Imagine Dragons an upcoming album, and, even as early as the start of the tour, had been recording demos for the album, before entering the studio. By the time that they entered the studio to work on the album, they had amassed 50 demos to work from. The demos had been described by Reynolds as "definitely different", but added that "it's still Imagine Dragons, but we've got a lot of growth and maturing to do as a band. I think the new material is going to hopefully be a step in the right direction. We're just trying to create and do what
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.