Panic! at the Disco

Biography

Two childhood friends - guitarist Ryan Ross and drummer Spencer Smith - founded this band after they got involved in rock culture and covered the songs of Blink 182 since they were thirteen. Later they took part in a number of minor teenage groups and formed their own command - Summer League. The band included also two of their friends that later left. In order to replace the musicians that left, Ross and Smith invited bassist Brant Wilson and their school friend Brendon Urie. Initially, Urie tried for the place of the guitarist as Ross was the soloist. However, when the members of Summer League heard Brendon's singing during the rehearsal they gave his the place of the lead vocalist unanimously and changed the name of the band for Panic! At The Disco.

They took an adventurous and eccentric move to promote their music: the musicians connected to bassist of Fall Out Boy Pete Wentz and sent him the link to their official wed-site. Wentz was so impressed with the music of the starting command that headed to Las Vegas to meet the Panic! At The Disco members personally. After he was present at their rehearsal, Wentz proposed them a contract with the label Decaydance. The debut album of the band called A Fever You Can't Sweat Out was released in September 2005 and combined the elements of pop, electronica, rock and many other genres. The brilliant single The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage became the first step of the band to the top of the fame. It was followed by I Write Sins Not Tragedies that presented Panic! At The Disco with the MTV Video Music Awards prize and witty Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off. The band gathered a huge fan base almost immediately, especially among the emo culture members, and sold out more than two million copies of A Fever You Can't Sweat Out.

In May 2006, Wilson officially left Panic! At The Disco. For now, he stated the idea of meeting with the former band in the court. Bassist Jon Walker changed him - at first for the period of the debut support tour, but later he became the full-right member of the collective. In the beginning of 2007, after a lengthy world touring, Panic! At The Disco got down to their second studio attempt. However, the artists proved to be dissatisfied with the result of their labor and decided to rework the whole album. They also started to demonstrate the new material at different concerts and festivals. The Pretty. Odd album saw light in 2008 and was presented to the public by such wonderful hits as Nine In The Afternoon and Mad As Rabbits. The full-length immediately raised a wave of astonishment among the fans of Panic! At The Disco as this undoubtedly qualitative and creative work differed in sound from their pop rock debut. To promote the fresh album, the American musicians arranged a large-scale concert campaign. They recorded and released one of the best shows as a live album called …Live in Chicago (2008).

Studio Albums

Panic! at the Disco, Viva Las Vengeance mp3Viva Las Vengeance
2022
  • Glam Rock
  • Power Pop
Panic! at the Disco, Pray For The Wicked mp3Pray For The Wicked
2018
  • Pop Rock
  • Baroque Pop
Panic! at the Disco, Death Of A Bachelor mp3Death Of A Bachelor
2016
  • Electropop
  • Pop Rock
  • Power Pop
Panic! at the Disco, Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! mp3Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!
2013
  • Dance-Pop
  • Electropop
  • Pop/Rock
Panic! at the Disco, Vices & Virtues mp3Vices & Virtues
A duet now, Panic! At The Disco remain a leading pop-act. With their style slightly changed, the quality is still sky high. You can check it out now with the band's new work, Vices & Virtues
2011
  • Emo-Pop
  • Power Pop
  • Pop/Rock
Panic! at the Disco, Pretty. Odd. mp3Pretty. Odd.
New album of Panic! At The Disco can divide fans of this band into two camps. Pretty. Odd sounds really different from their debut record, this is why a certain part of their audience may be disappointed with it, however, this question is disputable
2008
  • Baroque Pop
  • Power Pop
  • Pop/Rock
Panic! at the Disco, Pretty. Odd. 320 mp3Pretty. Odd. 320
2008
  • Punk Rock
Panic! at the Disco, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out mp3A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
A Fever You Can't Sweat Out is a rock record you can dance to; that's fun and sincere at the same time. Panic! At The Disco pillage two pop-friendly musical trends – 80s keyboard nostalgia and angry-boy pop punk – and create something new
2005
  • Emo-Pop
  • Pop Punk
  • Pop
  • Pop/Rock