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Cage the Elephant

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Cage the Elephant formed in Bowling Green, Kentucky in 2006, centered on brothers Matt and Brad Shultz who began writing songs together as kids in a trailer park after their parents divorced. Their 2008 self-titled debut announced a band with serious punk energy and serious melodic instincts in equal measure. They moved to London briefly before breaking through in America, earning two Grammy Awards for Best Rock Album — for Tell Me I'm Pretty in 2017 and Social Cues in 2020. Seven of their songs have reached number one on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.

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From the Sonic City Editorial

Blood and NoiseTwo of the best rock bands of the 21st century were built by families. The Shultz brothers wrote their first songs in a trailer park. The Followills drove across the South in a purple Oldsmobile. Both ended up on the same stage.
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