From early childhood, Daniel was taught to study music, he and the rest of his sisters and brothers learned to play the piano from the age of 6.
While studying at school, Daniel was a difficult teenager, it was difficult for him to communicate with his peers, the future musician was tormented by complexes because of his appearance. Dan Reynolds later recalled that as a child he had only one friend, he could not become part of any company. The teenager's consolation was a serious passion for music - from the age of 12, Daniel began to compose his own melodies using a computer.
In the Reynolds family, music was considered more of a hobby than a life credo or a serious profession. Later in college, when creating the rock band Imagine Dragons, Daniel was very worried about the attitude of his parents to his occupation, he felt uncomfortable because of the difference with his brothers and sisters, who already worked as lawyers and doctors.
At the age of 19, he had a difficult period in his life: a quarrel with his parents, leaving home. He went to church, where for two years he did missionary work with difficult families. To earn a living, Dan did dirty work on farms.
In the end, cherishing dreams of a career in the army or the FBI, he entered the private Brigham Young University, located in Provo, Utah. After the first year, he dropped out, but it was in this place that he met his future bandmates Andrew Tolman (drums), Wayne Sermon (guitar), as well as temporary members of the band - Aurora Florence (keyboards), Dave Lemke (bass -guitar), Andrew Beck (guitar), Brittany Tolman (keyboards).Very young Dan Reynolds plays the guitar
Between 2008 and 2009, the group, starting with performances among peers and in local bars, comes to a number of victories in student competitions. Regular music lessons already at this stage allowed Daniel to grow greatly in terms of vocal skills, guitar playing and drums. The realization of the first successes prompted Dan Reynolds to leave the university and devote himself to a career as a musician.
The Imagine Dragons' first major success and notoriety came after their performance at the 2009 Bite of Las Vegas festival as a replacement for the retired rock band Train. Participation in this major festival brought Dan Reynolds and his band an important experience of performing in front of an audience of more than 25,000 people, recognition from listeners, organizers of the event and music critics.
The rapid growth of popularity, press coverage of the group allowed in 2010 Imagine Dragons to receive the status of "The most demanded group of 2010", in which they already performed at the Bite of Las Vegas 2010 festival as a guest group.
An important stage in both the career and personal life of Dan Reynolds was the meeting in 2010 with his future wife, Aya Volkman, the lead singer of the Nico Vega band. Together they recorded four tracks that were included in the mini-album "Egyptian".
Egyptian–Fade
In November 2011, the budding rock band Imagine Dragons signed a record deal with Interscope Records, putting them on a prolific stint with Grammy Award-winning producer Alex Da Kid. This collaboration gave the music world the single "It's Time" (2012), the mini-album "Continued Silence" (2012) and full-length albums "Night Visions" (2012), "Smoke and Mirrors" (2015) and "Evolve" (2017) , and their tracks have firmly entered the radio airwaves around the world, received recognition from listeners and critics.
Dan Reynolds on making "Next to me"
The most outstanding and highly acclaimed songs include "Believer" (2017), "Radioactive" (2012) and "Thunder" (2017). Each of these rock hits topped the charts in the US, Canada, Sweden or the Czech Republic.
The Imagine Dragons singer himself suffers from ankylosing spondylitis, which, in his own words, makes life a constant struggle. Against this background, he developed an anxiety disorder, and when the musician finally managed to get out of a particularly protracted depressive phase, he wrote the song "Radioactive" as a symbol of a new page in life. The song subsequently became a major hit for Imagine Dragons.
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Another key topic is the regular support of the LGBT community, an attempt to convey the idea of equal rights for people with traditional and non-traditional orientations. He pays special attention in this matter to the Mormons, who have a negative attitude towards any manifestations of non-traditional orientation. Dan Reynolds came up with the idea for The LoveloudFestival, a series of concerts in Utah dedicated to the issue of suicide by LGBTQ teenagers.
