I. A Day in the Life Of...(An Autobiographical Post)
I grew up in Iowa, in a small town called Pella. I dropped out of
Kirkwood Community College to go to the University of Iowa, but then I
decided I didn't want to go there either. At the age of 22, I decided
to move to Las Vegas. While there, I needed a way to make some money,
so I got a job at a Banana Republic store. Going from Pella to the huge
city of Las Vegas definitely was a huge change, a culture shock, even.
I really can't call Vegas normal, but it was nothing compared to when I
started touring in U.K.
In Vegas, I began to search for a vocalist for a new band I wanted to start. I obviously wasn't sure of the name of the band or anything, but I knew I wanted to find someone who would help me form a band with that classic rock feel to it and good songs, something like The Beatles. I put an ad in The Vegas Weekly, and before I knew it Brandon Flowers responded to my request. He was an easy-going guy who was very talented, and we somehow hit it off even though we never really had a set style of music. Once we got the rest of the band together, The Killers were formed. "The Killers", I still laugh at the name because it sounds like we're a metal band, and it really throws some people off. I guess that was really the whole point in it. The United States didn't take us for awhile, but the U.K. really liked our music. We appeared in magazines and were guests on television talk shows and late night shows (Conan O'Brien, The O.C., SNL, The Late Night Show, The Tonight Show). We didn't think we were popular enough to take the place of Kylie Minogue at the 2005 Glastonbury Festival, but if we hadn't, it would have taken us a lot longer to get recognized. The crowd adored us, and it really was something great. We've performed many concerts since, and the U.K. and U.S. are just the beginning.
In Vegas, I began to search for a vocalist for a new band I wanted to start. I obviously wasn't sure of the name of the band or anything, but I knew I wanted to find someone who would help me form a band with that classic rock feel to it and good songs, something like The Beatles. I put an ad in The Vegas Weekly, and before I knew it Brandon Flowers responded to my request. He was an easy-going guy who was very talented, and we somehow hit it off even though we never really had a set style of music. Once we got the rest of the band together, The Killers were formed. "The Killers", I still laugh at the name because it sounds like we're a metal band, and it really throws some people off. I guess that was really the whole point in it. The United States didn't take us for awhile, but the U.K. really liked our music. We appeared in magazines and were guests on television talk shows and late night shows (Conan O'Brien, The O.C., SNL, The Late Night Show, The Tonight Show). We didn't think we were popular enough to take the place of Kylie Minogue at the 2005 Glastonbury Festival, but if we hadn't, it would have taken us a lot longer to get recognized. The crowd adored us, and it really was something great. We've performed many concerts since, and the U.K. and U.S. are just the beginning.