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姓 名:Imagine Dragons梦龙
别 名:梦想之龙乐队、梦龙乐队,YY龙
国 籍:美国
出生地:犹他州普洛佛
职 业:独立摇滚乐队
风 格:独立摇滚,另类摇滚
乐队简介
成立早期(2008–2010)乐队主唱丹•雷诺斯是拉斯维加斯人,2008年在犹他州遇到吉他手韦恩•瑟蒙。当时主唱丹正在上学,而韦恩则已经从伯克利音乐学院毕业。在经历过数次阵容变化之后,乐队在拉斯维加斯正式成立。成员包括丹和韦恩以及新加入的本•麦基、安德鲁•托尔曼和布里特妮•托尔曼。乐队成员一起住在拉斯维加斯,并在那里录制发行了前三张EP。
乐队在2010年发行了两张EP《Imagine Dragons EP》和《Hell and Silence EP》 ,这两张EP都是在Battle Born Studios录制完成的。2011年,乐队又回到了这个录音室。在乐队签下唱片合约之前又录制了另一张EP《It's Time》。
阵容变化,国际成名及专辑《夜视》(2011至今)2011年7月,乐队早期成员安德鲁和布里特妮离开乐队,现任鼓手丹尼尔•普拉兹曼加入。2011年11月,梦想之龙乐队和唱片公司Interscope Records签约。乐队与制作人Alex Da Kid密切合作,并与他一同在加利福尼亚州西好莱坞的Westlake Recording Studios录制了签约后的首张唱片。2012年2月14日发行了EP《Continued Silence》数字版,并在公告牌二百强专辑榜上排名第40位。
不久之后,单曲《是时候》(It's Time)发行并在公告牌百强单曲榜最高排名第15位,并成为2012年在另类音乐排行榜前10位停留时间最长的单曲。单曲的音乐录像带于2012年4月17日在MTV的各个分支频道播出,并成为MTV当周的推荐艺人。这支录像带最终获得了MTV音乐录像带大奖“最佳摇滚录像带”的提名。而这支单曲也被美国唱片业协会认证为双白金单曲,被澳大利亚唱片业协会认证为金单曲。
2012年夏天,乐队录制完成了首张专辑《夜视》(Night Visions),并于9月4日在美国发行。这张专辑在公告牌二百强专辑榜上以83,000的首周销量最高排名至第2位,这也是2006年以来所有首发摇滚专辑的最好成绩。这张专辑还在公告牌另类音乐专辑榜和摇滚专辑榜上获得冠军,同时也获得了澳大利亚、加拿大、德国、爱尔兰、挪威、葡萄牙、苏格兰和英国的专辑榜前十名。《夜视》被美国唱片业协会认证为金唱片,同时也获得了加拿大、挪威和瑞典的金唱片认证。这张专辑已经有三支歌曲登上公告牌百强单曲榜,四支歌曲登上英国单曲排行榜前40位。专辑在美国、英国、奥地利、比利时、加拿大、德国、新西兰、瑞典和瑞士都有至少两支排行榜前40的歌曲。第二支单曲《放射性》(Radioactive)在公告牌另类歌曲排行榜、公告牌摇滚歌曲排行榜上都获得冠军,同时也获得瑞典单曲排行榜冠军,并在丹麦、挪威和美国获得双白金认证。这也是这支乐队在公告牌百强单曲榜上榜的第二支单曲,同时第5位的最高排名也使其成为乐队的首支美国排名前10位的单曲。
《公告牌》杂志将梦想之龙乐队列为“2012年最亮新星”之一。亚马逊公司称梦想之龙乐队为“2012年最受欢迎摇滚艺人”。
梦想之龙乐队曾在电视节目《杰•雷诺今夜秀》(2012)、《吉米•坎摩尔现场》(2012)、《吉米•法伦深夜秀》(2012)和《柯南秀》(2013)上现场表演《是时候》,在《吉米•坎摩尔现场》(2012)、《大卫•莱特曼晚间秀》(2013)和《杰•雷诺今夜秀》(2013)表演了《放射性》,并预定于2013年7月5日在《早安美国》现场表演。2012年,乐队在美国、加拿大及欧洲许多国家进行了以《夜视》为主题的巡回演出。
2013年,乐队与一位患癌症病逝的歌迷泰勒•罗宾逊(Tyler Robinson)的家人共同建立“泰勒•罗宾逊基金会”,以帮助年轻的癌症患者。2013年5月,乐队发行了《魔兽》(Demons)的音乐录像带献给泰勒,并在录像带中呼吁为基金会捐款。
2014年,第56届格兰美音乐奖颁奖典礼在洛杉矶台普斯中心举行,Imagine Dragons荣获最佳摇滚演绎、最佳摇滚音乐人奖。2月6日,梦龙大热专辑《Night Visions》在Billboard 200排在本周第八比上周回升了三位,本周销量三万九千张,比上周提高了接近七成。2月20日,梦龙专辑《Night Visions》回到第六名。此外,他们的单曲《Radioactive》本周已经在公告牌Hot 100单曲榜中上榜77个星期,这个成绩已经打破了此前由民谣歌手Jason Mraz的《I'm Yours》保持的76周的上榜时间最长纪录。
2014年公告牌音乐奖提名,梦龙乐队(Imagine Dragons)和新西兰少女歌手Lorde在全部的四十个奖项当中各自收获12项提名,并列成为了本届公告牌音乐奖中成绩最好的音乐人。这年是梦龙乐队首次参加公告牌音乐奖的角逐,在2013年的公告牌专辑榜中,他们获得“最佳摇滚专辑”的唱片《Night Visions》在过去一年的Billboard 200专辑榜中的表现都非常出色。此外,这张专辑中的歌曲《Radioactive》还打破了公告牌Hot 100单曲榜上榜时间最长的纪录。5月18日,2014年公告牌音乐奖的颁奖仪式在美国拉斯维加斯举,梦龙乐队参与表演,同时也获得“最佳组合/团体”、“最佳热门单曲艺人”、“最佳二人组合”、“最佳摇滚艺人奖”、“最佳Hot100单曲榜艺人”。6月,梦龙献唱《变形金刚4》主题曲《Battle Cry》。
11月,在全美音乐奖“年度艺人奖”上提名,并被评为“最受欢迎另类摇滚音乐人”,并登台演唱了单曲《I Bet My Life》。
2015年2月26日,在最新一周的公告牌Billboard 200专辑榜中,梦龙乐队(Imagine Dragons)的最新录音室专辑《Smoke + Mirrors》在上榜第一周空降榜首,这是他们首次在公告牌专辑榜中夺冠。6月18日,LIve Nation宣布梦龙将于8月19日首次来上海开唱。9月28日,梦龙献唱电影《九层妖塔》主题曲《Demons》。
Imagine Dragons is an alternative rock band based in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
Imagine Dragons is a four-piece rock band based in Las Vegas, Nevada; they formed in 2008. After winning several battle of the band competitions, the band entered the studio for the first time in 2009. They released two EPs titled Imagine Dragons EP and Hell and Silence EP in 2010, both recorded at Battle Born Studios.
Imagine Dragons signed to major label Interscope Records in November 2011. They are working closely with producer Alex Da Kid with whom they recorded their first major label release at Westlake Recording Studios in West Hollywood, California. The EP is entitled Continued Silence and it was released on Valentine's Day (February 14, 2012) digitally. Shortly after, "It's Time" was released as a single and began charting on the Billboard Alternative and Billboard Rock charts. The music video debuted on April 17, 2012 on all MTV affiliates and the band was named MTV PUSH Artist of the Week. A first teaser released March 28, 2012. The video has since been nominated for an MTV Video Music Award in the "Best Rock Video" category. "It's Time" also gained fame after being used in "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" trailer. Glee will also be covering the song on their Season 4 premier on September 13, 2012.
