The Killers often get compared to U2 or to Springsteen. Both of these influences surface in their music, along with other 80s sounds that even sometimes sound a bit like an old Atari game. Bono said he thinks The Killers will be the next biggest/best band in the world. He also said he would give a copy of the Hot Fuss album to the Pope to demonstrate that rock music is not evil. A lot of the band's lyrics are wrought with true struggle, biblical imagery, a candidness about the broken down state of ourselves and the world, and a very intelligent sense of humor - all lyrics that I feel only a Gen Xer could write.
Brandon Flowers, the lead singer, is a Mormon and was born at the tail end of the Gen X window. All the other members are Gen X as well. At one point when Brandon saw Oasis play at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas where he lives, he realized his calling was to be in a band.
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| We saw the Killers live in Portland on Dec 5th for the Battle Born Tour for an incredible show. |
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| A shower of metallic confetti rains down on Portlanders at the Rose Garden Arena. |
There's something dying on the street
When they knock you down
You're gonna get back on your feet
No you can't stop now
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Come on show your face
Come on give us one more spark
So we'll start a fire
Unless we fall into the dark
And you can't stop now - no you can't stop now
- From "Battle Born"
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(c) 2012 photography and writing by Chloe Koffas- all rights reserved
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