Kongos is an Alternative Rock band from Pretoria, South Africa (currently based in Phoenix, Arizona). They include four brothers, Dylan, Daniel, Jesse, Johnny, who are the sons of John Kongos, best known for his song "He's Gonna Step on You Again" (a.k.a. the song that was the basis for Happy Mondays' "Step On"). Their first album, Lunatic, was released in 2012, and quickly reached the top of the charts in South Africa. A year later, the band self-released the album in the United States, where it finally began to get exposure. In 2014, one of their songs, "Come With Me Now" became the official song fo a WWE pay-per-view event, The Expendables 3, and countless other television shows and advertisements. It became the band's first charting single in America and propelled them to a decent amount of fame, and caused them to get signed by Epic Records.
Discography:
- Kongos (2007)
- Lunatic (2012)
- Egomaniac (2016)
- 1929, Pt. 1 (2019)
- 1929, Pt. 2 (2019)
Trope with me now, trope with me now:
- Album Title Drop: The word "lunatics" in "I'm Only Joking" is one letter off from the album it's from, Lunatic.
- Band of Relatives: Type 2. Dylan, Daniel, Jesse, and Johnny are all brothers. In addition, they're the sons of John Kongos, a popular artist in the 70s.
- Broken Record: A good portion of "Come With Me Now"'s lyrics are its title being repeated continuously.
- Indecipherable Lyrics: The beginning of "I'm Only Joking" sounds a lot like "Why do I do what I do?" but is actually, "Wadu-aidu-wadaidu".
- Madness Mantra: Evoked in "Repeat After Me""Repeat after me, repetition is key, repeat after me, repetition is key, repeat after me, repetition is key..."
- Meaningful Name: Kongos is the last name of all of the brothers in the band.
- Precision F-Strike: "I'm just-a-fucking with your head", in "I'm Only Joking"; up to that point there hadn't been any swearing in the song.
- Self-Titled Album: Kongos.
- Teens Are Monsters: The beginning of "Kids These Days"."Oh, kids these days, they don't have respect
They just talk on those cellphones and listen to their tape cassettes
It's what that teacher said with disgust in every breath
His students listened carelessly, they were easily unimpressed" - Title Drop: At least half of "Come With Me Now" is the title of the song.
