Imagine Dragons yasungulwa ngo-2008 eLas Vegas, Nevada. Baye baba ngelinye lamaqembu e-rock ahamba phambili emhlabeni kusukela ngo-2012.
Ekuqaleni, ayebhekwa njengelinye iqembu le-rock elihlanganisa izici zomculo we-pop, we-rock nowe-electronic ukuze ashaye amashadi omculo avamile.
Imagine Dragons: kwaqala kanjani konke?
UDan Reynolds (umculi) no-Andrew Tolman (umshayi wezigubhu) bafunda eBrigham Young University ngo-2008. Ngemva kokuhlangana futhi wembula amakhono abo, baqala ukwakha iqembu.
Ngokushesha bahlangana no-Andrew Beck, uDave Lemke no-Aurora Florence. Igama elithi Imagine Dragons liyi-anagram. Amalungu ebhendi kuphela azi ngokusemthethweni amagama isihloko esibhekisela kuwo. Uhlu lwangempela lwebhendi lwaqopha i-EP Speak To Me ngo-2008.
Ngokushesha u-Andrew Beck no-Aurora Florence balishiya leli qembu. Bathathelwe indawo uWayne Sermon (umshayi wesiginci) kanye nonkosikazi ka-Andrew Tolman, uBrittany Tolman (amazwi asekelayo namakhibhodi).
UWayne Sermon uthweswe iziqu eBerklee College of Music eMassachusetts. Ngenkathi uDave Lemke eshiya i-Imagine Dragons, esikhundleni sakhe kwathathwa u-Ben McKee (ofunda naye ekilasini lika-Wayne Sermon waseBerkeley).
Ngemva kwesikhashana, leli qembu laduma eProvo (Utah). Futhi ngo-2009, abaculi banquma ukuthuthela Las Vegas (idolobha lakubo Dan Reynolds).
Ikhefu lokuqala leqembu lenzeka ngo-2009. Khona-ke uPat Monahan (umculi oyinhloko weSitimela) wagula ngaphambi nje kokucula emcimbini we-Bite of Las Vegas. Iqembu, lathola isibindi salo, lanquma ngomzuzu wokugcina ukucula phambi kwabantu abangu-26. Khona-ke abaculi bathola imiklomelo kanye nokuqokwa "Best Local Indie Band ka-2010".
Iqembu liqhubekile nokuhlola uhlu. Futhi ngokushesha ngo-2011, u-Brittany no-Andrew Tolman bahamba. Esikhundleni sabo kwaba nguDaniel Platzman. U-Teresa Flaminio (umculi wekhibhodi) ujoyine ibhendi ekupheleni kuka-2011. Kodwa washiya ngemva kokukhululwa kwe-albhamu yokuqala.
NgoNovemba 2011, i-Imagine Dragons yamemezela ukuthi isayine isivumelwano sokuqopha ne-Interscope Records. Uphinde wabelana ngezinhlelo afuna ukusebenza nophrojusa oyiNgisi u-Alex da Kid ecwecweni lokuqala.
Uhlu oludumile lwe-Imagine Dragons
UDan Reynolds ungumculi ozalelwe futhi wakhulela eLas Vegas, Nevada. Uyilungu leBandla likaJesu Kristu labaNgcwele beziNsuku zokuGcina. Esemusha, wasebenza njengesithunywa sevangeli eNebraska iminyaka emibili. Ngenkathi uDan emenywa ukuthi avulele elinye iqembu le-rock uNico Vega ngo-2010, wahlangana nomculi weqembu u-Aja Volkman. Baqopha i-EP futhi bashada ngo-2011.
UWayne Sermon - isigingci, wakhulela e-American Fork, Utah. Uphinde abe yilungu leBandla likaJesu Kristu labaNgcwele beziNsuku zokuGcina. Eseyingane, wafunda ukudlala isiginci kanye ne-cello, kodwa wanquma ukugxila kakhulu kusiginci. UWayne Sermon wafunda eBerklee College of Music futhi waphothula ngo-2008. Ngo-2011, washada nomdansi we-ballet u-Alexandra Hall.
