's going to be best known for manufacturing thunderously sexy rock'n'roll. And with that, the next great American rock band. Meet Cage The Elephant: they're coming your way. Matt Schultz (vocals), his brother Brad (guitar) plus their friends Daniel Titchenor (bass), Lincoln Parish (guitar) and Jared Champion (drums) have been tearing across the U.S., flooring everyone in their wake with their funked-up desert punk. They share the roar of Queens Of The Stone Age, the bounce of Beck, the psychedelics of Jimi Hendrix and the funk of Rage Against The Machine. While others like Kings of Leon have toed the line of a fairly southern rock sound, Cage The Elephant is all over the map, from blues to rapid-fire early '80s punk, from Chuck Berry to Nirvana. 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. You probably want to know why they're called Cage The Elephant now. In Indian philosophies, the elephant is a symbol of strength and goodness. The Hindu god of wisdom, Ganesh, has an elephant's head. "It's strong and it's honest and it's loyal. And our name kind of stands for people, the whole of society, the people we all are by nature - it seems like people want to cage the elephant. It seems like they want to cage all the good in the world. It's not just the government or the media, it's everywhere. But you turn on the news and hear 'today 26 people got gunned down, and one guy got his head chopped off, and here's a picture of it. It's like there's no hope, and somebody's caged the elephant. But you can't do that." Cage The Elephant won't tell you how to live your life. They don't force a message, but they do share a philosophy; a quest for universal freedom that shoots through all of their hair read more

Cage the Elephant are an alternative rock band which formed in 2005 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States. The band became surprisingly popular in mid-2008 when their single "Ain't No Rest For the Wicked" hit #32 on the UK Singles Chart. The next year, it became a smash hit on American alternative radio, hitting #3 on Billboard's Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart. The band consists of Matt Shultz (vocals), Brad Shultz (guitar), Lincoln Paris (guitar), Daniel Tichenor (bass, vocals) and Jared Champion (drums). Bowling Green, Kentucky is a small town in the American South. It's currently best known for manufacturing Chevrolet Corvettes and Fruit of the Loom underwear, but a brighter future lies just around the corner. Soon, the name of this no-horse municipality will be synonymous with thunderously sexy rock 'n' roll, in the rampant guise of local heroes Cage The Elephant. Cage The Elephant - befits a band whose name finds room for the world's largest land mammal - have a bottom-end you could hide a bus behind. Their debut album combines Herculean riffs and grooves big enough to fill a canyon with juggernaut rock 'n' roll anthems to devastating effect. Led by brothers Matt and Brad Shultz, Cage are a mercurial mix of Southern charm wrapped around a tightly coiled spring of chaotic energy. Growing up at a time when the only option America offers young men of their social background is the chance to fight a war no-one understands or get a dead end job, Cage the Elephant are the mouth piece for disillusioned, working class America in 2008. read more