The Killers have set their sights over Nirvana and Led Zeppelin.
According to an NME.com report, the Las Vegas-based band is sick and tired of the way US audiences cling to the hard rock bands of yesterday, and hopes Americans will get over them.
“We’ve been embraced in Britain in a way that I’ll never understand, and it’s such a wonderful thing,” frontman Brandon Flowers declared on the NME Web site. “But over here [in America], people are still so obsessed with Led Zeppelin and Nirvana, those sorts of bands, that nobody else is allowed [to grow].”
Flowers added: “It’s not just us; there are a lot of great bands that have been held down or confined by the influence of these people that we’ve put up on pedestals. I’m tired of it, you know? I just want to knock them all off! And people don’t like that attitude. It’s almost like they don’t believe that it’s possible that anybody else can be the real deal.”
The Killers, who are already a big deal in Europe, are currently on a tour through North America, where they hope to leave a lasting impression.
MusicVixen says...
The Killers should be happy to have an audience anywhere! They could've been a one-hit-wonder after "Somebody Told Me" back in 2004.
