Before they became a band, all four of them had various jobs. Flowers, who had dropped out of college, was a bellhop for a while at the Gold Coast Hotel in Vegas. David Keuning, who was originally from Pella, Iowa, dropped out of Kirkwood Community College, then University of Iowa, and finally moved to Las Vegas in January of 2000. He began work there at a Banana Republic store, but could not stand the vast amounts of hats. Mark Stoermer, meanwhile, worked as a medical courier, delivering various medical supplies while studying philosophy at UNLV. Ronnie Vannucci was a student of classical percussion at UNLV and worked as a photographer at the Little Chapel of the Flowers and as a pedicab driver at the Desert Passage mall inside the Aladdin Hotel.
The stars begin to align for The Killers, however, in 2001, when Flowers was abandoned by the first band that he was in — a synth pop band known as Blush Response — after he declined to move with the rest of them to Los Angeles, California. Shortly thereafter, Flowers attended an Oasis concert, and realized that he wanted to make the transition from a keyboard band, and began searching for a guitarist. Bandless in Vegas, he responded to an ad that Keuning had placed in the paper that listed, among other things, Oasis as an influence. The two hit it off immediately, and began rehearsing. They were joined by a bassist (Keuning's roommate) and a drummer.
While thinking of band names, they brainstormed the name "The Genius Sex Poets" (which was later featured on the bass drum in the American version of the music video for "Mr. Brightside").[citation needed] The band finally came up with the idea for "The Killers" from a New Order video titled "Crystal." It was featured on the bass drum of a fictional band in the song's video.
Both bassist and drummer quickly moved on to other things, and the drummer would later sue the band, claiming that he wrote "Mr. Brightside".[citation needed] After their departure, Vannucci and Stoermer (who were both in other bands at the time) were approached by Flowers and Keuning with an offer to join The Killers.
After watching a few of their early shows, Vannucci acknowledged that the group was very green and would need a lot of work to become a polished act. Additionally, their fanbase was scarce and they hadn't worked out their image. Yet, Vannucci saw something and was determined to join.
Stoermer was the final hold out, and still saw some of the issues of before. But he and Flowers quickly became friends, and before long he filled the remaining post. They played their first gig as the new band at a club in Vegas called The Junkyard. After Vannucci sold his house, and the boys found themselves without a garage to rehearse in, it was around this time that they took to sneaking into UNLV's music rooms to practice, where Vannucci was attending college
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The stars begin to align for The Killers, however, in 2001, when Flowers was abandoned by the first band that he was in — a synth pop band known as Blush Response — after he declined to move with the rest of them to Los Angeles, California. Shortly thereafter, Flowers attended an Oasis concert, and realized that he wanted to make the transition from a keyboard band, and began searching for a guitarist. Bandless in Vegas, he responded to an ad that Keuning had placed in the paper that listed, among other things, Oasis as an influence. The two hit it off immediately, and began rehearsing. They were joined by a bassist (Keuning's roommate) and a drummer.
While thinking of band names, they brainstormed the name "The Genius Sex Poets" (which was later featured on the bass drum in the American version of the music video for "Mr. Brightside").[citation needed] The band finally came up with the idea for "The Killers" from a New Order video titled "Crystal." It was featured on the bass drum of a fictional band in the song's video.
Both bassist and drummer quickly moved on to other things, and the drummer would later sue the band, claiming that he wrote "Mr. Brightside".[citation needed] After their departure, Vannucci and Stoermer (who were both in other bands at the time) were approached by Flowers and Keuning with an offer to join The Killers.
After watching a few of their early shows, Vannucci acknowledged that the group was very green and would need a lot of work to become a polished act. Additionally, their fanbase was scarce and they hadn't worked out their image. Yet, Vannucci saw something and was determined to join.
Stoermer was the final hold out, and still saw some of the issues of before. But he and Flowers quickly became friends, and before long he filled the remaining post. They played their first gig as the new band at a club in Vegas called The Junkyard. After Vannucci sold his house, and the boys found themselves without a garage to rehearse in, it was around this time that they took to sneaking into UNLV's music rooms to practice, where Vannucci was attending college
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