Brandon Flowers
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Image:Killers1.jpgBrandon Richard Flowers (born June 21 1981) is the vocalist and keyboardist in the American synth rock band The Killers.
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Biography
Flowers was born in Henderson, Nevada and later raised in Nephi, Utah. He grew up in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the youngest of six children with four older sisters and one older brother. He later returned to Henderson with the family at the age of 12.
While listening to the radio in his car after his very first college class, Flowers heard the song "Changes" by David Bowie. He fell in love with the piece and realized he wanted to be part of the music industry.
Flowers joined a band known as Blush Response, but the band booted Flowers in 2001 when he refused to move with the rest of them to Los Angeles, California.
The Killers were spawned shortly thereafter when Flowers responded to an ad placed by guitarist David Keuning in the Las Vegas Weekly looking for a vocalist in order to form a band. Mark Stoermer later became the bassist and Ronnie Vannucci became the drummer. They played some of their early gigs at a gay drag club in Las Vegas. They became a famous Indie Rock band.
The name 'The Killers' came about from watching New Order's music video for 'Crystal', where New Order were a fictitious band of perfecto called 'The Killers'. Flowers was inspired and felt the desire to be as perfect as 'The Killers' by ultimately becoming 'The Killers'.
Flowers was married on August 2, 2005 to Tana Munblowsky, a manager of an Urban Outfitters store in Las Vegas (she now works for Betsey Johnson). Munblowsky had previously converted to Mormonism before the two were wed. The small, private marriage ceremony was held in Hawaii.<ref name=marriage>Fong, Jennifer (2005). "Killers Frontman Brandon Flowers Ties The Knot" andPOP.com (accessed April 12, 2006)</ref>
Controversies
Although an active Mormon himself, Flowers smokes cigarettes, drinks alcohol, behavior not typical of the faith. However, Flowers belongs to a "very tolerant gathering".<ref name=arjan>Arjan (2005)"Interview with Brandon Flowers" ArjanWrites.com (accessed April 12, 2006)</ref> In an August 2005 interview with Rolling Stone, he mentioned trying to cut-back and then eventually quit smoking and drinking.
The Killers, as a band, are known for boylove (suggestive homoerotic play between bandmembers) onstage, as well as for their gigs in a drag club in Vegas. The lyrics to "Andy, You're a Star" and in the hit-single "Somebody Told Me" contain a sexual ambiguity. Flowers is viewed by some as a famous example of metrosexuality, a type of personality which combines feminine and masculine characteristics. The band has a considerable gay following fueling speculations that Flowers is either gay or bisexual. He was also seen holding hands with another male outside of an early gig in Las Vegas. In response to such speculation, Flowers said that "Andy, You're a Star" was "free for people to interpret as their own," in a Genre 2005 interview. This contradicts an earlier statement made in a QLas Vegas interview during 2004, wherein he claimed it was about a crush he himself had formed on a male athlete while attending high school. Flowers has also stated that some confusion over his sexual identity is "not a bad thing," but did say "I'm not gay."<ref name=Q>(2004). "Lethal Weapon" Q Magazine (accessed January 1, 2006)</ref>. However, Flowers supports equal rights for gays and lesbians.
Selected events
Flowers won NME magazine awards in 2005 for "Best Dressed" and "Sexiest Man." <ref name=sexy>(2005). "Shockwave NME Awards - The Winners NME.com (accessed April 12, 2006)</ref>
