Panic! at the disco

Panic! at the disco
Panic! at the Disco in June 2006
General information
origin	Las Vegas , United States
Genre (s)	Alternative rock , pop-punk , electropunk , synth-pop , rock
founding	2004
Website	www.panicatthedisco.com
Founding members
Guitar , keyboard , vocals	Ryan Ross (until 2009)
Drums , percussion	Spencer Smith (until 2015)
Current occupation
Lead vocals, rhythm guitar , keyboard	Brendon Urie (since 2004)
former members
bass	Brent Wilson (2004-2006)
Bass, backing vocals	Jon Walker (2006-2009)
Bass, backing vocals	Dallon Weekes (2011-2017)

Panic! at the Disco (from 2008 to 2009 in the case Panic at the Disco ) is an American alternative rock - band from Las Vegas , Nevada , the two high school was founded -Schülern.

Band history

The group was originally founded as a blink-182 association by school friends Ryan Ross and Spencer Smith, later Brendon Urie and Brent Wilson joined. The band name is taken from a text line of the song Panic by Name Taken from 2004: “Panic at the disco / Sat back and took it so slow / Are you nervous? Are you shaking? / Save compliments to praise complation / We don't have to feel we fit in / We can move back / We can leave them ". Since name Taken are not known to many people, the band explained the origin of the band name using the title Panic by the Smiths .

The band was discovered through demo recordings on PureVolume - they left a link to their site in the guest book of Pete Wentz ( Fall Out Boy ) 's website . Their popularity also increased on similar websites . Eventually the US press became aware of the group and they got their first recording deal. On January 17, 2006, the band celebrated the video premiere of the first single I Write Sins Not Tragedies in the MTV show TRL . On May 4th, 2006 Panic! at the Disco in the Bürgerhaus Stollwerck in Cologne for the first time a concert in Germany. It was sold out.

Wilson left the band in May 2006. He was replaced by Jon Walker. On September 1, 2006, the band received the MTV Video Music Award , the so-called Moonman, in the Video of the Year category for their music video for I Write Sins Not Tragedies and also performed. In addition, the video for I Write Sins Not Tragedies has been viewed more than 200 million times on the YouTube website. The song became the most played song on the American radio station WHTZ.

Her second album Pretty was released on March 22, 2008 . Odd. It surprised fans and critics with a musical reorientation; the band now offered pop songs based on The Beatles . She also changed her name to Panic at the Disco , without the exclamation mark . This change not only met with rejection from fans and critics, but also caused increasing differences of opinion within the group.

On July 7, 2009, the band finally announced the departure of Ryan Ross and Jon Walker. While Urie and Smith wanted to continue making music as Panic at the Disco , Ross and Walker announced that they would concentrate on other projects. The band is said to have split up solely for artistic reasons and not because of personal differences. A succession was arranged shortly afterwards, so that the former The Cab guitarist Ian Crawford and the ex-bassist of The Brobecks , Dallon Weekes , replace the two missing members. After the breakup, that too ! reinserted into the band's name. Ross and Walker formed a new band a few weeks later, The Young Veins .

The third studio album was released on March 22, 2011 under the title Vices & Virtues . The fourth studio album, Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die , followed worldwide on October 8, 2013.

In April 2015, the band announced that drummer Spencer Smith was leaving the band.

Their fifth studio album, Death of a Bachelor , was released on January 15, 2016 .

The sixth studio album Pray for the Wicked was released on June 22, 2018 .

In Germany, the band's song High Hopes was used for half-time recordings in sports broadcasts and at the end of some programs on Sky Sport .

Panic! at the Disco are signed to Decaydance Records, a sub-label of Fueled by Ramen Records, where bands like Fall Out Boy , Fun , The Hush Sound , The AKAs , and Less Than Jake are also releasing.

style

Panic! at the Disco combine alternative rock with emo and pop punk . The debut album features pop rock pieces that get their individuality through strings , accordion and nostalgic fairground sounds. Danceable indie disco hits are also included. The band describes their style of music as a mixture of rock, big beat and alternative. The second album, which is more oriented towards pop rock of the 1960s and 1970s, falls out of the series.

