Panic! At the disco

Formation (2004)

The band was founded in Summerlin, a provincial district of Las Vegas, with two childhood friends, guitarist Ryan Ross and drummer Spencer Smith. When both were 13, friends rehearsed Blink-182 songs with different band members. Then Smith and Ross create a new band called Pet Salamander with two other friends, Brent Wilson and guitarist Trevor Howell, who later left the band.

Wilson met future vocalist Panic! At the Disco at his Palo Verde High School. Before Brandon Uri joined their team, the group was called the Summer League, perhaps in connection with the name of the city in which they lived. But, by Brandon’s decision, the group was renamed Panic! At the Disco. At that time, Wilson asks Uri to replace the guitarist in their unformed band. Initially, Uri was not the lead singer in their collective. This place belonged to former guitarist and songwriter Ryan Ross. However, during the rehearsal, when the guys heard the voice of Brandon, who was also a backing vocalist, they were impressed by his vocal abilities and unanimously decided to make him a singer. Then the band changed its name to “Panic! At The Disco ”, taken from the line of the song“ Panic ”by Name Taken. Although the group often says that the name came to them from the song “Panic” by The Smiths. This is due to the fact that the Smith song is easier for people who are not familiar with the work of the band Name Taken, which also influenced their name.

The band contacted Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz via LiveJournal and sent him a link to their PureVolume page. Wentz traveled to Las Vegas to meet with the group. After listening live, Pete invited the guys to sign a contract with his own music label Decaydance .

Career Start, A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out (2005-2007)

Panic! At the Disco released their debut album “ A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out ” on September 27, 2005, relying on PureVolume and MySpace for promotion. They achieved quite good commercial success for the beginning group. After the presentation of “Top 10 Artists” having a contract with a record company, compiled on the PureVolume website, and reaching the first line in the charts on MySpace.com, Panic! At the Disco appeared on MTV's Total Request Live on January 17, 2006, where the premiere of the video for the song “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” took place.

Featuring a video in the Lucent Dossier Vaudeville Cirque featuring weddings and the circus, the video debuted at number 10 on the TRL countdown, and later won the MTV Video Music Awards in 2006.

The song itself was no less successful and within a month climbed to the top of “Hip Clipz” on the Curly Grrlz Skateboards website. The single, released on April 27, 2006, reached the 7th line of the American charts.

Panic! At the Disco performed third in the Truckstorps & Statelines Winter Tour in early 2006, headlined by The Academy Is ... and included Acceptance as direct support, as well as Hellogoodbye .

Before the tour and during it, the group was set to perform at the very end, which meant its growing popularity: they stood above Acceptance, who came out second after the festival headliner. The album “A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out” outranked The Academy Is ... debut album “Almost Here” during their joint tour.

The second single, “ But It's Better If You Do, ” was released in the UK on May 1, 2006 and culminated under # 23. The video for the song “But It's Better If You Do” shows a group that, according to Uri, displays a “dark and isolated style of Panic.” The band announced the departure of bassist Brent Wilson on the official website on May 17, 2006. Wilson has since claimed that the decision to leave was not his personal one, but that he was fired without warning about monetary reasons, although the rest of the group denies everything. Wilson demanded a reduction in royalties, and threatened to sue the group.

A few days after Wilson left, the group began their first tour of Europe, where Panic were the lead group! At the Disco, with their longtime friend John Walker, who was taken as an interim bass player, while a permanent replacement for Brent was wanted. All tickets were sold out - sometimes they dispersed in a few hours, as was the case in Manchester. Upon returning, the band embarked on another two-month North American headliner tour with The Hush Sound , OK Go , The Dresden Dolls , and Lucent Dossier Vaudeville Cirque, still with John Walker as a temporary bass player.

On July 3 of the same year, the band’s profile on MySpace was edited, where John Walker was added to the band as bassist / backing vocalist, and from that moment he became a regular member of Panic! at the Disco.

The success of the first two singles helped literally catapult their debut album to the top of the chart on the Billboard Independent and to 13th place on the Billboard 200 in July 2006.

By the end of July 2006 Panic! at the Disco released their third music video entitled "Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off." The clip shows people walking along the street with an aquarium on their heads where fish swim. In the video, the group appears in only one episode, because it seemed to them that their appearance would distract the viewer from the music.

