A sudden Panic! has hit the world from seattlepi.com:
"Panic!'s Las Vegas pedigree shows in its colorful, over-the-top showmanship and glitzy, theatrical attire. The band blends nostalgic as well as futuristic elements in a punk/cabaret-style show."
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San Diego December 9th. From Signs on san Diego
"Take Las Vegas' Panic! at the Disco. The youngsters are barely old enough to cast a five o'clock shadow and they quashed Madonna and the Red Hot Chili Peppers by winning Video of the Year at MTV's 2006 Video Music Awards."
"Dressed in swashbuckling costumes and wearing the makeup of goth marionettes, these boys have clearly attended their share of Cirque du Soleil shows in their hometown "
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This next generation punk-pop band teeters between futuristic and nostalgia with the use of drum machines and accordions. Formed while still high school students, they began practicing in the living room of their drummer's grandmother. Their quirky name comes from a line from a Name Taken song called "Panic." Their video for "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" features Lucent Dossier Vaudeville Cirque, an L.A. performance troupe. Hailing from Las Vegas, their inevitable song about strip club lap dancing is called "But It's Better When We Do."
There was a time when music from Las Vegas conjured up images of Liberace, the cape-wearing Elvis, and the sound of drum rolls that accompanied showgirls as they kicked up their gams and flung off their garments. Despite this shtick working its magic on the Strip, the first germ of the idea of what would become Panic! At the Disco was planted by two kids oblivious to everything but the sounds of Blink-182 heard on strip mall loudspeakers in the distant suburbs surrounding Sin City. Cofounders Ryan Ross (guitar) and Spencer Smith (drums) eventually pulled in a few more of their high school pals (Brendon Urie and Brent Wilson) to complete the lineup. They experimented with original songs (as practiced in Spencer's grandmother's living room), nearly half of which would end up on their debut release, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out. How did the music industry track down these innovative suburban high school talents? After hearing that Pete Wentz, bass player for the emo success story Fall Out Boy, was starting a new label, guitarist Ryan sent him a link to their website. Amazingly, after a few sampled tracks, this e-mailed URL led to being signed to Wentz's Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen records in 2005. Panic! At the Disco stand out amidst their labelmates by incorporating rapid-fire synths and drum machines into their high-energy melodies, along with not-so-rock 'n' roll instruments like a Vaudevillian piano and accordion.
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