The Killers
Biography
Few bands in the mid-2000s rose so quickly to the forefront of pop music as Las Vegas quartet the Killers. With a mix of '80s-styled synth pop and fashionista charm, the band's street-smart debut, Hot Fuss, became one of 2004's biggest releases, spawning four singles and catapulting the group -- particularly their dandyish, 22-year-old frontman, Brandon Flowers -- into the international spotlight. Hot Fuss reveled in the garish glitz of the band's native Las Vegas, spinning tales of androgynous girlfriends and illicit affairs to a public whose taste for revivalist dance-rock would prove to be virtually insatiable. Franz Ferdinand, Interpol, and the Bravery all benefited from such retro-minded interest, but the Killers unapologetically trumped them all -- even when their sophomore effort, Sam's Town, deemphasized the group's new wave sensibilities in favor of something more akin to the heartland rock of Bruce Springsteen and Rattle and Hum-era U2.
Brandon Flowers (vocals/keyboards), David Keuning (guitar), Mark Stoermer (bass), and Ronnie Vannucci (drums) first came together in 2002, two years before the stylish Hot Fuss introduced their band to the public. Flowers had been sacked by his former synth pop band, Blush Response, after refusing to move to Los Angeles alongside his bandmates.
Selected Discography
thanks for clearing that up for me. they do sound simular though dont they.
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dose anyone watch "Rescue Me" do they sing the opening song, because it sure sounds like them..I really like this band.
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they've got alternative vocals, 80's keyboards and a whole lot of who knows what
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They're coming to Salt Lake in September. I'm soo excited!!!!
<3 the Killers!! |
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keep up the great work! "the stars are blazing like rebel diamonds cut out of the sun..." i love your songwriting brandon. you should record a song with mr. springsteen!
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i agree with chadshady the killers ROCK they dont drop the f bomb ever 5 secounds and they dont scream like those sucky screamo bands that dont have talent. they are definently my favorite band
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The Killers give me hope that there is still good rock out there. I know, it's a fusion of electronica and some other genres, but it ROCKS! Just when mainstream radio was numbing us to believe that bands like nickelsuck, and my chemical blow-mance were all there was to offer. Best band to come along in a while.
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spaceman is such a funny song
i can't get the meaning of it though but it may just be a funny song ...but its the killers-they ' r e has to be meaning *pondering* nope, no meaning its just funny haha |
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this band is one of my favorite in this class of music. this would not be my favorite class of music , but these guys rock it.
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probably intensely criticize it. But it holds such strong bonds with a formative era of my life that I couldn't hat the Killers if I tried.
This is how I've come to like music best: music as relates to experience. Certain bands represent times in my life--Animal Collective/B e n Folds = senior year; certain songs represent specific things--"Tin y Dancer" = my first girlfriend (sad); "young folks = my good friend Samantha. Music is just about what things or times or people it reminds me of. |
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This is the music that got me started liking music. I first got Sam's Town from a friend, and devoured it. At that point all I had really listened to rock-wise, if you will, was Flogging Molly and Rush--and this inspired an interest in more mainstream music. Since then I have become much more of a connoisseur of music, and my tastes have really matured, I believe. This music still appeals to me however, not because of any qualities it actually has--in fact if I encountered it afresh now I would
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Day and Age--- Best album to date. They mature and get better with time.
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great first, second, even third but fourth... day and age god awful and im sure most of you will agree!!!
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WHATS WRONG WITH ALL YALL
THEY ROCK IF YOU CANT SEE THAT YOU ANT A TRUE MUSIC LOVER >:P SO WHATEVA LOVE YALL ANYWAY -JESSTHEMESS IF YOU A HATER ,LATER <3 YALL WE CAN STILL BE FRIENDS RIGHT JKJK MUCH LOVE |
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This bands suckiness is so potent that liking just one song by them automaticall y turns you into a douchbag.
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I love them so much!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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eew!!!!!! there ugly in that pic, i seen better!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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their my fav band ever Im gng to their concert in phx in sept!!! cant wait!!
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For a long year, all anyone would say was, "The Killers this, The Killers that." Enjoy the strip Killers, it's pretty much empty right now.
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