Holy Roller Novocaine EP released

The band’s first record, an EP entitled Holy Roller Novocaine , was released on February 18, 2003. At this stage, Jared was only 16 years old and had not yet learned to play the bass. The release of Holy Roller Novocaine gave Kings of Leon a significant amount of exposure, receiving a 4/5 star rating from Rolling Stone magazine. All of the songs released on the EP were co-written by Angelo Petraglia, who also produced the record, and four of the five songs would later be released on Youth and Young Manhood . The versions of ” Wasted Time ” and ” California Waiting ” on the EP differ from their album versions, however, with the first having a more tense riff and different vocal style than the same track off Youth and Young Manhood , the second being recorded in a rush to finish the EP. The EP also contains the song “Wicker Chair”, while a track called “Andrea” was discarded before its release. In addition, three songs from Holy Roller Novocaine were used in the Farrelly brothers film Stuck on You with Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear : “California Waiting”, “Molly’s Chambers” and “Holy Roller Novocaine”.