Cage the Elephant
Cage the Elephant performing at the 2017 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
Cage the Elephant performing at the 2017 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
Background information
Origin Bowling Green, Kentucky, U.S.
Genres
Alternative rock indie rock psychedelic rock garage rock punk blues
Years active 2006–present
Labels
Relentless RED Ink Jive RCA
Associated acts
Perfect Confusion Sleeper Agent The Black Keys Grouplove Alison Mosshart Juliette Lewis Morning Teleportation Dave Grohl Foo Fighters Queens of the Stone Age Dan Auerbach Portugal. the Man Iggy Pop Beck
Website cagetheelephant.com
Members
Matt Shultz
Brad Shultz
Nick Bockrath
Matthan Minster
Daniel Tichenor
Jared Champion
Past members
Lincoln Parish
Cage the Elephant is an American rock band from Bowling Green, Kentucky, that formed in 2006. They relocated to London, England in 2008 before their first album was released. The band currently consists of lead vocalist Matt Shultz, rhythm guitarist Brad Shultz, lead guitarist Nick Bockrath, guitarist and keyboardist Matthan Minster, bassist Daniel Tichenor, and drummer Jared Champion.[1] Lincoln Parish served as the band's lead guitarist from their formation in 2006 until December 2013, when he left on good terms to pursue a career in producing. The band's first album, Cage the Elephant, was released in 2008 to much success, spawning several successful radio singles and gained the band a large following in both the United States and the United Kingdom. It was influenced by classic rock, funk, and blues music.
The band's second album, Thank You, Happy Birthday, was heavily influenced by punk rock as well as bands such as Pixies and Nirvana. The band's third album, Melophobia, was the band's concerted effort to find its own distinct musical identity. Cage the Elephant's fourth album, Tell Me I'm Pretty, produced by Dan Auerbach, was released on December 18, 2015. The band released a live album, Unpeeled, on July 28, 2017. Their fifth studio album, Social Cues, was released on April 19, 2019.[2] They won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album twice, in 2017 for Tell Me I'm Pretty and in 2020 for Social Cues.[3]
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