Las Vegas modern rock quartet The Killers have sold 12 million albums worldwide to date.
On April 21, 2009, Billboard announced The Killers would be performing at the 2009 Lollapalooza Festival at Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois in August 2009.Billboard: Lollapalooza 2009 Lineup Announced (April 21, 2009)
Fast Facts:
- Formed in 2002 in Las Vegas, Nevada
- Studio albums: 3
- Members: Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer, Ronnie Vannucci Jr.
- Song "When You Were Young" appeared on both Guitar Hero III and Rock Band
- Heavily influenced by the glam rock of the 1970s
- Name "The Killers" references a fictional band in the New Order video "Crystal"
- Flowers sparked controversy by stating that The Bravery and Fall Out Boy were riding the Killer's coattails
- Flowers is a Mormon
- Performing at the 2009 Coachella Festival
Albums
- Hot Fuss (2004)
- Sam's Town (2006)
- Sawdust B-Side Collection (2007)
- Day and Age (2008)
Career Overview
Killers frontman Brandon Flowers was kicked out of the synthpop group Blush Response in 2001 after refusing to move with the other band members to Los Angeles. He put an ad in a newspaper for new bandmates, and thereby met up with David Keuning. Together with Ronnie Vannucci and Mark Stoermer, they formed The Killers in 2002 and started playing clubs throughout Las Vegas.
Through a representative of Warner Bros. Records, The Killers signed with UK indie label Lizard King that same year. Their first studio album, Hot Fuss, was released in 2004 in both the United Kingdom and the U.S. On the strength of the singles "Mr. Brightside," "All These Things That I've Done" and "Somebody Told Me," the album became a significant success, reaching #1 on the American charts and remaining in the nation's Top 50 albums for fifty straight weeks.
Follow-up Sam's Town followed in 2006, now distributed by Island Def Jam Music Group. The album was a success as well, buoyed by the hit single "When You Were Young" and three other popular radio hits, but received a more mixed response from critics and fans, some of whom criticized the album's allegedly "conservative" politics.
The band's third studio album, Day and Age was released in November 2008.
