Who Is Cage the Elephant Lead Singer Matt Shultz?

Matt Shultz, photo: Henrique Oli [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Cage the Elephant, the rock band from Bowling Green, Kentucky, has been around since 2006. Their fourth studio album, Tell Me I’m Pretty, is nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Alternative Music Album category. The album was produced by Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys.

[Cage the Elephant’s album Tell Me I’m Pretty includes the single “Cold Cold Cold”]

Prior to forming Cage the Elephant, lead singer Matt Shultz worked in construction as a plumber. He left that job to work at a sandwich bar with his older brother Brad Shultz, who’s also a band member of Cage the Elephant (guitarist). Matt is known for stage diving and crowd surfing during live performances (see photo above). He’s come a long way from being called “Poor Boy” by kids at school. In 2014, he married French actress/model Juliette Buchs. She’s in the band’s video “Cigarette Daydreams.” See below.