KILLERS SUED BY THEIR OWN DRUMMER - OH, THE INDIGNITY

The most astonishing thing about The Killers being sued by their former drummer is buried in this explanation by Brandon Flowers:
"This guy who was in my band a long time ago is trying to sue us. We wrote Mr Brightside a long, long time ago, when we had a different drummer.
"He had nothing to do with it, but his wife is a lawyer, so she just sent a letter to our lawyer. You always hear about people coming out of the woodwork once you get big, but this is wow."
A drummer who ended up married to a lawyer? How does that happen? It's like a fairy story of some kind.
Flowers' story does square with the popular history of the band:
David Keuning (Guitars), placed an add in a local Vegas Weekly looking for a singer who was into Oasis and Bowie. “He [Brandon] was the only person to reply to my ad who wasn’t a complete freak,” remembers Dave, “He came over with his keyboard and we started going through song ideas straight away. I had the verse to “Mr Brightside” and he went away and wrote the chorus. That was the first song we wrote together and remains the only song that we’ve played at every single Killers show”

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