In the mid-2000s, there was a heavy alternative rock presence, perhaps defined by Panic! At the Disco themselves. It seemed you couldn’t walk through a high school or college hallway without seeing someone playing their first (and still most famous) song, “I Write Sins Not Tragedies.” That classic song chimed into the music scene in 2005 and is still an emo-rock or alt-pop classic to this day. How did Brandon Urie, the singer, and head of the band, manage such success off one album? You’d have to ask him.

Pete Wentz and Panic!

If there was another band that defined that era of music, it was Fall Out Boy, without argument. They’d been getting heavy play from the late ‘90s, and well through when Panic! At the Disco started. But what do the two have to do with each other? A lot, as it turns out. Pete Wentz, the lead of Fall Out Boy, used some of his earnings to set up his label. That label would ultimately be the one Panic! At the Disco signed with, shooting them to success.

A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out

Panic!’s first studio album came out just a year after the band formed in 2005. With the support of Fall Out Boy behind them and a record label, they were able to skip the EP or mixtape stage most bands go through.

Two of the songs from that album charted on the Top 40, and their tour sold out most cities that year. That was back in 2006, and they’ve put out seven albums since then. On those albums, they’ve collaborated with big names in their genre and out, like when they made the song “Me,” with Taylor Swift in 2019. We can’t wait to see what they do next. If “Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off,” going to a Panic! At the Disco concert is a close second.