THE KILLERS
The Killers are an American rock band formed in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2001. The name The Killers is derived from a logo on the bass drum of a fictitious band, portrayed in the music video for the New Order song “Crystal”. The group has released four studio albums: Hot Fuss (2004), Sam’s Town (2006), Day & Age (2008), and Battle Born (2012). All four albums have gone to number one in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, and combined they have sold an estimated 22 million albums worldwide. Along the way they have achieved worldwide success as a live band, performing in over fifty countries and headlining arenas on six continents. (More from Wikipedia)
Of course, the other side of the complaint I mentioned above is that, sure enough, “they do still make ’em like they used to” from time to time. I heard an ad on VH1 the other day that used a killer track by the Black Keys as the background music. The success of this band – they’ve been going strong for more than a full decade now – proves that the Garage Rock Revival of the early 2000’s from bands like the White Stripes, the Hives, the Killers, Eagles of Death Metal, and Queens of the Stone Age still has some life in it.
(January 2012)
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Boyskout recorded their first album, School of Etiquette in April 2003 and November 2003 with the assistance of Daniel Dietrick on bass guitar and keyboards, The producer is Jeff Saltzman; in the same year he produced the debut album Hot Fuss for the Killers, another successful entry in the Garage Rock Revival of the early 2000’s (the band’s name is taken from the nickname of rockabilly pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis, “Killer”).
(January 2014)
