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George Ryan Ross III (born August 30, 1986)
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and primary songwriter of the band
Panic! at the Disco Panic! at the Disco is the solo project of American musician Brendon Urie. It was originally a pop rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2004 by childhood friends Urie, Ryan Ross, Spencer Smith, and Brent Wilson. They recorded their firs ...
before his departure in 2009. Ross and former Panic! bassist Jon Walker formed
The Young Veins The Young Veins was an American rock band from Topanga, California. The band was composed of Ryan Ross and Jon Walker, two former members of the Las Vegas band Panic! at the Disco, along with bassist Andy Soukal, drummer Nick Murray and keyboard ...
the same year, in which Ross was the lead vocalist. They broke up in 2010.


Biography


Musical beginnings (1998–2004)

Born in
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,
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, Ross received a guitar for Christmas when he was 12, and began collaborating with best friend Spencer Smith who received a drum kit. Ross and Smith mostly covered
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songs with Ross on vocals. Their two-piece band was originally called Pet Salamander. Ross wrote lyrics to his first song when he was 14 years old. They teamed up with Brent Wilson and another boy named Trevor Howell on guitar to make "Summer League" before they met
Brendon Urie Brendon Boyd Urie (born April 12, 1987) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who is best known as the lead vocalist, primary songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist of Panic! at the Disco, of which he is the only remaining member. I ...
and formed Panic! at the Disco.


Panic! at the Disco (2004–2009)

Ross and Spencer Smith formed Panic! at the Disco in 2004, later joined by Brent Wilson and Brendon Urie. The band's debut album, ''
A Fever You Can't Sweat Out ''A Fever You Can't Sweat Out'' is the debut studio album by American pop rock band Panic! at the Disco. Produced by Matt Squire, the album was released on September 27, 2005, through Decaydance and Fueled by Ramen. The group formed in Las Veg ...
'' was recorded between the time frame of June to September 2005 and was released on September 27, 2005. With much success and touring of their debut album, the band went back into the studio in October 2007 to record what has come to be the band's second studio album, '' Pretty. Odd.'', which was released on March 25, 2008; the sound greatly differed to the band's debut album. This was the last studio album Ross has contributed to with Panic!, though he was given a writing credit on "Nearly Witches (Ever Since We Met...)," from the band's third studio album, ''
Vices & Virtues ''Vices & Virtues'' is the third studio album by American pop rock band Panic! at the Disco, released on March 22, 2011, by Fueled by Ramen. Produced by John Feldmann and Butch Walker, the album was recorded as a duo by vocalist and multi-instru ...
,'' as the song's origins date back to before the departure of Ross and Walker from the band.


The Young Veins (2009–2010)

On July 13, 2009, Ross spoke with MTV about his split from the Panic! at the Disco. He stated that "the split had been in the cards for sometime now. It just took everyone a while to realize it". Ross told MTV that he and the remaining members of Panic! at the Disco are still good friends and had recently spoken over the
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weekend. Ross spoke about his and Walker's upcoming project as well. "He and Walker are writing and recording songs (with '' Pretty. Odd.'' producer Rob Mathes) at a lightning-quick pace, and they'll soon be revealing the fruits of their labor". Since then, their new band called The Young Veins has released their song "Change" onto the Internet. On July 15, 2009, Ross told MTV that the new sound he and Walker are working on is, "They're more, uh, I wouldn't want to say 'heavy,' but I guess I would have to, in the sense of, like, early garage music and Kinks and stuff. The songs are shorter and faster, and I guess they're more rock and roll than flowery stuff". He talked about how there is probably not going to be any orchestration on the album, unlike ''Pretty. Odd.'', which was loaded with orchestration. He and Walker are also recording with the help of
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from
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along with Panic!'s former touring keyboard player, Eric Ronick. According to Ross, he and Walker are trying to release their new single tentatively titled, "Change". However, Ross is contractually bound to
Fueled by Ramen Fueled by Ramen LLC is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group and distributed by 300 Elektra Entertainment. The label, founded in Gainesville, Florida in 1996, is now based in New York City. History John Janick conceived of the l ...
to provide new music whereas Walker is not. He wants to be released from his contract with Fueled by Ramen "because it doesn't seem like it's going to be the right place for this stuff, and I think everybody knows that, on both sides, BR PresidentJohn Janick included. It's just been taking some time to get worked out." On October 16, Ross had an interview with MTV saying that their first record, '' Take a Vacation!'', is done, and they are working to find a record company willing to release it. The Young Veins were signed to One Haven Music and their debut was released on June 8, 2010. On December 10, 2010, The Young Veins entered on a hiatus period.


Solo project (2013–present)

In 2013, Ross released a two-track untitled demo EP as well as a couple of other songs through his official
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page. The description of the page says: "Thanks for waiting. I'm back now." In 2018, Ross collaborated with Z Berg on the
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single "The Bad List". In an interview with ''
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'' regarding the single, Ross stated that he "...will be in the studio recording songs for his next solo release over the next few weeks and into 019".


Other projects

Ross appeared along with former bandmates Brendon Urie, Spencer Smith, and Jon Walker in the
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music video for the song "
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". He also appears with them in The Cab's music video for "One of THOSE Nights", along with
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members Patrick Stump and
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. In 2011, Ross was credited as a composer on ex-band
Panic! at the Disco Panic! at the Disco is the solo project of American musician Brendon Urie. It was originally a pop rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2004 by childhood friends Urie, Ryan Ross, Spencer Smith, and Brent Wilson. They recorded their firs ...
album ''
Vices & Virtues ''Vices & Virtues'' is the third studio album by American pop rock band Panic! at the Disco, released on March 22, 2011, by Fueled by Ramen. Produced by John Feldmann and Butch Walker, the album was recorded as a duo by vocalist and multi-instru ...
'' for the track "Nearly Witches (Ever Since We Met...)", a song that was originally created while Ross and Walker were still in the band. He also recorded a song titled "Superbowl Hero" with
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and Michael Runion under a new band, RAM (Ryan, Alex, Michael). Ross also provided backing vocals for "Stuck In Love", a song from William Beckett's solo EP '' What Will Be'' in autumn 2012. In 2012, Ross featured on More Amor's single "Beach Bones".


References


External links

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Official Panic! at the Disco website
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