Jesus. Brandon Flowers has one Hell of an ego. Hot Fuss was fine, but when you’re trying to compare yourself to Led Zeppelin or Nirvana, just…

Man, fuck that guy.

Flowers needs to quit while he’s ahead. Any artist in the “alternative music” genre should either praise Nirvana or just don’t mention them. I have a feeling the Killers may lose a few fans over these comments.

Large egos in music: Marc Bolan, Kanye West, Brandon Flowers

Undeserving large egos in music: Brandon Flowers

You mean the sparkling keyboard gimmick is wearing off?

I do feel like England gives newer bands more of a chance. That, however, doesn’t change the fact that the Killers are one of the most mediocre bands to make it big in any country. They don’t deserve to be on any pedestal. They make some of the least interesting music I have ever heard. Not really bad, just bland.

Also, there are legitimate indie bands that not only dare to be different, but accept that as a reality that will keep them out of the mainstream.
I don’t see TV on the Radio or Mastodon being “confined” by their creativity, but the Killers are a knock-off of so many been-there, done-that approaches to music that they need all the bells and whistles to sell something that’s average at best.

Well, Mr. Dandolion,
Maybe if you guys looked like you were enjoying yourself on stage and in your videos, we could pretend to enjoy your music. Even Kurt Cobain smiled more than The Killers. Rename yourselves to The Buzz-Killers.

Maybe if that idiot could write some lyrics that aren’t cringe inducing, people would actually like his band.

“I’m flying down the highway skyline on the back of a hurricane” just sounds retarded, bro.

Presumptuous and moronic are two words that come to mind when I hear these kinds of comments coming from Flowers’ mouth.

This band will never come close to any great band. They don’t have the talent or creativity to pull it off.

Acting like Liam Gallagher is going to get you where it got Oasis.

Flowers should be lucky he was ever heard. He’s nothing. Their music sucks, and it will never be in the same league with Nirvana or Zep.

At the very best, The Killers could become the Journey of the decade: Simultaneously appreciated and mocked. Then again, The Killers aren’t even as good as Journey, which is a pretty aggressive statement coming from a non-fan of Journey.

Brandon is right, certainly up there as far as one of the most important bands of the new century, they deserve the kudo’s…
I think his referrence is only to promote people out of thier comfort zone.
Nirvana will always make my playlist but how many versions of Very Ape are there? Seriously. Here’s a band making great sounds, get on the bus while while its riding…

I think he’s being misinterpreted.

He’s saying that American mainstream audiences expect their music to sound like something homogeneous that they’ve heard a thousand times before and they get pissed off if anyone tries to do something different.

Why does EVERY FREAKING band on mainstream rock radio have to sound like Pearl Jam??

Just chiming in to agree with almost all of the comments here regarding The Killers.

There are hundreds of more US(and European)bands who are more original, sound less derivative and are much more deserving of what passes for airplay these days.

How, specifically, are The Killers looking to expand their sound? Make it more douchy?

Nirvana and Led Zeppelin are on a pedestal for a reason…The Killers are not.

The Killers are a good band. Saying they want to knock Led Zepplin and Nirvana off is a lofty aspiration which I don’t think they will be able to do. I do think the Killers will be remembered in 20 to 30 years though.

Dear Brandon Flowers,

You will never be better than Led Zeppelin. If you seriously think you even have a chance, you obviously know nothing about music.

Sincerely,
Appreciators of Good Music

This guy is a completely arrogant fool. He will not be remembered in 20-30 years other than by their pre-pub fans who will look back and wonder how they had such bad taste in music.

If anyone remembers the Killers, it will only be out of shame.

I wish he’d just come out and say what he means–”Making the best music I can isn’t enough, I don’t need to be proud of my work, I don’t need to break new ground artisticly–I need to be massively popular in order to feed my endless desire to be SEEN and feed my massive inferiority complex.” Why does he need to sell as many albums as Led Zeppelin and Nirvana? He seems to be making a pretty good living. His desire to be HUGE doesn’t have the same lads-make-good ring that it had for Oasis (who did it with a nod-and-a-wink MOST of the time and ALWAYS paid respect to those who came before like the Beatles, the Jam, and the Stone Roses.) It just feels like the “poor-me” cries of a guy wiht a miniscule wang.

Hey Oasis said they were going to be the biggest band in the world and they did it making two of the best albums ever in the process (Morning Glory is the best album ever) At least Noel and Liam kept it real, they didnt suck up like Brandon (trying to be Bono) Flowers. They did what they want and hey, they might not sell more than 2 million per album now but they still can put on an awesome show and wipe the floor with every other band past or present

So maybe the Killers aren’t original. Maybe they sound like David Bowie’s band being fronted by a pretty Johny Cash. But he didn’t actually say anything about his own music. It was indirect. But that aside, for open minded music freaks you are very closed minded. My dad was a Deadhead. My mom like disco. It’s OK to like stuff that the crirics don’t. So yeah, screw Brandon Flowers. But also screw Thurston Moore, Lil Wayne, and anyone else worshipped by critcs. I enjoy TV on the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeah’s, Mastodon, MIA, ect. But I also like emo music and rap and all that other stuff. If you only listen to one kind of music, you only have one emotion.

