Panic At The Disco in turmoil?

Panic At The Disco guitarist Ryan Ross and bassist Jon Walker have quit the band.

"Ryan Ross and Jon Walker will be leaving Panic at the Disco to embark on a musical excursion of their own," reads a statement released by the pair. "Though the four of us have made music together in the past, we've creatively evolved in different directions which has compromised what each of us want to personally achieve. Over the years, we have remained close and honest with each other, which helped us to realize that our goals were different and that parting ways is truly what is best for each of us. We are all excited for the future, you should be too."

In a statement posted on the band's official site, frontman Brendon Urie and drummer Spencer Smith said: "It’s been an amazing journey being in a band with them, but sometimes individual tastes take friends in different directions and you can’t ignore it. They are some of the most talented guys we know, and we’re sure that whatever they do next will be great. That said, Panic At The Disco is alive and very very well. We are working on new songs that we are excited for you to hear.

The remaining members will go on tour as special guests to Blink-182 and Fall Out Boy in the next few weeks.

"We wouldn’t miss those for the world," continues the statement. "We know everybody has a lot of questions at this point with everything being so out of the blue, most of those should be answered in the coming weeks. We appreciate every one of you, and hope you continue with us on this incredible ride. Pay attention we have a surprise in store for you."

More news as it happens...

Tags: Blink 182, Fall Out Boy, Panic At The Disco

Posted by Simon at 09:04PM | July 6, 2009

Panic

This sucks. :(

Posted by Eilidh | July 6, 2009 9:20 PM | Reply to this

this is worse that M.J dying :(
jon and ryan were the hot ones

Posted by Molzz | July 7, 2009 1:21 PM | Reply to this

this is worse that M.J dying :(
jon and ryan were the hot ones

Posted by Molzz | July 7, 2009 1:22 PM | Reply to this

this is worse that M.J dying :(
jon and ryan were the hot ones

Posted by Molzz | July 7, 2009 1:22 PM | Reply to this

¬_¬

How is this worse than MJ dying? Jon and Ryan will be back to form some other fagoty f***ing band so keep your hormones under control please.

Posted by JoNnY | July 8, 2009 1:53 PM | Reply to this

fuck off its not that bad the band didnt even split up.

Posted by Kate. | July 12, 2009 12:55 PM | Reply to this

Panic

well either way this was coming any was look at there second cd it was not really good lets put it like that

thay should of stuck with the old stuff that everyone loved

Posted by kennysafari | July 12, 2009 3:36 AM | Reply to this

Not as funny as Michael Jackson dying but still mildly amusing.

Posted by Patrick Bateman | July 6, 2009 9:23 PM | Reply to this

Patrick Bateman is a dick!
michael jackson was a true hero of music!
screw you patrick! screw you hard!

however, it is great news that panic! are no longer torturing our ears...

Posted by dan | July 6, 2009 9:37 PM | Reply to this

o_0

M.J. was a legend and no death is ever funny, especially when it is a great muscial genius such as him. However, it is good news that P!ATD may no longer be annoying us with their annoying songs.

Posted by JoNnY | July 8, 2009 2:00 PM | Reply to this

I think we all seem to have missed the bad part about all this.

Now there are two new bands. This means double the ear rape, double the Kerrang bumming and double the horrific 'groundbreaking' Beatles covers.

Damn.

Posted by Vanessa | July 6, 2009 9:43 PM | Reply to this

To: Patrick Bateman, dan, and Vanessa (I'm assuming that Eilidh agrees with me) Sorry that people might ACTUALLY like Panic. Sorry that some people might ACTUALLY be sad. Sorry that people ACTUALLY might care.

I wish the best in anything that Ryan and Jon do, and hope that Brendon and Spencer will be okay doing Panic by themselves. I heard the ! is coming back.. not positive though.

Posted by Amy | July 6, 2009 9:56 PM | Reply to this

PATD

AMY!!

I totally agree i do happen to like PATD and also wish Ryan and Jon all the best!

Posted by Lala-Rara | July 7, 2009 12:29 PM | Reply to this

I wish the best in anything that Ryan and Jon do, and hope that Brendon and Spencer will be okay doing Panic by themselves. I heard the ! is coming back.. not positive though.

