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Alternative rock bandBirth Date :
2005Birth Place :
Las Vegas, Nevada, USAClaim to fame :
Single "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" (2005)
Video Premiere: Panic At the Disco's 'New Perspective'
August 26, 2009 01:08:59Panic At the Disco have debuted a music video in support of their new single "New Perspective". Though the song serves as a soundtrack for movie "Jennifer's Body", its video doesn't include any scenes from the film. Instead, it captures the band's members Brandon Urie and Spencer Smith as they walk into a school ground and see people through their perspective.
Beside having a song from the band who are currently touring with Blink-182, "Jennifer's Body" soundtrack album will also feature contributions from Paramore's Hayley Williams, Dashboard Confessional, Cobra Starship, All Time Low and Florence and the Machine. The record has been released in U.S. on August 25 via Fueled By Ramen.
Panic At the Disco Bring Back '!', Drummer Explains Why
July 31, 2009 10:07:06With the departure of Ryan Ross and Jon Walker from Panic At the Disco, the band are now deciding to bring back the exclamation point, which was dropped from the band's name in January 2008. In an interview with MTV, drummer Spencer Smith explains the reason behind his and Brandon Urie's decision to pick up the punctuation mark again.
"For me and Brendon, there were aspects of our first album that did sort of go away on 'Pretty. Odd.' that we'd like to bring back to our band," Spencer says. "There's some theatricality and some different styles of music, and we want to make a record that is drawing from both our previous albums."
Panic At the Disco Sign The Cab's Ex-Guitarist and Dallon Weekes of The Brobecks
July 30, 2009 09:07:28With Ryan Ross and Jon Walker leaving Panic At the Disco, the band have tapped Ian Crawford, The Cab's former member, and Dallon Weekes of The Brobecks to join them for their upcoming concerts with reunited Blink-182. Ian will replace Ryan as guitarist, while Dallas will fill in Jon's shoes as bassist.
"Yeah, we've taken on a couple of new guys for the tour. They're friends, so the decision was easy. Plus, we're really excited to play with them as musicians," drummer Spencer Smith told MTV. "Ian is probably the most talented guitar player that me and Brendon [Urie] have ever played with, and Dallon is a really nice guy and a really great bassist. It's new. Like I said, we're really excited."
Ex-Members of Panic At the Disco Forming New Band, The Young Veins
July 29, 2009 10:07:35After leaving Panic At the Disco earlier this month, guitarist Ryan Ross and bassist Jon Walker form a duo called The Young Veins. With this new band, they hope "to embark on a musical excursion of their own."
"We're going with the Young Veins," Ryan e-mailed MTV regarding his new band announcement. He and Jon actually considered The Guts for the band's name but then decided it was "too punk". At the end, they chose the name Young Veins because it sounds like it could have been lifted off one of the old Stax 45s from which Ross said he and Walker drew influence.
Panic At the Disco Split in Half, Brendon and Spencer Speak
July 07, 2009 10:07:01Rock act Panic At the Disco have lost two of their members, guitarist Ryan Ross and bassist Jon Walker. Through a formal announcement on the band's official site, Ryan and Jon said they are leaving the band in order to "embark on a musical excursion of their own".
"Though the four of us have made music together in the past, we've creatively evolved in different directions which has compromised what each of us want to personally achieve," the statement is read. "Over the years, we have remained close and honest with each other, which helped us to realize that our goals were different and that parting ways is truly what is best for each of us. We are all excited for the future, you should be too."
Panic! At the Disco to Start Recording New LP After Holiday Season
December 19, 2008 01:12:44While their sophomore studio effort "Pretty. Odd." is still hot on shelves after being dropped in March, Panic! At the Disco have revealed to begin working on its follow-up after holiday season is over. Breaking the news itself is the band's bass guitarist/vocalist Jon Walker through a posting on his blog.
