Talk:The Killers (band)

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I HAVE A QUESTION...SOMEONE WROTE FLOWERS HAS GONE ON RECORD TO STATE HE DISAGREES WITH GREENDAYS "CALCULATED ANTI AMERICANISM"? Comments/Questions/Opinions?

[edit] There is no title yet for the next release.

The person who posted "Make You Feel Dirty" is incorrect. That is rumor, not fact.

The page has been updated with the title "Sam's Town" for the new album; however, this conflicts with information elsewhere in the article that states the album is still untitled. Either someone needs to add a source (which I'm unable to find) or this needs to be removed... --Slagkick 21:03 11 Jul 2006 (UTC)
Never mind...this site confirms it...[1] --Slagkick

[edit] Flowers with bass

I have included it to say that Brandon flowers also uses the bass guitar. He plays it in their song " For reasons unkown " on their album Sam's Town.

[edit] Update on Expelled controversy

The very source that was cited that says they gave consent also says that they were tricked into the deal and explains is some detail. Someone should write something that gets that point across

[edit] GA review

(Version reviewed)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

This article is in decent shape, but it needs more work before it becomes a Good Article.

  1. Is it reasonably well written?
    A. Prose quality:
    Well done.
    B. MoS compliance:
  2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
    A. References to sources:
    B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:
  • Does Reference 2 cover the first part in the Formation and early success (2001–2003) section? If not, other sources are needed.
  • This ---> "They released their album Hot Fuss on June 7, 2004 in the United Kingdom on London-based indie record label Lizard King Records (now Marrakesh Records), and June 15 in the United States on Island Records", needs a source.
  • Sources are needed for the hits for the Hot Fuzz section.
  • Again, this ---> "The Killers' second album, Sam's Town, was released on October 2, 2006, in the UK, and October 3 in the USA, under Island Universal", needs a source.
  • This ---> "Brandon Flowers said that Sam's Town will be "one of the best albums of the past twenty years," though the album has received a mixed response from critics and fans, it has still remained popular and sold over 8.5 million copies worldwide as of Christmas '07", needs a source.
  • And, the release of the hits, from Sam's Town, need a source.
  • Their appearance on SNL in 2006 needs a source.
  • New section - Sawdust, "The album's first single "Tranquilize", a collaboration with Lou Reed, was released October 12, 2007, in the UK, and on October 22, 2007, in the U.S.", "The band also released their cover of Joy Division's "Shadowplay" on the U.S. iTunes Store on October 9, 2007", and "The album also contains the songs "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town", (a The First Edition cover), "Romeo and Juliet", (a Dire Straits cover), and a new version of "Move Away", (previously available on the Spider-Man 3 soundtrack)", need a source.
  • In the Influence section, "Flowers has also said in interviews that the larger-than-life sound of many of the band's songs is due to the influence of living in Las Vegas, a city where everything is about flash and who can top whom", needs a source.
  • "The Killers recorded a live session at Abbey Road Studios for Live from Abbey Road on November 29, 2006. They performed an almost totally unplugged set which included a rendition of the Dire Straits hit "Romeo and Juliet", needs a source in the Notable appearances section.
  • This, ---> "Additionally, in an article of NME, Flowers claimed Fall Out Boy was hogging the A&R man both bands share, setting off Fall Out Boy's bassist Pete Wentz", really needs a source in the Controversy section.
  1. C. No original research:
  2. Is it broad in its coverage?
    A. Major aspects:
    B. Focused:
  3. Is it neutral?
    Fair representation without bias:
    The second paragraph from the lead seems like POV, and it would be best to re-write it and expand it a little.
  4. Is it stable?
    No edit wars, etc:
  5. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
    A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:
    B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
  6. Overall:
    Pass or Fail:
    This article is in need of a lot of sourcing. But, if the statements above can be answered, I will pass the article. Good luck with improving this article!

--  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 02:33, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

I'll work on this. Gary King (talk) 07:19, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
All done Gary King (talk) 19:05, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Thank you to Gary for getting the stuff I left at the talk page, because I have gone off and placed the article as GA. Congrats. ;) --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 22:29, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] No reference section?

I noticed the reference section was deleted by a prior edit and I am not sure if that makes any sense. (Especially considering the residual citation marks throughout the article.) Is there any reason for the removal of the citation? Either the reference section needs to be restored or this article needs to be tagged with the unreferenced template because it cites no sources. I think the best option is to try to restore most of the old reference section. Eternalmonkey (talk) 04:47, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] External link to The Killers page on last.fm

Hello,

i would like to suggest an external link to The Killers last.fm page (http://www.last.fm/music/The+Killers). Last.fm is a user generated music platform offering free legal contents such as music and videos. You can find free streams of The Killers albums, videos, stats, updated gigs listings about the band, etc.. As a member of last.fm staff i would like to point your attention to what we believe to be relevant and free contents for those wikipedia users interested in the band.

cheers,

Marco - Last.fm Staff - Mystical-bunny (talk) 11:15, 6 June 2008 (UTC)