The music video for the single received the MTV Video Music Award for the Best Music Video of the 2000s and the Best Music Video of All Time. While still teenagers, the band released their debut studio album in 2005, A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out, which became an instant commercial success in the US with Billboard referring to it as “one of the most polarizing albums of our time.” The album’s second single I Write Sins Not Tragedies has arguably become one of modern rock’s greatest anthems, as it reached number 2 on the Mainstream Top 40 and number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100, while the album itself has sold over 2 million copies to date. Wentz attended one of the band’s practices and immediately signed them to his own label, saying that “almost right away we knew what was going to happen” in regard to the band’s major success. Originally a self-proclaimed Blink 182 cover band, the band began seeing buzz when the bassist of Fall Out Boy, Pete Wentz, received a demo tape from Urie, which he was thoroughly impressed by.

Emo Pop, Pop Rock, Alternative Rock, Electropopĭespite being one of the leading bands in the pop-rock genre, Panic! at the Disco became known for their early emo sound and demeanor present on their debut studio album A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out which was highly influential in globalizing the once extremely underground genre.įormed by teenagers Spencer Smith (drums) and Ryan Ross (guitar) who’d been jamming together since their freshman year of high school, Panic! at the Disco was finalized when Brent Wilson joined the duo as their bassist and Brendon Urie, who originally auditioned to be their guitarist, became the band’s frontman.

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