At the beginning of their married life, they repeatedly publicly expressed the depth of their feelings for the second half. Dan Reynolds claimed that it was not only music that connected their couple, but also deep, warm feelings of recognizing a loved one.
The marriage union gave birth to three daughters: Arrow Eve Reynolds (born August 18, 2012), twins Coco Rae and Gia James (born March 28, 2017). Dan Reynolds has repeatedly said in his interviews that the children and his wife gave him hope and strength to fight the disease, were a bright ray in his life.
At the end of April 2018, the couple announced the beginning of the divorce proceedings, without even hinting at the possible reasons for the quarrel. It took them eight months to reconcile. Now harmony reigns in the family again. “I am proud of you Dan Reynolds, your humility and ability to still be a loving dad,” Aya wrote on her Instagram.
All the latest news from the life of Dan Reynolds can be found on the vocalist's official Twitter account.
The music of the Imagine Dragons group carries some kind of supernatural positive charge that magnetically attracts music lovers with completely different tastes.
The main styles in which members of Imagine Dragons play are alternative and indie rock. But musicians are not limited to these genres. There is a lot of pop-rock and electronica in their work, and in some places even folk-rock and hip-hop “slip through”.
Unlike young rock bands that have been unable to move from garages to the stage for years, this unusual band almost immediately declared itself as a new star in the world of modern rock music.
Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds took his first steps in music as a piano player at the age of 6. Then, at the age of 13, he sneaked into his older brother's computer to turn on the sound recording function and sketch songs about his teenage experiences and disappointments.
But actually Imagine Dragons history began a little bit later - in 2008 when Reynolds meets drummer Andrew Tolman while attending Brigham Young University.
After discovering similar musical tastes and life aspirations, the two students decide to form a band with the addition of guitarist Andrew Back, bassist Dave Lemke, and keyboardist/violinist Aurora Florence.
In the next 9 years, the line-up of Imagine Dragons has changed several times. So if you're not a fan who wants to know every last detail of the band's history, you can skip the next two paragraphs.
Not having played in the group for a year, Beck and Florence leave. Then in 2009, Tolman invited his high school friend Wayne Sermon to join the band as guitarist. A little later, Andrew brings his wife Brittany Tolman to the band, who takes a seat behind the keys and sings backing vocals. After that, Lemke leaves and Ben McKee takes the place of the bass player at the invitation of Sermon.
In 2011, the Tolmans left the group. McKee brought in Daniel Platzman on drums, and Teresa Flaminio replaced Brittany on the keyboard, only to leave after only six months. After her, the group did not have a permanent keyboard player, but Ryan Walker (2012–2015), William Wells (2015–2017) and Eliot Schwartzman (2017–…) are invited for concert tours.
To date, permanent Imagine Dragons line-up- vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Dan Reynolds (the only one who stayed in the group from its inception to the present day), guitarist Wayne Sermon, bassist Ben McKee and drummer Daniel Platzman.
Imagine Dragons began their musical career by winning the university's "Battle of the Bands" and several other local competitions (in Utah).
The first song "Speak to me" by Imagine Dragons is recorded in the year of the group's creation (2008) with its original lineup.
Then Reynolds decides to move the group (already with an updated line-up) to Las Vegas - to his home. The team begins to perform regularly, however, at first mainly at night - in casinos and strip bars.
But after performing at festivals Vegas Music Summit (headlining in front of 26,000 people) and Bite of Las Vegas (Most Wanted Band 2010), everything is changing: invitations to radio broadcasts; high-profile titles (“Best Indie Band 2010”, “Best Record 2011”, etc.) awarded by reputable music publications; a contract with a major record label (Interscope Records).
Before the signing of the contract, the group manages to record three mini-albums. The self-titled debut EP "Imagine Dragons" is released on September 1, 2009. The following year, on June 1, the second EP "Hell and Silence" is released. The third mini-album "It's Time" was released on March 12, 2011.