At the beginning of August 2006, A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out became platinum, having sold over one million copies.

During the opening song “Panic” on August 25, 2006 at the Carling Weekend: Reading Festival, someone at the festival threw a bottle on the stage, which struck Brandon Uri in the eye and lost consciousness for a while. A few minutes later he woke up and returned to the microphone, where he shouted to the crowd: “You will not knock me out! Let's see how good you guys are from my left side! ”, And continued his speech with the same song. Ryan Ross, who gave a telephone interview, said that “We were expecting this ( bottling ) to some extent at the festival because we heard about this kind of“ tradition “here” and “in anticipation of this, we constantly held on to heads, but unfortunately Brandon caught one bottle flying past me and John; he avoided this, but still did not notice one, but then I saw her, and she decently drove into his eye, but I think that this is not the only case when this happened, so we should not worry so much about this ".

The group went on tour in late 2006. It included concerts in Australia, New Zealand and continental Europe. On November 7, 2006, they started their very first tour with Bloc Party (who dropped out for a short time because of drummer Matt Tong who had a lung injury) and Jack's Mannequin . Plain White T’s were also added to the next few weeks of The Nothing Rhymes With Circus Tour. They opened the show, starting in New York, and continued on November 26th in Iowa. After that, Cobra Starship was on a December 9th tour in San Diego. Panic! At the Disco appeared along with Fall Out Boy , Marilyn Manson and other groups in the soundtrack to Tim Burton 's animated film “The Nightmare Before Christmas ”, re-singing the song “This Is Halloween”, which was reissued in 3D graphics on October 20.

Their last single from the album “A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out”, “Build God, Then We'll Talk”, was released on March 5, 2007. The video shows the main theme of the song - relationship errors.

In May 2007, it was announced that a Smashing Pumpkins Tribute record, assembled by MySpace and Spin, would be released. The record shows the performance of “Panic” with a cover of the song “Tonight, Tonight” and was included in free use on the website of Spin magazine on June 26, 2007.

Pretty Odd. and ... Live in Chicago (2008)

At the beginning of 2007 Panic! At the Disco started recording their new album, but after several months of hard work, it was decided to completely rewrite it, starting work from scratch (July 2007). In an interview with MTV , Ryan Ross explained that before the decision to start over was made, the album had the disadvantage that the band was negatively tuned and that the music "sounded like it was from a movie." He also said that in the band’s new songs appeared “their more positive perception of everything.” They also performed new songs at various festivals and broadcasts. Two of these songs were “Nine in the Afternoon” and “When the Day Met the Night”.

January 9, the exclamation mark in the name of the group was removed. “When we removed the exclamation mark from the name, we seemed to draw a line and get rid of what we are already tired of. We are recording a new album and we feel like a new band, ”explains guitarist Ryan Ross. “It's about the same as if Kiss washed off their makeup,” says Panic buddy Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy.

Rob Mathes, who produced the album, described it as “the most significant project I did, at the same time being young and intense, adventurous and infinitely creative.” “Working with these young people made me look at music like I I did this before when I discovered the songs of The Who and Brian Eno - the period of David Bowie, in my 16. I am full of “thanks” to this project. " The band had previously planned to work on their album with Danny Elfman , who worked on music in the animated film The Nightmare Before Christmas.

On December 11, it was announced on Billboard.com that the release of the new Panic album was scheduled for March 25, 2008. A little later, on the same day, a series of puzzles appeared on the band’s website, the first one had the answer “You shouldn't worry” (“YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY”) - drummer Spencer Smith explained that this was a line from a song "We're So Starving."

A video for the song “Nine in the Aftenoon” was scheduled for December 21 and 22, before the release of the single in January 2008.

The second puzzle showed excerpts of songs from the new album, and the third led to the blog on MySpace, which published updates regarding the progress of the new album, and also offered a "raw" version of the song "We're So Starving". The group also announced that they will record in succession and put them together in an album at Abbey Road Studios . Later, Panic confirmed that the second album was called Pretty. Odd (“Pretty. Strange”) and the release date was set for March 25, 2008. A new puzzle appeared on the band’s website on January 16, various parts of which were featured on various sites on the Internet revealing the cover of the Pretty.Odd disc.

