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Southern Rockers Kings of Leon Perform at Patriot Center

Photos by Alfredo Flores NBC 4 Washington's Around Town

Southern rock outfit Kings of Leon performs at the Patriot Center. The southern rock outfit Kings of Leon is comprised of the brothers Caleb (guitar), Nathan (drums), and Jared Followill (bass). While traveling across America's heartland during the late '80s and '90s with their evangelist father, the Kings of Leon boys listened to the Rolling Stones and Neil Young. Taking Leon from the names of their father and paternal grandfather, the Followill family formed the Kings of Leon band in 2000 and added cousin Matthew to the group. Kings of Leon have toured across North America and the United Kingdom coinciding with the release of Youth and Young Manhood in summer 2003.In 2004 the Kings of Leon reunited with producer Ethan Johns and began work on their follow-up. Aha Shake Heartbreak was released in Europe later that year, and in the United States in February 2005. Kings of Leon followed in 2007 with the darker, more expansive Because Of The Times.Kings of Leon gave thanks to the opening band The Walkmen -- whose members all, but one, attended St. Albans School in D.C., calling them “one of our favorite bands.”