The fourth EP «Continued Silence» is released already on Interscope label (14.02.12). Track No. 1 "Radioactive" wins top positions in the music charts with lightning speed around the world, is nominated for a dozen awards (wins 4) and subsequently becomes the hallmark of the team. This track has been certified diamond in the US. according to the results of sales (more than 10 million copies).
All 4 mini-albums are rather warmly received by critics and listeners(especially "Continued Silence"). Reynolds later reports that with the help of these releases, the group "tested" the soil to release a really cool debut album.
What did they actually do? September 4, 2012 "Night Visions" is released, recorded under the direction of producer Alex Da Kid.
Longplay did not have time to come out, how immediately began to "skim the cream": 1st place - in Scottish Albums and three Billboard TOP charts ("Rock Albums", "Alternative Albums" and "Catalogue Albums"); 2nd - on the Billboard 200 and the British chart; other top places in the weekly charts of another 20 countries.
In just 2 weeks, 83,000 copies were sold, making the record the most successful debut album since 2006.
According to the results of sales, the album Imagine Dragons "Night Visions" took "gold" in 7 countries. And "platinum" at 14. Of these - 4 times 2x platinum (Austria, Mexico, Sweden, USA) and once 3x (Canada)!
Also among the achievements of the debut album Imagine Dragons is the victory in the "Top Rock Album" nomination of the 2014 Billboard Music Awards. And the song "Radioactive", which the LP inherited from its predecessor EP, was called "the biggest rock hit of the year" by Rolling Stone magazine.
Before releasing their second album, Imagine Dragons once again decided to follow the tried and tested path of "feeding the ground" - releasing mini-releases.
First came the EP "The Archive" (February 12, 2013). The group then wrote three soundtracks: "Monster" for the IOS game "Infinity Blade III"; "Battle Cry" - for the film "Transformers: Age of Extinction"; "Warriors" - for the film "Divergent, Chapter 2: Insurgent".
And finally after the release of three more singles("I Bet My Life", "Gold" and "Shots"), when the musicians realized that most of the new tracks "went" to listeners and critics, the release of the second album was announced.
The Imagine Dragons album "Smoke+Mirrors" was released on February 17, 2015. In support of it, a world tour of almost a year was held (04/12/15–02/05/16).
Also, a video concert "Smoke + Mirrors Life" was filmed for the release of the album. It was shown in cinemas around the world on March 2, 2016.
This time around, the reviews for the album were more mixed.- mostly positive, but there were also ratings marked "average". In particular, Metacritic rated "Smoke+Mirrors" 60/100.
As for the chart achievements of the second album, it basically repeated the successes of the debut record, raising the bar even higher in places: 1st place in Canada, Scotland, Britain and three US Billboard charts.
But with sales this time things went a little more modestly- just a "gold" status in 7 countries. Although, you see, to call such results a failure, the language still somehow does not turn.
Fans of the group can already prepare their ears: new album "Evolve"(title stylized as ƎVOLVE) coming out very soon- June 23.
The fact that the record will turn out to be of high quality can be judged by the already released singles.
In 2016, the Imagine Dragons songs "Sucker for pain" and "Levitate" were released. The latter continued the soundtrack "tradition" and sounded in the film "Passengers".
And this year, the group pleased with the compositions "Thunder", "Whatever it takes", "Walking The Wire" and an indisputable hit "Believer", featuring Dolph Lundgren's music video. And if the rest of the songs are on the same level, just a great album awaits us.
In addition, Dan Reynolds claims that, compared to the previous two full-length albums, "Evolve" is an evolution of Imagine Dragons.
A tour is also planned in support of the third album, which starts on September 26. True, while the musicians plan to limit themselves to the cities of America.
For now, we just have to wait for the release (we will publish it on the same day) and hope that someday the Imagine Dragons group will drop by with a concert in our area.
1. The creative process in a group usually comes down to the imposition by each participant of his party on a previously created computer model. After mixing, according to the group's frontman Dan Reynolds, this kind of puzzle results in a composition in the form in which it already reaches the ears of the listeners.
