wikipedia panic at the disco discography

The album was produced by Casey Crescenzo of the band The Dear Hunter and features Darren Robinson of Phantom Planet on guitar. In May 2009 Violent Things was released exclusively on iTunes. The song was also put into rotation at PacSun stores across the nation.

It stayed in the top 10 for several weeks, and frequented the number one spot several times more. Within two days of the addition, the song hit #1 on on the daily top songs list, where it stayed for 13 consecutive days. The song rose immediately to the station's top ten daily songs. In 2008, the single 'Second Boys Will Be First Choice' was added to the daily rotation of Salt Lake City radio station X96, something which had never been done with an unsigned act in the station's 20-plus-year history. Shortly after, The Brobecks received Salt Lake City's local 'City Weekly' award for 2008 Indie Pop Band of the Year, repeating their win of the year before (2007). After a few years of recording basement demos, touring and line-up changes, the band was offered a contract from an imprint of Drive-Thru Records, and Weekes was offered solo record contracts by Sony BMG, Interscope Records, and a smaller indie label if he would drop his band mates. The original line-up consisted of Weekes, photographer/producer Matt Glass and another friend from high school.

The group's name was inspired by a person from Dallon's school days. The band began as a weekend hobby for Dallon Weekes shortly after he returned to Utah after living in Oklahoma for two years as a Mormon missionary. An anonymous person being in a crowd, but not really a part of it. That was a romantic idea to me, and to a degree I had always identified with that. For all anyone knew this person didn't even exist. Never mind the reason, but this went on for years. Growing up, there was a particular student at school (Lets call him/her 'X' Brobeck.) who, every morning was called to the administrative office over the loudspeakers.

The name 'Brobecks' is an homage to the unpopular.

Wikipedia panic at the disco discography