"I am really excited for the holidays and even more excited to start working on our new album," Jon shares. "We have been writing songs all year about the places we've been, the things we've seen and the games we've won."
Video Premiere: Panic! At the Disco's 'Northern Downpour'
October 31, 2008 04:10:06Las Vegas-based rock band Panic! At the Disco have released a music video for their newest song "Northern Downpour". Directed by Behn Fannin and produced by Refused TV, the music video was filmed in Los Angeles in late September.
Traveling back to the point of being black-and-white, the video displays the band's members playing their song with old-schooled wardrobes. As it nears the end, people are shown mopping around the musicians shoveling the dirt on the field.
Panic! At the Disco to Collaborate With Snoop Dogg
June 30, 2008 02:06:50A new and unique collaboration is about to be made by Panic! At the Disco as they plan to team up with rap star Snoop Dogg on a new record. The news was confirmed by the band's vocalist Brendon Urie who stated to the press that Snoop was the one who asked them to do the recording together.
Announcing the news, Brendon also explained that the idea for the collaboration came up after his band and Snoop shared the stage together at a recent gig in Germany, where they played the rapper's hit "Gin and Juice". "We played with Snoop in Germany and performed Gin And Juice with him. He said he'd like to sort out some recording time together," Brendon said. Unfortunately, there is still no further explanation either from Panic or Snoop on whether they will be recording for the band's next album or for the rapper's.
Video Premiere: Panic! At the Disco's 'That Green Gentleman'
May 06, 2008 02:05:04Rock band Panic! At the Disco has just released their new music video for "That Green Gentleman (Things Have Changed)". The video tells about the changes that happens to the band, as the video features them at different ages of their lives.
The new clip was made as a part of a deal with famous cellphone company Nokia, and for that before it was released to public the video was exclusively premiered at Nokiausa.com on May 2. On the video, one of the company's latest products the Nokia 5600 XpressMusic phone is being featured exclusively.
2008 Glanstonbury Festival Artists Line-Up
April 29, 2008 03:04:20The full line up for three stages of the 2008 Glastonbury Festival to be held on June 27-29 has been revealed by NME.com on their website. Among the artists to perform at the event is Panic!At the Disco, who is scheduled to play on the first day of the festival on June 27.
Joining Panic! to perform on the show are some top names, such as Massive Attack, Jay-Z, James Blunt, Vampire Weekend, John Mayer and many more. The artists performing at Glastonbury will also be divided in six different stages, Jazz World Stage, Accoustic Tent, Dance Village, Pyramid Stage, Other Stage, and John Peel Stage.
Video Premiere: Panic! At the Disco's 'Nine in the Afternoon'
February 12, 2008 09:02:56MTV premiered the first music video from Panic! At the Disco's sophomore effort. The clip for "Nine in the Afternoon" was debuted on Sunday, February 10 while the band were due to attend the Grammys at Los Angeles' Staples Center. It was also made the fresh clip for TRL the next day.
This would be the clip that the band described in an interview with MTV as "Sgt. Pepper's-meets-ice-fishing". The extras are dressed in different periods of times and a marching band wear a banner with the words "Pretty. Odd." to it, the title to their second album. Shane Drake who penned the band's previous videos like "But It's Better If You Do" and "I Write Sins Not Tragedies", also directed this video.
Panic! At the Disco Changing Their Name, Slightly
January 12, 2008 11:01:09Panic! At the Disco have axed the exclamation mark on their stage name, a rep for the band said. The rock act that now want to be acknowledged as simply Panic at the Disco, confirmed the alteration and explained why during the launch of their sprawling 45 date Honda Civic Tour in Torrance, California.
Telling MTV News, guitarist Ryan Ross said, "At least for me, it got a little bit annoying to try to write that every time you're typing the name. It was never part of the name to us. ... People started writing it, and then it ended up in more and more things like that, so there it was. When we started doing new promo stuff for this album, we just told everyone not to use it anymore."