Therefore, even the performers themselves do not know what the next song will be until they finish it.
2. The "old-timers" of the group have quite interesting features.
McKee has no taste spices and is fond of sewing hats.
Sermon suffers from insomnia and composes music at night.
Reynolds is Mormon He also suffers from depression and anxiety. In addition, he has a joint project with his wife Aja Volkman (Aja Volkman) project Egyptian.
3. Although the translation of the group name Imagine Dragons ("Imagine dragons" or "Imagine dragons") in itself is self-sufficient, in fact it's an anagram, the decoding of which is known only to the musicians themselves.
But that hasn't stopped fans from speculating. The most popular are "gained in orgasm", "twins are so big" ("a Gemini so grand"), "desiring a mango" and "radio for older men" (" aged men's radio").
4. The team in total was nominated 73 times for various music awards, while receiving 23 wins.
5. In addition to those already mentioned in the article, the Imagine Dragons group "marked" itself in other films and games. Their music in total is used as soundtracks in almost five dozen films and "toys".
The most famous: the films "Iron Man 3", "Suicide Squad", "Legend", "Guest", "Frankenweenie", "Continuum", "Kung Fu Panda 3", "Angry Birds Movie"; TV series Arrow, The Vampire Diaries, Lucifer, The 100, True Blood, Beauty and the Beast, Riverdale, Orange Is the New Black; games "Assassin's Creed III", "FIFA 13", "Battlefield: Hardline", "Uncharted 4".
Imagine Dragons is a popular indie rock band from America that has become a real sensation and has been surprising its listeners around the world for many years. Their music unites people with completely different tastes. All this is due to an unreal charge of positive energy, drive, a sense of the fullness of life in their texts and presentation. These guys have won recognition from the very beginning of their careers and have kept it to this day. The phenomenon of their popularity is due to the fact that they do what many miss: high-quality bright music in the rock genre, combined with a life-affirming meaning.
Brief history of the group
It all started in 2008 when future lead singer Dan Reynolds met Andrew Tolman, who played drums at the private Brigham Young Mormon University where they were both students. The young people decided to unite and invited other members to their team: Andrew Beck (guitar), Dave Lemke (bass) and Aurora Florence (keyboards). Soon the first victories came, in the university "Battle of the Bands" and similar competitions. Few people know that in the same year this line-up released a five-track mini-album called “Speak to Me”. And already at that stage of their career, the group had many fans in the US state of Utah, especially in the city of Provo, where the university of its founders is located. But in the same 2008, Beck and Florence left the team.
The year 2009 was marked by the arrival of a new guitarist - Wayne Sermon, concurrently an old friend of Tolman, who had graduated from a music college by that time. The drummer's wife, Brittany Tolman, was invited to perform vocals and play the piano. A little later, Lemke leaves the squad. Sermon's college friend Ben McKee, who played bass, will take his place.
The performers decide to move to the home of the soloist - Las Vegas. During this period, they released two records: "Imagine Dragons", "Hell and Silence". Then the group performs most often in entertainment venues such as casinos and striptease bars. However, there were more chances for success in the new place.
Widespread fame came by chance: the lead singer of the recognized rock band Train became seriously ill shortly before the largest festival Bite of Las Vegas 2009. Imagine Dragons performed instead of them in front of an audience of more than 26 thousand people! A year later, they will be invited to the same event as "The Most Demanded Group of 2010". Now Imagine Dragons can be heard on the radio, they receive the title of "Best Indie Band of 2010". The third album in a row called "It" s Time "released in 2011 brought the team the first contract with a major label, as well as a prize for the" Best Record of 2011 ". The Tolman family leaves the band in the same year, to which Daniel Platzman will join together. and Teresa Flaminio (keyboards), the latter did not stay long and left the band in early 2012, making it the quartet that it remains to this day.Since then it has been a male group.
