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Thursday, January 18, 2007

INTERVIEW TIME!
And now for an interview of Panic! At The Disco...(Taken from AbsulutePunk.net.)
What is with the makeup you wear during your performances on tour and other shows? Why do you feel the need to wear it?

Ryan: “I feel pretty, oh so pretty…”

Spencer: We always want our fans to be entertained and to feel like they came to see a show. What’s weird is I can’t understand why it bothers anyone.

Do you ever think that the over-the-top props and add-ons will overshadow the music you’re playing on stage?

Spencer: Hopefully the music will stand up on its own. Otherwise, I’m going to need a REALLY tall drum riser and a giant fire-breathing lizard next tour.

On tour, are there any special requests that you ask for backstage? Anything that you must have on the tour bus to get by each day? Are there any rituals as a band or individually that you do before/after/during shows each night?

Ryan: Capri Sun!

Jon: We are pretty low maintenance when it comes to our dressing room. pb and j, fruit, water, red bull ... all the living essentials ... we put on 90s alternative hits before the show to get warmed up. Usually we get some type of buffalo-styled chicken for after we play.

Where do you get the inspiration from for your lyrics?

Ryan: oscar wilde once said no great artist ever sees things as they really are, if he did, he would cease to be an artist, and, two things every artist should avoid are modernity of form and modernity of subject matter. I like both these ideas and so I like to start with characters and a storyline. If the characters are interesting and the storyline is strong, the lyrics start writing themselves.

Will the next record be more like the second half of your debut CD, or will there be more electronic “dancy” songs?

Ryan: We wrote “Fever” in chronological order so the next one will probably be a progression from the second half of the album. Of course, Brendon’s been in Africa for the last month and a half with Madonna trying to adopt a child so it could sound like tribal drums mashed up with like a virgin.

There are many references to the writings of Chuck Palanuhik. Was this accidental, or intentional? Have you ever been contacted from his estate for the allusions and quotes? Will this be a continued theme on the new album?

Ryan: “Time to Dance” is about a book he wrote called “Invisible Monsters” and the title of the “The Only Difference…” is from “Survivor”. They were definitely intentional and written around the time I was reading these books. No one’s called from the estate so far.

Spencer: Every lyric in “Build God” is a direct ripoff of Jurassic Park 2: the Lost World” from the director’s cut.

Does it ever creep you out that fans have begun knowing more about each of your lives than any of you do individually? What is your personal take on having your life under the microscope for so many of your fans to see? Is keeping things private hard for you all to do now since you have so many fans and the internet makes everything readily available for them?

Ryan: I think celebrities make too much [of] a big deal about not having any privacy. I think if you don’t put the drama out there people make it up for you. I don’t have a myspace profile but there are plenty of fake Ryan Ross profiles. The shit people make up is much crazier that what really goes on. I’ve heard that I’m dating Hillary Duff right now and that I got kicked out of the band. My fake life definitely makes it more interesting for me.

Many fans, as well as non-fans, entertain the thoughts that members of the band may be homosexual due to pictures that have been taken of the band during shows and posted on the internet, as well as some of the actions of the band members. What is your response to this kind of blatant stereotyping (and ignorance)?

Ryan: We’re not gay, not that there’s anything wrong with it.

You’re doing a cover of the song, “This is Halloween“, from A Nightmare Before Christmas, which in recent years has turned into a scenster cult movie. Do you have any personal account as to why you accepted the offer to do the cover? If you were given another offer to do any score from an already existing movie what would it be?

Spencer: We’re huge fans of Danny Elfman’s scores and we weren’t planning on doing any new recording because we were on tour but when that opportunity happened, we couldn’t pass it up so we ended up doing it with an orchestra rather than Panic! style because it was easier to work on just arranging the vocals on the road.

Ryan: I’m a big fan of the scores of romeo and juliet, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, all the burton films, moulin rouge, and chicago.

What happened to the infamous rose vest Ryan used to wear during stage performances? Who is the designer of the vest?

Ryan: jake oliver and some students at FIT. Unfortunately, I lost it in new zealand.

What made you decide to send demos to Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy? Do you think he can market anything or anyone given to him? Where do you think you’d be as a band had he not heard your demos and signed you to his Fueled by Ramen imprint, Decaydance?

Spencer: We were superfans. We had no idea how anything worked in the music business. We didn’t have any contacts whatsoever and only two songs. We liked their band and when you don’t think anything’s gonna come of it, it’s like ‘why not’?

Many rumors have gone around from Brent’s departure from the band. What is the real story behind it? Did he leave or was he kicked out? Is it true that he didn’t play any of the bass parts on the debut album? How is the lawsuit that he has against the band faring?

Spencer: I think pretty much everything has been said on this subject. It was not an easy thing to do because we were all friends but things were moving fast for the band and, at least in our opinion, Brent was not on the same page as the rest of us, as far as growing as a musician. He did not play the bass parts, Brendon played all of them. Brendon is a really good musician - if you saw our last tour, you saw him play guitar, piano and drums. We recorded our album on a very tight budget and tight budgets mean tight schedules. Having Brendon play the bass parts made the most sense, given our time constraints. As far as the lawsuit, we haven’t received anything about it. He was paid an equal share of all the tours he was on and, as far as I know, he’s been paid and is being paid all the royalties he’s owed.

Do you regret the comment made on MTV Canada about Brent being the first one drunk on New Years since it put the band in a bad light for saying it? What made you Jon give the response in the first place?

Jon: The truth is it just slipped out - you can tell from the way I covered my mouth right after that I realized I wasn’t supposed to say that. I think everyone has those moments, mine happened to be on camera.
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