Cage the Elephant

Cage The Elephant have never felt at home in traditional comfort zones. Instead, they instinctively and uncompromisingly followed their inspiration without questioning it. As a result, every album by the multiple GRAMMY® Award-winning band has marked a creative new beginning—featuring Matt Shultz [vocals], Brad Shultz [guitar], Nick Bockrath [guitar], Matthan Minster [guitar, keyboards, backing vocals], Daniel Tichenor [bass], and Jared Champion [drums]. At the same time, no stage was big enough to contain their unique energy, their undeniable self-confidence, and their unspoken refusal to stand still.

With a catalog of timeless hits, a reputation for unforgettable live performances, and a global fan base, they have been shaping alternative music and culture for two decades now—and doing so with effortless ease. In 2006, they burst onto the scene from Bowling Green, Kentucky—with a distinctive style that blended shimmering, ethereal melodies with bursts of raw garage rock, dirty noise, and gutter punk. Their music resonated with daydreamers, night owls, outsiders, people who share their thoughts unfiltered, and free spirits of all kinds.

Driven b of , their rise— of —has now been marked by ten billion streams, numerous gold, platinum, and multi-platinum certifications, as well as thirteen No. 1 hits on alternative radio and five No. 1 hits on Triple-A radio. They received their first GRAMMY® Award nomination for *Melophobia* [2013]. They subsequently won the GRAMMY® Award for Best Rock Album for their consecutive albums *Tell Me I’m Pretty* [2015] and *Social Cues* [2019]. Another nomination followed in the Alternative category for *Neon Pill* [2024].

of A testament to the band’s timeless appeal is the fact that Gen Z made the song “Cigarette Daydreams” go viral—it has now amassed more than 1.5 billion streams on Spotify—while Gen X celebrated Cage The Elephant’s performances of as special guests of on the Oasis Live ’25 Tour, the biggest reunion tour of the past decade. In 2026, the band is reinventing itself with its first new music in two years and its upcoming album on the new label Big Loud Rock. The next era of Cage The Eleph begins with “Beaches In Tennessee.”

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