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The Killers are an American rock band formed in Las Vegas, Nevada.
==History==
===Formation===
In 2001, Brandon Flowers was dismissed from a Utah based band known as Synth Response. After attending an Oasis concert at a Hard Rock Hotel, Flowers found a local newspaper posted by a guitarist named Dave Keuning, who moved to Las Vegas from Iowa a year earlier. When Flowers and Keuning first met, they bonded over similar musical influences and immediately began writing songs together at Keuning's apartment. The duo met bassist Dell Neal, who was acting as Keuning's roommate, along with drummer Matt Norcross, and the newly recruited musicians formed together, naming the band The Killers.
After recording some demo tapes, The Killers played their first live show during an open mic night at the Cafe Espresso Roma in Las Vegas in January 2002, where they would also hand out free copies of their demo. The band began playing live shows across Las Vegas to generate a little venue, but the results turned out to be shoddy and erratic. After a few shows, Norcross was dismissed, and Brian Havens took over at the drums, but would be released weeks later himself. Neal later resigned due to personal reasons.
Needing a new bassist and drummers to keep their hopes alive, the band met drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr., who joined around the same time after Neal left. Vannucci was no stranger to the Las Vegas music scene, having been played in numerous amateaur bands since he was young. The Killers played at a nightclub known as The Junkyard on August 30, 2002, the first with Vannucci at drums. During the performance, Mark Stoermer, who was the lead guitarist for local progressive rock band the Negative Ponies at the time, helped out as the bassist. The other band members felt mightily inspired about Stoermer's recent contributions, and inquired about hiring him to the band. It was revealed that Stoermer had high caliber experience in music, capable of playing guitar, bass, and keyboards. At first, Stoermer was reluctant, but finally made up his mind and joined in November 2002.
With the lineup reassembled to a four-piece, The Killers got together in Vannucci's garage to work on song ideas. They would even sneak into the band room of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas at night to do rehearsals. Still needing revenue to finance an album, the band continued to do local gigs. One day, the band met Braden Merrick, an A&R representative for Warner Bros. Records. Merrick confessed that he was watching the band during a live show, offered to help the band find a record deal, and was hired to become their manager. Merrick took the band to Berkeley, California to record demos with Jeff Saltzman, who used to manage Green Day. The demo tapes were shipped across the country to see if the band could strike a deal with a major record label, but nothing came about. The band was soon approached by Alex Gilbert, an A&P representative from England. Gilbert took a demo with him back to England and showed it to Ben Durling, who worked at the newly formed Independent label, Lizard King Records in London. Lizard King was impressed with the demo and signed the band in July 2003.
===Hot Fuss===
Finally signed to a record label, The Killers traveled to London, England in September 2003, spending a week performing at influential live music venues across the city. The band's tenure with Lizard King would be short lived, but record labels in the United States began drawing interest. The Killers eventually settled in with The Island Def Jam Music Group.
The band's first studio album, Hot Fuss, was released on June 7, 2004. The album included eleven tracks. Recording for the album took place at The Hearse in Berkeley, California, Cornerstone Studios in Los Angeles, and Dave Keuning's apartment in Las Vegas. Some of the demo tapes were re-recorded at the proceeding places, while mixing for the majority of the album took place at Eden Studios and Townhouse Studios, both located in London. Singles were "Mr. Brightside", "Somebody Told Me", "All These Things That I've Done", and "Smile Like You Mean It". Around the same time the album was preparing for release, The Killers went on tour in England and the U.S.A. respectively. The album would easily turned out to be a breakthrough for the band, and was nominated for a Grammy Award. Hot Fuss was certified 7x platinum in England and Ireland. It also went triple platinum in the United States, Australia, and Canada. It evenly went platinum in New Zealand while going gold in Argentina, Belgium, Germany, and France.
The Killers were named the World's Best Selling New Group at the 2005 World Music Awards, the same year they won the MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist, and were also nominated for three Grammy Awards with Hot Fuss being nominated for Best Rock Album. In England, they received an NME Award for Best International Band. In July 2005, the Killers performed on the London stage of the Live 8 concert. The band dismissed Merrick in early 2006. Merrick later filed a lawsuit against the band for breach of contract and their new manager and lawyer, Robert Reynolds, for $16 million each. The band countersued, citing that Merrick's poor management had frittered away millions in earnings. The case was settled in 2009.
==Discography==
*Hot Fuss (2004)
*Sam's Town (2006)
*Day & Age (2008)
*Battle Born (2012)
*Wonderful Wonderful (2017)
*Imploding the Mirage (2020)
*Pressure Machine (2021)
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