Brendon Urie Bio - Brendon Urie Biography

Brendon Urie: Biography

Brendon Boyd Urie, the lead singer of Panic At The Disco, was born April 12, 1987 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Urie, the youngest of five, went to Palo Verde High School, where he met ex-Panic bassist Brent Wilson in his guitar class. Wilson asked Brendon to try out for a band he was in, since they needed a replacement guitarist. Brendon did and started as the guitarist, but after hearing his amazing vocals, the band unanimously named as the singer. During his senior year, Brendon put a lot into the band, and because of this, he almost didn't graduate. After his graduation, Brendon's parents highly encouraged him to attend college, but he chose to stick to his interests in music. Because of this, his parents kicked him out of their house, and Urie was forced to take up a job at Smoothie Hut to pay rent for his one room apartment and the band's practice space. After seeing him perform, his parents finally supported him, and our now huge supporters of his successful career. Since joining the hit band, Brendon has been able to branch himself out and make a name for himself, which will go on throughout the years.

Brendon: On how he felt about being voted as Worst Band of 2007 by NME I don't know. I don't care. It's like if we really cared in high school about like, who won best dressed or who got best eyes, you know. It's just like a popularity contest that we don't really care to run in.(edit)
Brendon: (speaking about "Folkin' Around," a song from Panic's album "Pretty. Odd.") The song is very light-hearted, it's just a bit of fun. For a couple of tracks [the rest of the band] let me explore the boundaries.(edit)
Brendon: (about expectations of the band) When we first started off, we made our record and then we played our first show. There was a bit of an expectation, you know, "Fall Out Boy signed them. They never played a show. They better be, like, real good." In the beginning, we sucked, too. We were horrible. We're still not too good, but we've gotten better. I'll just say that much.(edit)
Brendon: (about Las Vegas) It sucks. It's horrible. There's no places to play. There's no real support for bands. No one really cares. Everyone plays death metal or post-hardcore screamo, and that's pretty much it. Everyone sounds the same.(edit)
Brendon: I�m a Ritalin kid, and I�ve always been very outgoing. I don�t have a problem performing in front of five thousand people.(edit)
Brendon: We're weird guys. I don't know if a lot of people get our humor. A lot of people probably think we're jerks. We're real sarcastic. Really ironic and stuff. We mean well, but we joke around probably a lot more than we should.(edit)
Brendon: (about the hype the band gets) The hype is pretty good. So it's a good sign. There's different kinds of hype for different reasons. Hype is good. The crowd just has more expectations from us when we're on stage. That's cool, too. I hope we haven't been too disappointing. We try.(edit)
Brendon: There was no way we could have played a show in Las Vegas, so the only way we could be discovered was through the Internet, which was the way it worked.(edit)
Brendon: (on people calling Panic! At The Disco "emo") It's ignorant! The stereotype is guys that are weak and have failing relationships write about how sad they are. If you listen to our songs, not one of them has that tone. Emo is bullsh*t! If people want to take it for the literal sense of the word, yes we're an emotional band, we put a lot of thought into what we do. People always try to stereotype us, but we don't fit the emo stereotype.(edit)
Brendon: I could never sing my own stuff cause I suck at writing poetry.(edit)
Brendon: Ryan, I think, writes great lyrics. He�s really mature for his age. He�s a different thinker.(edit)
Brendon: We�re just like you. We�re not these older idols, you know, we�re just kids like you guys. (edit)
Brendon: (when asked how he describes the band's music) I don�t know. We don�t really fall under a label. It�s generally based around rock music, but I guess, theatrical rock? I don�t know. I can�t really describe it. I suck at that.(edit)
Brendon: We just make music for ourselves.(edit)
Brendon: (after the mysterious "Six" was led off-stage after stealing Brendon's mic and complaining about MTV at the 2006 MTV VMAs) He stole our thunder!(edit)
Brendon: (when asked what advice he'd give to other young bands) My advice would be to take time with the music and writing, rather than just getting a song done, really thrown together, and go play a show. Live shows, for us at least, back home in Vegas, don�t seem to do anything. Bands can be playing for seven years and never get anything done. So, I guess, practice more and write music carefully.(edit)
Brendon: (on being called dangerous by Killers' frontman Brandon Flowers) Do I think or myself as dangerous? Not at all! We're really harmless and innocent in a way. It's a shame that he (Flowers) feels that way really(edit)
Brendon: (when asked what cartoon character he'd be) Actually you know what honestly, Elmer Fudd cause he carries a gun. So, you know, you're always protected and he doesn't let his speech impediment keep him down. He still hunts rabbits, wabbits.(edit)
Brendon: (after he got hit in the right eye at the Carling Weekend: Reading Festival during the opening song) You can�t take me out! Let's see how well you guys do with my left side!(edit)