UBen McKee ungumdlali webhesi waseForestville, eCalifornia. Udlale i-bass ku-jazz trio. Ufunde eBerklee College of Music. Lapho wahlangana nabalingani beqembu lesikhathi esizayo uWayne Sermon noDaniel Platzman.
UDaniel Platzman (isigubhu) wazalelwa futhi wakhulela e-Atlanta, Georgia. Ufunde eBerklee College of Music futhi wathola iziqu zokukhiqiza amafilimu. Ngenkathi evakashele eBerkeley, uBen wahlangana neqembu lakhe leqembu lesikhathi esizayo uBen McKee noWayne Sermon. Ngo-2014, u-Platzman wabhala amaphuzu okuqala e-African Investigations.
izinkanyezi ze-pop
Cabanga ukukhululwa kokuqala kukaDragons kwe-Interscope kwakuyi-EP Eqhubekayo Yokuthula. Ikhishwe ngoSuku Lwezithandani - February 14, 2012. Ukukhishwa kufinyelele kunombolo-40 eshadini lama-albhamu e-Billboard. Iqembu lishaye wonke amashadi kazwelonke.
Ingoma ethi It's Time, eyaqoshwa yiqembu ngo-2010, yakhululwa njengeyodwa ngo-Agasti 2012. Ngemva kokufakwa ezikhangisweni nasezinhlelweni ze-TV ezifana ne-Glee, i-It's Time single yaqala ukukhuphuka amashadi e-pop. Ngenxa yalokho, ingoma ithathe indawo ye-15 ku-Billboard Hot 100. Futhi nendawo yesi-4 kweminye imisakazo. NgoSepthemba 2012, i-Night Visions yakhululwa ngempumelelo.
I-albhamu ifinyelele phezulu kunombolo 2 Eshadini Lama-albhamu ase-US futhi yanikezwa isitifiketi se-platinum ephindwe kabili ukuze ithengiswe. Yayihlanganisa izingoma ezicula phambili ezingu-10 eziphezulu, ezihlanganisa iRadioactive namaDemoni.
Leli qembu laqashelwa njengelinye lamabhendi e-rock "empumelelo" ka-2013. Ingoma kaRadioactive iwine iGrammy yeRecord of the Year kanye ne-Best Rock Performance.
Kodwa i-albhamu yesibili ethi Smoke + Mirrors (2015) yaba ukudumala kwezohwebo. Ifinyelele inani eliphakeme kunombolo 1 eshadini lama-albhamu kodwa yehlulekile ukuthola izingoma ezingashadile eziphezulu eziyi-10. Ehamba phambili, I Bet My Life, yehlulekile ukuphakama ngaphezu kuka-28 eshadini le-pop.
Iqembu lenqaba ukuhlala isikhathi eside. Futhi kakade ngoFebhuwari 2017, abaculi bakhulula i-Believer eyodwa ngaphambi kwe-albhamu yesithathu ethi Evolve. Yile single ethathe indawo yesi-4 ku-Billboard Hot 100 futhi yashaya indawo yokuqala phakathi komsakazo we-pop.
Cabanga Dragons Top Singles
Isikhathi (2012)
Le debut single, ekhishwe yi-Interscope, yenziwa okokuqala ngo-2010, lapho amaTolmans besengamalungu e-Imagine Dragons. Ifakwe ku-YouTube ngoDisemba 2010. Kodwa akazange athole ukukhululwa okusemthethweni kwa-Interscope kuze kube ngu-2012.
I-It's Time yahlanganiswa nguDarren Criss ohlelweni lwethelevishini i-Glee ngesizini ka-2012. Izincwadi eziningi zikhethe le ngoma njengenye yezingoma ezihamba phambili ezikhishwe ngo-2012. Ingoma ithathe indawo yesi-4 ezingomeni zika-2012 komunye umsakazo.
