Panic! At the Disco is a pop-rock band formed in 2004 in the suburban area of Summerlin, Las Vegas, the U.S. Formed by Brendon Urie, Spencer Smith, Ryan Ross, and Brent Wilson. After 2015, current members of the band are singer Brendon Urie the only official member of the group, with drummer Dan Pawlovich, bassist Nicole Row, and guitarist Mike Naran.
Panic! At the Disco started recording demos while they were the students in high school. The debut album of the band was called “A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out,” released in 2005. Band’s second single song got very popular, “I Write Sins Not Tragedies,” their album was triple platinum-certified in the United States. In 2006, the founding member of the band, bassist Brent Wilson, fired from the band due to his irresponsibility towards the group and replaced by Jon Walker.
Inception
The band started with the childhood friends Ryan Ross, a singer and a guitarist, and Spencer Smith, as a drummer. Both of them went to the same school Bishop Gorman High School, and they use to play music together since they were in 9th grade. Ross and Smith invited their mutual friend Brent Wilson from a nearby school Palo Verde High School to join them as a bassist, and later Brent invited this classmate Brendon Urie to be the guitarist of the band.
They started making music in Smith’s grandmother’s living room. In initially years, Ross was the lead singer for the band, but later, Urie replaced him as the group came to know during rehearsals that he can sing better, so they decided to make him the lead singer of the band when they started Panic! At the Disco was a cover band of Blink-182.
Panic! At the Disco aimed to be different from the other metal bands in Las Vegas, U.S., the group was lucky to sign a recording contract even without having performed in any live show. Urie started working at Tropical Smoothie Cafe in Summerlin as a part-time so that he could afford a practice space for the band. Urie had to work since he was kicked out of his house by his parents because he dropped out of high school. Urie also sang for tips during his working hours. All four member of the band left their educations studies to concentrate on music.
Evolution
Ryan and Brendon sent demo music to Pete Wentz (bassist of Fall Out Boy) via a LiveJournal account. At the time, Pete was working with the rest of the members of his band Fall Out Boy in Los Angeles on the band’s major debut label, Pete drove to Las Vegas to meet the members of the Panic! At the Disco.
Pete soon after hearing the music produced by the band in practice, he wanted the group to sign his founded record label Decaydance Records, which was an imprint of Fueled by Ramen, this also made Panic! At the Disco, the first band on the label. The band signed the name in December 2004.
The band decided to move to College Park, Maryland, United States, to start recording their debut album. Panic! At the Disco’s debut album, A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out, came out on 27 September 2005. Unfortunately, the sales started slowly; they sold 10,000 copies of their debut album in the first week of the release. The album achieved No. 112 position on the Billboard 200 album chart and also got on No. 1 position on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.
After four months of the release of the album, The band released the video of their first single, “I Write Sins Not Tragedies,” I song got so popular that it helped the sale to pass 0.5 million marks. Panic! At the Disco announced their tour in March 2006. The video of their single “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” became the Video of the Year at 2006 MTV Video Music Awards. Their debut album became platinum-certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Awards & Achievements
Panic! At the Disco is a very popular band and they have also worked very hard to achieve this position and keep entertaining peoples with the same energy. The band has been nominated 62 times for the awards, which is huge for a band, they have won the awards 21 times. Some of the awards are mention below:
In 2018, Panic! At the Disco won Artist of the Year by Rock Sound Awards.
In 2019, the band won Choice Rock Song for Hey Look Ma, and I Made It by Teen Choice Awards
Net Worth of Panic! At the Disco in 2024
As of January 2024, Panic! At the Disco has an estimated net worth of more than $20 million.
Panic! At the Disco is a famous band and they have also worked very hard to achieve this position and keep entertaining peoples with the same energy. The group has been nominated 62 times for the awards, which is huge for a group; they have won the awards 21 times. Some of the awards are mention below:
In 2018, Panic! At the Disco won Artist of the Year by Rock Sound Awards.
In 2019, the band won Choice Rock Song for Hey Look Ma; I Made It by Teen Choice Awards.
The band has maintained its name for a long time since it was started. It has been 15 years since the group was formed and is still a popular band in the industry. The band is still making good music that people love to hear. The band will continue to make music in the future and will also achieve new heights.