Mark Stoermer

Mark August Stoermer was born in Houston, Texas, to a German Australian father[1] who was a physician and a big-band-style musician and an American mother who was a nurse. They moved to Las Vegas when Stoermer was three years old.[2]

Stoermer graduated in 1995 from Chaparral High School, where he played trumpet in the jazz ensemble. His early musical influences included hip hop bands such as Public Enemy and N.W.A and later rock bands such as Nirvana, the Beatles, the Who and Pink Floyd. Stoermer played lead guitar for a number of local bands including Habit Rouge and the Negative Ponies. Before the Killers got signed, Stoermer worked as a medical courier.[2] Stoermer also studied philosophy and music at UNLV.

Stoermer has been dubbed ‘The Gentle Giant’ by bandmates and fans due to his quiet but kind nature, and because he is 6 feet 5 inches.