Billboard Magazine listed them as one of "2012's Brightest New Stars". New song "Lost Cause" is also featured on the upcoming soundtrack Frankenweenie: Unleashed to the forthcoming Disney and Tim Burton film Frankenweenie alongside other alternative rock artists.
Imagine Dragons have performed live on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2012) and Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2012).
The band announced they would be entering Studio X inside Palms Casino Resort to finish recording their debut album Night Visions in the summer of 2012 and releasing the album on the day after Labor Day (September 4, 2012).
They will tour with Awolnation in the fall of 2012 in addition to performing at summer festivals including SXSW, MTV Woodie Awards Festival, Summerfest, Bunbury Music Festival, Firefly Music Festival, Riot Fest Chicago, and others.
On December 12, 2014, Imagine Dragons posted on social media a request that fans in the US look around their city for some surprises and post their findings. They also hinted about two locations in Las Vegas. Shortly, billboards featuring artwork, the band's name, a hashtag ("#smoke+mirrors"), and an additional titles, presumed to be the track names were discovered. The following titles were revealed "Summer", "Shots", "Polaroid", "I'm So Sorry", and "Gold". Next, the band direct messaged various fans puzzle pieces of the artwork for the album (each file numbered, at least 13 in total). When combined, the puzzle pieces appear to reveal the cover art and album title. The title, cover art, and release date were revealed on social media two days later.
Working with Metric, which did a three-song acoustic set, Imagine Dragons played at the Mayan Theater in Los Angeles on February 5, 2015. The half-hour set included the breakthrough songs "It's Time" and "Radioactive" from Night Visions. The performance was the live debut for "Summer" and "I'm So Sorry", along with "Gold" and "I Bet My Life" from the album Smoke + Mirrors, which was released on February 17, 2015. The band's 2015 North American summer tour began in Portland, Oregon on June 3.
During the band's tour, Imagine Dragons released two non-album singles. "Roots" was released on August 26, 2015 and "I Was Me" on October 12, 2015 via iTunes. The band also released a cover of "I Love You All the Time" by Eagles of Death Metal on December 18, 2015, in support of the victims of the November 2015 Paris attacks. The Smoke + Mirrors World Tour ended on February 5, 2016 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Dan Reynolds stated to Billboard that the band would be taking a hiatus for the remainder of 2016, stating "This is the year we're going to actually take time off. We haven't stopped in, like, six years, so we've forced ourselves to at least take a year off."The band released a one night only concert film, Imagine Dragons In Concert: Smoke + Mirrors, in select theaters on March 2, 2016. They also released the song "Not Today" from the soundtrack for Me Before You on April 28, 2016.