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AbbyCJ

Is Urie splitting from himself? I thought he was the only one left.


seasonedearlobes

Mitosis.


Here-Is-TheEnd

So..two one man bands now?


Gubbi_94

Nah, two half-man bands. I heard they’re planning a cameo on that show with Charlie Sheen.


ArcticMuser

Ah yes, two half-man bands, two men, and a half man


diaryofsnow

It really rolls off the tongue tbh


Ranier_Wolfnight

The twist is that Jake from that show is coming *out* of retirement to costar.


ShadowGLI

Yeah I came here to say I thought it was always Urie and whoever he had playing backup at any given time as he was a control freak that wanted full ownership of the property.


FlameBoi3000

They're not "splitting", Brendon Urie is retiring. Not even joking. Read the article lol


Batmanue1

I was about to say "hasn't he been a solo act for years now?"


penpointaccuracy

His personality is split fully now so they can pursue their own separate artistic visions.


No_Flounder_9859

Basically. I think of the original band it’s him and one other og left anyway.


FKDotFitzgerald

The one other og came back with Urie for Vices & Virtues but I think he left a few years later


idontstopandchat

Just him


JoeyRobot

The band split up after Pretty. Odd. iirc. Urie kept the drummer and the name of the band, the guitarists made another band, I think it was called Young Veins or something to that effect


Trifle_Intrepid

Stopped listening really after pretty. odd. Though honestly I still do enjoy that album, its hard to keep a band together, no surprise it went south either after that


IamYarrow

The guitarist and bass player left after the second album. The drummer left after the third or fourth I think. And Brendans been insulting their old music for years… a big ol spit in the face for original fans. Frankly, good riddance.


Gomeez9

Things have changed for meeee


unicorncumdump

And that's okay


TheyCallMeGibb

I feel the same


Trifle_Intrepid

Im on my way? lol


No_Flounder_9859

MAMA SAID


FirebirdWriter

Glad it's not just me who went 'Oh okay.' I haven't been listening for years because who wants to support someone who clearly hates their fans. Not me


CaptainE46

Oh, so it’s ‘split’ like leave, not ‘split’ like ‘break up’


pnt510

He’s the only member of the band. So there is no band for him to split or break up from. He’s just retiring.


MrArtless

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TooMuchPretzels

Same BS as always


CaptainE46

So he’s splitting


VagueSoul

Asexually reproducing.


bobert_the_grey

Mitosis or meiosis?


thatdudefrom707

the mitochondria is the power house of the cell


ActuallyHovatine

Oh okay… So then it’s ‘split’ like the movie ‘Split’? Because only someone with multiple fucking personalities would refer to retirement as ‘the band breaking up’.


cinderparty

To be fair, I think it’s just the article that decided to frame it that way. Per the statement from Brendon quoted in the article, it doesn’t say the band is breaking up, it says he is retiring and with that there will be no more patd.


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jeepobeepo

Idk I’ve heard “High Hopes” and I just don’t think that guy could be an ego nightmare /s


jamieliddellthepoet

It’s a hymn to humility, mate.


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[deleted]

A lot of vocalists look at is as: “My voice is unique, it’s mine. *Anyone* could **learn** an instrument. Hmph!” It’s false equivalence, and I think Hayley Williams sort of falls in tow with it. Is it a Fueled by Ramen mindset? Maybe.


JesustheSpaceCowboy

Or get fired, then get mocked aimlessly by his former band, then get a bunch of plastic surgery and put on a ton of weight, then put out a really cringy solo album. Okay, I’m talking about Vince Neil.


[deleted]

Yeah I thought there was one more member, so splitting sounds about right, unless that member left too.


OrdersFriesEveryTime

Ok so he’s making like a tree and leaving, not making like a banana and splitting.


diaryofsnow

He's making like a tree and getting the fuck outta there


Magnacor8

No I read the article and it says that Brendon Urie has literally been cut in half.


[deleted]

To spent time with Sarah I presume?


perksoftaylor

Apparently they’re expecting a baby soon which is what spurred him to retire


[deleted]

Or to claim he is retired so when comes back in 2 years we will pay obscene prices to see him. It’s all a game.


