ʻO The Killers he hui pōhaku ʻAmelika mai Las Vegas, Nevada, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma 2001. Aia ʻo Brandon Flowers (nā leo, nā kī kī), ʻo Dave Koening (kikā, nā leo kākoʻo), ʻo Mark Störmer (kikā bass, nā leo kākoʻo). A me Ronnie Vannucci Jr. (pahu, percussion).
I ka wā mua, ua pāʻani ʻo The Killers i nā hui nui ma Las Vegas. Me kahi laina paʻa a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka repertoire o nā mele, ua hoʻomaka ka hui e huki i ka manaʻo o nā ʻoihana akamai. A me nā ʻelele kūloko, hōʻailona nui, scouts a me ka ʻelele UK ma Warner Bros.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole i kau inoa kahi ʻelele o Warner Bros i kahi ʻaelike me ka hui. Eia naʻe, lawe ʻo ia i ka demo me ia. A hōʻike iā ia i kahi hoaaloha i hana no ka inoa indie British (London) Lizard King Records (ʻo Marrakesh Records i kēia manawa). Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ka hui i kahi ʻaelike me kahi lepili Pelekane i ke kauwela o 2002.
Ka lanakila o The Killers mai nā album mua
Ua hoʻokuʻu ka hui i kā lākou album mua ʻo Hot Fuss i Iune 2004 ma UK a me USA (Island Records). ʻO ka mea mele mua a ka poʻe mele ʻo Somebody Told Me. Ua lanakila pū ka hui ma nā palapala hoʻomaikaʻi i nā mele mele ʻo Mr. ʻO Brightside a me kēia mau mea a pau i hana ʻia, ka mea i hana i ka 10 kiʻekiʻe ma UK.
Ua hoʻopaʻa ka hui i kā lākou album lua ʻo Sam's Town ma Pepeluali 15, 2006 ma The Palms Hotel/Casino ma Las Vegas. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ʻOkakopa 2006. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Vocalist Brandon Flowers "ʻo Sam's Town kekahi o nā album maikaʻi loa o nā makahiki he 20 i hala".
Ua loaʻa i ka album kahi pane like ʻole mai ka poʻe hoʻohewa a me nā "fans". Akā mau ke kaulana a ua kūʻai aku ma luna o 4 miliona mau kope ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa.
Ua hoʻomaka ka mea hoʻokahi When You Were Young ma nā lekiō ma ka hopena o Iulai 2006. Ua alakaʻi ʻo Luna Hoʻokele ʻo Tim Burton i ke wikiō no ka lua mai Bones. ʻO ke kolu o ke mele ʻo Read My Mind. Ua paʻi ʻia ke wikiō ma Tokyo, Iapana. ʻO ka mea hou loa ʻo For Reasons Unknown, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma Iune 2007.
Ua kūʻai aku ka album ma luna o 700 kope i kāna pule mua o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana. Ua hoʻomaka ia ma ka helu 2 ma ka pakuhi United World.
Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Brandon Flowers ma ʻAukake 22, 2007 ma Belfast (Northern Ireland) ma ka T-Vital festival ʻo ia ka manawa hope loa e hoʻokani ʻia ai ka album Sam's Town ma ʻEulopa. Ua hoʻokani nā Killers i kā lākou ʻaha mele Sam's Town hope loa ma Melbourne i Nowemapa 2007.
Pehea i hoʻomaka ai?
Hoʻokumu ʻia ka hapa nui o nā mele The Killers ma nā mele 1980s, ʻoi aku ka nalu hou. Ua ʻōlelo pū ʻo Flowers i loko o kahi hālāwai ninaninau e kani maikaʻi ana ka nui o nā haku mele ma muli o ka hopena o ke ola ma Las Vegas.
Ua mahalo lākou i nā hui post-punk i puka mai i ka makahiki 1980, e like me Joy Division. Hoʻomaopopo pū ʻia lākou he "fans" o ka New Order (me nā pua i hoʻokani live), ʻo Pet Shop Boys. A me Dire Straits, David Bowie, The Smiths, Morrissey, Depeche Mode, U2, Queen, Oasis and The Beatles. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia kā lākou album lua e hoʻoikaika nui ʻia e nā mele a me nā mele a Bruce Springsteen.
Ma ka lā 12 o Nowemapa, 2007, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album compilation ʻo Sawdust, i loaʻa nā ʻaoʻao b, rarities a me nā mea hou. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album mua ʻo Tranquilize, i ka hui pū ʻana me Lou Reed, i ʻOkakopa 2007. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kekahi kiʻi uhi no Shadowplay na Joy Division ma ka US iTunes Store.
Aia i loko o ka album nā mele: Ruby, Mai lawe i kou aloha i ke kaona (The First Edition cover). ʻO Romeo lāua ʻo Juliet (Dire Straits) a me kahi mana hou o Move Away (Spider-Man 3 soundtrack). ʻO kekahi o nā mele ma ka Sawdust ʻo ia ka Waiho i ka Bourbon ma ka Papa. ʻO kēia ka hapa mua akā ʻaʻole i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma mua o ka "Murder Trilogy". Ua ukali ʻia e Midnight Show, Jenny Was a My Friend.
