Kate Hudson/Chris Robinson. The Black Crowes disappeared during that marriage. We’ll see if they can bounce back now that he’s single again.

Nobody gives a damn about this band.

hhmmm…i don’t think it’s the actual ‘marriage’…I believe it all boils down to the woman on the other side of the band member. It’s usually quite apparent where it will lead from the beginning. Either they are the type to respect and ‘understand’ the band as a priority or the type that sees themselves as the only priority and is constantly demanding reassurances. I’m in a fairly popurlar band – my wife is great and understanding…i don’t miss shows, practice, studio, etc…our DRUMMER’s wife on the other hand is about to get his ass kicked out…if she doesn’t talk him into quiting first…

I thought Lions was a superb effort following Chris Robinson’s marriage to Kate Hudson. It helped the Black Crowes appeal to a younger demographic who were familiar with Kate’s work on the big screen.

Who gives a fuck?

Chris Robinson, Kate Hudson, and New Earth Mud. ‘nuf said.

Haha, kings of leon’s songs getting watered down? I think when all you talk about is fast girls and hard drinkin you don’t have that much to water down.

Depends on the genre. Bad for metal, rap, or anything that requires skirt-chasing and hard partying for credibility. Not a problem for other stuff.

As long as the other three Kings don’t settle down, who cares about the damn drummer?

dylan’s “sara?” yeah, great song.

These guys suck anyway. They’re a bunch of bible spankers who will be off the map in about a month, so don’t get to worked up.

As long as the marriage is real and not a “Hollywood” marriage I can see rock and marriage working. Look at Tom Petty.

As long as it’s real and not a “Hollywood” marriage, it can work. Although musicians have a pretty weird schedule which can make the marriage troublesome. I guess really depends on the individual relationship.

It could be both…but I would say it leans more towards bad. Just look at the Strokes. Some of the band has gottne married in the past couple years, causing the members to only get together to record/ tour. Not having the comradery (sp?) can’t possibly help the music.

I personally still like the new stuff they’ve put out since “Is This It?” but I know many have not.

sonic youth.nuff said.

It would’ve been a lot more powerful in John Lennon’s “God” if he had said “I just believe in me” instead of quickly adding in “Yoko and me” in the next line.

My nutz are sore

In the case of Richard Ashcroft it was very, very bad. He turned into a soft-ass balladier, forsaking the former stargazing brilliance of the Verve. Hopefully the reunion will re-light the candle of old, and his wife – who had a much better influence on Jason Pierce of Spiritualized, incidentally – will treat him like shit until the album is finished.

marriage ruins lives, PERIOD!

Why would they bring up Bono? U2 gave them their first real break by letting them open some US dates a couple years ago.

Why would they bring up Bono? U2 gave them their first real break by letting them open some US dates a couple years ago.

“MARRIAGE”?

THE BEATLES
R.I.P.
1958-1970

Good job guys for bringing up Bono, the lead singer of the band that had you open for them last tour. Gratitude is beautiful.

“MARRIAGE”?

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
THE BEATLES
R.I.P.
1958-1970

“MARRIAGE”?

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

THE BEATLES
R.I.P.
1958-1970

Jack White has done pretty well being married. He has done Get Behind me Satan, the Raconteurs album, and now Icky Thump, and he has toured behind all of them. Thats about as productive as you can get.

Also Robert Plant was married for a significant amount of Zeppelin’s career, same with John Paul Jones. I think what it all comes down to is that you can’t make a generalization, it completely depends on the circumstances. Some women get jealous of their dude devoting so much time and effort to the band and seek more attention which can be detrimental to the band. Other women really support the music and inspire the music and make it ten times better.

The bass player of my band just quit because of his girlfriend. That sucks.

Win Butler and Regine Chassagne are married and just look at the amazing music they make together with the Arcade Fire.

anyone that doesn’t like kings of Leon must be a communist.

F these guys….
who cares, i just watched them at the South-Side Festival they are so into there image it was funny…
N’ they really Suck… Seriously

Jack White has been awfully productive since his marriage. He has Get Behind Me Satan, The Raconteurs album, and now Icky Thump since his marriage and he has toured behind all of them. Also Robert Plant and John Paul Jones were married for a significant part of Led Zeppelin’s career.

But then again, marriages have destroyed bands as well. Just this week the bass player of my band quit because his stupid girlfriend pulled the “Its me or the band” shtick, and of course he is whipped and he quit. Damn it.

So it all depends on the circumstances and on the girl. In some cases the wife will inspire the music and support it and make it ten times better. In other cases a wife can ultimately break up a band. Courtney Love ruined Cobain and Nirvana, Dave Grohl has said that after they got married they never even saw Kurt anymore.