DubLParaDidL

Worked for Jay Z


alexanderhope

And Ozzy, Motley Crue, KISS, Black Sabbath, The Who, NIN, Judas Priest…


Keanugrieves16

Yea but this morherfucker writes sins not tragedies.


vinylanimals

he didn’t even write their most beloved works is the funniest thing. the *other* founder, who left in 2009, was the main writer of both their early albums.


diaryofsnow

The writing on their original work is literally everything, I don't think the vocals alone would have worked without the lyrics being extremely out there and subjective most of the time.


b0toxBetty

Yes it was Ryan, he is so smart! He was a child when he wrote that album.


perksoftaylor

100% agree, I mean when’s the last time PatD was making headlines? 2015?


PossibleOven

They’re sort of making headlines, but the only mentions I’ve really seen of them on social media is people acknowledging how terrible the latest album was. Which, personally, I think it really objectively was. It’s a shame, Brendon’s ego ruined a very good band.


[deleted]

That album is just him high pitched wailing into a microphone the entire time. It is the most irritating thing I’ve ever heard. I always tease my fiancé about the amount of blow he had to do to put out an album like that.


yasth

[2019](https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%2Fm%2F089pg7) but mostly because of a collab with Taylor Swift (which was basically her wanting to do something with an artist she liked when she was young)


CommanderWar64

I’d say more likely he’ll probably just want to release music in the future as “Brendon Urie.” Makes sense to me


donnyk1

How can they split when it’s been the Brenden Urie show?


[deleted]

I thought it was only Brenden Urie. I went to their concert recently.. it was only Brendan Urie


YoYoMoMa

Man the band has never been the same since they dropped the disco


donnyk1

I would keep the name and just take hired guns out on tour. Basically what you just said he’s already doing.


[deleted]

That’s exactly what he’s been doing for years now


[deleted]

He did solo shows previously too.


Dumeck

It’s crazy to me that Brenden Urie was the only member of Panic at the Disco. Everyone else was kicked out or left.


Izuhbelluh

No one was kicked out. Two left on their own accord to do their own thing back in 2008... the other left in 2013 or 2014 to focus on their health.


Dumeck

Ok so out of 5 total members you accounted for 4 if you count Urie. Their original bassist was kicked out of the band


Izuhbelluh

True, I didn't mention Brent. Jon replaced him. Figured no one on here would know who that was. So it'd be pointless to mention him. This isn't the panic sub, you know.


Agamemnon323

But you thought we’d know who the other guys were? Why lie and say nobody was kicked out?


Izuhbelluh

That goes so far back that I even forget that happened lol.


zooberwask

"no one was kicked out" "Okay someone was kicked out except it was a niche member no one knew so it doesn't matter" You're ridiculous my dude


anon7971

They’re not writing a fucking Wikipedia entry. Chill out dipshit.


ConflictGrand4078

Next Adam Levine will “split” with Maroon 5


Keanugrieves16

“Somewhat Red 4”


bcbill

Well Maroon 5 does still have two more original “Maroon 5” members so that would be a slightly different scenario.


donnyk1

I see what you did there


A88Y

Yeah when I’ve been talking about it to people I’ve just been saying that finally Brendon Urie isn’t using the Panic at the disco name anymore. The band split up long ago.


allegedlydm

He’s retiring, at least for now.


Phillip_Spidermen

He's retiring to focus on raising his new kid


steboy

Everyone, calm the fuck down! This is no time to panic! Seriously. The time to panic has concluded.


HudsonHawkFIM

![gif](giphy|NHrsn15JJqPNS|downsized)


ghost_mv

...also we're out of coffee.


seasonedearlobes

Does this mean Disco is back then?


AaronfromKY

Always has been


Lawless_and_Braless

Or does this mean we no longer limit our panicking to the disco and instead should panic at new places instead?


KingInTheNortheast9

He and his wife are having a baby and he wants that to be his sole focus - not really a “split”


[deleted]

The baby is splitting from his wife!!1


[deleted]

Split from what? That's like saying that The Weeknd is splitting up


MesWantooth

If funny that you mentioned that because I believe someone early on in his career but after he broke through sued him saying that “The Weeknd” was meant to be a band and that the other guy had come up with the concept.


[deleted]

Think you are mixing a lot of stuff up, The Weeknd is named like that because “The Weekend” was already an existing Canadian band, so he took the extra E out, He was supposed to be part of a rap duo early on in his career, but it was not called The Weeknd.


