Current Artist Series - Week 3

[cjj]

These guys came on the scene in 2002 from Las Vegas. The band consists of Brandon Flowers (vocals, keyboards), Dave Keuning (guitar, vocals), Mark Stoermer (bass guitar, vocals) and Ronnie Vannucci Jr. (drums, percussion). The band for this week is The Killers

Initially, The Killers played at small clubs in Las Vegas, Nevada, where they often played at drag shows. The band attracted the attention of Alex Gilbert, a British representative for Warner Bros., though Warner Bros. did not like the band. The Killers then signed with UK Indie Label Lizard King and travelled to England and began to play in bars and clubs. After receiving rave reviews from journalists and fans in the UK, and then in the U.S., they were signed by Island Def Jam.

[antipodean]

These guys are great.... Mr Brightside and When You Were Young would be on my top 50 songs from the noughties... My kids insisted that I give them a listen and I've never regretted it.... There is an element of drama to their best pieces that marks them out as special. Do they live up to this when they play live?

[cjj]

Unfortunately, I couldn't tell you about their live performances, nobody plays live anywhere within 400 miles of me...

[rickenbrother]

I like some of The Killers tunes. I saw them perform on one of those New Years Eve tv shows a couple of years ago. The singer looked like he was not happy about being there.
I'll have to give more of their songs a listen.

Thanks for taking this week, CJ!