This interview is totally up there on my list of favorite interviews that I have done. To me, it represents the family that is Bedlam Society, and the combined effort taken into all the work seen on the Bedlam website. Getting a chance to sit down with someone from The Killers would've been easy 5 months ago, but now it’s a major hot ticket and it takes a lot of work to be able to talk to a band that’s this hot on the charts.

So the big day came, and my wonderful Mom let me use the rental car she was using to get around town to get to this interview on time. Well, after swearing at a few of Vancouver’s famous ''you can't turn here between 3pm and 6pm'' signs, and a thrilling 180 on the Burrard Bridge, I scored a sweet parking spot right off Granville. After a quick check that my recorder was working, had plenty of tape, fresh batteries in place and my cell on mute, I ventured into The Templeton.

Now, if you're not familiar with Vancouver, The Templeton is a greasy spoon style restaurant/café right on Granville, where all the clubs and stuff are. The place is really old, and you can usually get a beer with breakfast if you’re nice enough. As I walked in, I caught good ole Nardwuar jumping around Killers vocalist, Brandon Flowers, like a monkey and he honestly looked a bit frightened. So I went in and found the rad dude from Universal who introduced me to David Keuning, guitarist of The Killers.

So, armed with my trusted recorder, some notes and questions, I went in for "The Kill"!

Bedlam: Since we're, obviously, in interview mode, hit me up with some of the weirdest questions and weirdest answers you've been hit with…

David: Umm…the weirdest question we've ever gotten was something to do with if the symbol buildings on the cover of our album were fire? I dunno what they thought it was supposed to symbolize, but they thought it was fire. We just said that they were neon lights on the buildings, but I guess if you have bad computer graphics it can look like fire.

Bedlam: You guys pretty much met through a want ad right?

David: Pretty much! I put the ad out, and Brandon was looking for a guitar player. He liked a couple of the bands I had on there. I think Oasis and U2. I mean, Oasis aren't exactly small, but in Vegas; not so much. It’s kinda odd if you like Oasis. There's only a handful of people there that have really listened to Oasis recently. So it kinda stuck out and was something we had in common. So he came over and we started writing songs right away, and we got along very well.

Bedlam: So what is it about Oasis which make them a reference to try to create a band?

David: Well, we all like a lot of bands. I really love the Smashing Pumpkins. Brandon is into bands like The Smiths. But Oasis was like a common ground for us where we both met and loved this band. There's others, but that's the one that was in the ad. We both agreed that they just have some great songs that are timeless. We didn’t know what style of music we were going to be though. Things didn’t exactly turn out to be like Oasis at all, but we just wanted to have good songs.

Bedlam: So once you guys all met up and started jamming, did it take long to mesh?

David: It didn’t take long at all. We just didn't know what we were going to sound like. We talked about it for months, but songs just started to spill out. One after the other, and we ended up just taking a certain direction.

Bedlam: Well I've got a question here from someone else in Bedlam, regarding ''The OC''. I guess I'm one of the only people in the world that hasn't seen that show, so could you describe it for me?

David: Actually (laughs), I've never seen the show either. But I understand that "The OC" is like "Beverly Hills 90210", but it's set in Orange County. And, like "Beverly Hills 90201", they've got this hangout place where bands play. So when they were filming one of the first episodes of that club, I guess, we were on it.

Bedlam: So I understand you did ''Mr. Brightside'' and ''Smile Like You Mean It''. Are they both going to be on the show?

David: I dunno how much..with things like that. But we played those 2 songs and ''Everything Will Be Alright'', a few seconds of that. I think we'll be in a scene where we'll be playing that. Or something...

Bedlam: And with that in mind, I see you were also on the Dr. Drew [Love Lines, radio show] show. These are high caliber things where only a few bands only get chosen to be on. So would you consider this to be a status symbol of your success?

David: Maybe to other people it is. I remember listening Love Line, and you always look up to the people on the show, or the band or whatever. And I’ve been on some other shows too, and you’d think you feel it. But you don’t. You’re not all ''Wow, I'm on a radio show!'' It’s more like being in a high school play; only it’s shown around the world. It's a little different, but nothing huge.

Bedlam: Alright. Well quickly moving on, I need you to tell me something goofy about each member of the band. And that includes you; so don't try to cop out on me! First thing that comes to your mind when I say Brandon (vocals):

David: Ahhh!! You picked the hardest one! The goofiest thing about Brandon is that he'll loose his interest in things really quickly. He's got a short attention span.

