List of Panic! at the Disco band members

Panic! at the Disco performing in 2015.

Panic! at the Disco (stylized for a time as Panic at the Disco[1]) is an American rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2004 and featuring the current lineup of lead vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Brendon Urie, accompanied on tour by bassist/backing vocalist Dallon Weekes, lead guitarist/backing vocalist Kenneth Harris, and drummer Dan Pawlovich. The group was originally formed by former members Spencer Smith and Ryan Ross.[2] The band has gone through multiple line-up changes in their career spanning five albums. There have been six official members of Panic! at the Disco, six touring members and twenty-six session members.[3][4][5][6]

The bands first lineup change was in 2006, with the departure of bassist Brent Wilson, who was kicked out of the band mid-tour after not playing bass on the bands debut album, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, and not keeping up with the band's playing standards.[7][8][9][10] This later caused Wilson to claim the statements were false and sued the band. Wilson was replaced by Jon Walker, who also played guitar and keyboards in addition to bass for the band.

The bands second lineup change came when founding member and lead guitarist and vocalist Ryan Ross and bassist and guitarist Jon Walker announced their departure from the band in mid-2009.[11][12] Ross and Walker were replaced by touring members Dallon Weekes and Ian Crawford, with Weekes playing bass, keyboards, synthesizer, piano, guitar, baritone guitar, and vocals, along with Crawford playing lead guitar and backing vocals.[13] The band's next lineup change would not come until 2010 when Weekes was asked to join the band as an official member nearing the end of the recording of the bands third studio album Vices & Virtues. Weekes' membership as an official member would not become public until 2012.[14]

The bands most recent lineup changes came in 2012, 2013 and 2015. Ian Crawford, who joined the band in 2009 after the departure of Ryan Ross and Jon Walker, left the band citing his desire to make "real, genuine music".[15] He was replaced in 2013 by Kenneth "Kenny" Harris.[16] Later in 2013 after the release of the bands fourth album, Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!, drummer Spencer Smith went on hiatus due to addiction and substance abuse and was replaced by touring drummer, Dan Pawlovich.[17][18] In 2015, drummer Spencer Smith officially left the band and bassist Dallon Weekes has changed from an official member to that of a touring member once again,[19][20] leaving vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Brendon Urie as the only member of the official lineup.

Official members

Current

Image Name Years active Instruments Release contributions
Brendon Urie 2004–present all Panic! at the Disco releases

Former

Image Name Years active Instruments Release contributions
Brent Wilson
  • 2004–2006
  • bass guitar
Ryan Ross 2004–2009
all Panic! at the Disco releases from A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005) to Live in Chicago (2008)
Jon Walker 2006–2009
all Panic! at the Disco releases from Live Session (iTunes Exclusive) (2006) to Live in Chicago (2008)
Spencer Smith
  • 2004–2015 (hiatus 2013–2015)
  • drums
  • percussion
all Panic! at the Disco releases from A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005) to Nicotine EP (2014)

Other contributors

Touring

Image Name Years active Instruments Release contributions
Bartram Nason

2006–2008

Live In Denver (2006)
Eric Ronick 2006–2008
  • keyboards
  • wurlitzer
  • percussion
  • backing vocals
Live In Denver (2006) and Live in Chicago (2008)
Dallon Weekes 2009–2010, 2015–present (official member 2010–2015)
all Panic! at the Disco releases from iTunes Live (2011) to Nicotine EP (2014)
Ian Crawford 2009–2012
iTunes Live (2011)
Kenneth "Kenny" Harris 2013–present
  • lead guitar
  • backing vocals
None
Dan Pawlovich 2013–present
  • drums
  • percussion
None

Session

Image Name Years active Instruments Release contributions
Heather Stebbins 2005
A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005)
William Brousserd 2005 trumpet A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005)
Samantha Bynes 2005 violin A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005)
Mike Davis 2007–2008, 2015 trombone Pretty. Odd. (2008) and Death of a Bachelor (2016)
Tony Kadleck 2007–2008, 2015
Pretty. Odd. (2008) and Death of a Bachelor (2016)
Jeff Kievit 2007–2008, 2015
Pretty. Odd. (2008) and Death of a Bachelor (2016)
David Andrew Mann 2007–2008 Pretty. Odd. (2008)
Chris Laurence 2007–2008 double bass Pretty. Odd. (2008)
Peter Lale 2007–2008 viola Pretty. Odd. (2008)
Perry Montague-Mason 2007–2008 violin Pretty. Odd. (2008)
Rob Mathes 2007–2008
Pretty. Odd. (2008)
Tony Pleeth 2007–2008 cello Pretty. Odd. (2008)
Roger Rosenberg 2007–2008 baritone saxophone Pretty. Odd. (2008)
Andy Snitzer 2007–2008, 2015 tenor saxophone Pretty. Odd. (2008) and Death of a Bachelor (2016)
Warren Zielinski 2007–2008 violin Pretty. Odd. (2008)
Butch Walker 2010–2013
Vices & Virtues (2011) and Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! (2013)
Emlyn Singleton 2012–2013 violin Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! (2013)
Peter Lale 2012–2013 viola Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! (2013)
Dave Daniels 2012–2013 cello Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! (2013)
Mark Stepro 2015 drums Death of a Bachelor (2016)
Dave Mann 2015 tenor saxophone Death of a Bachelor (2016)
Aaron Heick 2015 alto saxophone Death of a Bachelor (2016)
Dave Riekenberg 2015 baritone saxophone Death of a Bachelor (2016)
Randy Andos 2015 bass trombone Death of a Bachelor (2016)
Dylan Schwab 2015 trumpet Death of a Bachelor (2016)
Jake Sinclair 2015
  • keyboard
  • piano
  • production
  • backing vocals
Death of a Bachelor (2016)

Timeline

References

  1. http://www.undercover.fm/news/3791-panic-at-the-disco-change-their-name
  2. http://www.reviewjournal.com/search/node
  3. Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!
  4. http://www.allmusic.com/album/vices-virtues-mw0002095223/credits
  5. http://www.allmusic.com/album/pretty-odd-mw0000503870/credits
  6. http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-fever-you-cant-sweat-out-mw0000404412/credits
  7. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1532098/panic-at-disco-claim-split-with-bassist-was-amicable.jhtml
  8. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1534131/panic-at-disco-split-gets-nasty.jhtml
  9. http://www.mtv.com/news/1534131/panic-at-the-disco-split-gets-nasty-band-alleges-wilson-did-not-play-on-lp/
  10. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1538250/expanic-at-disco-bassist-starts-lawsuit.jhtml
  11. http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2009/07/06/ryan-ross-and-jon-walker-quit-panic-at-the-disco/
  12. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1615771/ryan-ross-talks-about-leaving-panic-at-disco.jhtml
  13. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1617245/spencer-smith-reveals-new-panic-at-disco-members.jhtml
  14. https://twitter.com/DallonWeekes/status/230877195374047233
  15. http://www.underthegunreview.net/2012/07/15/patd-touring-member-ian-crawford-leaving-to-make-real-genuine-music/
  16. http://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/brendon-urie-on-ten-years-of-panic-at-the-disco-nothing-makes-me-want-to-stop-6471556
  17. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1711994/panic-at-the-disco-drummer-spencer-smith-leaves-band.jhtml
  18. https://music.yahoo.com/blogs/yahoo-music/panic-disco-stay-calm-drummer-crisis-embrace-creativity-211719536.html
  19. http://www.kerrang.com/29982/spencer-smith-officially-leaves-panic-disco/
  20. https://twitter.com/DallonWeekes/status/657976067987103745
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