There are just too many bands to embrace these days. Any idiot with a computer can set up a myspace page and be an “artist”. It used to be a band had to be talented to land a deal. Now you just have to exist. Too much product, not enough original music.

notwithstanding the fact that brandon’s a bit of a jerk…

it should be noted that led zeppelin and nirvana were torn apart by rolling stone at some point or another….

btw, RIP Vern Gosdin

btw, RIP Vern Gosdin

I used to like the killers, but this guy is getting more douche-y every week. Time to shut up and sing…yeah. And whats with wearind the same jacket to every interview for like a year; enough already!!

Brandon Flowers is a f&*king brat who just got lucky with 3 or 4 songs from the first record. He ain’t Bono, David Bowie or Noel Gallagher for that matter, and he badly wants to be. Maybe we all do but this douche won’t do it. Not even close. Someone needs to slap this kid. Jimmy Page maybe. That would be a sight to behold.

The Killers are a great band…and a lot of great rock bands aren’t embraced on the charts in American like they are in England

The Killers are a great band…and a lot of great rock bands aren’t embraced on the charts in America like they are in England

The Killers and, say, bands like Oasis, should wait until they’ve been around long enough to release six or seven albums that are consistently embraced by everyone before they try to say that they’re bigger than Jesus.

Brandon says he wants to knock them off their pedestals

He’s not saying he’s better than them

What’s wrong with that? God Forbid anyone has a bit of aspiration these days

Big props to StrummerJones, Donovan, Cloudman and The Coz. The reason we don’t embrace you like we embrace Nirvana and Led Zeppelin is because you SUCK compared to them. Their music has actually shaped a generation and changed the landscape of music, can the same be said for you, Brandon? The Killers are an OK band, they’re not bad, but they’re FAR from greatness. Kings of Leon are the ones who haven’t been given a fair shake stateside, it took them FOUR albums before Americans finally knew of their existence, meanwhile lesser bands like The Killers have achieved mainstream success from the get-go. Hot Fuss was their best album to date, and correspondingly, their most successful album in the U.S.. The idiot acts like it’s our fault his music’s gone downhill ever since. Try writing better lyrics than “Are we human or are we dancer?”, make your music a little more original and performances tolerable to watch, and maybe we’ll consider paying attention to you. Oh yeah, and try getting rid of that Kanye West attitude, so people will actually like you. And also get one thing clear: you will NEVER knock Led Zeppelin and Nirvana off their pedestal. You will never be as good as they are or as relevant as they are. Their music is sacred, yours is filler.

BTW, it’d be nice if Matt Stone & Trey Parker made Brandon the latest person to receive a well-deserved ego deflation on South Park. If it made Kanye realize how much of a prick he is, it should have the same effect on Brandon.

If he doesn’t shut up soon, he’ll probably get shot…but then again, who’d really be complaining, I hate turning on my television and seeing that douche walking around in a red feathered suit…He’s made way too many egotistical comments on how “the Killers are the best band EVER” which obviously they aren’t and they never will be…If he’s going to be an egotist he could at least back off topics like bands that are actually good and stay far far away from completely and totally epic bands ((ex.Nirvana, Led Zepplin))

the killers are OKAY, but rock and roll idolitry will sho nuff pass them by as long as they continue to put of moronic lyrics, get stupid haircuts like THAT one, and wear dead birds on their jacket. Where’s PETA, anyway, and why aren’t they up in arms over the senseless slaughter of all those pigeons????

Man, Fall Out Boy is more hardcore than the Killers, and that’s saying something.

Fuck you all! Cobain, another dipshit who didn’t know how to load the syringe. How old are you people? 10?

The Killers are fantastic! But they can’t bring Kurt back from the dead. And he is dead. So no more guitar playing for Kurt. No more banging Courtney. No more Kurt. His music will not hold up in the eyes of time. Live with it. The Killers will rule, motherfuckers!

On behalf of the generation that put Led Zeppelin on its iconic pedestal, refrain from comparing Nirvana to Led Zeppelin. Okay motherfuckers?

When I get off this mountain, you know where I wanna go. Straight up the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.

Brandon Flowers and his Killers should realize that if all you have to offer is uncreatively boring REHASH, then nobody will embrace the crap you have to offer. Killers are so mediocre in comparison to many other new bands.

Mango Baby is a old head, you definatley seem bitter because your hay days are gone and it’s no longer the summer of ‘77. I love Zep, but I’m not gonna bitch about Nirvana[another great band]. Kurt is dead, so is John Bonham. Guess what else, Robert Plant is old. To say that Nirvana will not last the test of time is stupid, they were famous for 3 years while Kurt was alive, and still you cannot turn on the radio without hearing Nirvana at least 15 times a day. I’m not saying that Nirvana and Zep are on the same page, but they are both classic, they are both lasting and they are both great bands.

YEA, SATAN! Mango Baby sounds like the fossils who were telling him that he shouldn’t compare Led Zeppeling to the Rolling Stones back in ‘73. If only your generation put Led Zeppelin on a pedistal, Mango, then they’d be sitting up there with the Jefferson Airplane and Moby Grape. EVERY generation since has put them on a pedistal and THAT’S why they’re still there–count the 16 year olds wearing Led Zep tees–it’ll be higher than the numbers on your Social Security check.

“Are we O-A-SIS, or are we BO-wie?”