Naming their band after their father, Leon, a Pentecostal preacher who instilled the fear of God in parishioners across the heartland, the Kings of Leon began to embrace music after a devastating divorce that split their family. The boys honed their Southern roots towards a more gritty, garage and secular sound, a style that is considered taboo to their religious upbringings. In late 2006, just before release of Kings' third album, Because of the Times, the band opened for Bob Dylan and gained them international popularity.
Not sure if you are pasting from a press release, but Bob Dylan had nothing to do with their international popularity. The UK and Europe loved them before 2006 when their first album came out.
ReplyDeleteIt's true that Kings of Leon was extremely popular well before then. I think that in 2004, the British press had a hay day calling Kings the rebirth of rock and roll. I guess it's not so much their performances with Dylan that marked a new beginning, but the release of the third album, which was hailed as a departure or (for some people) a maturation from their old sound. I do know that that album hit number 1 in Ireland!
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