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I was reading the New York Daily News when I happened to stumble upon Jim Farber's column in the entertainment section. Here is the article:

An Internet-Fueled Panic

Most young bands spend years slogging away - playing crummy clubs, cutting low-cost indie records - hoping for their big break.

Panic! at the Disco got its break after cutting just two measly songs and without performing a single gig.

Credit that to a freak chance on the Internet.

On a whim, in late '04, the teens who make up this Las Vegas-based band linked the only two songs they'd ever recorded to the blog of Pete Wentz, singer of their favorite band, Fall Out Boy. They weren't expecting anything - and Wentz later told the guys he hardly ever listens to music that people send to his site.

This time, however, he did. And, according to Panic drummer Spencer Smith, the next week Wentz hopped on a plane to Vegas, watched them play in their practice space and, on the way back to his hotel, offered to sign them to his new label, Decaydance Records.

Then came break No. 2.

While Panic was recording its debut CD, "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out," Fall Out Boy wound up becoming the biggest new rock band of '05 (more than 1.7 million records sold). Last fall, the band featured Panic as its opening act, which helped Panic move more than 160,000 copies of its CD in just the past few months.

Though riding Fall Out's coattails has proven key, the group also spread the word through music-related Internet sites, like myspace.com (which got them 90,000 "friends," according to Smith) and Pure Volume.

"Those sites are so great because you don't have to rely on a deejay to play you," says the drummer. "People can listen to whatever they want."

No doubt the Net buzz increased because of Panic's left-field approach to music. With a mix of punk-pop, jazz, classical, folk and electro disco, they don't sound remotely like anyone else out there.

"In rock, pretty much everything has been done before," Smith reasons. "We've brought kids a lot of things they probably haven't heard before, except on a soundtrack, like accordions and strings and horns."

They also brought them what could be the longest song-titles in pop history. Doozies include "The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage." And "Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off."

"Most of the titles are quotes from books or movies," Smith explains.

The band also took inspiration for its wordy titles from the Smiths, who inspired their name, as well: It comes from a line in the Smiths' 1986 song "Panic."

When that song first appeared, some members of the band weren't even born. "We heard about the Smiths later, through friends," explains Smith (his real name). "What attracted us was how they could get across the meaning of the lyric through the tone of the vocal. A lot of bands just try to be catchy. The Smiths wanted to be more."

The good news is, so does Panic.
Originally published on January 24, 2006
 
This band is f***ing atrocius

My friend works for their management company, so I've had the unfortunate experience of hearing their music, which is hardly Smiths-influenced. Also they look like like sickly 13-year-old neo-hipsters waiting for their parents to pick them up from the Interpol concert.

P.S. Hello mozmic! How's life these days?

> I was reading the New York Daily News when I happened to stumble upon Jim
> Farber's column in the entertainment section. Here is the article:

> An Internet-Fueled Panic

> Most young bands spend years slogging away - playing crummy clubs, cutting
> low-cost indie records - hoping for their big break.

> Panic! at the Disco got its break after cutting just two measly songs and
> without performing a single gig.

> Credit that to a freak chance on the Internet.

> On a whim, in late '04, the teens who make up this Las Vegas-based band
> linked the only two songs they'd ever recorded to the blog of Pete Wentz,
> singer of their favorite band, Fall Out Boy. They weren't expecting
> anything - and Wentz later told the guys he hardly ever listens to music
> that people send to his site.

> This time, however, he did. And, according to Panic drummer Spencer Smith,
> the next week Wentz hopped on a plane to Vegas, watched them play in their
> practice space and, on the way back to his hotel, offered to sign them to
> his new label, Decaydance Records.

> Then came break No. 2.

> While Panic was recording its debut CD, "A Fever You Can't Sweat
> Out," Fall Out Boy wound up becoming the biggest new rock band of '05
> (more than 1.7 million records sold). Last fall, the band featured Panic
> as its opening act, which helped Panic move more than 160,000 copies of
> its CD in just the past few months.

> Though riding Fall Out's coattails has proven key, the group also spread
> the word through music-related Internet sites, like myspace.com (which got
> them 90,000 "friends," according to Smith) and Pure Volume.

> "Those sites are so great because you don't have to rely on a deejay
> to play you," says the drummer. "People can listen to whatever
> they want."

> No doubt the Net buzz increased because of Panic's left-field approach to
> music. With a mix of punk-pop, jazz, classical, folk and electro disco,
> they don't sound remotely like anyone else out there.

> "In rock, pretty much everything has been done before," Smith
> reasons. "We've brought kids a lot of things they probably haven't
> heard before, except on a soundtrack, like accordions and strings and
> horns."

> They also brought them what could be the longest song-titles in pop
> history. Doozies include "The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and
> Suicide Is Press Coverage." And "Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl
> Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off."

> "Most of the titles are quotes from books or movies," Smith
> explains.

> The band also took inspiration for its wordy titles from the Smiths, who
> inspired their name, as well: It comes from a line in the Smiths' 1986
> song "Panic."

> When that song first appeared, some members of the band weren't even born.
> "We heard about the Smiths later, through friends," explains
> Smith (his real name). "What attracted us was how they could get
> across the meaning of the lyric through the tone of the vocal. A lot of
> bands just try to be catchy. The Smiths wanted to be more."

> The good news is, so does Panic.
> Originally published on January 24, 2006
 
Your just pissed NorthJersey missed the story!

Yeah, the band stinks, but I got a kick out of the song titles.

Hi, JP. I am fine.

Mr. Mozmic was ill for awhile, but now, he's up and running.
I hope all is well with you. Will keep in touch.

Gotta run.

Mozmic_dancer
 
Re: Your just pissed NorthJersey missed the story!

haha...well at least njmg gets Morrissey into the main page headlines. send the mr. my regards.

> Yeah, the band stinks, but I got a kick out of the song titles.

> Hi, JP. I am fine.

> Mr. Mozmic was ill for awhile, but now, he's up and running.
> I hope all is well with you. Will keep in touch.

> Gotta run.

> Mozmic_dancer
 
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