Uri Brandon, lead singer of the rock band Panic at the disco, admits that he has always experienced great pleasure from speaking to the public. As a teenager, he suffered greatly from the ridicule of his classmates who did not accept him in their company.
The young man found solace in music. The artist claims that without his teacher and mentor Richard Matt, he would not have achieved such great success. The teacher says that this respect is mutual. “Uri Brandon is a phenomenal vocalist and just a good guy,” he exclaims.
Teacher
Now, thanks to the State farm program, Uri Brandon himself began to engage in teaching activities. He shares his knowledge and experience with young people, helping them gain confidence. The musician claims that if you devote yourself a little time and make little effort, you can achieve unimaginable success.
Brandon Urie Biography
The singer, songwriter and musician, best known for his work in the band Panic at the disco, was born on April 12, 1987.
He was born in Utah, and when the boy was only two years old, the future musician with his parents moved to Las Vegas. He was brought up in the Adventist family of the last day, but by the age of 17 he became disillusioned with religion. While studying at school, the young man met the future bassist of his band Brent Wilson. They attended the same guitar courses. Wilson then asked Uri if he would like to try himself as a musician of his group.
Joining a group
When Brandon Uri came to the audition, claiming to be a solo guitarist, the team already had vocalist Ryan Ross. But, when the musicians heard the powerful voice of their new acquaintance, they decided that Ryan and Uri had better switch roles. The first of them became a solo guitarist, and the second vocalist. The hero of this article sings in five albums of this group.
Side job
When the guy joined this team, he first had to earn extra money in a cafe to pay for the rent of a rehearsal room. In this institution he sang for visitors. Brandon Uri recalls that he performed everything that he had heard. He needed to fulfill orders. So, he often sang songs from the Scorpions repertoire and some WASP stuff, because he usually paid pretty good tips for hits from the eighties.
Debut disc
The first disc of the team came out under the name A fewer you can't sweat out.
With the release of this album, the team owes a lot to another emo rock star, bass player for Fall out boy, Pete Wentz. He noticed young musicians and suggested recording their debut disc on his own label. On his part, it was a bold step, since the beginning group had not yet performed live.
The disc was waiting for great commercial success. She was in the top ten best albums in the United States. In terms of sales, it is a record for the group. Among the topics that musicians touched in the lyrics of their songs are such negative social phenomena as alcoholism and drug addiction.
Songwriting
While working on the second album, the hero of this article took on a new responsibility.
Now he has become the main author of texts for the group. In addition, on this disc there are two songs of Brandon Uri, for which he also created music. He also wrote a song called New perspective for the movie "Jennifer's Body." This film belongs to the genre of horror comedy.
Duet
After recording the second album, the band left the bass player and drummer. Therefore, the third disc of the group Panic at the disco was the fruit of the duet of Brandon Uri and Spencer Smith (drums).
It took the musicians more than two years to write new material.
However, this state of affairs had a beneficial effect on the creative development of the hero of this article. At that time, critics characterized his new songs as works with simple music but intellectual texts. Working in the studio to record new material also took longer than usual. The guys were experimenting with sound, trying to find new creative solutions.
The efforts of the musicians were successful. The album was in the top ten of the Billboard magazine charts. Within one week of its release, more than 50,000 copies of the album were sold.
Electronics
The next CD by Too Wired to live, too dare to die, which by then had actually become Brandon Uri's band, was called by critics "party music." The hero of this article admitted that he wrote new songs influenced by modern hip-hop and electronic music.
One of the groups whose work inspired the musician to create new works was the German group Kraftwerk. The members of this team are among the creators of a style called krautrock - German art rock, which widely uses electronic musical instruments.
Also, the soundtrack to the English film "Clockwork Orange" served as a source of inspiration. The composition of Vegas lights from this album became the official anthem of the Las Vegas hockey team.
Personal life
The musician is married to Sarah Orzechowski. Their wedding took place in 2013. Prior to this, there were many rumors about the singer’s unconventional orientation due to a photo with a kiss of Brandon Uri and Dallon Weeks.
Number one
The album, released in 2016, is called Death of a bachelor. All the compositions for this record were written by Brandon Uri (photo of the musician can be seen in the article). Most of the instrumental parts he also performed. Speaking about this disc, Brandon Uri admitted that he prefers to change the style of his music with each new disc. For example, the album in question was written under the influence of music from bands such as Queen and Santana.
The album took first place in the American charts, becoming the most successful in the history of the group.
In 2017, Brandon Urie played one of the roles in the musical Kinky boots, authored by the famous singer and actress Cindy Lauper.
The latest album by Panic at the disco was released in 2018. It is called Pray for the wicked.