The Kings rock. Nothing can diminish that much talent….im Not at all worried.

Whelp…you can either see yer significant other as a Muse or a Boss. The rest spells out the history.

Since when does the drummer write songs anyway?

Didn’t Mad Magazine do this many years ago with the “Warning Labels We’d Like To See” “WARNING: Recent marriage may cause sappy new record”

Billy Joel – The Bridge
Mick Jagger – She’s The Boss
Bruce Sprigsteen – Tunnel Of Love

Jack White has been awfully productive since his marriage. He has Get Behind Me Satan, The Raconteurs album, and now Icky Thump since his marriage and he has toured behind all of them. Also Robert Plant and John Paul Jones were married for a significant part of Led Zeppelin’s career.

But then again, marriages have destroyed bands as well. Courtney Love. Period. Courtney Love ruined Cobain and Nirvana, Dave Grohl has said that after they got married they never even saw Kurt anymore.

because of the times sucks anyways

I doubt it’s a huge problem. Eddie Vedder was married for most of Pearl Jam’s early career.

Marriage should defined as the enemy of human nature.

just look at johnny and june carter cash.

Marriage should defined as the enemy of human nature.

Marriage is an enemy of human nature

Marriage is an enemy of human nature

Kurt Cobain.
Nuff said.

Kings of Leon kick ass! I hope the best for Nathan, but in all honesty any change in what they are doing/what they have been doing for a while will be bad…you don’t change/fix things that are working perfectly!

kings of leon are the best american rock band in ten years. they could make an album of themselves practicing and it would be better than most crap on the radio.

Pat Boone was married and he never stopped rocking for a MINUTE!! Anybody check that nice Metal record he did in the 90’s? Tell me that’s not as rock as metal can get (iron ore).

It can work as long as the band still works together…

Like with the Strokes, they just don’t like each other anymore…being married, etc. just gives them excuses as to why they don’t hang/write like they used to…its not their wives fault.

I’ve been a big Kings of Leon fan for the last few years and very little of that had to do with their lyrics. I’ve seen them live twice and they aren’t particularly thrilling to watch on stage but there is so much energy built-in to their music it makes them a blast to see live or listen to a record. Some bands blow you away with lyrics and some with just the music (very few both). Depends what kind of band it is whether or not marriage/relationships would have an effect.

Would you rather be married or happy?

Great artists don’t need to use
misery or lonliness as a crutch
for good music. Billy Corgan was
married when he recorded Siamese
Dream. Now he’s divorced and
hasn’t made a great record since.
Let the guy get married. who cares.

the black crowes started to suck before Chris got married.

Yoko did not break up the Beatles.

Billie Joe of Green Day has been married since before Dookie came out and that band rocks harder than any of these others.

hows about sonic youth? thurston and kim have been married for pretty much their entire career

Kim and Thurston have been married throughout most of Sonic Youth. They rock harder 20 years on than most of these mo-fos.

umm…. who cares about chris ronbinson. im sure not missing the black crowes. or kate hudson. they should all just float off into oblivion. and of course you can still rock as hard when yr married, the guys from zeppelin, foo fighters, pearl jam, the stones? this is such a silly question…yet im responding to it.

who cares. this band is done, caputz. they’ve already sold their souls to fashion and glam. their live shows are nothing but a run through of their catalog of 3 minute songs so they can get drunk and find the groupies.

I’m not saying marriage can ruin this band. But it could. Better play it safe. Especially when the Kings of Leon are as good of a band as they are.

Paul McCartney’s post-divorce “Memory Almost Full” CD is one of the best of his career. The longtime vegetarian can relax and eat his peas while enjoying his weed.

John Lennon was married before Yoko, didn’t seem to hurt his writing. Eric Clapton on the other hand was at his best pining for someone else’s wife. So we’re not all cut with the same cookie cutter it seems; it’s mainly a matter of whether or not it’s time to leave Neverneverland and find a new impetus for one’s writing and career.

SONIC YOUTH

Oh, puhleesse.
Look what David St. Hubbins’s girlfriend did to Spinal Tap…
that’s proof right there!

SONIC YOUTH!!!! isn’t Colin Meloy marrried? yeah Decemberists kick ass. Marriage worked for the new shins album. on the other hand Elton John has blown since marrying that dude

Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumors”…proves that crumbling relationships still begat quality music.

ABBA…love ‘em or hate ‘em…they all broke up when they all broke up.

Nirvana…Kurt Cobain is to me THE most over-rated rock n’ roller ever (and as usual, mostly because he’s dead), but no one can say the quality of his work suffered once he married Courtney.