In January, the 10th Panic at the Disco was approved as the headliner for the 2008 Honda Civic Tour. The tour began on April 10 in San Francisco and ended in Anaheim on June 14. The group has decorated its own car Honda Civic Hybrid, which will be won by the ticket holder and fan of the group.

On January 28, “Nine in the Afternoon” (full) became available for viewing on the group’s official page on MySpace.com. iTunes made the Deluxe Edition and Standard Edition available for pre-order on January 29, 2008. After the day they released the video for their first single, Nine in the Afternoon, the band shot a whole new video for the next single, called “That Green Gentleman (Things Have Changed).”

March 30th Panic album! At the Disco took 2nd place among other albums on the UK chart. Pretty Odd also debuted in 2nd place on the American chart, selling 139,000 copies in the first week, and in April, the 8th, it won first place in Australia.

In August Panic! At the Disco embarked on Pretty's world tour. Odd. World Tour, speaking in Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand; followed by The Academy Is ... and Cobra Starship in the last two countries.

In December, the band released a DVD / CD disc ... Live in Chicago. The DVD contained the filming of the Chicago Honda Civic Tour concert, short films, music videos and documentaries on the filming of the clips; The CD included all the songs performed by the group at the same concert, as well as alternative versions of four songs from the album “Pretty. Odd. "

Vices & Virtues (2009—2011)

The following statement was published on the band’s official website on July 6, 2009: “Ryan Ross and John Walker leave the band.” From this day on, it still includes Brandon Urie and Spencer Smith. At the moment, they are looking for a replacement for the guitarist and bassist who went into "free swimming". According to Brandon Uri, “We Exist, Panic! At the Disco, live and prosper, expect surprises. ” By the beginning of July, the group had already recorded 4 tracks for their new, third studio album, work on which continued in half composition ^[1] .

The group later told reporters that it was in the early stages of writing and recording an album following Pretty. Odd., Which will be released around late 2009. Blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus will work with the band on at least one new track. The group promises to soon join the Fall Out Boy , Blink-182 and Chester French ( Chester French ) and perform in the first part of the Blink-182 summer tour. The new single "New Perspective" was presented on rock radio on August 18. The album was promised to be released no later than spring 2009.

January 18, 2011 Panic! (an exclamation mark returned with the new album) at the Disco officially announced that their third album, “Vices & Virtues”, would be released on March 29, 2011, but the release date was postponed a week ago (March 22).

The first single "The Ballad of Mona Lisa" was released on February 1, 2011. On February 8th, a video for this song was released. On April 25, a video was released for “Ready To Go (Get Me Out Of My Mind),” directed by Shane Drake, who directed them the clips for “But It's Better If You Do” and “ I Write Sins Not Tragedies ” ( 2006), Nine in the Afternoon (2008) and the previously mentioned The Ballad of Mona Lisa.

In addition, Moscow is included in the Panic! European tour. First Panic Concert! At The Disco in Russia took place on May 9, 2011 at the GAUDI ARENA club.

September 26 is due to release a reporting Live album, from the tour in support of Vices & Virtues, called Panic At The Disco iTunes Live , which will be available only in digital form ^[2] .

Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! (2012—2015)

After the tour ended, the group began creating the fourth album. During the recording of the album, guitarist Ian Crawford, who joined the band in 2009 following the departure of Ryan Ross and John Walker, left the band, citing his desire to make "real, genuine" music. On July 15, 2013, the album title “ Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!” Was announced . The release date is October 8, 2013. The first single, “ Miss Jackson ”, was released on July 15, 2013, followed by a music video in support of the album.

In an interview for Pure Fresh on September 23, 2014, Brandon Urie said he has ideas for the fifth album, but he’s not sure whether it will be his solo album, or Panic! At The Disco.

