Panic lose bassist

[kooldude23]

Taken from www.panicatthedisco.com.

05.17.2006
There really isn’t a good way to say this, and it was a decision that was very tough to make, but feels like it will be the right decision for everyone. We regret to inform you that Brent is no longer a part of Panic at the Disco, and although this choice does feel very healthy, he is a great friend of ours and he will definitely be missed. We all wish him well and the best of luck in everything he wants to do in the future.The last few years will be something we will never forget, all the places we’ve been that we never thought we’d go and things we’ve seen that we thought we’d never see when we started this band.
Right now our friend jon is going to be filling in, and I’m sure it would ease his nerves a bit to get a warm reception. We’re at home preparing for the summer tour, and we’ve never worked so hard on putting something together. I can’t tell you how excited we are for these shows and for you all to see what we’ve been planning, we’ve got a few tricks up our sleeves…just you wait.

[Charlie]

Do you think this Jon will be another clone? Making the band look all the same still?

As long as they are still making music, and still sound good. It's all a-okay.

[Jim Rotates]

Mmhm, they did and he left over money issues which is just completely disgusting. YUCK.

[Billay]

yay they still suc.k

[James!]

What a loser.. all the money P!ATD will make over the next few years..

[RedStratocas]

Money issues, hmmm. Havent heard of something like that in a while. Thats actually one good thing about music today in general, not as many bands break up because of money or rights etc as much as they used to.Bassists are easily replaceable though.

I havent heard the whole story behind this, but one of my favorite bands, Chevelle, kicked out their bassist for reasons still unknown to the public. Normally, I wouldnt care very much (probably a good reason), but the fact that they are a band of brothers, it got me thinking. I have no idea what could be bad enough to do to have your own family kick you out of your dream.

[:dallsgreen]

I dont think it'll make much difference, I think they'll still keep up the same sound and still stay pretty good.

[FlyingJesus]

Since when did people start caring about bassists?

[kasi]

hopefully they might sound better?

[louder]

Bands tend to not do aswell when the origional band splits. 2 examples are blink-182 & The Darkness.