Artist of the Week: Panic at the Disco

Here's the deal, I gotta make this short and sweet cause I have something called LittleBigPlanet that I have to get back to. There's a couple of reasons why I pick this band for this week. One, they have a hit song in Rock Band 2 which came out last week (for PS3). Two, they are currently on the Rock Band tour which hits Chicago this week. Three, I think we'll get to number three a little later. First, if you're still not familiar with the band, he's a little recap. This week's band sprung out of Las Vegas a around 4 years ago.
The band currently consists of Ryan Ross (Vocals, Guitar), Brendon Urie (Guitar), Jon Walker (Bass) and Spencer Smith (Drums). After Scoring a contract with Pete Wentz's label Fueled by Ramen in 2004, the band quickly started working on their first album. Then, in 2006 the band released A Fever You Can't Sweat Out.


The album included three great singles in "The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide is Press Coverage", "But it's Better if You Do" and "I Write Sins Not Tragedies". Thanks to their following on Pure Volume and Myspace, the album went on to sell over 2 million copies. After numerous tours including a head lining tour, they went back to the studio to work on their next album. Then on March 25 2008, they dropped the ! from their name and released their second album "Pretty. Odd."

The album debuted at number 2 on the billboard charts and has sold over 600,000 copies thanks to singles like "Nine in the Afternoon", "Mad as Rabbits" and "The Green Gentleman". They plan to release a fourth single in the near future, and I'm sure it'll do nothing but help sell more albums. Now that you have gotten to know the band a little better, I can tell you the third reason, which is that it's almost Halloween. That being said, this week's artist is Panic at the Disco with their video Almost Halloween, enjoy.