Matthew Followill is professional guitarist, lead guitar and backing vocal in popular rock-band 'Kings of Leon'. Other members are Nathan Followill, Caleb Followill, Jared Followill.
Matthew Followill has been playing the guitar from the early age.
In 1999 Matthew made a decision to move to Nashville and join 'Kings of Leon'.
When the band was about to be formed and sign a contract, Jared (cousin of Matthew) called Matthew and invited him to join the band. So he did in 2002.
As a member of 'Kings of Leon' Matthew has released seven albums.
The most popular songs are 'Notion', 'Sex on Fire', 'Only By The Night', 'Radioactive', 'Over', etc.
Matthew Followill on behalf of his band is and owner of BRIT and Grammy Award.
Matthew’s latest album 'Walls' came out in 2016. The name of the album is acronym for 'We Are Like Love Songs'. The 'Walls' consists of two parts. First part mainly contains songs to satisfy fans’ expectations, and the other part has new experimental stuff.
Matthew Followill is Christian. The religion he was in, was against rock music.
Matthew Followill is straight and married to Johanna Bennett. Johanna is popular songwriter and member of the 'Totalizer' band. The couple has two children.
Matthew Followill is a cousin of the three members of 'Kings of Leon'.
Every time right before the concert Matthew and his band sing little gospel.
Full name of Matthew is Cameron Matthew Followill.
Very interesting fact is that the names of all albums consist of only five syllables.
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