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Band formation
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Bands name
The band's name, according to lead singer Matt Shultz, came from an incident in 2006 when a mentally disturbed man approached the band after a show. He hugged Shultz and kept repeating the sentence "You have to cage the elephant" over and over again. -
They moved to England
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Their first album was released
The album was called Cage The Elephant
My favourite song of this album is probably
"Ain't no rest for the wicked"
https://youtu.be/rFHzozlL9lk?list=RDMMvKH-rcO6PA8 -
Thank You, Happy Birthday
Their second disc was released;
Thank You, Happy Birthday
My favourite song of this album; Shake me down
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Melophobia
Their third album.
My two favourite songs from it (sorry I couldn't decide)
Cigarette Daydreams https://youtu.be/nu2rCQnNPGE
Spiderhead https://youtu.be/z8DOKTX4EFY -
Tell Me I'm Pretty
This was their fourth album, released in 2015
I don't really have a favourite track in this album.
The first song I heard was "Cold, cold, cold" https://youtu.be/n95eekfFZZg
And one I really from this album it's "Cry Baby" https://youtu.be/zBp01PqHEu4 -
Unpeeled
This album was their second live album.
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Grammy Award for Best Rock Album
They won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album in 2017 for Tell Me I'm Pretty. -
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Second Grammy Award for Best Rock Album
They won their second Grammy Award for Best Rock Album in 2020 for Social Cues. -
When I found the band
I found this group during quarantine ad the first song I heard was "Cold,cold,cold" from Tell me I'm pretty
