![]() ![]() All copyrights are by the author and Vintage Guitar magazine. This article originally appeared in VG ‘s Nov. Not surprisingly, the it derives from the Bible - Isaiah 57. Whats the origin of the phrase No rest for the wicked The phrase was originally expressed as no peace for the wicked and refers to the eternal torment of Hell that awaited sinners. They play like they mean it there’s just no way their music could be this viscerally charged, this real, this good, if they didn’t. No rest for the wicked has a literal meaning - that the wicked shall be tormented in Hell. Reasons include bills to pay, mouths to feed, and the fact that nothing in this world is for free. A I got bills to pay, G I got mouths to feed, A C There ain't nothing in this world for free. Ain’t no rest for the wicked Originally a song by Cage the Elephant, the phrase is used to describe the lives of people in severe poverty either engaging in illicit activity like prostitution, robbery, or theft out of necessity to survive. On “Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked” powerful semi-metal rhythms meld with Brad’s impressively sophisticated, sometimes wrenching, psychedelic guitar sounds while brother Matt spits defiant mile-a-minute lyrics in a perfect garage-band voice Cage The Elephant plays like they’ve been listening to 13th Floor Elevators and watching Jim Jarmusch movies every day since elementary school. Chorus A C 'Oh, there ain't no rest for the wicked, A D Money don't grow on trees. The brothers chose a different path, joining Jared Champion (drums) and Brad Tichenor (bass) to form Cage though their songs about alienation (“In One Ear”), crooked preachers (the title cut), and borderline hopelessness (“Lotus”) give the impression there wasn’t much choice involved – it was more a soul-salvaging need. The band writes and plays like it’s important, the way you’d expect from a bunch of misfits who grew up in a town where success meant working at the same plant where your parents worked. ![]() That it fell apart before the brothers could afford a replacement is testimony to the spirit behind Cage The Elephant. When Brad was 12, he spent 20 hard-to-come-by dollars on a used guitar. Growing up in an eventually broken home with six people squeezed into a two-bedroom apartment, they sneaked in Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix music behind the backs of disapproving parents. Brothers Brad and Matt Schultz had a rough youth in small-town Kentucky, where music, money and hope were hard to find. ![]()
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