Welcome to Top Ten With…, a fun Q&A session where you’ll get to learn all about the music scene’s hottest artists! Today’s featured band is Imagine Dragons, an indie-rock outfit hailing from Las Vegas. Featured by MTV as a PUSH artist of the week in April and heading on tour this fall with AWOL Nation, you can catch their single “It’s Time” highlighted in the movie trailer for The Perks Of Being A WallFlower. Get to know Imagine Dragons through our exclusive interview!
Top Ten With Imagine Dragons
I’m inspired by:
People, nature, music, art, food. There’s a lot of inspiring stuff out there. If you’re not inspired, you need to have another look around.
I realized I wanted to play music when:
My dad used to play his acoustic guitar around the fire whenever we were camping when I was a kid. He’d sing old doo-wop songs about car accidents and upbeat children’s songs about belligerent drunken mice. I suppose that’s when my love for music began.
Four songs you might find on my iPod:
Love is a Battlefield-Pat Benetar
Signed, Sealed, Delivered-Stevie Wonder
Banner-Lights
Going to Chicago-Joe Williams
One word I would use to describe myself:
Particular
The best part of being a musician is:
The feeling that comes off of too many of your crazy fans, packed into too small of a space with no air conditioning after you finish the first song can be the greatest rush in the world.
Right now, I’m most excited about:
We are working on our first full length album right now. There’s a lot of music that we’re excited about getting out there. It should be out this fall.
Something most people don’t know about me is:
I can hold my breath for two and a half minutes, and I have webbed toes.
One of my happiest moments was:
When I was a kid, 10 years old or so, my first band was asked to play on the stage at my little town’s annual barbecue and carnival. We only knew 3 songs, Jailhouse Rock, Stand by Me, and Louie Louie, and none of us knew the lyrics to Louie Louie, and we were awful. But man did I feel cool.
My music is:
Hopeful
In ten years, I see myself:
I’ll probably be in a tour bus heading to the next Imagine Dragons gig. I couldn’t imagine it any other way.
For tour dates and news, be sure to check ImagineDragonsMusic.com and follow the band on Facebook and Twitter.
Yay for feeling cool! Sounding good is overrated, as long as you had fun – what a great memory!
I love reading these features. I learn about some great new bands. Thanks for sharing with us. You can find Love is a Battlefield on my playlist too!
How fun is this! Love is a Battlefield rocks!
I actually love indie music! This group is fantastic and I’d not heard of them before! Thank you so much for the introduction!
Thanks for sharing! 🙂