Bon Jovi…again, love ‘em or hate ‘em…but either way, Jon married his high school sweetheart way back in ‘89, and while they aren’t posting “Slippery When Wet”-type sales anymore, the quality of the band’s songwriting has increased many times over. Much more introspective and thoughtful compared to the days of “You Give Love A Bad Name” (fun as that tune is).

So u2 takes em on tour and then they slag Bono. Nice job guys.

Hell, it didn’t hurt Tammy Wynette none.

Hell, it didn’t hurt Tammy Wynette none.

Hell, it never hurt Tammy Wynette none.

Kings of who?

Kings of who?

I think that it depends on the woman, like if she’s like mine and can’t understand why i need to spend so much time with the guys in the band and on my music, then it does cause problems. But if she is supportive then I dont see how it could get wrose

Look at Ian Curtis. Or, rather, READ about him.

Kings of Leon is one of the best bands and they’ll be fine. Caleb is overreacting but does say that since Nathan doesn’t write the lyrics there shouldn’t be much of a change in content. These guys are easily one of the most underrated bands today

The Kings are the best rock ‘n roll band of the last decade, maybe even the past thirty years. It doesn’t worry me a bit. As long as Nathan wants to keep playing in a band with his brothers and cousin, I’m not worried a bit. Besides, Caleb is the cornerstone of the band. The creative wheels started turning with him on the first two albums. Aha Shake Heartbreak is stunning, and the other two albums blow away anything Green Day or any other cock rock band ever did. If Caleb starts fucking around with wives and shit of the sort, then I’m worried. Otherwise, this band is truly something special, even if they are obsessed with their own image.

It definetly depends on the person they’re marrying. The Kings of Leon weren’t exactly hot shit before the marriage so no one will even notice if they get worse.

I don’t agree that marriage has to influence rock in a bad way. You can radiate great rock energy in song and performance w/o being a bachelor. Just marry the right person. As for the KOL drummer – he doesn’t seem any happier while he is still single. i love the band, but was less impressed watching him play the drums – he certainly seemed like he wasn’t into being there. So maybe he’s already heading downhill. He should take some notes from the Killers drummer!!!! He’s married and kicks major ass every night!

I don’t know

Give me a married band member and you can pinpoint the exact date the music started getting watered down, boring and safe. I don’t know if KoL as a badn will survive but there’s a 90 percent chance that five years from now they’ll be a boring safe band doing the reminiscence circuit.

Marriage sucks. Don’t do it.

Kings of Leon suck anyway, so who really gives a shit?

Keep it Real, you obviously don’t have good taste in music, you idiot. Long live the Kings!

I think Kings of Leon aren’t going anywhere. They are brothers and brothers get to talk to each other like that.

He brought up Bono b/c when they opened for U2 Bono told them (for advice) not to get married. Read it a few months ago. He’s a pothead whiskey drinkin drummer. Rock on.

Bono told the guys not to get married when they opened for U2. Who Cares?

Bono told the guys not to get married when they opened for U2. Who Cares?

Bono told the guys not to get married when they opened for U2. Who Cares?

Bono told the guys not to get married (as advice) when KOL opened for them months back. That’s probably why he said that.

1. KOL are one of the better band out there today.

2. As long as the artist is comfortable w/ his or her work, the question of marraige shouldn’t even be a question.

Q: what’s the last thing a drummer says before he gets fired from the band?

A: “Hey let’s try one of my songs!”

Q: what’s the last thing a drummer says before he gets fired from the band?

A: “Hey let’s try one of my songs!”

After reading this article, I could only think of one thing:

This is Spinal Tap…David St. Hubbins, anyone? Imagine KOL with that crazy horoscope themed make-up. Gross.

Nathan’s the most overlooked in the band, if it became a problem- I’m sure they could find another cousin and we’d never know…. He’s super boring anyways.

Why get married?

Tax break. . . right. . .

P

Meg and Jack White were married and divorced and Jack’s remarried but she’s not, and they’re still making music that sounds good to me.

Nirvana after Kurt married Courtney
The Beatles after YOKO
Metallica after James got married.

The real question is which bands started to suck after they got sober!!!

People still get married?

Rockstar70, that’s an easy question to answer. All bands start to suck after becoming sober. The one that sticks out most in my head is Aerosmith.

I’m with you on that one. Which bands started to suck after they got sober? Now thats a good question. Chris Cornell comes immediately to mind.

no one cares about this band, yet you have taken the time to post about it, a band that you and no one care about.

that’s awesome.

what else can we discuss that you hate?