Posted by Amy | July 6, 2009 9:57 PM | Reply to this

:'(

I was very sad to hear this news and i truly loves panic at the disco however i wish ryan and jon all the best for the future and a thanks to brendon and spencer for keeping panic at the disco alive

Good luck with everything guys x

Posted by Hayley | July 6, 2009 10:07 PM | Reply to this

I am really sad to hear this news but I wish Ryan and Jon all the best in the future

A Fever You Can't Sweat Out is one of my favourite albums ever x

Posted by Jill | July 6, 2009 10:13 PM | Reply to this

I was sad to hear about this earlier today, but I hope all four of them can be happy and make the music they want to make.

Personally, I may not look at Panic At The Disco as the same band anymore, basically because half of them are missing, including the lyricist[which will cause a change, of course]. But I'll still support Brendon and Spencer, and the two soon to be new members, whoever they are.

And seeing as rumour has it that the ! is back, it seems things are changing. I look forward to hearing the new Panic[!...?] songs.

Posted by alice. | July 6, 2009 10:31 PM | Reply to this

yay

Thank god, they were awful, one less teenie bopper band in the world - horah :D

however i hate to see any band fall apart as music is all about passion.

still them and FOB are bands i will not miss at all if they do in fact split!

Posted by phil | July 6, 2009 10:57 PM | Reply to this

yay

Hate to spoil the "good news" but Panic! haven't split. Brendon and Spencer are carrying on, so looks like you'll have to endure them still.

I agree with you that it's awful when bands split though. It makes you realise how other people feel when their favourites split or have members leave. At least we can all agree on that, no matter whan genre we listen to.

Posted by alice | July 6, 2009 11:06 PM | Reply to this

yay

Hate to spoil the "good news" but You're a BALLSACK!!!!

Posted by THE HOFF | July 7, 2009 2:44 AM | Reply to this

yay

Am I really?
Nice to know.

You seem to have missed the fact that I'm primarily agreeing with the comment above.

The only thing I disagreed with was that they actually aren't splitting, because it's the truth. And there's no need to be rude about a band you don't like.

Posted by alice. | July 7, 2009 6:37 AM | Reply to this

oh well. their second album was shiiiit anywayz. and a hopeless live band

Posted by casper | July 6, 2009 11:55 PM | Reply to this

that's awesome! yet another shitty emo band going down the tube! they were were yet another blemish on the music industry anyway, now all that needs to happen is the fall of fall out boy. see? emo music is finally dissipating, it's great!

Posted by jackass | July 7, 2009 2:52 AM | Reply to this

Fall Out Boy and Panic! aren't emo.
Jimmy Eat World and Sunny Day Real Estate are emo.

Posted by alice | July 7, 2009 6:40 AM | Reply to this

Praise be to Satan!!!

Posted by Ross | July 13, 2009 10:10 PM | Reply to this

patheticc

i liked them!if you dont like them and you say they were destroying your ears...i mean you dont like them...dont listen to them simple as that!but i guess you all must say something just to say it!pathetic really!

Posted by Axel | July 7, 2009 3:12 AM | Reply to this

patheticc

Blow Me ASSWIPE!!!!!!!!

Posted by Cockface McGinty | July 7, 2009 3:24 AM | Reply to this

Haters..
May i ask what you guys consider "good" and "bad" music?

Posted by Makayla | July 7, 2009 5:17 AM | Reply to this

That's so sad! But I support their decision 100% and wish them the best on future endeavors with music, as well as hope that PATD releases a new CD sometime soon.

Posted by Kayla | July 7, 2009 7:39 AM | Reply to this

loooooooool

how can they carry on?
ryan wrote the songs.
its just gonna be a big heap of shit now
they should give up.

Posted by jade | July 7, 2009 10:28 AM | Reply to this

emo

this whole kerrang forum is the stupidest thing ever, all you people ever do is go on about whats emo and whats good music and argue about it, if you dont like a band shut up, if you do then discuss it, god you lot are losers

Posted by scott reeves | July 7, 2009 11:08 AM | Reply to this

panic!

This is realy sad they are my fav band and i will miss jon and ryan.

BUT im 100% sure brendon and spencer will do well and keep panic! alive. Its brendons voice that makes panic so as long as we still have brendon things will be ok.

ps. pete wentz has said the new panic album sounds more fever than pretty odd which im realy happy about because as much as i love pretty odd a fever was better in my opinion.

and the ! is officialy back and there new single "new perspective" is being released August 17th so thats going to be great...i cant wait.

Posted by me | July 7, 2009 11:25 AM | Reply to this

One word..

LOfuckingL! :D

Posted by mrs self destruct. | July 7, 2009 11:51 AM | Reply to this

PANIC!

