Cage the Elephant

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Cage the Elephant
Cage the Elephant (2011)
Cage the Elephant (2011)
General information
origin Bowling Green , United States
Genre (s) skirt
founding 2006
Website www.cagetheelephant.com
Current occupation
Matt Shultz
Brad Shultz
Bass , vocals
 Daniel Tichenor
Nick Bockrath
Jared Champion
former members
guitar
 Lincoln Parish (until 2013)

Cage the Elephant is an American rock band from Bowling Green , Kentucky .

Band history

At the beginning of the band were the brothers Matt and Brad Shultz and Jared Champion, who already knew each other from school. Later guitarist Parish and bassist Tichenor joined them. The five only played in their home in the state of Kentucky before they came to an appearance at the South-By-South-West Festival in Texas. There they attracted so much attention that not only did nationwide appearances follow, there was especially interest in the rock band in London.

The five musicians moved to the British capital in autumn 2007. In no time they recorded their debut album, which bears the band name as its title. After her third single, Ain't No Rest for the Wicked , entered the UK Top 40 in June 2008, the album also followed her into the charts.

It wasn't until the spring of the following year that Cage the Elephant were able to bring their success to their homeland. Her debut album only reached number 67, but stayed in the charts for a year and a half, establishing it in the US. The second studio album "Thank You, Happy Birthday" was released on January 11, 2011 and this time it went straight to number 2 on the Billboard 200 .

In October 2009, Ain't No Rest for the Wicked was used as the theme song for the PC and console game Borderlands .

Further album releases followed in 2011 ( Thank You, Happy Birthday ) and 2013 ( Melophobia ).

In December 2013, guitarist Lincoln Parish announced that he was leaving the band because he wanted to devote himself to other projects. Parish was still involved in the recordings of Melophobia , but was replaced by a new guitarist for the upcoming tours for the album. During the live performances on the tour there was also an engagement as the opening act for Muse in the USA.

The band's fourth LP was released at the end of 2015. The work, produced by Black Keys member Dan Auerbach, is titled Tell Me I'm Pretty . At the Grammy Awards 2017 they received the award for the best rock album of the year. Four years later, the follow-up album Social Cues received the second Grammy award .

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Cage the Elephant
  UK 38 
silver
silver
07/05/2008 (4 weeks)
  US 59 
platinum
platinum
01/29/2011 (76 weeks)
Thank you, happy birthday
  UK 26th 04/02/2011 (3 weeks)
  US 2 
gold
gold
01/29/2011 (13 weeks)
Melophobia
  US 15th 
gold
gold
10/26/2013 (12 weeks)
Tell Me I'm Pretty
  US 26th 09/01/2016 (5 weeks)
Unpeeled
  US 61 08/19/2017 (1 week)
Social cues
  AT 47 05/03/2019 (1 week)
  CH 38 04/28/2019 (1 week)
  UK 79 05/02/2019 (1 week)
  US 21st 05/04/2019 (2 weeks)
Singles
Ain't no rest for the wicked
  UK 32 
gold
gold
06/28/2008 (2 weeks)
  US 83 
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum
06/20/2009 (11 weeks)
In one ear
  UK 51 October 18, 2008 (2 weeks)
Shake me down
  UK 55 05.03.2011 (6 weeks)
  US 78 
platinum
platinum
01/29/2011 (4 weeks)

Albums

Live albums

  • 2012: Live from the Vic in Chicago
  • 2017: Unpeeled

EPs

  • 2010: Live at Grimey’s

Singles

  • 2007: Free Love
  • 2008: In One Ear (US:goldgold)
  • 2008: Ain't No Rest for the Wicked
  • 2009: Back Against the Wall (US:goldgold)
  • 2010: Shake Me Down
  • 2011: Around My Head
  • 2011: Aberdeen
  • 2012: Always Something
  • 2013: Come a Little Closer (US:platinumplatinum)
  • 2014: Take It or Leave It
  • 2014: Cigarette Daydreams (US:platinumplatinum)
  • 2015: Mess Around
  • 2016: Trouble (US:goldgold)
  • 2017: Cold Cold Cold
  • 2017: Whole Wide World
  • 2019: Ready to Let Go

Web links

Commons : Cage the Elephant  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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  1. ↑ uber.com ( Memento of the original from June 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / cagetheelephant.uber.com
  2. ↑ https://twitter.com/LincolnParish/status/410117194169974785
  3. ↑ http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashvillecream/archives/2013/12/12/lincoln-parish-on-his-decision-to-leave-cage-the-elephant
  4. ↑ http://www.cagetheelephant.com/2013/04/08/september-tour-with-muse/
  5. ↑ http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/10/cage-the-elephant-announces-new-album-tell-me-im-pretty-produced-by-dan-auerbach/
  6. ↑ a b Chart sources: AT CH UK US
  7. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK US