Cage the Elephant
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Cage the Elephant is an American
United States
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 rock band
Rock Band
Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...

 from Bowling Green, Kentucky
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Bowling Green is the third-most populous city in the state of Kentucky after Louisville and Lexington, with a population of 58,067 as of the 2010 Census. It is the county seat of Warren County and the principal city of the Bowling Green, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area with an estimated 2009...

, that formed in mid-2006. Since their formation, the band has gained a large following in the US as well as the UK and Canada for their sound and their high-energy live performances. The band released their self-titled debut
Eponym
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 album
Album
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, Cage the Elephant
Cage the Elephant (album)
- Cage the Elephant :* Matt Shultz – vocals* Brad Shultz – guitar* Jared Champion – drums, percussion* Daniel Tichenor – bass, vocals* Lincoln Parish – lead guitar- Technical personnel :* Jay Joyce – producer* Jason Hall – engineer...

on May 19, 2008 (June 23, 2008 in the UK). The album made them very popular on both Europe and America. On January 11, 2011, the group released their second effort, Thank You, Happy Birthday
Thank You, Happy Birthday
Thank You, Happy Birthday is the second studio album by American rock band Cage the Elephant. It was released on January 11, 2011 to positive critical reception...

(March 21, 2011 in the UK). The second album debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

, and earned the band much positive reception. Both albums were produced by Jay Joyce of Jive Records
Jive Records
Jive Records was a record label based in New York City, operating under RCA Music Group. Jive was primarily known for a string of successes with hip hop artists in the 1980s, and in teen pop and boy bands in the late 1990s. The word "jive" was inspired by Township Jive, a form of South African...

.

History

Members of Cage the Elephant had previously been involved in the band Perfect Confusion. The band signed with Relentless Records after showcasing at the 2007 South by Southwest
South by Southwest
South by Southwest is an Austin, Texas based company dedicated to planning conferences, trade shows, festivals and other events. Their current roster of annual events include: SXSW Music, SXSW Film, SXSW Interactive, SXSWedu, and SXSWeco and take place every spring in Austin, Texas, United States...

 music festival, and then moved to London
London
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, England. They released their eponymous debut album, Cage the Elephant
Cage the Elephant (album)
- Cage the Elephant :* Matt Shultz – vocals* Brad Shultz – guitar* Jared Champion – drums, percussion* Daniel Tichenor – bass, vocals* Lincoln Parish – lead guitar- Technical personnel :* Jay Joyce – producer* Jason Hall – engineer...

, on 23 June 2008 in the UK and April 21, 2009 in the US/Japan/Australia/Canada. The album obtained mostly favorable reviews. Their single "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked
Ain't No Rest For the Wicked
"Ain't No Rest for the Wicked" is the third single by the American rock band Cage the Elephant. It was released as a CD single on June 16, 2008 by Relentless Records and became the first Top 40 hit for the band in the UK. A music video was filmed for this song which was directed by of Pulse Films...

" reached number 32 on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

 and was featured in the Gearbox Software
Gearbox Software
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 video game Borderlands
Borderlands (video game)
Borderlands is a science fiction based first-person shooter with RPG elements that was developed by Gearbox Software for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It was first revealed in the September 2007 issue of Game Informer magazine...

.

Cage the Elephant appeared as a support act on tour with The Pigeon Detectives
The Pigeon Detectives
The Pigeon Detectives are an English indie rock band from Rothwell, West Yorkshire, who formed in 2004. They have been championed by such well known DJs as Steve Lamacq and Jo Whiley, and performed at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in 2006, where they were tagged "the band most likely to leap to...

 in early 2008 and with Silversun Pickups
Silversun Pickups
Silversun Pickups is an alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2002. The band comprises Brian Aubert, Nikki Monninger, Christopher Guanlao, and Joe Lester....

 and Manchester Orchestra
Manchester orchestra
Manchester Orchestra is an American indie rock band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 2005. The group is currently composed of rhythm guitarist-singer-songwriter Andy Hull, lead guitarist Robert McDowell, keyboardist and percussionist Chris Freeman, bassist Jonathan Corley, and drummer Tim Very...

 in 2009. The single "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked" was the free single of the week on iTunes
ITunes Store
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 for the week of April 12, 2009. The group made a national TV appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman
Late Show with David Letterman
Late Show with David Letterman is a U.S. late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS. The show debuted on August 30, 1993, and is produced by Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants Incorporated. The show's music director and band-leader of the house band, the CBS Orchestra, is...

