Brendon Urie is the lead vocalist of Panic! at the Disco! The band has already released six albums and have made a huge impact.
So how about we get to know Brendon Urie a little bit better?
- His full name is Brendon Boyd Urie
- He was born on April 12, 1987
- He is an American singer, songwriter, and musician
- Best known as the lead vocalist of Panic! at the Disco
- Of which he is the only original member remaining
- Urie was born in St. George, Utah
- His family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, when he was two years old
- He is the fifth and youngest child born to Grace and Boyd Urie
- He is of about one quarter Polynesian descent from Hawaii
- Through his mother’s side
- He was raised in an LDS family
- But left the faith around 17
- Due to displeasure with the church and not believing in its ideology
- Urie attended Palo Verde High School in Las Vegas
- There he met future Panic! bassist Brent Wilson in his guitar class
- Wilson asked Urie to try out for a band he was in
- Since they needed a replacement guitarist
- Urie described himself as a “spaz in high school”
- And explained that one student would always bully him
- He worked at Tropical Smoothie Cafe in order to pay his band’s rent for their practice space
- At the cafe, Urie often sang for customers
- Urie possesses a tenor voice range that spans four octaves
- His range extends D2 to C7
- His voice is known for being “extensive” and “versatile”
- Notably after the release of “This Is Gospel” (2013)
- Urie has cited Frank Sinatra, Queen, David Bowie, and Tom DeLonge as his biggest influences
- Urie says that he has “experimented” with men
- But says, “I guess if I had to classify myself, I’d say I’m straight.”
- In July 2018, Urie described himself as pansexual
- In a radio show, he shared how he and wife Sarah Orzechowski met
- She was in a relationship with somebody else when they briefly met in one of his shows
- Eight months later, Hayley Williams from Paramore brought Sarah to one of Urie’s shows
- And re-introduced them as she was single again at that time
- He even mentioned in an interview in 2011 with SPIN Magazine that when he met her, he wrote the song “Sarah Smiles” from Vices & Virtues album
- To try and impress her
- He played it for her and they’ve been dating ever since
- In September 2011, it was confirmed that Urie was engaged to Orzechowski
- The couple got married on April 27, 2013
- In February 2017, Urie moved out of his home in Los Angeles, California, to an undisclosed location
- He said the move was to get away from excessive attention from his fans
- He also said that he did not feel safe in his own home
- Urie has said that he has been diagnosed with ADHD
- And was prescribed medication for the condition at a young age
- He says that he likes to be open about his mental health to his fans
- He recently collaborated with Taylor Swift on her song “ME!”
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