Brandon Flowers
Trivia
These are interesting facts about Brandon. Everything you wanted to know about him!
- He won NME magazine awards in 2005 for "Best Dressed" and "Sexiest Man."
- He hates coffee but he loves Coca-Cola, and is sometimes jokingly called a "coke addict."
- Contrary to popular belief, Flowers is indeed his actual last name.
- Worked as a bellhop for the Gold Coast Hotel and the Cesar´s Palace Hotel before forming his band with friend David Keuning.
- His favorite movies are 'Moulin Rouge', 'Forrest Gump' and 'Napoleon Dynamite'.
- His favorite song on the Hot Fuss album is 'Jenny Was a Friend of Mine'.
- His favorite song on Sam's Town is 'Read My Mind'.
- Chrome is his favorite color.
- Flowers' favorite CD is Vauxhall and I by Morrissey
- His favorite restaurant is Chapalas, a Mexican restaurant in Las Vegas.
- Favorite fast food restaurant is McDonald's.
- Brandon's a huge Sherlock Holmes fan.
- His favorite classical musician is the composer Bach.
- His favorite musicians are The Smiths, Duran Duran, Morissey, U2, and Oasis.
- Regards the Strokes as his favorite band of all time.
- When a child, his favorite movie was "E.T.".
- Stated in an interview that their song 'Where Is She?' is dedicated to a thirteen-year-old girl who was kidnapped and murdered. Interestingly enough, she had attended one of their concerts in Scotland.
- He performed a duet of 'In A Little While' with U2 after Bono's voice began to give out at a concert in Las Vegas.
- Wrote the song 'My List' for his wife, Tana.
- The song "Mr. Brightside" is about his former girlfriend who was cheating him.
- Despite his standing position as the Killers' front man, he can also play a little guitar.
- 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.
- The Cars are a major influence for him after he listened to an old album that belonged to his older brother.
- He married his longtime girlfriend Tana Munblowsky on a beach in Hawaii.(read above)
- He has four sisters and one brother.
- His only brother, Shane, is 12 years older than him.
- He's of Scottish and German descent.
- He wanted to be a professional golfer at one point.
- Dropped out of college.
- Often has problems with his tonsils.
- According to himself, the worst thing he has ever done was stealing wine coolers at the age of 11.
- He wanted to move to England when he was younger. London is also one of his favorite cities, along with his hometown of Las Vegas.
- Was accidentally splashed with beer during a concert in Scotland, soaking his keyboard and causing it to fail.
- Was once locked out of the band's tour car by band mate Dave Keuning.
- At a relatively average 5 feet, 11 inches tall, he is the only Killers band member who has not broken the 6 foot mark.
- Presented (along with the rest of the Killers) by rock legend Axel Rose at the 2006 Video Music Awards.
- Voted for Ralph Nader in 2004.
- Has a had a fear of flying ever since December of 2003, when a plane flying the Killers to the United Kingdom hit an air pocket and started free-falling.
