Panic at the Disco's fast rising popularity
Summary: Panic! at the Disco is a pop rock/electronica band based out of Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Article Body: Panic! at the Disco is a pop rock/electronica band based out of Las Vegas, Nevada. The band is comprised of Brendon Urie (vocals, guitar, keyboard) and his childhood friend, Spencer Smiths (drums), along with their schoolmate, Ryan Ross (guitar, keyboard, backing vocals).
To promote their music, the band made contact with Pete Wentz (of Fall Out Boy) via his LiveJournal webpage. Impressed by the band, Wentz personally met with the band and signed them to his imprint label Decaydance. Under the label, the band released their debut album, A Fever You Cant Sweat Out, which would debut at # on the Billboard album charts.
Featured in Spin magazine as their band of the day in early October , reaching # on the MySpace chart, and consistently staying in PureVolumes Top chart, would only help grow the bands popularity. An appearance on MTVs TRL on January , , at the premier of their music video for I Write Sins Not Tragedies, also helped garner the band much publicity.
To date, the bands debut album, A Fever you Cant Sweat Out has sold over , units. The band is currently headlining a North American summer tour with The Dresden Dolls and The Hush Sound, a band also signed to Decaydance.
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