The Killers the UK they picked up an NME Award for Best International Band. The band was recognized by "Rolling Stone" as the "best-selling new rock band of the past year" in June 2005. Lead singer Brandon Flowers had also gained media attention, being named both Sexiest and Best Dressed Man at the NME Awards, he had also caused controversy due to some outspoken views on other bands. In July 2005, The Killers performed on the London stage of the Live 8 concert, playing "All These Things That I've Done". Robbie Williams incorporated the song's refrain "I've got soul but I'm not
The Thrill Killers shoestring budget, Steckler was able to cast friends and associates for little to no money. Morgan, Brandt (Steckler's then-wife), Enyo, King, Titus Moede, George Caldwell and James Bowie had previously worked on "The Incredibly Strange Creatures", while Joe Bardo (billed as Brick Bardo), Gary Kent and Herb Robbins were friends Steckler had met at a local community playhouse. Fellow low-budget film director Coleman Francis provided the narration. The female lead Liz Renay was a friend of Bardo's and had just finished a 27-month prison sentence on Terminal Island for perjury involving her then-boyfriend, gangster Mickey Cohen. "The Thrill Killers" also