Imagine Dragons EPs titled "Imagine Dragons" and "Hell and Silence" in 2010, both recorded at Battle Born Studios, in Las Vegas. They returned to the studio in 2011. The third EP, "It's Time", was made before they signed a record deal. They got their first big break when Train's frontman Pat Monahan fell sick just prior to the Bite of Las Vegas Festival 2009. Imagine Dragons were called to fill in and performed to a crowd of more than 26,000 people. Local accolades including "Best CD of 2011" ("Vegas SEVEN"), "Best Local Indie Band 2010" ("Las Vegas Weekly"), "Las Vegas' Newest Must
Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds (aka Arnold Rosenthal) on bass, Richard Torres on keyboards/sax, and drummer Gene Pello. They hit the road in January 1966 to promote their first single "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)", an instrumental piece based upon a then-popular Alka-Seltzer TV commercial. Dee and Torres quickly decided to leave the band, and were replaced by Tommy Reynolds (who would, in 1969, be the lead singer for Shango) and Joe Frank Carollo. "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)" reached #3 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 in March 1966. This revised version of The T-Bones toured the US and Japan.