List of Panic! at the Disco band members

Panic! at the Disco performing in 2015.

Panic! at the Disco (stylized for a time as Panic at the Disco^[1]) is an American rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2004 and featuring the current lineup of lead vocalist Brendon Urie, accompanied on tour by bassist Dallon Weekes, lead guitarist Kenneth Harris, and drummer Dan Pawlovich. The group was originally formed by former members Spencer Smith and Ryan Ross.^[2] The band has gone through multiple line-up changes in their career spanning five albums. There have been six official members of Panic! at the Disco, six touring members and twenty-six session members.^[3][4][5][6]

The band's first lineup change was in 2006, with the departure of bassist Brent Wilson, who was kicked out of the band mid-tour after not playing bass on the band's debut album, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, and not keeping up with the band's playing standards.^{[7][8][9][10]} This later caused Wilson to claim the statements were false and sued the band. Wilson was replaced by Jon Walker, who also played guitar and keyboards in addition to bass for the band.

The band's second lineup change came when founding member and lead guitarist and vocalist Ryan Ross and bassist and guitarist Jon Walker announced their departure from the band in mid-2009.^[11][12] Ross and Walker were replaced by touring members Dallon Weekes and Ian Crawford, with Weekes performing bass, keyboards, guitar, baritone guitar, and vocals, along with Crawford performing lead guitar and backing vocals.^[13] The band's next lineup change would not come until 2010 when Weekes was asked to join the band as an official member nearing the end of the recording of the band's third studio album Vices & Virtues. Weekes' membership as an official member would not become public until 2012.^[14]

The band's most recent lineup changes came in 2012, 2013 and 2015. Ian Crawford, who joined the band in 2009 after the departure of Ryan Ross and Jon Walker, left the band citing his desire to make "real, genuine music".^[15] He was replaced in 2013 by Kenneth Harris.^[16] Later in 2013 after the release of the band's fourth album, Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!, drummer Spencer Smith went on hiatus due to addiction and substance abuse and was replaced by touring drummer, Dan Pawlovich.^[17][18] In 2015, drummer Spencer Smith officially left the band and bassist Dallon Weekes has changed from an official member to that of a touring member once again,^[19][20] leaving lead vocalist Brendon Urie as the only member of the official lineup.

Official members

Current

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
	Brendon Urie	2004–present	lead vocals guitar bass guitar keyboard vocoder drums percussion	all Panic! at the Disco releases

Former

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
	Brent Wilson	2004–2006	bass guitar	A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (credited but does not actually play on the record)
	Ryan Ross	2004–2009	lead guitar keyboards vocals	all Panic! at the Disco releases from A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005) to Live in Chicago (2008)
	Jon Walker	2006–2009	bass guitar rhythm guitar keyboards backing vocals	all Panic! at the Disco releases from Live Session (iTunes Exclusive) (2006) to Live in Chicago (2008)
	Spencer Smith	2004–2015 (hiatus 2013–2015)	drums percussion	all Panic! at the Disco releases from A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005) to Nicotine EP (2014)

Other contributors

Touring

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
	Bartram Nason	2006–2008	cello keyboards electronic drums percussion	Live In Denver (2006)
	Eric Ronick	2006–2008	keyboards wurlitzer percussion backing vocals	Live In Denver (2006) and Live in Chicago (2008)
	Dallon Weekes	2009–2010, 2015–present (official member 2010–2015)	bass guitar keyboards guitar baritone guitar vocals	all Panic! at the Disco releases from iTunes Live (2011) to Nicotine EP (2014)
	Ian Crawford	2009–2012	lead guitar floor tom backing vocals	iTunes Live (2011)
	Kenneth Harris	2013–present	lead guitar backing vocals	None
	Dan Pawlovich	2013–present	drums percussion	None
	Jesse Molloy	2016–present	saxophone	None
	Erm Navarro	2016–present	trombone	None
	Chris Bautista	2016–present	trumpet	None

Session

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
	Heather Stebbins	2005	cello double bass	A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005)
	William Brousserd	2005	trumpet	A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005)
	Samantha Bynes	2005	violin	A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005)
	Mike Davis	2007–2008, 2015	trombone	Pretty. Odd. (2008) and Death of a Bachelor (2016)
	Tony Kadleck	2007–2008, 2015	trumpet flugelhorn	Pretty. Odd. (2008) and Death of a Bachelor (2016)
	Jeff Kievit	2007–2008, 2015	flugelhorn piccolo trumpet trumpet	Pretty. Odd. (2008) and Death of a Bachelor (2016)
	David Andrew Mann	2007–2008	clarinet alto saxophone	Pretty. Odd. (2008)
	Chris Laurence	2007–2008	double bass	Pretty. Odd. (2008)
	Peter Lale	2007–2008	viola	Pretty. Odd. (2008)
	Perry Montague-Mason	2007–2008	violin	Pretty. Odd. (2008)
	Rob Mathes	2007–2008	guitar keyboards mandolin piano	Pretty. Odd. (2008)
	Tony Pleeth	2007–2008	cello	Pretty. Odd. (2008)
	Roger Rosenberg	2007–2008	baritone saxophone	Pretty. Odd. (2008)
	Andy Snitzer	2007–2008, 2015	tenor saxophone	Pretty. Odd. (2008) and Death of a Bachelor (2016)
	Warren Zielinski	2007–2008	violin	Pretty. Odd. (2008)
	Butch Walker	2010–2013	guitar production backing vocals	Vices & Virtues (2011) and Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! (2013)
	Emlyn Singleton	2012–2013	violin	Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! (2013)
	Peter Lale	2012–2013	viola	Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! (2013)
	Dave Daniels	2012–2013	cello	Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! (2013)
	Mark Stepro	2015	drums	Death of a Bachelor (2016)
	Dave Mann	2015	tenor saxophone	Death of a Bachelor (2016)
	Aaron Heick	2015	alto saxophone	Death of a Bachelor (2016)
	Dave Riekenberg	2015	baritone saxophone	Death of a Bachelor (2016)
	Randy Andos	2015	bass trombone	Death of a Bachelor (2016)
	Dylan Schwab	2015	trumpet	Death of a Bachelor (2016)
	Jake Sinclair	2015	keyboard piano production backing vocals	Death of a Bachelor (2016)

Timeline

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