The worst rock marriage was Mountain’s Felix Pappalardi whose wife shot him dead.

I think this may already be affecting the band. In my opinion their latest album sounds contrived and “phoned in”. The rocking numbers are Pixies-like rehash, (maybe they’ve been listening to alot of Frank Black recently), and the rest of the songs sound like sterile background affair.

My guess is that Nathan takes the role of guidance counselor, or “rock” of this outfit – screening the band’s material for lame ideas, and reining in youthful pretention when he can. All the while he’s driving their songs forward with unshakeable timing and creative drumming. He is definately a needed element when coming up with rock music that has an “edge”, or plays with traditional form as elegantly and energetically as KOL do. So when their music is loose and unbridled as it was on Aha Shake Heartbreak, they are unbeatable. If Nathan’s role is diminished, or he is distracted…uhoh.

My prediction- 1) The band splits, (probably because the other bandmembers jealously need more of Nathan’s time and attention, or 2) they will make crappy albums from here on out.

Hopefully they will suprise me.

caleb followill should be so lucky as to find a girl half as cool as jessie baylin is. why is he always so bitter and angry? he really needs to lighten up.

Its got nothing to do with any of you what they do in their personal life, if they happy then thats cool, how would you like someone to tell you all that you cant get married. Caleb is just unhappy cos he cant commit himself. Just let people be.

Kings of leon are one of the best bands i have heard in a long time and they are just as good if not better live!! for those people that think they suck, why are u wasting ur time saying they suck u obviously having nothing better to do with ur life!!
its there life they can do what they want, leave them be! as long as they continue to make great music i will be listening!!!

what kind of article is this, how desperate are you for the attention??
like it was said before, dont you have nothing to do with your life??
YOU dont even deserve to mention kings of leon.
THINK before you writte.
KINGS OF LEON IS THE GREATTEST BAND EVER!!

I mean, like, look how Britney’s music started to suck when she got married. Game over…

this is lame, marriage is part of the life it doesn’t matter if you are in a band or not, Nat is a great drummer and kol makes great music besides Nat’s fiancèe makes music too so, it’s not a big deal… get over it.

The fact that Caleb bet him $100,000 he wont sleep with another woman is an indicator that nathan enjoys the lifestyle too much to ever give it up. Its a classic case of britney spears syndrome crossed with a man-approaching-30 life crisis. Man gets money, women, street cred. What else is there? Oh yeah..a fiancee and 3. kids. And I guarantee it wont affect his music as he was sleeping with other women only a month or so before proposing so the sex drugs and rock and roll lifestyle isnt slowing down, its just become playing away…unfortunately they’re egos dont seem to apreciate that you need to have a tad more discretion once you get famous on both sides of the atlantic otherwise wifey will find out.

The fact that Caleb bet him $100,000 he wont sleep with another woman is an indicator that nathan enjoys the lifestyle too much to ever give it up. Its a classic case of britney spears syndrome crossed with a man-approaching-30 life crisis. Man gets money, women, street cred. What else is there? Oh yeah..a fiancee and 3. 4 kids. And I guarantee it wont affect his music as he was sleeping with other women only a month or so before proposing so the sex drugs and rock and roll lifestyle isnt slowing down, its just become playing away…unfortunately they’re egos dont seem to apreciate that you need to have a tad more discretion once you get famous on both sides of the atlantic otherwise wifey will find out.

In the case of the beatles: it was clear they were going to split up anyway, they’d had enough of eachother.
When it comes to Nathan, he and Caleb formed the band and wrote alot of the lyrics together so he’s absolutely an important part of the band. Possible to replace on drums but it just wouldn’t be the same, hang on, I take it back, he’s awsome on drums so: irreplaceable. Nevermind
Sure, they might brake up because of it and it would scar my soul..but I just admire and love those guys so much that I wish them all the happiness in life, if that is marriage-then so be it. By the way, I think Nathan’s always looked a bit bored up there behind the drums, doubt it’s something new, and who cares as long as it sounds good?

(a) Britney’s “music” has nothing to do with rock; and

(b) She sucked long before Kevin ever came along.

kings of leon are the greatest ever and i’m sorry but i really think Rolling Stone is just clutching straws for an article. obviously kol aren’t suddenly gonna get bad when Nathan (or Jared) gets married. All this hype is a load of crap

Ok for starters, ‘Joe’ could you please shut the fuck up about the kings slagging off bono??? They didn’t slag him, if anything they were saying that he’s still great even when he’s married! And secondly, KoL are fantastic, always have been always will be.

scullfreak you are a total asshole who wouldn’t know good music if it kicked you in the balls! ROCK ON KINGS OF LEON!