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The Killers Want To Knock Led Zeppelin And Nirvana Off Their Pedestals


05/01/2009
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(MusicRadar) Killers frontman Brandon Flowers blames American rock fans "obsessed" with Led Zeppelin and Nirvana for stunting his band's stateside progress [he might want to look at his label's PR peeps promotion efforts or lack of such and maybe make music on par with such artists]. Speaking to NME, Flowers expressed frustration with American audiences who apparently "don't believe that it's possible that anybody else can be the real deal".

"We've been embraced in Britain in a way that I'll never understand, and it's such a wonderful thing," says Flowers, "But over here people are still so obsessed with Led Zeppelin and Nirvana, those sorts of bands, that nobody else is allowed [to grow]."

He also claims that The Killers aren't the only band to suffer: "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." [Been hanging around Kanye West a bit too much perhaps?] - more killer comedy here



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