Fronting a band might mean getting most of the spotlight, but behind closed doors, it’s not a one-person project. Imagine Dragons seemed to know the importance of teamwork, as frontman Dan Reynolds disclosed during a recent conversation with KROQ while discussing the organization process of their live gigs.
Now, it’s safe to say that Imagine Dragons have received all the commerciality and success a band might dream of by creating numerous hits and touring worldwide. So, they definitely have crossed off some essentials from the ‘rock-star-must-haves’ bucket list. And, one might ask, what might be next? Why doesn’t the band live off a lifetime of royalties and fortune? Well, bassist Ben McKee had an answer for that.
“Oh, I’m not sure that any of us feel we’ve anything we can just cruise on,” told Ben as he discussed the driving force behind the band not to call quits. “We sort of feel like we need to; we’ve just set like a higher bar for ourselves to hurl over each day. It’s kind of like, you know, every time we go and set up a tour, we look at the last tour we did, and we’re like, ‘Oh, okay. How are we gonna top that?’”
Now, the word teamwork might sound overindulged, but when the band was asked who would contribute the most while preparing the best new stage performance, frontman Reynolds knew how to appreciate his bandmates and emphasize teamwork. The singer answered the question as he disclosed the mastermind behind Imagine Dragons’ live gigs by saying, “Well, it’s kind of all four of us.”
He then revealed that lead guitarist Wayne Sermon would contribute to the poetic experience of their stage shows. Dan said, “Wayne wrote all the poetry for the tour. So, the poetry that plays in between the songs kind of tells a story, and we all came up with ideas for the imagery and storytelling. We really enjoy that process.”
So, even though Reynolds might receive more publicity than his bandmates as the frontman of Imagine Dragons, eventually, it’s all teamwork while the band is off the stage and getting ready to perform the next show. Dan said the band had been doing their best to top their last performance, and Wayne was the mastermind behind the band’s live shows. Yet, they all contributed to the process to some level.
