My character, Axyl Thorne, is a famous rock star  in the Fae realm of Delfaerune… easily as famous as Imagine Dragons in our human world. 😀 Art by Stacy Lefevre

While conducting research on some of my favorite bands, I found out some fascinating trivia about the musicians behind the music, and thought you might get a kick out of it, too.

Let’s start with Imagine Dragons, a four-member alternative/pop/indie rock band based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Did you know…

• Three of the four members in the band share the first name “Daniel:”
  • Dan Reynolds (lead singer)
  • Daniel Wayne Sermon (guitar)
  • Daniel Platzman (drums)
  • Ben McKee (bass)
• Reynolds, child #7 in a family with 9 children, earned Eagle Scout status. He also stands 6’4″ tall.
• Sermon is one of five children.
• All the members of the band except Reynolds, attended the Berklee School of Music in California.
• Platzman received his degree in film scoring, and has received the Vic Firth Award for Outstanding Musicianship and the Michael Rendish Award in Film Scoring.
• Two of the Dans—Reynolds and Sermon—are Mormon, and married, girls. Sorry.
• Reynolds’ wife Aja Volkman is an American musician, best known as the front woman for the indie rock band Nico Vega.
• Sermon married ballerina/writer/photographer Alexandra Hill.
• McKee was arrested on the Las Vegas Strip for public nudity. He later stated in a Billboard interview, “There were some bad choices being made. Vegas is a crazy place.”

What other trivia do you know about Imagine Dragons?