“He gave me a bunch of pills... I could barely move my arm, so I could only play high up on the neck, and the first thing I did was that riff. I don't remember when I sang 'sex on fire'": The story of Kings of Leon's global smash

Kings of Leon.

For some groups their first hit is the big one, the albatross they have carry around for the rest of their careers, lives even. Others are lucky to enjoy a more gradual trajectory. Take Kings Of Leon, for example.

After signing to RCA in 2002, the Followill brothers, Caleb, Nathan, Jared and their cousin Matthew, had been for their first few years, essentially, a music press band. There was a good back story – the brothers’ father was a Pentacostal minister: they were, literally, sons of a preacher man.