I was soooo upset when i found out the news.
I have loved panic at the disco for many many many years so it's sad.

I Hope they go back to doing more of there older stuff, because it was amazing. (E.g I write sins not tradegies)

But I Wish the best of luck for both ryan/john & brendon/spencer.

Posted by Lily | July 7, 2009 11:57 AM | Reply to this

aww thats sad to hear :(
but i hope panic carry on to make amazing music.
hopefully more like fever than pretty odd.
good luck to ryan and jon though

Posted by Naomi | July 7, 2009 12:23 PM | Reply to this

Pete Wentz bums Brendon Urie

Pete wentz has been bumming Panic out a lot recently! New bassist?

Also PANIC! used to be a blink-182 tribute band before they were famous!
Hopefully brendon wont ruin any of their songs!

Posted by Drew182 | July 7, 2009 1:13 PM | Reply to this

Pete Wentz bums Brendon Urie

well of course pete wentz bums panic..
he discovered them..

Posted by Charlotte | July 7, 2009 6:13 PM | Reply to this

well, PATD are fucked now as he wrote all of the lyrics didn't he?

Posted by walla | July 7, 2009 3:01 PM | Reply to this

...wow

Seriously, whats with all the slamming? I must say, P!ATD (Yes, I know about the !) are one of my favourite bands, and even though Pretty. Odd isn't amazing, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out is.

Hopefully the guys will still create more music, and good luck to all 4 :D

Posted by Kitty | July 7, 2009 4:30 PM | Reply to this

...wow

Seriously, whats with all the slamming? I must say, P!ATD (Yes, I know about the !) are one of my favourite bands, and even though Pretty. Odd isn't amazing, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out is.

Hopefully the guys will still create more music, and good luck to all 4 :D

Posted by Kitty | July 7, 2009 4:46 PM | Reply to this

awrrr gutted about this.
i hope they do continue with panic, apparently there new album is sounding more AFYCSO so it should be good :)
good luck to ryan and jon aswell.

Posted by Jess | July 7, 2009 5:17 PM | Reply to this

lololol

i bet 'patrick bateman' thinks hes well ard, takein the piss outta somebody dying. i mean shitting hell, you dont even have to like (wacko) jacko to at least show a little fucking respect =S dropping dead of a heart attack is never funny.

Posted by ME | July 7, 2009 6:08 PM | Reply to this

:'(

Gutted ,, absolutely love panic!!
I hope they carry on but it wont be the same without Ryan an Jon :(

Posted by Amy | July 7, 2009 7:27 PM | Reply to this

:'(

Gutted ,, absolutely love panic!!
I hope they carry on but it wont be the same without Ryan an Jon :(

Posted by Amy | July 7, 2009 7:28 PM | Reply to this

:'(

Gutted ,, absolutely love panic!!
I hope they carry on but it wont be the same without Ryan an Jon :(

Posted by Amy | July 7, 2009 7:28 PM | Reply to this

OMG! :(

I am so sad about this. i love Panic :( not too shure how they will cope with jst two members thos...expesh cuz ryan wrote the songs....

but i wish all of them gd luck. :)

and all u haters out there...screw u.

Posted by VampireBabezz | July 7, 2009 8:14 PM | Reply to this

People...

...You are forgetting that Brendon wrote some of the songs and maybe the best song on Pretty.Odd was Folkin' around(which he wrote)

Panic isn't finished so get used to it.

Posted by Matty | July 7, 2009 8:34 PM | Reply to this

I didn't cry at Michael Jackson dying.

I did cry at this.

I hope Ryan and Jon know that they've made people cry.

Posted by izzy | July 7, 2009 9:20 PM | Reply to this

Oh dear

This could be the best thing for the band,or the worst =/

It'll really change the band,especially since the song writer has gone.

But they still have Brendan who has an amazing voice, so it is not all bad news :)

Posted by Zoee | July 7, 2009 10:37 PM | Reply to this

This should be a good thing, right? I mean, Ryan and Jon will get to fullfill their dreams...why do I feel so sad about this. Ugh, this is terrible...I'll miss them :(

Posted by Joanne | July 8, 2009 5:08 AM | Reply to this

...

I miss Ryan and Jon already. I don't blame them for leaving though. If both the bands release an album, I'll buy both. I just hate this so much!At least we'll have Brendon's voice, though...

Posted by Megan | July 8, 2009 10:19 AM | Reply to this

pad

HALLELUJAH!!!! Now if if only madina lake, shikari, MCR and 30 seconds to mars would bugger off i will be a happy bunny!

