![]() It reached #2 on the Billboard 200 chart and won the Billboard Music Award for Best Rock Album (2014). In 2012 their debut album Night Visions brought the band mainstream success. In November 2011 they signed with Interscope Records and began working with producer Alex da Kid. ![]() The band proceeded to earn a number of local accolades including "Best CD of 2011" (Vegas SEVEN), "Best Local Indie Band 2010" ( Las Vegas Weekly), and "Las Vegas' Newest Must See Live Act" ( Las Vegas CityLife). The band relocated to Las Vegas performing and honing their craft nearly nightly as a lounge act. McKee dropped out of his final semester at Berklee to join the band, inviting Daniel Platzman to play drums, completing the lineup. ![]() In 2009, McKee was invited by Wayne Sermon to join Imagine Dragons, based out of Las Vegas. While at Berklee, McKee played in a guitar performance ensemble with future Imagine Dragons bandmates Wayne Sermon and Daniel Platzman. In high school, he continued learning bass guitar as a member of a jazz trio, which influenced his decision to attend Berklee College of Music. He grew up playing acoustic guitar and violin, before picking up acoustic bass in fifth grade. McKee was raised in Forestville, California, and graduated from El Molino High School. He is the bassist for the pop rock band Imagine Dragons. Benjamin Arthur McKee (born April 7, 1985) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. ![]()
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