I should note that I could not find any chart or report anywhere proving this newscaster correct, so I probably didn’t hear right in the first place.  I did find this, which is almost as bad, but it doesn’t matter.  I was disgusted just at the thought of this actually being true.  Once the shock went away I wondered if this is what “rock” is supposed to be these days?  Nickelback isn’t fucking rock!  They’re not even worthy of being anywhere in the vicinity of the label of “rock.”  I shudder to think that this is what the kids these days are listening to. 

Hence this Music Byte.  I thought I’d try to remind you all that there are still good rock bands out there, even if they don’t play them on Z100. Although they might play Kings of Leon on Z100 – I wouldn’t know because I don’t listen to that crap. My point is that Kings of Leon could TOTALLY kick Nickelback’s ass.  Any day.

If you can’t tell yet, I love these guys.  I could listen to their newest album, Only By The Night, over and over and over again and never get sick of it. Seriously.  And I do.  Often.  You can’t help but become mesmerized by lead singer Caleb Followill’s voice, and the songs just transform you to another place and time and, well, that’s what I look for in my music.  To be swept away.  The band is made up of four relatives, three brothers and a first cousin, and Only By The Night is their fourth full-length release.  While they come from Nashville, the three brothers (Caleb, Nathan, and Jared) are the sons of a traveling preacher and were home-schooled by their mother.  Because of the way they grew up, they’ve reported that they were very much sheltered from music, and therefore are only finding their true musical influences in recent years.  That fun fact just makes them all the more talented in my opinion.  I bet fucking Chad Kroeger grew up listening to the classics, and he still sucks.  So there.  Another fun fact?  Each band member goes by his middle name and they all share the same surname (Followill).

You may or may not have heard of them, as they’ve been more successful over in the UK, but they seem to be doing quite well here also.  They’re headlining Madison Square Garden on January 29th, and when I searched for two tickets “No tickets could be found.”  Bummer.

Anyway, I like these guys so much I’ve decided to do something CRAZY and give you two introductions.  The first, one of my favorite songs on the album:

Kings of Leon – Use Somebody

And the second is a bonus.  But really more for my benefit than yours since I think the singer is so fucking delicious looking I really really just want to BITE his ribs. This song is just too sexy, I’m sorry.  I mean, read the lyrics yourself if you don’t believe me:

Sex On Fire

Yummy.  

If you’d like to become friends with Kings of Leon, you can go here.  If you’d rather become a fan, go here.  If you want to read their Wiki page, go here.  Here’s their bio.  And if anyone has an extra ticket or two to the show at the Garden, ummm yea email me.  STAT.