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Ben McKee

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Benjamin Arthur McKee is best known as the bassist for the Grammy award winning band Imagine Dragons. Ben McKee was born on April 7, 1985. Like Wayne Sermon and Daniel Platzman of Imagine Dragons, he also attended Berklee School of Music. McKee dropped out of Berklee with only one semester left when he was invited by Wayne Sermon to join the band. Imagine Dragons have released two studio albums as of 2015.
- IMDb mini biography by: Thomas Fulkerson

Enjoys spicy food and knitting.
Bassist for the band Imagine Dragons.
Attended Berklee School of Music with Imagine Dragons band mates Daniel Platzman(drums) and Wayne Sermon(guitar).
He dropped out of Berklee with only one semester left when he was invited by future band mate Wayne Sermon to join Imagine Dragons.

[plans on recording a full length Imagine Dragons album] We're actually in the process of recording a full-length album right now. We're going into the studio at the Palms in Vegas and should be done recording sometime in late June or early July. It will be released this fall.
[what his favorite celebrity child's name is] George Jr., George III, George IV, George V, and George VI. Last name Foreman.
[on what he would do if he was not a musician] I'm not sure that any one of us would be able to survive if we weren't musicians. All of us decided at a young age that we wanted to do music and didn't spend a lot of time developing other skills. If music didn't work out for us, we'd probably all be competing for the same job pumping gas at the local full service station.
[on Imagine Dragons songwriting process] We like to work collaboratively when we're songwriting, although it usually starts with an idea that Dan R. or Wayne has worked out on a computer, then we bring it into a group setting and turn it into something that's Imagine Dragons. We've tried different songwriting methods before, but that's the way it usually works best for us.
[on his philosophies regarding crosswalks] Life is too short to wait for crosswalks! Also, hold hands and look both ways before stepping out onto the asphalt.

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