Mark Stoermer
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| Mark August Stoermer | |
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| Born | 28 June 1977 Texas |
Mark August Stoermer (also Mark August Störmer) is the bassist for the band The Killers.
[edit] Biography
Stoermer attended Chaparral High School in Las Vegas with future bandmate Brandon Flowers, where he played trumpet in the jazz ensemlbe. Later, he took music classes with another future bandmate Ronnie Vannucci Jr. at the UNLV.
Mark worked as a medical courier, shipping biohazardous materials and live organs for transplants from one end of the Vegas Valley to the other. This job gave him ample time to study the music of The Rolling Stones on his car stereo.
Before joining the Killers, he was a hardcore fan watching their shows and heard they were searching for a bassist via Ronnie. Initially, he felt he was just a substitute when he began playing with the band in October 2002. Before joining the Killers, he was a hardcore fan watching their shows and has claimed that he loved the Killers' music from the get-go. He was also finishing up a degree in philosophy at the time of joining the band.
But Mark also thought of himself as a guitarist and songwriter first, and a bassist second. He had his own means of artistic expression that he longed to fullfill. He shared with friends his concern that the Killers might not make it. His friends, to their credit, told him to hang in there. The Killers would surely get signed, and did months later.
[edit] Miscellaneous Facts
- Mark is a fan of The Beatles, The Who, Pearl Jam, and The Mars Volta.
- His favorite writer is Henry Miller.
- He is of German descent, and both an Australian and US citizen.
- Loves orange juice
- The last person to join the Killers
- He was the lead guitarist for a Vegas band, "The Negative Ponies".
[edit] External links
- Mark Stoermer at the Internet Movie Database
- The Killers official site, from Island Records
- The Killers official site (U.K.), from the Vertigo label
- The Killers fansite
| The Killers |
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| Brandon Flowers | Dave Keuning | Mark Stoermer | Ronnie Vannucci Jr. |
| Discography |
| Albums: Hot Fuss | Sam's Town |
| Singles: "Somebody Told Me" | "Mr. Brightside" | "All These Things That I've Done" | "Smile Like You Mean It" | "When You Were Young" | "Bones" | "A Great Big Sled" |
| Related articles |
| Marrakesh Records | Island Records | Las Vegas | "Crystal" |
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