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Imagine Dragons Drummer Daniel Platzman Leaves Band

Imagine Dragons’ drummer, Daniel Platzman, officially announced that he is leaving the band to focus on his film composing career.

Imagine Dragons’ drummer, Daniel Platzman, officially announced on Wednesday (Aug. 21) that he is leaving the band to focus on his film composing career. I’m excited to be able to share more soon about the projects I’ve been hard at work on over the past few months centered on my biggest passion: film scoring and composing. He joined his previous collaborators Ben McKee and Wayne Sermon, as well as singer Dan Reynolds, as the drummer for Imagine Dragons in 2011, shortly after he graduated from Berklee College of Music.Later that year, the band signed with Interscope Recordsand would go on to release five certified platinum albums.

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