The Killers are an American rock band formed in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2001 by members Brandon Flowers and Dave Keuning. Mark Stoermer and Ronnie Vannucci Jr. completed the current lineup of the band in 2002. Brandon Flowers was a bellhop for a while at the Gold Coast Hotel; Dave Keuning, who was originally from Pella, Iowa, but moved to Las Vegas in early 2000, worked at a Banana Republic; Mark Stoermer worked as a medical courier delivering various medical supplies; and Ronnie Vannucci was a student of classical percussion at UNLV and worked as a photographer at the Little Chapel of Flowers.