Benjamin Arthur McKee (born April 7, 1985) is an American musician, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and record producer. He is the bassist for the rock band Imagine Dragons.
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McKee grew up in Forestville, California, and graduated from El Molino High School. He grew up playing acoustic guitar and violin, before taking acoustic bass in fifth grade. In high school, he continues to learn bass guitar as a jazz trio member, influencing his decision to attend Berklee College of Music. While at Berklee, McKee played in guitar performance ensembles with candidates Dragon bands, Wayne Sermon and Daniel Platzman.
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In 2008, McKee was invited by Wayne Sermon to join Imagine Dragons, based in Las Vegas. McKee broke up from his final semester at Berklee to join the band, invited Daniel Platzman to play drums, completing the lineup. The band moved to Las Vegas perform and honed their skills almost every night as a lounge act. The band went on to get a number of local awards including "Best CD of the Year 2011" (Vegas SEVEN), "Best Local Indie Band 2010" (Las Vegas Weekly), "New Las Vegas' Must See Live Act" (Las Vegas CityLife), and sending more bands to positive trajectories. In November 2011 they signed a contract with Interscope Records and started working with producer Alex da Kid.
In 2012 their debut album Night Visions brings the mainstream band's success. It reached # 2 on the Billboard 200 chart and won the Billboard Music Award for Best Rock Album (2014). The single "It's Time" became the band's first single to reach # 15 Billboard Hot 100 and multi-platinum certification by the RIAA. The second single "Radioactive" reached # 3 Billboard Hot 100 and certified diamond by the RIAA, becoming the best-selling rock song in Nielsen SoundScan's history. The third single "Demons" reached # 6 Billboard Hot 100 and was certified multi-platinum by the RIAA. Their album made the highest debut for new rock bands in six years (since 2006) and Radioactive's single set a new record for a long time at the top of the Billboard Hot Rock Songs charts with 23 consecutive weeks. The songs from this album topped the Billboard Rock Songs, Billboard Alternative Songs, and Billboard Pop Songs charts. Radioactive was also nominated for two Grammy Awards, winning a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance.
In 2015, the second album Imagine Dragons Smoke Mirrors reached # 1 on Billboard 200, UK Albums Charts, and the Canadian Albums Chart. Singles include "I Bet My Life" and "Shots".
The band has contributed songs to several movie soundtracks, including "Ready Aim Fire" for Iron Man 3, "Who We Are" for Hunger Games: Catching Fire and "Battle Cry" for Transformers: Age of Extinction. Additionally, in September 2014, "Warriors" was released by Riot Games along with an animated music video promoting the League of Legends World Championships.
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External links
- Official website
- Ben McKee on Facebook
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