Spencer's time in the spotlight finally arrives and it's late as usual.
Okay so I found this like forever ago. It was an interview that Aol did with Spencer over Aim, so your have to forgive the chat speak and such. I thought that some of you might be interested in it, since some of my *Ahem* qoutes came from it. Warning: It's kind of long so be aware, your eyes just might bled.
ScottBinMusic: hey hey
ScottBinMusic: Where are you right now?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: my house in Las Vegas
PaniqAtTheDiscko: well my parents’ house in las vegas
ScottBinMusic: ahhh. so what's it like growing up in Vegas?
ScottBinMusic: strippers and gambling at age 12?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: of course
PaniqAtTheDiscko: it’s not as odd as you might expect...
PaniqAtTheDiscko: neither of my parents worked at a hotel and we live about 20 minutes from the strip so the whole "vegas lifestyle" as people see it on tv really isn’t how our lives are
PaniqAtTheDiscko: the suburbs are just like any other
PaniqAtTheDiscko: but we have slot machines in our 7 11's
ScottBinMusic: whew, at least there's something
ScottBinMusic: think you'd make a good pit boss?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: i am a pit boss
ScottBinMusic: oh, that's right, duh
ScottBinMusic: Tell all the folks out there that don't know who you are what you sound like
PaniqAtTheDiscko: well, I guess in the broadest of terms we are a rock band. We incorporate some electronic instruments such as drum machines and synths, as well as more organic instruments like accordion, vibraphone, trumpet and stringed instruments like cello and violin
ScottBinMusic: I hear some FOB, Killers, Bad Religion and some Broadway Musicals -- fair?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: throw some Queen and Third Eye Blind in there and we'll call it a day
ScottBinMusic: speaking of killers, any Vegas rivalry going on?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: no
ScottBinMusic: ever see them and be like "hey bitches, we got like 10 times as many friends on myspace as you"
PaniqAtTheDiscko: haha. we get asked about them all the time. None of us has ever actually met them. I do remember seeing flyers about their local shows a few years ago but I’ve never seen them. I actually really like their record
PaniqAtTheDiscko: what’s myspace
PaniqAtTheDiscko: ?
ScottBinMusic: apparently something the kids are into on the interweb
ScottBinMusic: you should check it out sometime
ScottBinMusic: for chicks and stuff
PaniqAtTheDiscko: oh ok
ScottBinMusic: ok, so the name of the band...
ScottBinMusic: you guys ever been to a disco?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: no
PaniqAtTheDiscko: but....
PaniqAtTheDiscko: when we were making up the name it was a toss up between "burn down the disco" which is a line in the Smiths song ‘Panic,’ or “panic at the disco” which is a line in a Name Taken song also called panic.
PaniqAtTheDiscko: for some reason we chose panic at the disco
ScottBinMusic: it's a good name
PaniqAtTheDiscko: thank you
ScottBinMusic: so you just got back from Japan
ScottBinMusic: how was that?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: awesome. So unlike American shows.
PaniqAtTheDiscko: The kids are very respectful and are completely silent between songs. Not because they don’t like your band, just because that’s what they are used to doing.
PaniqAtTheDiscko: but the shows were great. we couldn’t have asked for a better first time experience
ScottBinMusic: if you didn't know about the silence b/w songs would you be like, wow these kids think we suck?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: haha. yea probably. I’ve never been in front of so many people and been able to talk across stage at a normal volume
ScottBinMusic: kind of weird.
ScottBinMusic: you score any good hello kitty gear over there
ScottBinMusic: or run into any biker gangs?
ScottBinMusic: or harajuku girls?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: well we did brawl with a rival biker krew, and then did endless lines of coke with hookers
ScottBinMusic: weird, that's exactly what I did last time I was there
ScottBinMusic: so you guys are taking off pretty quickly
ScottBinMusic: how does that feel?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: it feels great, things couldn’t be going any better for us. We’re just trying to keep control of everything and get our heads around it
ScottBinMusic: did all you guys graduate from high school? Or did this start during high school?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: well the band started while we were all in high school. Brendon graduated at his high school. me and brent finished our senior year taking online classes and Ryan completed his first semester of college.
