California Waiting California Waiting "California Waiting" is the fourth single taken from the "Youth and Young Manhood" album by the American rock band Kings of Leon. An alternate version of the song appears on their debut release, the EP "Holy Roller Novocaine". This version was recorded in a rush to finish the record. The band didn't like the outcome, so they recorded a new version, which is found on "Youth and Young Manhood". However, on Kings of Leon's VH1 Storytellers performance, Caleb Followill stated before playing California Waiting that "We kind of sabotaged it on our album, and tried to play it
Youth of Today Thomas, drummer of brother band Crippled Youth (who later changed their name to Bold), was asked to finish the rest of the tour. A short while later, Underdog vocalist Richie Birkenhead joined the band on second guitar. With this line-up, the first Youth Of Today album was recorded, entitled "Break Down The Walls", and released by Wishingwell Records, the label of California straight edge bands Unity and Uniform Choice. Soon after recording the album Drew was replaced by Mike "Judge" (later to be the singer, along with John Porcelly on guitar, in the band Judge). Craig left to reform Straight