Brandon Flowers

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Brandon Flowers

Brandon Richard Flowers (born June 21, 1981) is an American musician, best known as the frontman, vocalist, and keyboardist of the Las Vegas-based rock band The Killers
He announced his solo career on April 29, 2010 on The Killers official website
Flowers, the youngest of six children, was born on June 21, 1981 in Henderson, Nevada (near Las Vegas) to parents of partial Scottish and Lithuanian ancestry
Growing up, his mother was homemaker and his father worked for a grocery store
His father joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when Flowers was five years old
They lived in Henderson until Flowers was eight, when they moved to Nephi, Utah
Flowers lived in Nephi until his junior year in Juab High School, when he moved back to Las Vegas to live with his aunt
Brandon's brother, Shane, 12 years his senior (born July 4, 1969 and sung about in The Killers song "Sam's Town") is said to be most responsible for Flowers' musical development; he showed him Smiths videos and U2's Rattle and Hum movie
He states that seeing an Oasis concert, particularly their performance on Don't Look Back In Anger, made him decide to pursue a career in music
Flowers married his long-time girlfriend, Tana Mundkowsky, in a small, private ceremony on August 2, 2005 in Hawaii
Brandon and his wife have two sons, Ammon, born July 14, 2007 and Gunner, born July 28, 2009
Flowers' mother, Jean Flowers, died on February 11, 2010, after a two-year battle with brain cancer. She was 64
Flowers is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and his wife converted to the faith shortly before their wedding
He has said that religion is "very important" to him