Spencer Smith and Death of a Bachelor (2015—2017)

On April 2, 2015, Smith announced that he had officially left the group. That same month, Uri revealed in an interview with Kerrang! that he was working on new material for the band’s fifth studio album. On April 20, 2015, Uri released a video for the song “Hallelujah” without any official warnings in advance. He got on the 40th line of “Billboard 100” - the highest position of the group after “I Write Sins Not Tragedies”. Another song, “Death of a Bachelor”, appeared on Apple Music on September 1, 2015, and the second single from the fifth album, “Victorious”, was released in late September. October 22, 2015 Brandon Urie in the official account of the Panic! At the Disco ”on Facebook announced the release of a new album, dubbed“ Death of a Bachelor ”. The release date was announced on January 22, 2016. On October 24, the third single "Emperor's New Clothes" was released. LA Devotee was released on November 26th as a single to promote the album. On December 31, 2015, the group released the single “Don't Threaten Me with a Good Time”.

In a recent interview, Brandon Urie said he wants to shoot music videos for all the songs that are on the Death of a Bachelor album .

The departure of Dallon Wicks and Pray for the Wicked (2017 — present)

On December 15, 2017, the group released their fourth live album, “All My Friends We're Glorious: Death of a Bachelor Live,” in a limited edition: in the form of vinyl (2 pcs) and a digital download. Five days later, the non-album Christmas song Feels Like Christmas was released. On December 27, 2017, bassist Dallon Weeks announced his retirement from Panic after more than eight years of performing. On March 19, 2018, the band played an unexpected show in Cleveland, Ohio, with new touring bassist Nicole Rowe. 21 марта 2018 года группа выпустила две новые песни « Say Amen (Saturday Night) » и «(Fuck a) Silver Lining». В то же время Брендон Ури в официальных аккаунтах в соцсетях анонсировал выход нового альбома, а также тур под названием Pray for the Wicked и Pray for the Wicked Tour соответственно ^{[3] [4]}

Panic at the Disco выступили на Times Square в канун Нового года в декабре 2006/январе 2007 года вместе с Керсоном Дэйли (Carson Daly). Они исполнили две своих песни: «Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off» (Последнее выступление в 2006) и «I Write Sins Not Tragedies» (Первое выступление в 2007). Хотя обе песни содержат профанацию, Panic! At the Disco спели песни без цензуры.

Музыкальные критики причисляли группу ко многим различным стилям. В частности, поп-панку , поп-року и инди-року , а альбом Pretty. Odd. вообще окрестили как барокко-поп. Однако, сами ребята считают, что это глупо, приписывать их группу к каким-то определенным стилям. Panic! At the Disco уходили на запись альбома, многократно упоминая, что второй альбом группы будет в корне отличаться от A Fever You Can't Sweat Out . Группа ассоциирует своё текущее направление с песней «Nine in the Afternoon» — «Она была написана под влиянием музыки, которую слушали наши родители: The Beach Boys , The Kinks , The Beatles » — говорит Райан, — «Наши новые песни и музыка больше похожи на классический рок, чем на современный. Мы стали старше, слушаем разную музыку — и это, естественно, влияет на нас».

Относительно звучания их нового альбома, Райан Росс сказал: «Я стараюсь представить человека, который трудился полный рабочий день; человека, который садится в свою машину и просто включает радио. И я бы хотел, чтобы он услышал песню, которая заставила бы его почувствовать себя счастливым хотя бы на три минуты, а не что-то, что сделает его ещё более подавленным, чем он есть. Мы не боимся писать о любви и счастье».

• 2005 : A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
• 2008 : Pretty. Odd
• 2011 : Vices & Virtues
• 2013 : Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!
• 2016 : Death of a Bachelor
• 2018 : Pray for the Wicked

MTV Video Music Awards

• Награждён: Клип года (2006) за «I Write Sins Not Tragedies»
• Номинированы: Лучший клип группы (2006) за «I Write Sins Not Tragedies»
• Номинированы: Лучший рок-клип (2006) за «I Write Sins Not Tragedies»
• Номинированы: Лучший новый исполнитель в клипе (2006) за «I Write Sins Not Tragedies»
• Номинированы: Лучшая режиссура клипа (2006) за «I Write Sins Not Tragedies»

TMF Awards

• Awarded: Best Foreign Artist Video (2006) for “I Write Sins Not Tragedies”

Grammy

• Nominated: Best Rock Album (2017) for "Death of a Bachelor"

American music awards

• Awarded: Best Alternative Artist (2018)

• The young veins

• Panic! At the Disco on BRITISH WAVE