The New Rock Royalty

April, 2004

Kings of Leon--three brothers and a cousin, all named Followill, all musically adept beyond their years--have been crowned by our readers as the Next Big Thing. Traveling to Southern churches with their evangelist father, they rocked congregation after congregation. Then they grew their hair long and cranked out an acclaimed major label debut, Youth &Young Manhood. We spoke to Jared Followill, 17, the band's youngest member.[Q] Playboy: With four relatives in one band, is there a lot of brawling...