Posted by Ross | July 8, 2009 11:24 AM | Reply to this

PANIC! FOREVER

the news was a shock to me but i cant wait to hear what brendon and spencer have come up with because im sure it will be amazing (cuz lets face it brendon is a genius)

there new song comes out august 17...its gunna be awesome

i have a feeling this change is going to be good for panic!

Posted by bob | July 8, 2009 12:44 PM | Reply to this

Hmmm

I loved P!'s first album back when they were P! but there last album sucked tbh i would like to see Jon & Ryan join back in to the band in the future

Posted by Thom Aitken | July 8, 2009 1:33 PM | Reply to this

i cant beleive this! theyy have been one of myy fav bands since ages! ='[

Posted by 'Linder | July 8, 2009 2:02 PM | Reply to this

Brendon and Spencer had better not give up... :( I will of course support Ry and Jon, better they left and were happy then they all fall out later on and that be the utter end of patd. at least bren and spence are continuing. Maybe they'll do a Blink later on and regroup :)

Good luck to you all guys :)

Posted by Millii | July 8, 2009 6:28 PM | Reply to this

Good luck to you all guys :)

Posted by Millii | July 8, 2009 6:29 PM | Reply to this

Good luck to you all guys :)

Posted by Millii | July 8, 2009 6:29 PM | Reply to this

Pretty. Odd

I listened to every song on Pretty. Odd and can honestly say there were about 3 songs on there. i cant even call the rest of those recordings song they were just pathetic. hopefully they'll get new ppl to change the band.

Posted by Jackk x] | July 8, 2009 10:02 PM | Reply to this

Kerrang news stories are just forums on how pathetic metalheads, who blatantly sit at home in their mums basement wearing some ancient band tee, bash every band with a fashion sense - fashionable bands are stereotypped as emo nowadays. Just because the members care about their image doesnt make them 'emo' so just stop bashing them.
Why dont you just post positive comments on news stories regarding bands you DO actually like rather than broadcasting your opinion to people who do care about the band.
-rant over-

Anyway, im actually looking forward to new panic, hopefully they'll go back to the first album's sound a bit more. Whoever the new band members will be, i hope they do well.

Posted by Rhys | July 9, 2009 7:19 AM | Reply to this

This is really bad! I actually LIKE p!atd, and i hope to god they find a new guitarist and bassist soon. Let's hope that Brendon and Spencer don't give up the band.

Also, if you don't like Panic! At The Disco, then why the fuck are you clogging up the forum board thingy? Why don't you just sit in your basements at home, looking up porn? It's gotta be better than posting hate messages, and leaves true fans to post their messages on. So fuck off.

Posted by Chelsie | July 9, 2009 2:16 PM | Reply to this

Noo!

Well i definately just lost a tenner and found a penny. Worse news i've recieved. When i read it, i thought they were fucking joking.

Seriously, i'm really sad. I hope to God that they succeed in whatever they do next, because all 4 of them are amazing musicians

Posted by Sarah | July 10, 2009 11:55 PM | Reply to this

Boo

this is seriously gay even though i dont get how its worse than mj dying im upset and whats the point in even commenting if you don't like PATD??

Posted by grace | July 11, 2009 5:38 PM | Reply to this

Panic!

aw ryan and jon were awesome! im gonna stel their eyeliner (well mostly ryans) until he rejoins!!!!!!!! jkjk
good look to them all! PATD rawk!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by alex | July 12, 2009 12:09 PM | Reply to this

woooo

you know the saying "theres never enough time in the day"

heres a cheat to get more stuff packed into your day:

stop commenting news about a band you don't care about.

idiots.

Posted by Ian | July 12, 2009 1:13 PM | Reply to this

panic

hey, the dude called ross, shut your fat mouth kid. agreed we all have opinions, but if your opinion has nothing to do with the subject, then keep it to yourself. i can't stand placebo, but i dont want them to do one, do i? there would be no lovers if there were no haters, so shut it.

as for panic at the disco, i wish them luck and hope they all sort this out. ryan and jon will be fine, just the same as the others.

Posted by ash | July 12, 2009 3:39 PM | Reply to this

Panic

well, some people who are ripping panic are sad them selves. They have actually MADE something of their lives, and what have you done with your musical careers. Certainly not been that successful. Give them a break!

Posted by Gemma | July 17, 2009 3:20 PM | Reply to this