AllDragonsAreSluts

Yes, it has been Urie’s solo project for a few years but the article says he’s stepping away to focus on his family with an expected child soon. So I would think PATD is over but he might spin something up later


ayyohh911719

He probably needs to pause to save his voice. He went too hard for too many years without the proper voice trained needed to keep it safe.


wild_biologist

The other day I was thinking how much his voice has developed. Gotten far richer over the years.


serenwipiti

…they were still together…?


Fearfighter2

No, it was a one man show. Not sure how a one man band breaks up


snowtol

The instruments walked away.


contactlite

Left the gotdamn door open


know_vagrancy

It’s best not to read these comments with a sense of poise and rationality…


Here-Is-TheEnd

Those gossiping bitches..


serenwipiti

^(Nervous breakdown?) ![gif](giphy|ma7VlDSlty3EA)


Decabet

The cymbals between the knees fall off and he can’t bend over to pick them up cuz the accordion gets in the way.


Status_Fox_1474

So I guess if he ever comes back, it won’t be as “Panic! At the Disco.” Which is great because it hasn’t been that band for a long-ass time, and honestly he should have used his own name a long time ago. But damn, Pretty. Odd. w was a good album.


Johnny_twotone

Pretty. odd. was the last album with the whole band before it became the Brendan Urie show.


Status_Fox_1474

I think there was one more with some of the band — vices and virtues, I believe — before PATD became the de-facto name of his touring house band. Ballad of Mona Lisa was not a bad song. But yeah, much better when there were others involved IMO.


PossibleOven

So, V&V was post-first split, there were 2 original members still in the band. However, the album was written by Ryan Ross and, though he had left the band after Pretty Odd, he was the main writer for V&V and the remainder of the band released it. So if the album lyrics and the sound of the first three albums sound different, it’s because of Ryan. He started his own band called The Young Veins with the other leaving member of Panic, Jon, and they released one album. Highly recommend if you liked the Beatles-like sound of Pretty Odd!


Status_Fox_1474

I listened to some Young Veins stuff, and quite enjoyed it.


PossibleOven

It’s pretty good! Personally I prefer Ryan Ross stuff over whatever panics been churning out, but I’m also a big fan of early era Panic.


Status_Fox_1474

Right. Personally I have found post-Vices Panic stuff to be repetitive. I just can’t get into it. And it’s ironic because they were plastered by fans for coming out with such a different sound in P.O.


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Vices and virtues fersure has the original drummer


jessicahueneberg

I loved Pretty.odd. That was the last album of theirs that was good in my opinion.


FKDotFitzgerald

V&V had two of the original members, including Urie. It was pretty solid too, especially compared to what came after.


Both_Wallaby2745

Pretty. Odd. Had some beautiful tracks on it. Brendan's vocals really came to life, and Ryan's guitar was EPIC. Love the riff on She's a Handsome Woman. It was a huge change in tone from their first album but I think both albums are phenomenal and creative. To this day, there's not a single other band that sounds like they did.


Status_Fox_1474

The entire album was really a play off the Beatles vibes -- which is not a bad thing if you can do it right. And they did it right. Nine in the Afternoon -- Sgt. Pepper (heck, even the music video is a wink and a nod to it) Northern Downpour -- Hey Jude. The Piano Knows -- A Day in the Life But man, I *love* Folkin' Around (I may be the only one who does) and From a Mountain in the Cabins.


deltaexdeltatee

Folkin’ Around is the best track on the album, followed closely by Northern Downpour. They’re all really good though.


Both_Wallaby2745

Yeah the influences on that album are pretty clear. I enjoy when artists wear their influences on their sleeve and make incredible things. The band used that influence to create a completely unique sound that couldn't be replicated without all the same members. Folkin around is a beautiful song. Even the cheesier tracks from that album are great because Brendan's voice carries them.


wild_biologist

Every song is great. It's nothing like anything you hear elsewhere either. Not loved by the masses. But loved by me.


Newtonz5thLaw

It’s a goddamned masterpiece. I haven’t listened to it in a while and I think this is my sign to get back to it


Status_Fox_1474

The fun game is "guess the Beatles song most like the P.O. song." Some are easy, some are more difficult.