The fourth album "Continued Silence" was released in collaboration with Interscope on Valentine's Day 2012. This one, like the previous three EPs (mini-albums), is well received by professional critics and general listeners. According to Reynolds, thanks to these releases, the musicians were able to understand how they can better develop in the future in order to make the most awesome album possible.
And they did it! On September 4, 2012, a major debut album "Night Visions" was released, which immediately took all the places of honor in the charts in more than 20 countries around the world. Within two weeks, 83,000 copies were sold. This is the most triumphant debut since 2006. The album became "gold" in seven states, and "platinum" in fourteen, including four of them "double platinum": in the United States, Mexico, Sweden, Austria. In Canada, the release became such three times! It won the Billboard Music Award for Best Rock Album and was also nominated for International Album of the Year at the Juno Awards. The Billboard magazine named the performers "The Brightest New Stars of 2012", and also presented them with the status of "Breakthrough Group of 2013".
For the next full-scale album to be just as successful, the musicians followed the path they tried out of issuing mini-releases, experimenting with them, testing the reaction of the public. In early 2013, the EP "The Archive" was released. Soundtracks were recorded: “Battle Cry” (for the new Transformers movie), “Warriors” (“Divegent, Ch. 2: Insurgent”), “Monster” (for the game). In addition, individual singles were presented. In most cases, the work of this period was well received by the people. The artists began to write the second major disc.
In the same year, Imagine Dragons went on a tour of Europe and America, which was called Night Visions, presenting their self-titled album. Their fame was so great that the organizers had to add 13 more concerts to the planned concerts. Tickets were all sold out, and the price remained affordable. Even so, the fees were huge. As a result, the musicians got into the top 20 concert tours according to Pollstar. As a result of these trips, a release was released with a recording of live performances.
Artists have repeatedly admitted that they write music on the way. The road gives a lot of vivid impressions and inspires them to be creative. Relatively soon after the end of the tour, a fresh disc "Smoke + Mirrors" appeared (17.02.2015). In conversations with journalists, Reynolds noted their general tendency to perfectionism, work on the second studio album was carried out thoroughly. The guys care about their creative reputation.
The result of this work was a tour around the world, lasting more than 9 months. In this case, that resounding success did not follow. Critics found it "mediocre", the disc was sold in slightly smaller print runs.
After the work done, the band announced their retirement for about a year, leaving fans with a whole film about their concert life "Imagine Dragons In Concert: Smoke + Mirrors". However, the promise made to everyone was not fulfilled. Within a few months, two soundtracks were released. The composition "Sucker For Pain" received a great response, in contrast to the acclaimed film "Suicide Squad" for which it was recorded.
The singles for the third studio album became real hits: "Believer", "Thunder", "Whatever It Takes". The frontman himself assessed the work done as an exit to a qualitatively new stage of development. However, the critics are not asleep, some of them saw the disc with the telling title "Evolve" as an attempt to please the masses of fans, and not the realization of the potential. Be that as it may, but many tracks really shot. It's a wonderful mix of genres. Thanks to him, each listener fell in love with something of his own among the released songs.
Interesting Facts
The best songs
It is very difficult to single out a small number of the best compositions from the whole set. The fact is that all the work of the group is very original and interesting. Your attention is represented by diverse work.
"Radioactive" (listen)
"Roots" (listen)
"Gold" (listen)
"Sucker for Pain" (listen)
"Believer" (listen)
Movies and games featuring the music of Imagine Dragons
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Movie/game |
Composition |
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Riverdale (TV series 2017) |
Thunder, Believer |
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"Passengers" (2016) |
Levitate |
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"Suicide Squad" (2016) |
"Sucker For Pain" |
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"Me Before You" (2016) |
"Not Today" |
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Angry Birds Movie (2016) |
"On Top of the World" |
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"Kung Fu Panda 3" (2016) |
"I'm So Sorry" |
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) |
"Who We Are" |
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"Iron Man 3" (2013) |
"Ready Aim Fire" |
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"Assassin's Creed III" (game, 2012) |
Radioactive |
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"League of Legends" (game, 2014) |
"Warriors" |
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"Transformers: Age of Extinction" (2014) |
"Battle Cry", "All For You" |
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"Continuum" (2015) |
Radioactive |
Imagine Dragons are an unusual rock band. It is impossible to see sugary beauties in it, which girls from all over the world would definitely fall in love with. However, these guys were able to win love and recognition thanks to their sincerity, charisma and dedication. The vocalist's voice at concerts is even more beautiful than on record. Artists do not stand still: each release marks a new stage in their work, brings original sound and video. We hope that their energy and potential will last for many years to come.
