The Killers Vs. Cobain

04/07/09 11:26am

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

The Killers' Brandon Flowers has called out Nirvana's Kurt Cobain for making rock 'n' roll depressing.

"I don't mean it in a bad way, but I think Kurt Cobain and grunge took the fun out of rock 'n roll," Flowers said in an interview with Britain's Daily Star tabloid.

Flowers blamed the lack of support for The Killers' latest effort in the U.S. on the '90s grunge movement.

"Everywhere but America, our new album Day & Age has grabbed people," said Flowers.

"Everything's changing, though, and it's starting to become a lot more playful and brighter."

Sunday was the 15th anniversary of Cobain's death. A coroner estimated that he committed suicide on April 5, 1994. His body was found at his Seattle home by an electrician three days later.

Flowers went on to tell the tabloid that there's no truth to recent rumours that The Killers are having internal squabbles.

The U.K.'s Daily Mirror tabloid ran a story on April 2 which stated The Killers were fighting due to having no time to themselves and being "pushed to the limit."

"They're exhausted," a source told the tabloid. "They haven't had a break since they first formed and it has started getting to them.

"When they started out they were all good friends, but they just don't seem to get on any more. They are sick of the sight of each other.

"Brandon tries to be a peacemaker, but when he loses it, the whole band falls apart. They know taking a break could damage their career but they can't see a way out and they don't want to split."

But Flowers told the Daily Star that the band are already thinking about their fourth album.

"We're navigators," the singer said. "We like to try out new things and it keeps us on our toes. It's fun.

"I grew up seeing people like Morrissey. I think I've still got a lot to learn, but there's something about performing a big show that makes it more incredible for me.

"We realized early on we wanted to do it right and always try to do Las Vegas proud."

You can see The Killers here:

April 17 Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel
April 18 Indio, CA @ Empire Polo Fields (Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival)
April 19 San Jose, CA @ San Jose Event Center
April 22 Seattle, WA @ WAMU Theatre at Qwest Field Events Center
April 23 Victoria, BC @ Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
April 24 Vancouver, BC @ Thunderbird Arena (University Of British Columbia)
April 26 Calgary, AB @ Pengrowth Saddledome
April 27 Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
April 30 Milwaukee, WI @ The Eagles Club
May 1 Indianapolis, IN @ Murat Theatre
May 2 Bonner Springs, KS @ Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone
May 4 St. Louis, MO @ Fox Theatre
May 5 Columbus, OH @ Lifestyle Communities Pavilion
May 6 Cleveland, OH @ Time Warner Cable Amphitheater at Tower City
May 8 Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center
May 9 Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
May 29 Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Heineken Music Hall
May 30 Landgraaf, Netherlands @ Pinkpop Festival
May 31 Hamburg, Germany @ Color Line Arena
June 5 Nurburg, Germany @ Rock Am Ring Festival
June 6 Nuremberg, Germany @ Rock Im Park Festival
June 7 Ljubljana, Slovenia @ Hippodrome Stozice
June 8 Verona, Italy @ Verona Arena
June 28 Athens, Greece @ Rockwave Festival
July 1 Bucharest, Romania @ B'estfest 2009
July 3 Werchter, Belgium @ Rock Werchter Festival
July 8 Hultsfred, Sweden @ Hultsfred Festival
July 11 Balado, Scotland @ T In The Park Festival
July 12 Dublin, Ireland @ Punchestown Racecourse (Oxegen Festival)
July 14 Rome, Italy @ RomaRock
July 16 Carhaix, France @ Festival Les Vieilles Charrues
July 18 Lisbon, Portugal @ Estadio De Restelo (Festival Super Bock Super Rock)
July 19 Benicassim, Spain @ Festival Internacional De Benicassim
Sept. 22 Sacramento, CA @ ARCO Arena
Sept. 28 Phoenix, AZ @ Dodge Theatre