WKUHerald.com. Western Kentucky University welcomes back Bowling Green locals Cage the Elephant for a concert Saturday, Sept. 8. Cage the Elephant got its start as a band of high school students named Perfect Confusion, which in 2005 released a self titled EP. In a 2010 interview with SPIN, Matthew Schultz said the rebranding occurred after a The 35-year-old, who looks like the love child of David Bowie and Mick Jagger – wiry, with a strong jawline and wide mouth – is sitting across from me, leaning forwards with his elbows propped The band's name, according to lead singer Matthew Shultz, came from an incident in 2006 where a mentally disturbed man approached the band after a show. He hugged Shultz and kept repeating the sentence "You have to cage the elephant" over and over. Early years and self-titled album (2007–10) There ain’t no rest for lead singer Matt Shultz midweek in Milwaukee. He and the rest of the Cage the Elephant outfit have been touring like it’s about to be made illegal, wrapping up 2011 and gifting it to fans not only in the form of their sophomore album Thank You Happy Birthday (suitably named after a line in a trippy children’s book) but with gigs, promo, gigs, promo and maybe a few Cage The Elephant debuts their music video for “Black Madonna,” the most recent single off their album Social Cues.The video, directed by lead singer Matt Shultz, and edited by Michael Rees Cage the Elephant attempted to distance themselves from their influences, and making their own sound. “Melophobia” means “fear of music,” in an interview, the group described the term as Overall, Cage the Elephant’s “Ready To Let Go” is a powerful and emotional song that explores the theme of toxic relationships and the importance of letting go. The song’s lyrics paint a vivid picture of the protagonist’s struggles with emotional pain and the anxiety of the unknown future. The song’s popularity and success are a Sage words, but such a realization was hard in coming for Shultz, his guitarist brother Brad, and the rest of Cage The Elephant (bassist Daniel Tichenor, guitarist Lincoln Parish and drummer Jared Champion) during the making of their forthcoming third album, which they tellingly titled Melophobia, the definition of which is "the fear of music." Cage the Elephant singer held in New York on two charges. Matt Shultz was arrested for carrying weapons in public. (Image via Getty) Cage the Elephant frontman Matt Shultz was arrested on Thursday Cage Matt Shultz, the lead singer of the band The Elephant, was arrested in New York City on Thursday after police found two loaded guns in his room at the Bowery Hotel. Police took away a loaded.45-caliber Smith & Wesson pistol and a.45-caliber Sig Sauer pistol from the musician and charged him with multiple counts of having a gun. ppTw.