Video: Listen to Imagine Dragons
Group formation
At the beginning of 2009, the guys start working in the studio. And already on February 1, they release their first EP Imagine Dragons. And on April 1 of the following year, their EP Hell and Silence saw the light of day (Grammy nominee Mark Needham participated in the recording). Both EPs were recorded at Battle Born Studios. They were soon invited to perform at the annual Bite of Las Vegas festival as the "Most Wanted Band of 2010" on local 107.9FM. They were chosen as the headlining act at the Vegas Music Summit, and Las Vegas CityLife named them a "Must See Live Band", they were named "Best Indie Band of 2010" by Las Vegas Weekly, and were awarded "Best Record of 2011" from Vegas Seven magazine. In November 2011, Imagine Dragons signed with American record label Interscope Records. They worked closely with producer Alex Da Kid, with whom they recorded their first disc in West Hollywood. Their EP was called Continued Silence and was released on February 14, 2012. Imagine Dragons prepared very carefully for the release of their debut album.
“Releasing a series of EPs, we were testing the waters. We wanted our debut album to be successful,” Wayne admitted in an interview.
On September 4, the world heard Night Visions, the band's first full-length album. It peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200. The single "It's Time" peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 4 on the Billboard Alternative and Billboard Rock, and is now certified platinum.
Soundtracks "Imagine Dragons" for films, series and games
Imagine Dragons is the most popular rock band from the USA, which consists of 4 members. The guys quickly climbed to the top of the musical "Olympus", their hits called "Radioactive", "Demons", "Believer" and "Thunder" were broadcast on all the best radio stations in the world.
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Millions of loyal fans dream of buying a precious ticket to the band's concert. Bright performances are a real show that takes place in stadiums packed to capacity. The text of this article contains the most interesting and fascinating facts about this musical group.
1. The founder and "face" of dragons.
Dan Reynolds was born on June 14, 1987 in the popular tourist metropolis - Las Vegas. The guy grew up in a large family (he had 8 siblings). Even at an early age, he became very interested in music. The boy went to piano lessons, and also comprehended the art of playing other instruments.
Dan studied well enough at school, and a little later he entered the university, as he dreamed of getting a job in the FBI. It was within the walls of this educational institution that the guy had a dream of becoming a famous musician.
2. Creation of a team.
Reynolds in 2008 thought about creating a new rock band. He and guitarist Wayne Sermon decided to start playing together. The guys often sang at small creative evenings and rehearsed regularly. Soon, several members joined the musicians at once. The new members of the association are: bassist Dave Lemke, guitarist Andrew Beck and pianist Aurora Florence.
3. Secret name.
The name of the Imagine Dragons team can be translated into Russian as "Imagine Dragons". Few people know that this phrase is actually a successful anagram. The guys rearranged a few letters or sounds of certain words. As a result of such actions, the world-famous name of the group was formed. At the moment, the secret of the name is known only to a couple of people.
4. First successes.
The guys dreamed of declaring themselves to the general public. They won the "Battle of the Bands" competition held at the university. The musicians were active participants in almost all local talent shows.
In 2008, the guys released a small collection of songs called "Speak to Me". Although this work is considered by experts to be of sufficient quality, the group failed to become known outside of Utah. Andrew Beck and Aurora Florence did not see any special prospects and were forced to end their creative endeavors in this team.