I-Radioactive (2012)
Ingoma ibhalwe ngabaculi ngokubambisana nomdidiyeli wabo u-Alex da Kid ecwecweni le-Night Visions. Waqala "ukukhuphuka" okuhamba kancane emlandweni weshadi le-pop lase-US. Futhi ekupheleni kuka-2013 yathatha indawo yesi-3 ku-Billboard Hot 100. Ukuqanjwa kuthole indondo ye-Grammy ekuqokweni kwerekhodi Lonyaka.
Amademoni (2013)
Amademoni anyuselwe kumsakazo we-pop njengeyodwa evela ku-Night Visions ngoSepthemba 2013.
Bekungesinye isiqephu esibalulekile eqenjini. I-Imagine Dragons iqale kunombolo-6 ku-Billboard Hot 100 futhi yakhuphukela phezulu kumashadi emsakazweni odumile.
Ikholwa (2017)
Umculi ophambili weqembu uDan Reynolds utshele iphephabhuku i-People ukuthi Ikholwa elilodwa ligqugquzelwe impi yakhe ne-ankylosing spondylitis.
Ikhishwe njengengoma ephambili ku-albhamu, i-Evolve Believer ibe yimpumelelo yezentengiselwano, yabuyisela ibhendi kwabayi-10 abaphambili okokuqala ngqa eminyakeni emine yomsebenzi wabo wokudala.
Amaqiniso anentshisekelo ngeqembu
- Abalandeli baleli qembu bazibiza ngama-fire-brethers.
- U-Mac (umfowabo womculi uDan Reynolds) ungumphathi weqembu.
- Amalungu eqembu angabalandeli abakhulu beThe Beatles. Baze benza ikhava ye-acoustic yeRevolution embukisweni weminyaka engama-50 weBeatles.
- Ifilimu eyidokhumentari ethi "Imagine Dragons: Creating Night Vision" yenziwe mayelana neqembu. Ichaza kafushane umlando wokukhishwa kwe-albhamu yokuqala.
- Emalungwini amane aleli qembu, amathathu kuwo anegama elithi uDaniyeli. BangoDaniel (Dan) Reynolds, Daniel Platzman kanye noDaniel Wayne Sermon.
- Ibhendi yaba yisivakashi sokuqala somculo ukuvela ku-The Muppets (2015). Laba baculi balingise esiqeshini sokuqala sePig Girls Don't Cry, esakhonjiswa ngoSepthemba 22, 2015, lapho bebecula khona ingoma ethi Roots.
- Ngomhla ziyisi-8 kuFebhruwari, 2015, ibhendi yenza intengiso ebukhoma ye-Target ngesikhathi sekhefu lezentengiso lama-Grammys. Ngesikhathi sekhefu lezentengiso lemizuzu emi-4, i-Imagine Dragons yenze iShots bukhoma e-Las Vegas.
- Ngomhla ziyi-18 kuZibandlela wezi-2015, leli qembu lalingomunye wabaculi abaningi abakhiphe isembozo esikhethekile se-I Love You All the Time Eagles of Death Metal ukuphendula ukuhlasela kwangomhla zili-13 kuNovemba 2015 eParis. Yonke imali etholwe ngokuthengiswa kwengoma inikelwe i-Friends of Fondation de France.
- Uma u-Cha-Ching (Size Sikhule) edlalwa emuva, umculi ophambili u-Dan Reynolds angazwakala ecula amagama athi "Ayikho i-anagram".
Imagine Dragons ngo-2021
NgoMashi 12, 2021, iqembu lethule eyodwa entsha, ehlanganisa amathrekhi amaningana. Sikhuluma ngezingoma ezithi Landela Wena kanye nethi Cutthroat. Izinto ezintsha zizofakwa ku-LP entsha yeqembu. Esontweni eledlule, abafana bamemezele ukuthi i-premiere yeqoqo elisha izokwenzeka maduze.
I-Imagine Dragons ijabulise abalandeli ngokukhishwa kwevidiyo entsha yengoma ethi Cutthroat. Umsebenzi wamukelwe ngemfudumalo eyisimanga ngabalandeli nabagxeki bomculo.
