from buzznet.com
Remember when Panic! At The Disco had been promoting Pretty.Odd. and there was just a little something missing from their name? It sort of seems silly but it sure was and still is a big deal to the fans. So, to finally explain the whole deal, Spencer Smith has the floor.
When the guys decided to take out the "!" last year, we never quite knew the exact reason why and they never got asked why it was there in the first place. So, now, they've chosen to bring it back for a medley of reasons.
"It's amazing because we never necessarily got asked about it that much when it was in there," drummer Spencer Smith told MTV News. "And then all of a sudden, we decided to take it away for Pretty. Odd., and we were asked about that in, I think, every interview for a couple months."
As well as wanting to bring back memories, this switchback is also a way of saying that even after the band's split, the half that is still there is going strong.
"For me and Brendon, there were aspects of our first album that did sort of go away on Pretty. Odd. that we'd like to bring back to our band. There's some theatricality and some different styles of music, and we want to make a record that is drawing from both our previous albums. And it just seemed like it would be a fun thing for our fans. Hopefully, there's less of a big deal [made] about it coming back than there was about it going away. It seems like a new chapter, so having that as part of the band seemed like something we could bring back ... to reinforce that Panic! at the Disco is not breaking up, it's still going."
To also reinforce that Panic! is still going strong, there's also their first single "New Perspective" which is very appropriately titled. The music style of this song goes back to A Fever You Can't Sweat out which still seems to prove that Spencer and Brendon prefer this sound over the sound of Pretty.Odd.
"It is a side of the new songs we're doing. It's nice to bridge the gap between what we were doing and the music we'll hopefully put out in the beginning of next year," he explained. "We're sort of figuring out what we want our record to be. We've demoed 10 or 11 songs, and it's everything from sort-of Frank Sinatra-style songs to, like, some of the electronic stuff we had on our first record, and, you know, the theatrical stuff, sort of like Queen, and then there's rock and roll stuff, too. Stuff like the Who. We're sort of figuring out what Panic! at the Disco is with me and Brendon."
So, to sort of finally answer the question, why was the "!" in the band's name after all?
"I think Ryan may have brought it up, I don't remember, it was a few years ago. Ryan had put it on our PureVolume site — before we got signed, before Pete heard any of our songs — he typed it that way on the site, saying, 'Oh, that would be a cool thing,' and it completely stuck," Smith laughed. "I always thought it was a cool thing, but I think he always had a thing where, like, it wasn't actually supposed to be part of the name, so maybe it was him who brought up losing it. I don't know. Hopefully people won't freak out about it again."
Funny how something that might have been a simple mistake or thought has made such a big deal.
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now we know. but personally, i love the AFUCSO panic!.
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