Icons of Alternative | Panic! At the Disco

 

 

NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 01: Vocalist Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco performs at Rumsey Playfield, Central Park on September 1, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

 

INGLEWOOD, CA – MARCH 28: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been digitally converted to black and white.) Singer/songwriter Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco performs at The Forum on March 28, 2017 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

PANIC! AT THE DISCO FACTS

-Panic! at the Disco is from Las Vegas, Nevada

-Formed in 2004 by childhood friends Brendon Urie, Ryan Ross, Spencer Smith and Brent Wilson

-Since 2015, vocalist Urie has been the only official original member of the band With drummer Dan Pawlovich, bassist Nicole Row, and guitarist Mike Naran accompanying him on tour

-Panic! at the Disco recorded their first demos while they were in high school

-The band recorded and released their debut studio album, A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out (2005) Popularized by the second single, “I Write Sins Not Tragedies”

-Their debut album was certified double platinum in the US

-In 2006, founding bassist Brent Wilson was fired from the band during an extensive world tour And subsequently replaced by Jon Walker

-The band’s second studio album, Pretty. Odd. (2008) was Influenced by 1960s rock bands the Beatles, the Zombies and the Beach Boys And preceded by the single “Nine in the Afternoon”

-2008’s Pretty Odd Marked a significant departure from the sound of the band’s debut Ross and Walker, who favored the band’s new direction, departed Because Urie and Smith wanted to make further changes to the band’s style The duo subsequently formed a new band, the Young Veins

-Continuing as a duo, Urie and Smith released a new single, “New Perspective” For the movie Jennifer’s Body And recruited bassist Dallon Weekes (IDKhow) and guitarist Ian Crawford As touring musicians for live performances

-Weekes was later inducted into the band’s lineup as a full-time member in 2010

-The band’s third studio album, Vices & Virtues (2011), was recorded solely by Urie and Smith in 2010

-As a three-piece, Urie, Smith, and Weekes recorded and released the band’s fourth studio album, Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!, in 2013

-In 2015, Smith officially left the band after not performing live with the band since his departure in 2013 Shortly thereafter, Weekes reverted to being a touring member once again Leaving Urie as the only member of the official lineup

-In April 2015, “Hallelujah” was released as the first single from Panic! at the Disco’s fifth studio album, Death of a Bachelor (2016)

-In December 2017, Weekes officially announced his departure from the band He was replaced in March 2018 by Nicole Row

-In March 2018 the band released “Say Amen (Saturday Night)” The lead single from their sixth studio album, Pray for the Wicked (2018) Which was released in June

-In September 2018, Harris was dismissed following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct And was replaced in October by Mike Naran

 

 

 

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