Ka Mana o Ka Pepehi
Ua hōʻike ka Cowboys' Christmas Ball Songfacts ua ʻike ʻia ʻo The Killers no kā lākou hana ma ka hoʻolaha ʻo Bono Product Red e hakakā i ka AIDS ma ʻApelika. Ma 2006, ua hoʻokuʻu ka poʻe mele i ka wikiō Kalikimaka mua ʻo A Great Big Sled e kākoʻo i ke aloha. A ma ka lā 1 o Dekemaba, 2007, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ke mele Don't Shoot Me Santa.
ʻO kā lākou mele leʻaleʻa i lilo i makahiki. A ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo The Cowboy's Christmas Ball ma ke ono o kā lākou hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana. Ua manaʻo ʻia e hōʻiliʻili kālā no ka hoʻolaha Product Red ma ka lā 1 o Dekemaba, 2011.
Album ʻEkolu La & Makahiki
ʻO Day & Age ke poʻo inoa o ke kolu studio album na The Killers. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ke poʻo inoa ma kahi ninaninau wikiō NME ma ka ʻaha Heluhelu a me Leeds me ka leo mele ʻo Brandon Flowers.
Ua hana pū nā Killers me Paul Normansel ma kahi album hou e pili ana i ka hana a Normansel.
Ua ʻōlelo pū ʻo Flowers ma kahi ninaninau me Q magazine makemake ʻo ia e pāʻani i kahi mele Tidal Wave hou. Ua hauʻoli loa ʻo ia i nā mele Drive-In Saturday (David Bowie) a me I Drove All Night (Roy Orbison).
Ma Iulai 29 a me ʻAukake 1, 2008, ua hōʻike ʻia ʻelua mele ma New York Highline Ballroom, Borgata Hotel and Spa: Spaceman a me Neon Tiger. Ua hoʻokomo ʻia lākou i ka album Day & Age.
ʻOiai ma ka huakaʻi ma 2008, ua hōʻoia ka hui i nā inoa mele no ka album Day & Age. Me: Pō maikaʻi, huakaʻi maikaʻi, haʻalulu, holo hauʻoli, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke noho, nalowale ka paʻi. ʻO Fairytale Dustland a me ke kanaka, koe wale no Vibration, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma waho o ka album.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ke kolu studio album, The Killers Day & Age, ma Nowemapa 25, 2008 (Novema 24 ma UK). Ua hoʻomaka mua ʻia ka album hoʻokahi kanaka kanaka ma Kepakemapa 22 a me Kepakemapa 30.
ʻEhā album Battle Born
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album studio ʻehā, Battle Born, ma Kepakemapa 18, 2012. Ua hoʻomaka ka hui i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana ma hope o ka hoʻomaha pōkole mai ka huakaʻi. He ʻelima mau mea hana o ka album a ua hoʻopuka ʻo The Killers i hoʻokahi mele, ʻo The Rising Tide. ʻO Runaways ka mele mua loa. Ua ukaliia e: Miss Atomic Bomb, Here with Me, and The Way it Was.
Ma ka lā 1 o Kepakemapa, 2013, ua hoʻopuka ka hui i kahi kiʻi i loaʻa nā laina ʻeono o ka code Morse. Ua unuhi ʻia ke code ʻo The Killers Shot at the Night. Ma Sepatemaba 16, 2013, ua hoʻokuʻu ka hui i ka Shot at the Night. Ua hana ʻia e Anthony Gonzalez.
Ua hoʻolaha ʻia hoʻi e hoʻokuʻu ka poʻe mele i kā lākou hui mele nui loa, Direct Hits. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma Nowemapa 11, 2013. Aia i loko o ka album nā mele mai nā album studio ʻehā: Shot at the Night, Just Another Girl.
ʻElima album Kupanaha Kupaianaha
ʻElima mau makahiki ma hope o ka album Battle Born, ua hoʻokuʻu ka hui i kā lākou album studio ʻelima, Wonderful Wonderful (2017). Ua loaʻa i ka album nā manaʻo maikaʻi mai ka poʻe loiloi mele. Hāʻawi ʻo Aggregator pūnaewele Metacritic i ka album i ka helu o 71 ma muli o nā loiloi 25.
ʻO Wonderful Wonderful ka puke kiʻi kiʻekiʻe loa. ʻO kēia hoʻi ka hui mua ʻana o ka hui ma luna o ka Billboard 200. I kēia manawa ke hoʻomau nei ka hui i ka leʻaleʻa i ka poʻe hoʻolohe me nā mele hou a me nā huakaʻi. Hana pū ʻo ia ma nā ʻaha mele like ʻole.
Na Killers i keia la
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo 2020 me ka nūhou maikaʻi no nā mea pā o The Killers. I kēia makahiki ua hoʻokō ʻia ka hōʻike ʻana o ka album studio ʻeono ʻo Imploding the Mirage.
Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka hui ʻana e 10 mau mele. ʻEhā mau mele o ka ʻumi i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ke ʻano he mau mele. ʻO ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana o ka hōʻiliʻili i hele ʻia e: Lindsey Buckingham, Adam Granduciel a me Wise Blood.
ʻO ka Killers ma 2021
ʻO ka Killers lāua ʻo Bruce Springsteen i ka waena o ke kauwela mua o 2021 i hauʻoli i ka poʻe aloha mele me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka track Dustland. ʻAʻole i hūnā nā pua i kona mahalo iā Springsteen. Makemake mau ʻo ia e hui pū me kahi mea pena. Eia kekahi, ua ʻōlelo ka mea hoʻokani leo o ka hui, ʻo ke mele o ka hui ʻo Bruce i hoʻoikaika iā ia e hana i nā mele a pau.
