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{{Infobox musical artist 
| Name = Brandon Flowers
| Img = Brandon-Flowers-The-Killers.jpg
| Img_capt = [[NME]] picture of Brandon Flowers
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| Background = solo_singer
| Birth_name = Brandon Richard Flowers
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| Born = [[June 21]] [[1981]]
| Origin = {{flagicon|United States}} [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]]
| Instrument = [[electronic keyboard|Keyboard]]<br>[[Vocals]]<br>[[Bass]]
| Genre = [[Synth rock]]<br>[[Indie rock]]
| Occupation = Musician
| Years_active = 2001-present
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| Associated_acts = [[The Killers (band)|The Killers]]
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'''Brandon Flowers''' (born [[June 21]], [[1981]]) is the [[vocalist]] and [[keyboardist]] in the [[United States|American]] [[synth rock]] band [[The Killers (band)|The Killers]].

==Biography==
Flowers was born on [[June 21]], [[1981]] in [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]] to parents of partial [[Scotland|Scottish]] and [[Lithuania|Lithuanian]] ancestry<ref name=Interview> Interview [http://community.livejournal.com/_killmenow_/71160.html Interview]</ref> and later raised in [[Nephi, Utah]]. Brandon's father worked in [[Las Vegas]] casinos as a [[bellman]] and also as a [[grocer]]. His mother was a [[homemaker]]. He attributes his fashion sense to his doting sisters.<ref name=Genre>Timmermans, Arjan (2005). His parents made him take piano lessons, but the person responsible for Brandon's musical education was his older brother Shane, who showed him [[The Smiths]] videos and [[U2]] ''[[Rattle and Hum]]'' movie. He mentions his older brother quite often when asked about his taste in music or things related to that.[http://www.genremagazine.com/2005/6-1/magazine/content/str8dude.cfm "Arranging Flowers"] Genre ''Magazine''</ref>

On August 2, 2005, Brandon married longtime girlfriend Tana Munblowsky in a private ceremony in [[Hawaii]].<ref name=vh1>VH1 (2005)[http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1507029/20050805/killers_the.jhtml "Killers Singer Brandon Flowers Marries Longtime Girlfriend"] VH1.com (accessed Oct. 14, 2006)</ref> Flowers met his future wife at the [[Las Vegas]] [[Urban Outfitters]] where she worked before The Killers achieved any major success. The two dated for approximately four years before she converted to [[Mormonism]] and the two married.

==Controversies==
Although an active [[Mormon]] himself, in the past Flowers has smoked cigarettes and still drinks alcohol, behavior prohibited by the LDS church's [[Word of Wisdom|health code]]. However, he has said that he belongs to a "very tolerant gathering."<ref name=arjan>Arjan (2005)[http://www.arjanwrites.com/arjanwrites/2005/06/interview_with_.html "Interview with Brandon Flowers"] ''ArjanWrites.com'' (accessed April 12, 2006)</ref> In an August 2005 interview with [[Rolling Stone]], Flowers mentioned trying to cut back, and as of November 22, 2006, Brandon gave up smoking by using a chamomile concoction prescribed by a German doctor (Flowers says it's good for his voice).{{Fact|date=February 2007}}

The Killers, as a band, are known for suggestive homoerotic play between band members onstage, as well as for having started out playing gigs in drag clubs in Vegas. The lyrics to "Andy, You're a Star", "Where the White Boys Dance" and the hit-single "Somebody Told Me" contain a sexual ambiguity. Flowers is viewed by some as a famous example of [[metrosexual]]ity, as evidenced by his careful attention to fashion, grooming and even [[makeup]]. The band has a considerable gay following,<ref name=arjan /> fueling speculation that Flowers is either gay or bisexual.<ref name=Genre /> 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.<ref>QVegas August 2004</ref> When asked about the male athlete in high school, he responded that he is "very aware of [his] sexuality" and that he does like women.<ref>''Heather Adler'', [[October 12]]-[[2006]], [http://www.dose.ca/music/story.html?id=3b429c1c-99e0-4343-8a75-2ae52a589124&k=18829 Killers frontman Brandon Flowers tells Dose.ca he does like girls, doesn't like Rolling Stone]</ref>Flowers has also stated that some confusion over his sexual identity is "not a bad thing,"<ref name=Genre /> but did say "I'm not gay".<ref name=Q>(2004). [http://www.mrbrightside.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2254 "Lethal Weapon"] ''Q Magazine'' (accessed January 1, 2006)</ref>

