Panic! at the Disco is a rock band that over their six studio albums have reinvented them selves like noone else in the music industry!
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- Panic! at the Disco is an American rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada
- Formed in 2004 by childhood friends Brendon Urie, Ryan Ross, Spencer Smith and Brent Wilson
- Since 2015, vocalist Urie has been the only official member of the band
- With drummer Dan Pawlovich, bassist Nicole Row, and guitarist Mike Naran accompanying him on tour
- Panic! at the Disco recorded their first demos while they were in high school
- Shortly after, the band recorded and released their debut studio album, A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out (2005)
- Popularized by the second single, “I Write Sins Not Tragedies”
- The album was certified double platinum in the US
- In 2006, founding bassist Brent Wilson was fired from the band during an extensive world tour
- And subsequently replaced by Jon Walker
- Influenced by 1960s rock bands the Beatles, the Zombies and the Beach Boys
- And preceded by the single “Nine in the Afternoon”
- The band’s second studio album, Pretty. Odd. (2008)
- Marked a significant departure from the sound of the band’s debut
- Ross and Walker, who favored the band’s new direction, departed
- Because Urie and Smith wanted to make further changes to the band’s style
- The duo subsequently formed a new band, the Young Veins
- Leaving Urie and Smith as the sole remaining members of Panic! at the Disco
- Continuing as a duo, Urie and Smith released a new single, “New Perspective”
- For the movie Jennifer’s Body
- And recruited bassist Dallon Weekes and guitarist Ian Crawford
- As touring musicians for live performances
- Weekes was later inducted into the band’s lineup as a full-time member in 2010
- The band’s third studio album, Vices & Virtues (2011), was recorded solely by Urie and Smith in 2010
- Produced by John Feldmann and Butch Walker
- Crawford departed once the tour cycle for Vices & Virtues ended in 2012
- As a three-piece, Urie, Smith, and Weekes recorded and released the band’s fourth studio album, Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!, in 2013
- Prior to the release of the album, Smith unofficially left the band
- Due to health and drug-related issues
- Leaving Urie and Weekes as the remaining members
- The duo recruited guitarist Kenneth Harris and drummer Dan Pawlovich
- As touring musicians for live performances
- In 2015, Smith officially left the band after not performing live with the band since his departure in 2013
- Shortly thereafter, Weekes reverted to being a touring member once again
- Leaving Urie as the only member of the official lineup
- In April 2015, “Hallelujah” was released as the first single from Panic! at the Disco’s fifth studio album, Death of a Bachelor (2016)
- In December 2017, Weekes officially announced his departure from the band
- He was replaced in March 2018 by Nicole Row
- Later that same month, the band released “Say Amen (Saturday Night)”
- The lead single from their sixth studio album, Pray for the Wicked (2018)
- Which was released in June
- In September 2018, Harris was dismissed following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct
- And was replaced in October by Mike Naran