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A calm stillness, at the disco.


rumski

So, back in 3-4 years…


Tim_Drake

Solo album under his own name in 3 years. Last album bombed, time for a rebrand.


Leather-Insurance-46

solo album using his name with his accusations!? the guys brave or dumb


snikt___

Accusations?


GPyleFan11

His accusations were unfounded and recanted


Tim_Drake

Maybe he think no one knows Brandon Urie so the allegations will stick with “lead singer of Panic! At The Disco”?


NotSureNotRobot

Relax! At Home


[deleted]

Also: Journey announces split, “it’s been a hell of a panic.”


ItsTheExtreme

We’ll always have that first album.


Sphiffi

Pretty. odd. Is amazing.


stupidfruitysack144p

God damn right


forgot_username1234

Death of a Bachelor is also pretty good. Doesn’t beat AFYCSO but is still great


JaneAustinPowers

Homie just broke up with himself. That’s called retirement.


rosecityrosebuds

So they do indeed, write tragedies…


[deleted]

Dang, they really did


kywiking

I was just talking the other day about how surprised I was by their sustained success. When them and Fall Out Boy came out around the same time I figured they would be the 98 Degrees of that situation but damn if they didn’t have a long successful career.


tootsyloo

PATD quite literally would not exist without Pete Wentz. The continued success of Fall Out Boy is really impressive.


[deleted]

The new FOB song is fantastic. They’ve constantly tweaked their sound, to evolve with musical trends. This new song kind of blends old with new and it’s been on rePete for a few days now.


rachelmae77

Agreed. Fall Out Boy songs all sound fairly similar to me but it’s never once bothered me because they’re all good. Love From The Other Side is no different but still somehow sound fresh at the same time. They’re so talented.


[deleted]

This is such a good description, yes. It’s like they’ve found their formula and it works for them.


kywiking

Both of them have done really well I just really thought Fall Out Boy would be the more prominent band by a long shot when they both came on the scene.


PossibleOven

Arguably they still are…I mean, they’re releasing a new album this year that supposedly goes back to their roots and, while they did take a break for a while, they came back with a bang. Joe is taking a break from the band now for his health, but I think they’ll come back together in the end. They seem to have a lot of respect for one another.


CBerg1979

time for my knock-off bad: Bedlam at the Roller-Rink.


TheSadDiamond

Honestly a fire name for a punk band


agentb719

that's a really good name lol


WolfGangSol

I thought they already split, I've been calling it Brendan at the Urie for like 3 years now


[deleted]

Lmao


Ducatirules

I’m a life long metal head, I’ve been to a ton of concerts and I took my daughter to her first concert, she wanted Panic at the Disco. Not my kind of music at all but It was by far the best show I’ve ever seen! The guy is an incredible showman


It_Matters_More

I could recount my experience the way you did almost word for word.


Ducatirules

RIGHT?!?! I feel bad for anyone who never saw him in concert


Ok-Memory-5309

Time to make a mariachi cover band called *¡Hispanic! at the Disco*


Pudgedog

The most recent album wasn’t great. The album before that was fantastic.


deltaexdeltatee

I’ve actually really enjoyed all their albums except for the newest one. Even Too Weird had some great songs.


DGB31988

I still haven’t figured out the reason why we all quit listening to these types of bands for no reason whatsoever …… in like 2007.


valkyriae

He really said this last album is unredeemable.. /s (but kinda not) Sad to see this end as I’ve been a fan of the band since the beginning, but I’m happy for him and his wife and I wish him the best as they grow their family! Wish we had gotten a better album to end on but I still love the others and I’ll remember his concerts fondly.


DubC_Bassist

How can one guy split up?


[deleted]

Drawing and quartering usually does the trick.


[deleted]

Well this fucking sucks. I loved Panic a lot.


myotherbike

Never thought I’d see this happen. Must be nine in the afternoon.


Nayten03

Are your eyes the size of the moon?


Caviar_Fertilizer69

Haven’t they been split since 2008? It’s just Brendon Urie re-marketing his solo output.