Even after performing songs for a while, Brendon still has trouble pronouncing some words and phrases.(edit)
Brendon was ranked #6 for Music�s Sexiest Single Men by AOL Music in 2007.(edit)
For Brendon�s 20th birthday, he received many letters, cards, pictures, and artwork from fans.(edit)
According to Ryan Ross, Brendon is no longer "the good Mormon boy we once knew."(edit)
Brendon has a tattoo of piano keys on his forearm.(edit)
Brendon is the only Panic! At The Disco member that has a YouTube account.(edit)
Brendon is the youngest of five children, having three brothers and a sister named Kara.(edit)
Even though it doesn't seem apparent most of the time, Brendon has freckles.(edit)
Brendon likes to race motorcycles.(edit)
Brendon has an addiction to the engery drink Red Bull.(edit)
Brendon was popular in middle school.(edit)
While living at home, Brendon enjoyed walking around in the nude while his parents weren't around.(edit)
Brendon is the best player in Panic! at the video game Guitar Hero.(edit)
Brendon has admitted that he is a very messy eater.(edit)
Even after the release of "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out," Brendon still lived at home with his parents, as well as had chores, only living fiften minutes away from fellow bandmates Ryan Ross and Spencer Smith.(edit)
EW magazine described Brendon as �a pillow-lipped Brando in an Oliver Twist overcoat.�(edit)
Brendon had only been in the band for four months and the singer for two weeks then Panic! was signed.(edit)
Contrary to populare belief, the girl Brendon was with at the 2006 VMAs was not his girlfriend. She is actually a friend from high school.(edit)
Brendon almost went to college in Arizona, but the other band members talked him out of it.(edit)
Brendon is the only member of the band who didn't get to keep his costume from the I Write Sins Not Tragedies video, though he says he really wanted to because he'd love to wear it around sometimes.(edit)
According to Panic! drummer Spencer Smith, Brendon is the only member of the band with any acting ability.(edit)
Brendon is a vegetarian/borderline vegan.(edit)
Brendon�s parents wanted him to go on a religious mission for their church, and they wanted him to go to BYU (Brigham Young University), but he told them that just wasn�t him.(edit)
On the last date of the Nintendo Fusion Tour, Brendon was stripped down to his boxers during the band's performance as a bit of a hazing.(edit)
Brendon always wears two bracelets, one that is purple and reads "Reading is Magic," and one that is white, blue, red, and green striped.(edit)
On July 1, 2006, Brendon sang a cover of Britney Spear's song Baby One More Time with the Dresden Dolls.(edit)
Brendon met ex-P!ATD bassist Brent Wilson in his guitar class.(edit)
Brendon's nicknames are BrennyBear and Bden.(edit)
Brendon provided back-up vocals for Fall Out Boy's song 7 Minutes In Heaven (Atavan Halen).(edit)
Brendon was originally supposed to be the guitarist for Panic! At The Disco, but after the other members heard him sing, they decided to make him the lead vocals.(edit)
Brendon plays keyboard, accordion, piano, organ, cello, bass, drums, and guitar.(edit)
Brendon's height is 5'8�".(edit)
Brendon was named one of Spin.com's Hottest Stars Under 25 during the week of June 16, 2006.(edit)
Brendon is friends with Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz.(edit)
Brendon was raised Mormon.(edit)
Brendon appeared in Fall Out Boy's video for A Little Less 16 Candles, A Little More 'Touch Me'.(edit)