Flowers is known for creating feuds between ''The Killers'' and other bands, such as [[The Bravery]], [[Fall Out Boy]], and [[Panic! at the Disco]], most notably suggesting that [[emo]] music was 'dangerous.' In July of 2006, however, he apologized to the bands in an interview to [[AOL Music]], saying "I'd like to take it all back. These people are just doing what they want to do, just like I am...I'm actually a nice person and I love people. I just am opinionated, and sometimes jealous. It's not something I'm proud of." Frontmen Sam Endicott (of [[The Bravery]]) and Pete Wentz (of [[Fall Out Boy]]) reportedly received, and accepted, telephone apologies prior to the article's publication. With regard to the criticisms levelled at [[Panic! at the Disco]], Flowers said "I don't even know what their music's like, or if I would even like it...That made me feel even worse, to think they could have been fans of ours and I hurt their feelings. That's just stupid."<ref>http://www.aolmusicnewsblog.com/2006/07/25/killers-bury-the-hatchet-with-panic-fall-out-boy?ncid=AOLMUS00050000000034</ref><ref>http://www.buzznet.com/tags/brandon%20flowers/journals/57640</ref>Flowers has also criticized [[Green Day]] for what he sees as their calculated [[anti-Americanism]]. Specifically, Flowers found a video of Green Day performing the song '[[American Idiot (song)|American Idiot]]' in the [[UK]] distasteful. The taping of the concert, featured on ''[[Bullet In A Bible]]'', shows thousands of [[Europe]]ans singing along to 'American Idiot.' He said, "I just thought it was really cheap. To go to a place like [[England]] or [[Germany]] and sing that song - those kids aren't taking it the same way that he meant it. And he <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Billie Joe Armstrong]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> knew it."<ref>http://www.nme.com/news/the-killers/24702,</ref>

== Trivia ==
*He won [[NME Awards|NME magazine awards]] in 2005 for "Best Dressed" and "Sexiest Man."<ref name=sexy>(2005). [http://www.nme.com/awards/news/19257 "Shockwave NME Awards - The Winners] ''NME.com'' (accessed April 12, 2006)</ref>
*According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, his parents have always supported his decision to become a rock singer, and were often the only people in the audience at the Killers' first performances in the band's early days.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
*[[The Cars]] are a major influence for him after he listened to an old album that belonged to his older brother.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
*Favorite song on the [[Hot Fuss]] album is "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine."{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
*His favorite classical musician is the composer [[Bach]].{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
*Enjoys eating [[Twinkies]] and drinking [[Coca Cola]]. {{Fact|date=February 2007}}
*Plays Bass guitar live in concerts for the song "For Reasons Unknown"

==External links==
{{wikiquotepar|Brandon Flowers}}
*[http://imdb.com/name/nm2063353/ Brandon Flowers] at the [[Internet Movie Database]]
* {{nndb name|id=786/000108462|name=Brandon Flowers}}
*[http://www.andrewkendall.com/pages/gallery/musicphotography.php?band=thekillers&viewby=all&Submit=Go Photos by Andrew Kendall], freelance photographer for ''[[NME]]''
*[http://nn.byu.edu/story.cfm/57889 "Former BYU's student's brother is lead singer of the Killers"], interview by Erin Pierce and Dan Monson about Flowers visiting his brother at college, from ''[[The Daily Universe]]''
*[http://www.spin.com/features/magazine/2005/11/051118_flowers/ "The Music That Changed My Life: Brandon Flowers"], Interview by Kyle Anderson, from ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' magazine''
* [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,,1877578,00.html Songs of Praise], Craig McLean talks to the Killers' singer about resisting temptation, from ''[[The Observer]]''
*[http://community.livejournal.com/ruflowers Rufus Wainwright/Brandon Flowers Fan Community]
*[http://www.thekillersmusic.com/ The Killers official site], from Island Records
*[http://www.thekillers.co.uk/ The Killers official site (U.K.)], from the Vertigo label
*[http://www.thekillersfansite.com/ The Killers fansite
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