5. Moving to Las Vegas.
Soon Dan Reynolds decided to return to his native city. Ben McKee came to the vacant position of bass guitarist in the group. Also, pianist Brittany Tolman (drummer's wife) began to collaborate with the guys. The nightlife in Las Vegas was just in full swing! The guys regularly played their best songs in night bars and performed professional covers of other people's works.
6. Lightning success.
The popular music festival Bite of Las Vegas 2009 was the starting point for the Dragons to take off. This musical group became the headliner of the show by a lucky chance (they replaced the rock band "Train", which could not take part in the concert). The 26,000th audience warmly received the guys. The creative breakthrough was very quick, after a while the musicians were recognized as the best American indie band in 2010.
7. Debut album.
The guys began to work energetically in the recording studio, as well as create new songs and lyrics. Night Visions was the first full-length album for dragons, which almost immediately climbed to number two on the Billboard 200 chart.
The guys are actively collaborating with various projects: they record soundtracks for films and games, go on their first big tour and appear on various radio stations.
8. First visit to the Russian Federation.
The second album "Smoke + Mirrors" was released in February 2015. The best compositions of the album were the songs "I Bet My Life", "Gold". Soon the team went on a long world tour.
On January 24 and 26, "Dragons" thundered in Moscow and St. Petersburg. All tickets for performances at the Ice Palace and the Olympic Sports Complex were sold out. Also in honor of the album, the motion picture "Smoke + Mirrors Live" was created.
The music video for the song features actor Dane Dehaan.
9. The last work of "Dragons".
The third album titled "Evolve" was released in the summer of 2017. The guys did not stop doing creative work on vacation, which they went on after a ten-month tour. Dan Reynolds stated that he wanted to take a break as the band had been in continuous production for over five years.
The great popularity of rockers provoked the early release of a new album, the first composition of which was the song "Believer". Even before the official release of the work, the guys published a couple of videos with tips. An attentive viewer could decipher the code word in Morse code. The album peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 and topped the Top Rock Albums, Norwegian Albums, Swiss Albums, Finnish Albums and Canadian Albums charts.
10. Charity.
"Dragons" do not forget about charity. In 2013, they created the Tyler Robinson Foundation, which helps sick children resist cancer. Members of the association regularly organize charity concerts and dinners. The guys help the anti-violence organization.
They also released the song "I Was Me", the proceeds of which were used to support fleeing refugees from the Middle East. The cover of "I Love You All The Time" was released in memory of the victims of the Paris terrorist attack. In 2017, Imagine Dragons partnered with the LGBTQ organization.
11. Best music video.
The most popular video clip of dragons is the song "Radioactive", which YouTube users have viewed more than 800 million times. Actors Lou Phillips and Alexandra Daddario, as well as well-known puppeteers from the Puppet Heap company, took part in the filming. This work is included in the prestigious top 100 most viewed clips on the Internet.
12. Trophies and prizes.
Rockers are the owner of many prestigious awards. In 2012, the video for the song “It’s Time” was nominated for the MTV Video Music Awards in the category for best rock video, and the guys could also become the most popular band of the year according to the Teen Choice Awards in 2013. On account of the "Dragons" is a victory in the prestigious competition "Grammy", which they received for the best performance of a song in the rock genre.
13. Facts about the band members.
Ben McKee is the owner of a hobby atypical for a man, he loves to sew and even succeeded in making the most beautiful hats. Guitarist Wayne Simon has a huge sleep problem. Most of the songs and melodies he composed during the night time. Bandleader Dan Reynolds, along with his wife, are involved in the musical project "Egyptian".
14. Love for recording covers.
"Dragons" at the beginning of its existence at concerts actively performed songs of other performers. In some cases, they still do this. Their concerts featured songs from Rush, The Rolling Stones, and The Cure.
15. The process of creating tracks.
All members of the band are working on the creation of a new song. Together they make adjustments to the text and only then bring it together. Reynolds also noted that at the time of writing the track, he already knew what the video clip would look like.