Bedlam: Ok, now what about yourself?

David: About myself? Well, I have a hard time paying attention, I guess. Ha ha.

Bedlam: What about Ronnie (drums)?

David: Ronnie has a weird thing about fresh air. He almost always has to have a window open. If we're in a car, or a bus, or a hotel room. Almost claustrophobic. For instance, we take turns with who we stay with in a hotel room, and when I’m with Ronnie, he’s gotta have a window open. Even if it's the middle of winter. And it kinda bugs me, but I can't really say anything because it’s just a weird phobia, so I don’t say anything. And I guess that the weird thing about Mark (bass) is that he's grumpy. But he's the nicest one! I want everyone to know that! But he's not a morning person. He's very grumpy, and he's afraid of diseases. All of them.

Bedlam: All of them?

David: We were in Holland once and he got bit by a mosquito. He was all paranoid wondering if he was going to get the West Nile Virus or Malaria or something. He was serious!! Ha ha.

Bedlam: So you guys are all from Vegas...

David: ...except for me! I've lived out there for 5 years now, so I consider myself from Vegas. But I grew up in Iowa for the first 23 years of my life - Midwest!

Bedlam: Well would you say you're a product of your environment?

David: I think we might be, but we're not aware of it. it's like if you're from Detroit or San Francisco or New York and you sound a certain way. There is an effect, and I don't know what it would be, but you sometimes come out sounding a certain way. But it's harder for us to say what it is about Vegas; because Vegas has had so few bands make it. I mean, you can't really say we sound like The Crystal Method or Slaughter.

Bedlam: So it seems like there wasn't even much of a scene in Vegas. But you guys also bypassed the whole national touring thing and ended up making it in the UK first. How'd that happen?

David: It wasn't like a genius plot to rule the world or anything. It was more like America didn’t like us at first. They kinda rejected us. We tried to play and get signed and all that. We played a few other cities. But in England, it’s almost like they like new music more, and we got signed to an indie label in the UK because that’s all that was offered.

Bedlam: For sure. I found it weird that I heard about you guys through a good friend of mine in the UK, who was telling me all about this band from Las Vegas. He’s a good kid.

David: Yeah, well up until about a few months ago, we were relatively unknown in North America. But we had toured England and been all over the radio there. It’s a smaller place, so you can get noticed quicker. So the path that we took was the only path where it seemed we had a chance. We went there and just got a following. Then we finally got a chance to tour North America and since then it’s been a slow process of getting people to hear us, but it’s really picking up now.

Bedlam: We'll its amazing how big things have gotten. You played this exact same city to 80 people and now you'll be playing one of the most prestigious venues in town and it’s completely sold out.

David: You know, I guess it would be radio, TV, hopefully good word of mouth and just time that really became a factor in making this happen. It's pretty cool.

Bedlam: So what’s next?

David: Well we're going to be doing a lot more touring for Hot Fuss. We’ll be trying to write a lot more, on the tour bus and stuff. I don’t know when we'll get a chance to do any recording. Not until at least January or February, but I don’t expect any recordings to be released for a while yet. We’re just getting started, and we’re having a lot of fun doing it!

And with that, I clicked off el recorder, and we went outside where I met Mark. We chatted a bit about Vancouver, and I pointed some things out for them. Dave inquired as to my attendance at the show, but I didn't have a ticket. So the guy just tossed me on the guest list with a nice +1 and we shook hands one more time before I went back to North Van to have dinner with my Mom, as she was heading back to Ontario the next day.

The show was pretty cool. The big Commodore Ballroom stage looked awkward with the minimalist approach to things that The Killers bring. Armed with, pretty much the same gear a band would use in a club led me to believe that the band had gotten big far before the members of the band did, and the backline was a great representation of that.

But they really got everyone pumped, opening with ''Jenny Was A Friend of Mine'' and doing a set that was worth the anticipation. While it wasn’t as good as the album, you’ll easily catch me at the next show The Killers play. And I expect that this young band will develop their show skills and continue to impress people more and more.

The Killers will continue to tour, so make sure you give yourself the pleasure of checking that show out. If your pessimistic mind can’t get passed a single, let yourself go and check out Hot Fuss, with 11 amazing songs that will keep The Killers in the spotlight. Pick it up in any store that sells tunes!