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Weekes officially joined the band as a full-time member in 2012, only to cease studio contributions in 2015 note he remained a touring member until December 2017, and with Smith quitting earlier that year, that left Brendon as the only official member of Panic! at the Disco.Īs a result, Panic! is now widely considered - by audiences, the media, and Brendon himself - to be Brendon's solo endeavor, as he now writes/co-writes all the songs and plays all the instruments, with some contributions by studio musicians & music producers. In July 2009, Ross and Walker left the group to form their own band, The Young Veins, and were replaced by touring guitarist Ian Crawford (formerly of The Cab) note Though he left not long after that, only to be replaced by guitarist Kenny Harris, who was himself fired in September 2018 for numerous sexual misconduct allegations involving underage fans and bassist Dallon Weekes (formerly of The Brobecks, now in I Don't Know How But They Found Me).
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They were discovered by Fall Out Boy's bassist Pete Wentz and signed to his vanity label, Decaydance. The project started and grew popular as an eclectic pop rock band created in 2004 by childhood friends Ryan Ross (guitarist/main songwriter), Spencer Smith (drummer), and Brent Wilson (bassist), later joined by Brendon (lead singer) and Jon Walker (who replaced Brent in 2006). The name comes from a line in the song "Panic" by Name Taken, but due to the relative obscurity of this reference, the band usually cites the more familiar "Panic" by The Smiths, which contains the line "Burn down the disco" in its chorus. Panic! at the Disco is the solo project of singer-songwriter & multi-instrumentalist Brendon Urie.