, performing "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked", in July 2009. In August 2007, Cage the Elephant played for the first time at Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza is an annual music festival featuring popular alternative rock, heavy metal, punk rock and hip hop bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths. It has also provided a platform for non-profit and political groups. The music festival hosts more than 160,000 people over a...

 in Chicago
Chicago
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, and returned to the festival in August 2009, as well as San Francisco's Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival
Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival
The Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival is a music festival held annually in San Francisco, California at Golden Gate Park. The first edition occurred August 22–24 in 2008, and included over 60 musical acts from around the world, as well as several art installations...

 on August 30, 2009. Prior to their return to Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza is an annual music festival featuring popular alternative rock, heavy metal, punk rock and hip hop bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths. It has also provided a platform for non-profit and political groups. The music festival hosts more than 160,000 people over a...

 the band also played at the music festival Bonnaroo twice, in June 2007 and 2009. "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked" was played in the 2010 movie The Bounty Hunter
The Bounty Hunter (2010 film)
The Bounty Hunter is a 2010 American action comedy film directed by Andy Tennant, starring Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler. The story centers on a bounty hunter hired to retrieve his ex-wife who has skipped bail...

, as well as the 2009 game "Borderlands
Borderlands (video game)
Borderlands is a science fiction based first-person shooter with RPG elements that was developed by Gearbox Software for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It was first revealed in the September 2007 issue of Game Informer magazine...

". They released the single "Back Against the Wall" on November 10, 2009. They have supported Silversun Pickups
Silversun Pickups
Silversun Pickups is an alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2002. The band comprises Brian Aubert, Nikki Monninger, Christopher Guanlao, and Joe Lester....

, Manchester Orchestra and recently Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots is an American rock band from San Diego, California that consists of Scott Weiland , brothers Robert DeLeo and Dean DeLeo , and Eric Kretz ....

 on tour.

On November 26, 2010 Cage the Elephant released a special edition Record Store Day Black Friday 7" Vinyl w/download card called, Shake Me Down for independent record stores.

The band's second album Thank You, Happy Birthday
Thank You, Happy Birthday
Thank You, Happy Birthday is the second studio album by American rock band Cage the Elephant. It was released on January 11, 2011 to positive critical reception...

, was released in Canada on January 11, 2011. The same night, the band made another appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman, performing "Shake Me Down
Shake Me Down
"Shake Me Down" is the first single and fourth track on Cage the Elephant's second album Thank You, Happy Birthday.A music video for the single was released on January 11, 2011...

". Thank You, Happy Birthday was released to high critical acclaim, and on its first day charted as #1 on the top ten album downloads on iTunes. The album sold 39,000 copies during its first week in the U.S., debuting at Number 2 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

.

On March 31, 2011 Cage the Elephant performed "Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
"Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is a 1908 Tin Pan Alley song by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer which has become the unofficial anthem of baseball, although neither of its authors had attended a game prior to writing the song. The song is traditionally sung during the seventh-inning stretch of...

" for MLB Opening Day
Opening Day
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 in Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...

.

In 2011, Cage the Elephant also performed on the second day of Coachella
Coachella
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. As well as this, on June 24, they also performed on the John Peel stage at the Glastonbury Festival
Glastonbury Festival
The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or even Glasto, is a performing arts festival that takes place near Pilton, Somerset, England, best known for its contemporary music, but also for dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and other arts.The...

