11/23/2020 0 Comments Imagine Dragons Night Visions Playlist
Indeed, the Las Vegas -based quartet had initially scrambled for all the attention they could get following the release of their independently-issued, self-titled debut EP in September 2009.A lengthy bout of dues-paying ensued, with Imagine Dragons playing every Vegas nightspot that would have them.The venues included Mandalay Bay and the famous Caesars Palace, but glitz and glamour were rarely on the agenda.The ding-ding-ding from the slot machines was louder than the tiny speakers they gave us.
We would do four nights a week and theyd give us 400 for the six hours. It gave us enough money to pay rent and eat Top Ramen or Taco Bell. Key tracks from Night Visions such as the mandolin-flecked Its Time and the anthemic Amsterdam first appeared in the bands setlist during this period, alongside their crowd-pleasing covers of classics by The Rolling Stones, The Cars and The Cure. Further self-released EPs followed, and the band eventually brokered a deal with Interscope Records in 2011. The Nevadan quartets slightly quirky nature and their atypical usage of unusual percussive elements, such as the massive Japanese taiko drum featured on Radioactive, also endeared them to their new co-producer, Alexander Grant (aka Alex Da Kid), who has also cut hits with Eminem and Nicki Minaj. In the same interview, Dan Reynolds added, Weve always been a rhythmic rock band. I grew up listening to a lot of hip-hop in the 90s, such as Tupac and Biggie Smalls. Night Visions which the band crafted slowly with help from Grant and co-producer Brendan Darner was both compelling and refreshingly eclectic. Imagine Dragons were eager to prove their versatility on smouldering, guitar-driven rockers Hear Me, Tiptoe and Amsterdam; poppy, synth-flecked flare (On Top Of The World) and tracks which benefitted from Grants hip-hop stylings, such as Its Time and the vivid Radioactive. Initially a sleeper hit when first released, on 29 October 2012, it eventually peaked at No.3 on the Billboard 100 and remained on the chart for a remarkable 87 weeks, moving almost nine million copies in the process. A rollercoaster world tour followed and, when Night Visions won Billboard Musics prestigious Top Rock Album Award for 2014, this unassuming Nevadan quartet officially joined rocks big league. But if we had this success in our first year, as some bands do, we wouldnt have survived. To get here, we needed those thousands of hours playing to five, 20, 50 people, trying to win them over every night.
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