Daniel Wayne Sermon

Daniel Wayne Sermon is known as an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is most famous for being the lead guitarist for the pop rock band Imagine Dragons.

Background and Age

Daniel Wayne Sermon was born on June 15, 1984 in American Fork, UT. He is one of five children and grew up a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As an adolescent Sermon, figured out how to play both cello and guitar. He was resolved to be a guitarist even as a youngster. His father had a sound quality enhancer, a turntable, and the entirety of The Beatles collections on vinyl, which Sermon appreciated tuning in to. He likewise cherished the hits of Tom Scholz and his approach to performances. He went to Berklee College of Music where he studied guitar performance and arrangement, graduating in 2008. While at Berklee he was part of a five-guitar jazz musical group called The Eclectic Electrics.

Married, Wife and Kids

Wayne married Alexandra Hall, a ballet performer, and Brigham Young University graduate, in California on February 18, 2011. On July 26, 2014, Sermon and Hall gave birth to their first youngster, River James Sermon. On January 21, 2016, they gave birth to their subsequent youngster, Wolfgang Alexander Sermon.

Career and Net Worth

Wayne Sermon initially met Dan Reynolds in the wake of hearing him perform at a club in Utah and approaching him a short time later about his musical talent. Reynolds welcomed him to join his band and move to Las Vegas. Wayne at that point welcomed Ben McKee to join the band on bass, and drummer Daniel Platzman, additionally a companion of Wayne's from Berklee College of Music, turned into the last member to join the gathering. In Las Vegas, the band performed and sharpened their skills almost daily as a parlor show. In November 2011, they signed with Interscope Records and started working with producer Alex da Kid.

In 2012, their introduction debut collection Night Visions brought the band their first taste of big achievement. It came to #2 on the Billboard 200 chart and won the Billboard Music Award for Best Rock Album in 2014. Their second single "Radioactive" came to #3 Billboard Hot 100. Their debut album collection was the highest charting debut for a new band since 2006.

In November 2019, at the 2019 American Music Awards, Imagine Dragons was nominated for the Favorite Artist in the Alternative Rock Category Award but lost to Billie Eilish.