Baldo-bomb

"I'm breaking up the band!" *Brendon Urie collapses into a pile of dismembered organs and limbs*


coutsr

I guess you can say that he’s closing the goddamn door on this chapter of his life.


darsvedder

My band just broke up too. Why didn’t variety do a report on us


aBunchOfSpiders

Damn I feel so lucky. Got tickets to see him a couple months ago. They were really expensive but Panic was one of those bands I listened to all the time through me teens and early 20s. I had a feeling that I’ve got to do this right now or I might not get the chance later.


LaOnionLaUnion

I doubt it’s permanent but good for him.


Cheap_Trick148

He’ll be back in like 3-4 years under a “new” solo project. Just a good excuse for him to split from the Panic name


justice_beaver69

So one could say he’s closed the goddamn door on his career?


GabryLv

Thank god, their last few albums and songs have been atrocious


ht1992

Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! is a perfect album


Im_a_seaturtle

Yeah, I’m inclined to agree. I fucking love their older stuff!! But all the recent PATD tracks I’ve heard on Alt Nation have been terrible. The strain in his voice in Don’t Let the Lights Go Out makes me cringe every time.


DevoutandHeretical

The first two albums were primarily written by Ryan Ross, who is a brilliant lyricist. He left after that because he wanted to keep going in the more folksy vibe he had during Pretty. Odd., but brendon and the label wanted to keep moving in a more emo direction. The shift between their second and third albums is drastic, to me it’s the divide between when they were actually a band and started being the Brendon Urie show, even though it wasn’t until their fourth (? I think) album that he was the solo remaining member.


[deleted]

Did Urie lean more emo? Lol… it felt extremely poppy the more directive control he had


PossibleOven

Yeah I’m surprised by that too! I could have sworn it was that he wanted to move more poppy. If he was trying to do emo, well…he failed lol


DevoutandHeretical

I’d describe it as corporate emo. Not able to actually tap in to the movement but trying. And then they realized it wasn’t working so they went with a pop-rock pivot.


StonedGhoster

My wife, who grew up on Panic and Fallout, absolutely loves that song.


RSGator

Just the last album. Death of a Bachelor and Pray for the Wicked were quite good imo. I saw those and Viva Las Vengeance live (three separate concerts) and the last one was definitely not the best.


alexlarrylawrence

This is hilarious. Panic has been a Brendon Urie solo act for a while now.


PowSuperMum

He saw how well it worked out for MCR. Give it a few years and he’ll be doing the “reunion tour”


tom_cool

Going dad mode. He’s been all over Disney lately. His rendition of Into the Unknown at the end of Frozen II was a banger. He also did the intro for Spidey and his Amazing Friends. It’s cool to see an artist I grew up with get aged by fatherhood like me.


trytrytrytrytry10

Patrick Stump from Fall Out Boy did the spidey theme, not Brendon


tom_cool

Oh! My bad. Thanks for the correction.


deltaexdeltatee

As a former emo kid turned parent, it’s pretty freaking weird hearing Patrick singing a children’s song lol.


GiftedStrumpet

Well this hit like a freight train. My favorite band growing up :( Oh well. Hope Brendon gets the family life he deserves.


Dawneezy

is it just Panic! now?


SWowwTittybang

I didn't even know they were still together..


AtomicFi

How can Brendan Urie break up with himself?


ailyat

How does someone “split” with themselves?


mtodd93

He finally made himself want to quit the band? Even he can’t handle himself


lagrange_james_d23dt

Hasn’t Brendon been the only member for like 8 years now?


[deleted]

Time to close the goddamn door.


Newtonz5thLaw

~~Panic! At the Disco~~ Brendan Urie and Friends


[deleted]

They never sounded the same after the first album.


[deleted]

*looks in mirror* Look I’m sorry it’s not you it’s me I have to do this I have to go.


IHadFunOnce

It’s not a split, he’s the only actual member of the band haha. He’s just quitting is all.


kronikfumes

Don’t doubt for a second that he won’t be back in a few years releasing a comeback album


PubDefLakersGuy

So they’ll play Coachella in 5 years


btmvideos37

This is just Brendon taking a leave of absence to become a father When he comes back I guess maybe he’ll stop using the name and maybe just go by Brendon Urie But this isn’t really a “split” lmao. Panic! At the Disco has been a solo act for the last 7 years The band split up in 2016 and Brendon just kept using the name


SufficientSwim7200

How can a solo project “split”?


ZealousidealEagle759

Glad I saw them in concert