The Killers fans only realize what the name of the iconic band means after 25 years

After 25 years, fans of the rock band The Killers have just discovered the origin of the band name.

The musicians behind iconic folk songs like someone told me and Mr. Brightside were initially formed Las Vegas In 2001 by singer Brandon Flowers and guitarist Dave Keuning.

The following year they added extra band members to bass player Mark Stoerer and drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr.

But it seems that even die-hard fans have been in the dark about the name of the popular band, which now only realizes what it really means.

The name Killers actually came from the fictional band in the music video for the NEW Order Crystal from 2001.

Brandon was a big fan of New Order and saw the name on the drum kit of the fictional band in the music video, per The mirror us.

The name was rather a topic of conversation about Reddit people wonder where the name of the band came from.

“How did the band name” The Killers “survive until the early 2000s without being claimed by someone else? You would think that something like that would have been the name of a mildly successful band by that time, “someone asked.

After 25 years, fans of the rock band The Killers have just discovered the origin of the band name

A person answered: ‘It is indeed very surprising. I would not be shocked if some boys in a dormitory in the 70s or something had called themselves the murderers for two performances and then stop it, but at that moment it would be so difficult for someone to prove that the name was once of them.

“That would be the way I made the name” Post Malone “when I was eight years old, and that it is right of me.

‘The band actually saw the name’ The Killers’ on the drumhead of a fictional band in a new order music video, and when they found out that it was available, they decided to take it. That was actually while the band was still forming in 2001. “

Another user said: ‘I think it’s just one of those things …

“I bet there was a dozen Heavy Metal bands called the killers who never got off the ground in the early 80s.”

Fans of another famous band from 2000 – MGMT – recently discovered How to pronounce the name and what it means.

Again images showed MGMT members Andrew Vanwyngarden and Ben Goldwasser when they were students at Wesleyan University in 2003 at Wesleyan University.

The musicians behind the iconic national anthem Mr. Brightside were initially formed in Las Vegas in 2001 by singer Brandon Flowers and guitarist Dave Keuning

They played an early version of their hit single kids for a small audience.

Although many people were surprised at how long ago the song was released, it was the pronunciation of the duo of their name that fans really sent in a twist.

Many old fans were shocked to hear that it is not really pronounced EM-Gee-E-Tee such as the letters of MGMT, but it actually stands for ‘management’.

In the clip, Vanwyngarden introduced the band and said to the crowd: “We are management.”

According to an article published by Vulture In 2008 the label of the band, Columbia, and a publicist, said the outlet that the ‘absolutely pronounced’ em-gee-em-tee ‘.

Various sources noted that the original name of the band was the management, but they shortened it to MGMT after they discovered that another artist had the rights.