Panic! At The Disco Bio
Truly a group of their times, Panic! At The Disco was discovered shortly after they posted some demo tracks on the internet.
It all started with guitarist Ryan Ross and drummer Spencer Smith, teens living in the suburbs of Las Vegas, learning to play their instruments by covering Blink 182 songs. When they decided it was time to move ahead, they recruited classmates Brent Wilson, bass, and Brendon Urie, guitar/vocals, to form a quartet.
The fledgling group soon adopted the name Panic! At The Disco, after a Name Taken and Smiths song. Practicing in the living room of Spencer Smith's grandmother, it wasn't long before the band had a couple tracks they wanted to be heard. They posted a couple tracks online on a site devoted to Decaydance, a label belonging to Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz.¹
¹ Read the complete bio with quotes at Ace's Bio-Farm.
Panic! At The Disco Quotes
"We started off learning to play our instruments by doing Blink 182 covers. They were one of the first bands we got into." ~ Ryan Ross
"We were kind of reaching out to him. Just the fact that he took a chance on coming out and seeing a band who had never played a show is cool." ~ Brendon Urie on Pete Wentz
"When I told my dad I wanted to drop out and write music, he definitely flipped out. It was a battle between me being happy and doing what would make him happy." ~ Ryan Ross on his decision to drop out of college to pursue a music career
"It was two extremes of influence being put next to each other: the most electronic music we have on the record and the most old, out-of-style music we have on the record." ~ Ryan Ross
