The Killers

Biography

The story of an American rock band The Killers begins in 2001, when its future leader Brandon Flowers abandoned a synth pop group known as Blush Response. Shortly after, Flowers attended an Oasis concert and decided to create a true hard rock band. But it was not easy for him because everebody thought ex-poper couldn't play rock. But at last he got aquainted with Dave Keuning and his two friends, so they began rehearsing. Soon after Keuning's fellows were replaced by Mark Stoermer and Ronnie Vannucci Jr. The last two also abandoned their bands, as the Flowers himself. Vannucci said, that when he was entering the band, it was "very green and their fan base was scarce, and there was a lot of work to be done to become a polished act". The Killers played their first gig as the new band at a club in Los Vegas called The Junkyard. It was a hard time for the musicians – Vannucci sold his house to get some money, the group had no place to rehearse so they had to sneak into the University of Nevada's (where Vannucci was attending college) music rooms in order to practice. But little by little the group started to attract attention from the producers, and at last their demo record was heard by the oweners of the UK indie label Lizard King. As a result, The Killers got a chance to record their first album, Hot Fuss. The album was realesed in June 2004.

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