Panic At The Disco

Hyperventilating, screaming and moshing – once these three elements are happening simultaneously, it is needless to say that Panic At The Disco is in the building. Gone are its days of the exclamation mark and weird lyrics (previously called Panic! At The Disco). Now the boys are back punctuation-free and on a much happier note, with their latest album Pretty. Odd.

This Las Vegas, Nevada quartet went from imitating Blink's Tom Delonge and Travis Barker to writing their original material and eventually gigging on the local scene, earning a following for their seamlessly blended mixture of pop punk, rock and disco.

However, writing the songs on their album Pretty. Odd. was no easy task for the band. Bassist Jon Walker said in an interview with MTV.com, "Because we were writing the album in a kind of story theme, and it was constraining us from doing anything. The first song we wrote after that was 'Nine in the Afternoon,' and instantly we were like, 'All right, we were having more fun doing this."

From that point, Panic At The Disco buckled down and by the end of the year, they were well on their way to wrapping production on Pretty. Odd., flying to London's famed Abbey Road Studios to add flourishes of horns and strings, which were incredibly fitting.

Striving for perfection in differentiation, drummer Ryan Ross chimed in. "We still try to write the smartest lyrics and the best melodies possible, just in a different way. And I hope people can hear that."