. On August 6th 2011 Cage the Elephant performed at the Kansas Speedway for the first annual Kanrocksas music festival. On August 9, 2011 Cage the Elephant performed "Aberdeen
Aberdeen (song)
- Charts :The song peaked at #13 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart....

" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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 On September 24, 2011, the band performed at Music Midtown
Music Midtown
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 in Atlanta, Georgia.

On September 15, 2011, the band released "Aberdeen
Aberdeen (song)
- Charts :The song peaked at #13 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart....

" as a single. Also the band is ready to try out new material from an untitled third studio album

On October 7, RCA Music Group
RCA Music Group
RCA Music Group was an umbrella group of labels distributed by Sony Music Entertainment that existed between March 2004 and 2009 and for a short period of time between July 2011 and October 2011 until all RCA Music Group labels were merged with RCA Records....

 announced it was disbanding Jive Records
Jive Records
Jive Records was a record label based in New York City, operating under RCA Music Group. Jive was primarily known for a string of successes with hip hop artists in the 1980s, and in teen pop and boy bands in the late 1990s. The word "jive" was inspired by Township Jive, a form of South African...

 along with Arista Records
Arista Records
Arista was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records...

 and J Records
J Records
J Records was an American record label, owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment, and was distributed through the RCA Music Group.-Company history:...

. With the shutdown, the band (and all other artists previously signed to these three labels) will release their future material on the RCA Records
RCA Records
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 brand. After drummer Jared Champion's appendix burst in October 2011 in West Valley Utah (SLC), Dave Grohl temporarily joined the band as a replacement.

On November 10th, 2011, Cage the Elephant appeared on Beavis and Butthead with their music video for In One Ear
In One Ear
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.

Band members

Cage the Elephant is made up of five members, including brothers Matt and Brad Shultz.
  • Matthew Shultz
    Matthew Shultz
    Matt Shultz is the lead singer for the American Alternative rock band, Cage The Elephant. Matt also plays guitar on the bonus track "Cover Me Again" off of their self-titled album...

     – Lead vocals
    Lead vocalist
    The lead vocalist is the member of a band who sings the main vocal portions of a song. They may also play one or more instruments. Lead vocalists are sometimes referred to as the frontman or frontwoman, and as such, are usually considered to be the "leader" of the groups they perform in, often the...

  • Lincoln Parish – Lead Guitar
    Lead guitar
    Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...

  • Brad Shultz – Rhythm Guitar
    Rhythm guitar
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  • Daniel Tichenor – Bass guitar
    Bass guitar
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     and Backing Vocals
  • Jared Champion – Drums and percussion

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions
US
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...


US
Alt
Billboard charts
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US
Rock
Billboard charts
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CAN
Canadian Albums Chart
The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS...


UK
UK Albums Chart
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2008 Cage the Elephant
Cage the Elephant (album)
- Cage the Elephant :* Matt Shultz – vocals* Brad Shultz – guitar* Jared Champion – drums, percussion* Daniel Tichenor – bass, vocals* Lincoln Parish – lead guitar- Technical personnel :* Jay Joyce – producer* Jason Hall – engineer...

  • Released: June 23, 2008
  • Label: Relentless
    Relentless Records
    Relentless Records, founded by Shabs Jobanputra and Paul Franklyn in 1999 is now a part of Sony Music based in London, UK. Having achieved large scale successes with Joss Stone, KT Tunstall and several urban artists such as Artful Dodger and So Solid Crew, the label is now building a small focused...

    /Red Ink
    RED Distribution
    RED - An Artist Development Company is a Sony Music Entertainment-owned sales and marketing division that handles releases for over sixty independent record labels....

59 18 23 38
2011 Thank You, Happy Birthday
Thank You, Happy Birthday
Thank You, Happy Birthday is the second studio album by American rock band Cage the Elephant. It was released on January 11, 2011 to positive critical reception...

