  Panic! At The Disco began in Las
Vegas with friends Ryan Ross on guitar and
Spencer Smith on drums. The duo added Brent
Wilson on bass and Brendon Urie on vocals and
guitar. Their big break came by having their
music heard by Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz, and
after a meeting, the group was signed by
Fueled by Ramen Records.
 Panic! At The Disco released A
Fever You Can't Sweat Out.
Spin magazine named
Panic! At The Disco the 'Band of the Day.'
 # 19
Singles Artist of the Year
 A
Fever You Can't Sweat Out was certified
gold.
Panic! At The Disco hit the Top
40 with "I Write Sins Not
Tragedies."
Bassist Brent Wilson left the
group (saying later he was fired) and Jon
Walker was named temporary bassist while on
tour and eventually a member of the group.
 Panic! At The Disco hit the Top 10 with "I Write Sins Not
Tragedies."
A
Fever You Can't Sweat Out was certified
platinum.
For bassist Brent Wilson began
legal proceedings against his former group
for unpaid royalties.
 The video for "I Write Sins Not
Tragedies" won a MTV Video Music
Award for Video of the Year, and was nominated for
Best Group Video, Best Rock Video, Best New Artist, and Best Art Direction. The band performed at
the show.
Panic! At The
Disco could be heard on the soundtrack for Snakes
On A Plane: The Album with the track "The Only Difference
Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press
Coverage" (Tommie Sunshine Brooklyn
Fire Remix).
 Panic! At The Disco hit the Top
40 with "The Only Difference
Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press
Coverage."
The single "I Write Sins Not
Tragedies" was certified gold.
Panic! At The Disco appeared on
the cover of Rolling Stone.
 Panic! At The Disco released
their next LP Pretty.
Odd.
Panic! At The Disco topped the
Billboard Top Internet Albums chart and Top
Rock Albums chart with Pretty.
Odd.
Panic! At The Disco hit the Top
40 with "Nine In The Afternoon."
The single "Nine In The Afternoon" was certified
gold.
 The video for "Nine In The Afternoon" was nominated
for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Pop Video and Best Direction (Shane Drake).
The CD/DVD Live
In Chicago was released.
 Panic! At The Disco
were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Boxed or
Special Limited Edition Package (Pretty.
Odd with Alex Kirzhner).
It was announced that Ross and
Walker would be leaving the group to
"...embark on a musical excurcion of
their own..." Smith, the group's
founder, and Urie will continue as Panic! At
The Disco.
 Panic! At The Disco could be
heard on the soundtrack for Jennifer's
Body on the track "New
Perspective."
 Panic! At The Disco released Vices
& Virtues.
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A Fever You Can't Sweat
Out
Released: September, 2005
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 13
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B
Tracks:
"Introduction" - "The Only Difference
Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press
Coverage" - "London
Beckoned Songs About Money Written By
Machines" - "Nails For
Breakfast, Tacks For Snacks" -
"Camisado" - "Time To
Dance" - "Lying Is The Most Fun
A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her
Clothes Off" -
"Intermission" - "But It's
Better If You Do" - "I Write Sins Not
Tragedies" - "I Constantly
Thank God For Esteban" -
"There's A Good Reason These Tables
Are Numbered Honey, You Just Haven't
Thought Of It Yet" - "Build
God, Then We'll Talk" |
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Pretty. Odd
Released: March, 2008
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B+
Tracks: "We're So
Starving" - "Nine In The
Afternoon" - "She's A
Handsome Woman" - "Do You Know
What I'm Seeing" - "That Green
Gentleman" - "I Have Friends In
Holy Spaces" - "Northern
Downpour" - "When The Day Met
The Night" - "Pas De
Cheval" - "The Piano Knows
Something I Don't Know" -
"Behind The Sea" - "Folkin
Around" - "She Had The
World" - 'From A Mountain In The
Middle Of The Cabins" - "Mad As
Rabbits" |
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Live In Chicago (CD/DVD)
Released: December, 2008
Live Tracks: "We're So
Starving" - "Nine In The
Afternoon" - "But It's
Better If You Do" -
"Camisado" - "She's A
Hansome Woman" - "The Only Difference
Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press
Coverage" - "Behind The
Sea" - "Do You Know What I'm
Seeing?" - "Lying Is The Most
Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her
Clothes Off" - "I Constantly
Thank God For Esteban" - "That
Green Gentleman (Things Have
Changed)" - "There's A Good
Reason These Table Are Numbered, Honey,
You Just Haven't Thought Of It Yet"
- "Fokin' Around" - "I Write Sins Not
Tragedies" - "Northern
Downpour" - "Time To
Dance" - "Pas De Cheval" -
"Mad As Rabbits" |
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Vices & Virtues
Released: March, 2011
Tracks: "The Ballad
Of Mona Lisa" - "Let's Kill
Tonight" - "Hurricane" -
"Memories" - "Trade
Mistakes" - "Ready To Go (Get
Me Out Of My Mind)" -
"Always" - "The
Calendar" - "Sarah Smiles"
- "Nearly Witches (Ever Since We
Met...)" |
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40 chart run (from the ARC Weekly Top
40)
and LP links take you to Amazon.com for that LP (often
including track listings and sound
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