Brendon Urie

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Brendon Urie at Rock im Park 2016

Brendon Boyd Urie (born April 12, 1987 in St. George , Utah ) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. He is known as the lead singer of the band Panic! at the Disco , in which he is the only remaining founding member.

Early childhood

When Urie was two years old, his family moved to Las Vegas . He is the fifth and youngest child of Grace and Boyd Urie. Urie is about a quarter of Polynesian descent from Hawaii on the part of his mother. He grew up in an LDS family but lost his faith at age 17 due to dissatisfaction with the Church and disbelief in its ideologies. Urie attended Palo Verde High School in Las Vegas, where he met Brent Wilson while taking guitar lessons. He worked at the Tropical Smoothie Cafe to pay for his band's practice room. In the cafe he often sang for customers. He explains: I sang everything I heard back then, but I also accepted suggestions. I remember singing Scorpion and WASP songs. 80s anthems were usually good for tips. It was a lot of different things. Some people liked it, some didn't. I had to respect the wishes of others, but a few people asked me to sing for a tip. That was always fun. (I would sing anything I was listening to at the time, but I was down to take requests. I remember singing some Scorpions songs, some WASP 80s anthems are usually good for tips. It was a huge range of stuff. Some people liked it , and some people didn't. I had to respect other people's wishes, but I had a couple people come in who would ask me to sing for a tip. That's always fun.)

Career

Panic! at the disco

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Open Happiness ( Green, Urie, Stump, Monae & McCoy )
  AT 11 October 02, 2009 (2 weeks)
Roses (with Benny Blanco & Juice Wrld )
  US 85 
gold
gold
01/12/2019 (6 weeks)
Me! (with Taylor Swift )
  DE 12 05/03/2019 (8 weeks)
  AT 7th 
gold
gold
05/10/2019 (10 weeks)
  CH 12 05/05/2019 (10 weeks)
  UK 3 
platinum
platinum
05/09/2019 (15 weeks)
  US 2 
platinum
platinum
05/04/2019 (20 weeks)

Urie met Brent Wilson during guitar lessons offered at his high school and Wilson asked him if he wasn't the lead guitarist for Panic! at the Disco as they were looking for a replacement at the time. Ryan Ross was originally the band's lead singer, but when Urie stepped in for Ross during a band rehearsal they were so impressed with Urie's vocal abilities that he was selected as lead singer.

Panic! at the Disco has since released six studio albums with Urie as the lead singer. A Fever You Can't Sweat Out was released on September 27, 2005 with the hit single I Write Sins Not Tragedies under Decaydance and Fueled by Ramen . For the second album Pretty. Odd. (2008) Urie wrote two songs alone, the sixth song I Have Friends in Holy Spaces and Folkin 'Around . He also wrote New Perspective for the soundtrack to the movie Jennifer's Body .

After Ryan Ross and Jon Walker left the band, the band released their third studio album Vices & Virtues on March 22, 2011 . On October 8, 2013, they released their fourth album Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! . On July 21, 2014, Urie won Best Vocalist at the Alternative Press Music Awards . In 2015, Spencer Smith left the band and bassist Dallon Weekes was downgraded from the official line-up to a tour member, making Brendon Urie the only original member.

On January 15, 2016, Panic! at the Disco released their fifth album Death of a Bachelor and thus reached the best sales week and the band's first number one album .

On June 22nd, 2018 the band's sixth album Pray for the Wicked was released.

voice

Urie has a tenor voice that spans four octaves .

Life

Urie married Sarah Orzechowski on April 27, 2013, after they announced the engagement in September 2011.

The song Sarah Smiles from the album Vices & Virtues was inspired by Orzechowski.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sam Moore: Panic! At The Disco's Brendon Urie joins 'Kinky Boots' cast. April 12, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2019 (American English).
  2. ↑ Brendon Urie: @SalgadoXoXo I do. Born in St. George, UT. Family moved me to Vegas when I was 2. In: @brendonurie. January 4, 2015, accessed July 15, 2019 .
  3. ^ Dave Simpson: Dave Simpson meets Panic at the Disco . In: The Guardian . June 19, 2008, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed July 15, 2019]).
  4. ↑ patdperiscopes: Brendon Urie's polynesian background. February 18, 2016, accessed July 16, 2019 .
  5. ^ Brendon Urie - Mormonism, The Mormon Church, Beliefs, & Religion - MormonWiki. Retrieved July 16, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Panic! At the Disco is golden in return to Las Vegas. In: Las Vegas Review-Journal. August 19, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2019 (American English).
  7. ↑ Panic! At The Disco Frontman Moves Forward - OK! Magazine - The First for Celebrity News. March 24, 2011, accessed July 16, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  9. ↑ Music Sales Awards: AT UK US
  10. ↑ A Fever You Can't Sweat Out - Panic! at the disco. Retrieved July 15, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Erica Futterman, Erica Futterman: Panic! at the Disco Talk “Jennifer's Body” Song, Plans for New LP. In: Rolling Stone. September 18, 2009, Retrieved July 15, 2019 (American English).
  12. ↑ Panic! At the Disco | Biography & History. Retrieved July 16, 2019 (American English).
  13. ↑ Panic! at the Disco Earns First No. 1 album on Billboard 200 Chart. Retrieved July 16, 2019 .
  14. ↑ ? New Album: Pray For The Wicked - Out Now ?. Retrieved July 16, 2019 (American English).
  15. ↑ Vocal Range and Profile: Brendon Urie (Panic! At The Disco). Retrieved July 15, 2019 .
  16. ^ Brendon Urie: Best day of my life. Meet Mrs. Uriepic.twitter.com/JTO7Qctu03. In: @brendonurie. April 28, 2013, accessed July 15, 2019 .
  17. ↑ Panic! 'S Brendon Urie Answers Fan Questions! February 9, 2011, accessed July 15, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Urie, Brendon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Urie, Brendon Boyd (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer, songwriter and musician
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH St. George , Utah