  • Released: January 11, 2011
  • Label: Jive
    Jive Records
    Jive Records was a record label based in New York City, operating under RCA Music Group. Jive was primarily known for a string of successes with hip hop artists in the 1980s, and in teen pop and boy bands in the late 1990s. The word "jive" was inspired by Township Jive, a form of South African...

    /Universal
    Universal Records
    Universal Records was a record label owned by Universal Music Group, and it is now owned by Manny Patino and Michael Jackson, and operated as part of the Universal Motown Republic Group.-History:...

  • 2 2 2 7 26
    "—" denotes a release that did not chart.

    Singles

    Year Single Peak chart positions Album
    US
    Billboard Hot 100
    The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...


    US
    Main
    US
    Alt
    US
    Rock
    Rock Songs
    Rock Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks the airplay of songs on alternative, mainstream rock and triple A radio stations. The first chart was published in the issue dated June 20, 2009. "Know Your Enemy" by Green Day was the first number-one song. The Rock Songs...


    CAN
    Canadian Hot 100
    The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007...


    CAN
    Alt
    Canadian rock/alternative chart
    The Canadian rock/alternative chart was first published on June 11, 1995 by RPM magazine under the name Alternative 30. The song which held the number-one spot on this first chart was "More Human than Human" by White Zombie...




    CAN
    Rock
    Canadian rock/alternative chart
    The Canadian rock/alternative chart was first published on June 11, 1995 by RPM magazine under the name Alternative 30. The song which held the number-one spot on this first chart was "More Human than Human" by White Zombie...



    UK
    UK Singles Chart
    The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...


    2008 "In One Ear
    In One Ear (song)
    "In One Ear" is a song by American rock band Cage the Elephant. It was released as the second, then re-released as the fifth single from the band's 2009 self-titled debut album...

    "
    _ _ _ _ _ Cage the Elephant
    Cage the Elephant (album)
    - Cage the Elephant :* Matt Shultz – vocals* Brad Shultz – guitar* Jared Champion – drums, percussion* Daniel Tichenor – bass, vocals* Lincoln Parish – lead guitar- Technical personnel :* Jay Joyce – producer* Jason Hall – engineer...

    2009 "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked
    Ain't No Rest For the Wicked
    "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked" is the third single by the American rock band Cage the Elephant. It was released as a CD single on June 16, 2008 by Relentless Records and became the first Top 40 hit for the band in the UK. A music video was filmed for this song which was directed by of Pulse Films...

    "
    83 8 3 6 48 32
    "Back Against the Wall
    Back Against the Wall (song)
    "Back Against the Wall" is a song by American rock band Cage the Elephant. It was released as the fourth single from the band's 2008 self-titled debut album. In the issue dated March 6, 2010, the single peaked at number one on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart...

    "
    26 1 12 72 127
    2010 "In One Ear
    In One Ear (song)
    "In One Ear" is a song by American rock band Cage the Elephant. It was released as the second, then re-released as the fifth single from the band's 2009 self-titled debut album...

     (Reissue)"
    20 1 3 56 51
    "Shake Me Down
    Shake Me Down
    "Shake Me Down" is the first single and fourth track on Cage the Elephant's second album Thank You, Happy Birthday.A music video for the single was released on January 11, 2011...

    "
    78 10 1 1 51 1 2 55 Thank You, Happy Birthday
    Thank You, Happy Birthday
    Thank You, Happy Birthday is the second studio album by American rock band Cage the Elephant. It was released on January 11, 2011 to positive critical reception...

    2011 "Around My Head
    Around My Head
    "Around My Head" is the second single and ninth track on American rock band Cage the Elephant's second album, Thank You Happy Birthday. The single was released globally on May 4, 2011...

    "
    15 27 27 33 58
    "Aberdeen
    Aberdeen (song)
    - Charts :The song peaked at #13 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart....

    "
    12 31 23 38 131
    "—" denotes a release that did not chart.

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