Born on June 21, 1981 in Las Vegas, Brandon Richard Flowers is theyoungest of six children. Having grown up in the small town of Nephi,Utah, his best chances of getting into music were the cassettes givento him by his older brother, Shane. However, during Brandon's junioryear in high school, the Flowers family returned to Las Vegas. Whileplaying in various keyboard bands as side hobbies (most notably thefailed band Blush Response), Brandon worked as a bellhop at the GoldCoast and Caesar's Palace hotels. In 2002, abandoned by Blush Response,Brandon attended an Oasis concert and was inspired to dedicate hismusical career to a full-fledged rock band. Later that year, heresponded to a scouting ad submitted to a local Vegas newspaper by DaveKeuning and the two began writing songs almost immediately. Enter MarkStoermer and Ronnie Vannucci, long-time admirers of Brandon and Dave'searly efforts, who struck up a friendship with the aspiring rockers andcompleted the musical quartet that brought new-found glory home to LasVegas: the Killers. The rest, as they say, is history...