Brightside” became the song on which The Killers would stake their legacy. Before long, they were racking up five Grammy nominations for Hot Fuss, winning Best New Artist at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards and even playing the star-studded Live 8 London that summer. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 - still their highest to date - and turned The Killers into superstars. Brightside”: the frenetic, airtight sliver of power-pop that peaked at No. The arena-ready hooks of “Smile Like You Mean It” and “All These Things That I’ve Done” earned the young quartet comparisons to U2, David Bowie and The Smiths. It was a pop-savvy take on the garage rock revival that blossomed in the early 2000s - and one much more noticeably influenced by acts from across the Atlantic. Hot Fuss roared with transcendent alt-rock anthems, steeped in melodrama and gussied up with new wave synths. Both paths proved successful up to this point, but their methods ultimately distinguished the types of fans they attracted, their critical standing - and, quite possibly, their futures. But while the former carefully retooled their sound every few years, the latter staked a career on constant, drastic reinvention. Boiling Frank Sinatra’s smoky nightclub cool and Queen’s stadium-sized bombast into a cocktail of sultry glam rock, Death of a Bachelor marked the revitalization of a band that had suffered several lineup changes, stylistic overhauls and critical barbs over the past decade.īroadly speaking, The Killers and Panic! followed similar career trajectories, culminating in their eventual rises to the top of the charts. Last year, Panic! at the Disco - the theatrical pop-punk quartet who ruled Hot Topic shelves in the mid-2000s and whose frontman, Brendon Urie, remains the sole official member - topped the Billboard 200 with their fifth album, Death of a Bachelor. Yet they weren’t even the first 21st-century band from their hometown to scale those heights. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Wonderful Wonderful'
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