X Ambassadors would later be used on the soundtrack for "The Host". The band signed a music publishing deal in 2012 with SONGS Music Publishing. The band started a Kickstarter account to shoot a video for the lead single, "Unconsolable", which would be re-recorded later. The group was noticed by Imagine Dragons while frontman Dan Reynolds was sick in the hospital in Norfolk, Virginia. Reynolds heard an acoustic version of "Unconsolable" on 96X WROX-FM and asked Interscope to sign the band as soon as possible. X Ambassadors released their debut major label EP, "Love Songs Drug Songs" in 2013. The EP included
Dan Nelson Dan Nelson Dan Nelson (born June 21, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and bassist from New York City. Hailing from New York, Nelson is currently the guitarist and lead vocalist of the band Wolfpack Black. In the past, he has worked with the Long Island bands Inside Hollow, Discipline and Devilsize. From 2007 to 2009, he was the lead vocalist of American thrash metal band Anthrax, replacing original frontman Joey Belladonna following his second departure from the band on January 24, 2007. He was the first Anthrax vocalist to perform with the band in Korea, Colombia, and Estonia. Nelson