Panic! At the Disco Posted New Song on Their MySpace
January 03, 2008 04:01:28Panic! At the Disco posted an excerpt of their new material on their MySpace page, allegedly one of those which will be included in their sophomore set. The song, which is in rough version, is called 'We're So Starving' and runs under one minute.
Explaining the song's status, the band posted on January 1: "This is not the final mix or version of the song, and it will undergo some change while we're in London, but we wanted to show you something from what we've done so far."
Panic! At the Disco Change Sound in Second Album
December 12, 2007 10:12:18Panic! At the Disco will soon follow up their multi-selling debut 'A Fever You Can't Sweat Out' with a second studio album which details have erupted. To Billboard.com the band revealed that their new materials are a departure from their last record meaning they will be more live show-oriented pieces.
On the basis that 'A Fever You Can't Sweat Out' relied a lot on technology, guitarist Ryan Ross explained, "We just wanted the record to sound like four people playing a song. A lot of the songs are definitely more geared toward playing live; we didn't think about that on the last record."
Panic! Covering NSYNC Classic
July 11, 2007 02:07:11
Rock act Panic! At the Disco is reported paying tribute to pop classic and their choice landed to "Space Cowboy (Yippie-Yi-Yay)". The song made popular by boy band NSYNC and pulled out of the dissolved groups' "No Strings Attached" (2000) album.
In the rumored piece, the band will be joined by Gym Class Heroes' Travis McCoy. The song will then be included in a compilation CD featuring other covered songs by Taking Back Sunday and Cute Is What We Aim For.
New Progress in Panic! At the Disco's 2nd Album
April 07, 2007 11:04:55
Panic! At the Disco has begun the recording of sophomore album that is targeted to be complete by mid 2007. The follow up of "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out" (2005) is being baked in Mount Charleston studio in Nevada and has produced 4 songs so far.
In a 2006 interview, frontman Brendon Urie said that this album will go to a new direction and is going to be the stuff that they have never tried before. Guitarist Ryan Ross then updated it by saying that there is a theme running in the whole record. "It's kind of a love story. It's a timeless age of romantic, poetic fantasies," he said.
A Christmas Gift for Panic! At the Disco's Fans
October 18, 2006 11:10:58
Panic! At the Disco can never have too many events to celebrate. What is coming for the music act is Christmas and to mark the day the band has announced they will release a special "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out" gift box.
The limited-edition CD/DVD boxed set includes the band's platinum-plus debut album itself; a documentary about the band and a live performance, both filmed during Panic!'s July 22 show at the Fillmore Theatre in Denver; and a treasure trove of other "stuff" that includes a cabaret mask, a blank diary, a poster, and a phenakistoscope, a hand-held animation device that was popular in the 1800's.
Panic! At the Disco's "Tragedies" Won VMA's Video of the Year Award
September 01, 2006 10:09:50
Pop punk/emo band Panic! At the Disco beat the other potential and strong contenders to bring home the Video of the Year award at the 23rd MTV Video Music Awards, held August 31st at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. It was the band's single "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" from album "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out" that bring them to the attainment.
As of the album, it is their debut released September 27, 2005. It was also this set that indeed brought Panic! to widespread recognition as the album debuted at #112 on the Billboard 200 album chart, #6 on the Billboard independent chart, and #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, with nearly 10,000 albums sold in the first week of release. On top of that, in early August 2006 "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out" finally was certified Platinum.
Panic! At the Disco to Tour This Fall
August 25, 2006 01:08:12
Platinum-selling band Panic! At the Disco is about to embark on a tour this fall and will bring along indie-dance favorite, Bloc Party, as the opening act.
Announced its tour plans on Thursday August 24, Panic! will kick off the 26-date trek Nov. 7 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and will make the long trek across the U.S., hitting cities like New York, Chicago, Denver, and Portland before they finish it up Dec. 9 in San Diego.
