Wayne Sermon

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Daniel Wayne Sermon (born June 15, 1984) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer.

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Early life

Sermon was born in American Fork, Utah, on June 15, 1984, to parents Jeff and Debbie Sermon. He is one of five children and a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but he has since left the parish.

Sermon learned to play both cello and guitar as a youth. Even as an infant, he was determined to be a guitarist. Sermon enjoyed listening to his father's audiophile quality amplifier, a record player, and all of The Beatles albums on vinyl, which Sermon adored. Tom Scholz (of Boston) and his attempt to solos were both adored by him. He studied at Berklee College of Music, where he double majored in guitar performance and composition, graduating in 2008. While at Berklee, he was part of The Eclectic Electrics, a five-guitar jazz fusion ensemble.

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Career

Wayne Sermon first met Dan Reynolds after hearing him perform at a club in Utah and approaching him afterwards about his musical interests. Reynolds invited him to join his band and move to Las Vegas. Sermon then invited Ben McKee to join the band on bass, and drummer Daniel Platzman, also a friend of Wayne's from Berklee College of Music, became the last member to join the group at the invitation of McKee. In Las Vegas, the band performed and honed their craft nearly nightly as a lounge act. Vegas Music Summit Headliner 2010, and more sent the band on a positive trajectory. In November 2011 they signed with Interscope Records and began working with producer Alex da Kid.

In 2012 their debut album Night Visions brought the band mainstream success. It reached 2 on the Billboard 200 chart and won the Billboard Music Award for Best Rock Album (2014). Single "It's Time" became the band's first single reaching #15 Billboard Hot 100 and certified multi-platinum by the RIAA. Second single "Radioactive" reached #3 Billboard Hot 100 and was certified diamond by the RIAA, becoming the best selling rock song in the history of Nielsen SoundScan. Third single "Demons" reached #6 Billboard Hot 100 and was certified multi-platinum by the RIAA. Their album made the highest debut for a new rock band in six years (since 2006) and single Radioactive set a record for longest time atop the Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart with 23 consecutive weeks. Tracks from the album topped the Billboard Rock Songs, Billboard Alternative Songs, and Billboard Pop Songs charts. Radioactive was also nominated for two Grammy Awards, winning the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance. Singles include "I Bet My Life" and "Shots".

Sermon has chronic insomnia and will often record songs during the middle of the night, sleeping only a couple of hours a day.

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