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Discography

→ Main article : Panic! at the disco / discography

Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2005	A Fever You Can't Sweat Out Decaydance, Fueled by Ramen	DE98 (4 weeks) DE	AT37 (9 weeks) AT	CH63 (2 weeks) CH	UK17th platinum (35 weeks)UK	US13 × 3 Triple platinum (88 weeks)US	First published: Sep 27, 2005 Sales: + 3,485,000
2008	Pretty. Odd. Decay dance, Fueled by Ramen	DE13 (4 weeks) DE	AT5 (7 weeks) AT	CH71 (2 weeks) CH	UK2 gold (6 weeks)UK	US2 platinum (18 weeks)US	First published: March 21, 2008 Sales: + 1,100,000
2011	Vices & Virtues Decaydance, Fueled by Ramen	DE64 (1 week) DE	AT51 (1 week) AT	CH90 (1 week) CH	UK29 silver (4 weeks)UK	US7th gold (13 weeks)US	First published: March 18, 2011 Sales: + 560,000
2013	Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! Decay dance, Fueled by Ramen	DE99 (1 week) DE	AT70 (1 week) AT	-	UK10 gold (3 weeks)UK	US2 platinum (109 weeks)US	First published: October 8, 2013 Sales: + 1,140,000
2016	Death of a Bachelor DCD2, Fueled by Ramen	DE23 (2 weeks) DE	AT15 (3 weeks) AT	CH41 (1 week) CH	UK4th platinum (102 weeks)UK	US1 × 2 Double platinum (167 weeks)US	First published: Jan 15, 2016 Sales: + 2,350,000
2018	Pray for the Wicked DCD2, Fueled by Ramen	DE8 (5 weeks) DE	AT3 (4 weeks) AT	CH13 (2 weeks) CH	UK2 gold (46 weeks)UK	US1 platinum (92 weeks)US	First published: June 22nd, 2018 Sales: + 1,170,000

Awards

• MTV Video Music Awards 2006
  • Video of the Year for I Write Sins Not Tragedies (Won)
  • Best Group Video for I Write Sins Not Tragedies
  • Best Rock Video for I Write Sins Not Tragedies
  • Best New Artist in a Video for I Write Sins Not Tragedies
  • Best Art Direction in a Video for I Write Sins Not Tragedies
• Grammy Awards 2008
  • Best box or limited special edition
• Grammy Awards 2009
  • Best box or limited special edition
• MTV Video Music Awards 2008
  • Best Pop Video for Nine in the Afternoon
  • Best Direction for Nine in the Afternoon
• Grammy Awards 2017
  • Best rock album for Death of a Bachelor
• American Music Awards 2018
  • Favorite Artist Alternative (Won)
• iHeartRadio Music Awards 2019
  • Alternative Rock Song of the Year for High Hopes (Won)
  • Alternative Rock Album of the Year for Pray for the Wicked (Won)
• Billboard Music Awards 2019
  • Top Rock Album for Pray For The Wicked (Won)
  • Top Rock Single for High Hopes (Won)
• MTV Video Music Awards 2019
  • Best Rock Video For High Hopes (Won)

Web links

• Official German website
• Official international website (English)
• Panic! at the Disco at laut.de
• Panic! at the Disco at Discogs (English)

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1. ↑ Name / Titles / Lyrics References ( Memento from February 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Bassist Quits Disco ( Memento from May 24, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Panic At The Disco Explain Excised Exclamation Point: 'It Got A Little Bit Annoying'
4. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of July 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ panicatthedisco.de
6. ↑ theyoungveins.com
7. ^ Panic At The Disco name new album and release plan. New Musical Express , accessed January 4, 2011 . 
8. ↑ Bianca Timm: Interview with Panic! at the Disco on Extreme Playgrounds - English audio file. (No longer available online.) Disorderedkitten, December 5, 2010, archived from the original on December 16, 2010 ; Retrieved January 4, 2011 . 
9. ↑ July 15th, 2013 at 10:06 AM. (No longer available online.) Panic at the Disco website, archived from the original on July 18, 2013 ; accessed on July 25, 2013 . 
10. ↑ warnermusic.de
11. ↑ Now hear the new Panic! At The Disco album "Pray For The Wicked". Retrieved June 28, 2018 .