PaniqAtTheDiscko: we left to go record our record 4 days after Brendon’s last day of school
ScottBinMusic: rules
ScottBinMusic: any plan for more schooling
ScottBinMusic: or see where the music takes you?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: well we just broke up yesterday because Brendon and I are starting classes at the community college to learn how to better our skills at pit bossing
ScottBinMusic: good plan for sure
ScottBinMusic: good benefits at some of the casinos I hear
PaniqAtTheDiscko: unbelievable
PaniqAtTheDiscko: paid vacations and everything
ScottBinMusic: and you can double your paychecks so easy at blackjack
PaniqAtTheDiscko: I see you know your way around a casino
ScottBinMusic: I run my own casino out of the back of a 7 11 in Laughlin
PaniqAtTheDiscko: nice
PaniqAtTheDiscko: i prefer all on black
ScottBinMusic: you're about to go out on your first headlining tour. excited? nervous? Who's going with you?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: very excited. we’re trying to put together a very theatrical performance so it is stressful trying to get it all together.
PaniqAtTheDiscko: we finally aren’t going to be limited by a 30 minute set with a 15 minute change over playing in front the headlining bands drum riser
ScottBinMusic: haahha
ScottBinMusic: so theatrical??
ScottBinMusic: costume changes?
ScottBinMusic: blood a la gwar?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: were going to have air canons that shoot ground up poultry into the crowd
ScottBinMusic: genius
PaniqAtTheDiscko: salmonella
PaniqAtTheDiscko: everywhere
ScottBinMusic: free range?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: duh
PaniqAtTheDiscko: haha.....
ScottBinMusic: rad
PaniqAtTheDiscko: no we are going to have props like you would see in a play
ScottBinMusic: were you guys theatre nerds in high school?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: actually no. Brendon is the only one with acting skills in the band.
PaniqAtTheDiscko: but it should be exciting nonetheless
ScottBinMusic: definitely
ScottBinMusic: heard of or have any good labels for your music?
ScottBinMusic: for instance... scarf rock, sweater core...
ScottBinMusic: along those lines?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: pop punk rock indie electronica core / southern texan midwest swang music
ScottBinMusic: just rolls off the tongue
PaniqAtTheDiscko: we try
ScottBinMusic: just a couple more here
PaniqAtTheDiscko: ok
ScottBinMusic: what do you guys like to do on off days on the road?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: well it’s always a little frustrating being in the middle of a city on a day off and because you don’t live there you have no idea where anything is.
PaniqAtTheDiscko: all you can really do is try to find a movie theatre or a mall. we've been to just about every mall in America.
PaniqAtTheDiscko: and i don’t even like malls.
PaniqAtTheDiscko: we need to get something that tells us where all the good strip joints and clubs are cause that’s where i spend my tuesday afternoons at home
ScottBinMusic: you should start a blog
PaniqAtTheDiscko: haha
PaniqAtTheDiscko: whats a blog?
ScottBinMusic: “all the good strip joints across America by PATD”
ScottBinMusic: i think a blog is a nicely carved piece of wood
ScottBinMusic: hand carved
ScottBinMusic: by inuits in Alaska
PaniqAtTheDiscko: are blogs those the little circle plastic things i collected as a kid?
ScottBinMusic: oh, wait, yeah i think you're right
ScottBinMusic: ok. what was the first show that you went to?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: backstreet boys
PaniqAtTheDiscko: I’m not joking
PaniqAtTheDiscko: with Ryan
ScottBinMusic: that so rules
PaniqAtTheDiscko: when i was like 9
ScottBinMusic: did you dance dance?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: duh
PaniqAtTheDiscko: We learned all the moves from the ‘Backstreet’s Back’ video.
ScottBinMusic: awesome. is it weird to think that your band is a lot of kids’ first show now?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: that is weird. hopefully we give them something they remember
PaniqAtTheDiscko: like backstreet did for me
ScottBinMusic: high hopes my friend
PaniqAtTheDiscko: my second show ever was blackstreet
ScottBinMusic: for real?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: no diggity
ScottBinMusic: you got mad cred
ScottBinMusic: OK, final question...
PaniqAtTheDiscko: alright
ScottBinMusic: if your records sales started to slip
ScottBinMusic: and your label was like, man we got to do something
ScottBinMusic: would you let one of the FOB graze you with a bullet in a drive-by
ScottBinMusic: nothing serious
ScottBinMusic: but you know, for publicity?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: yes
PaniqAtTheDiscko: only if it was shot by Patrick, goes through one of the guys in the Killers and then I catch the bullet with my mouth and swallow it only to get led poisoning
PaniqAtTheDiscko: but before I die ill strangle kevin form backstreet
ScottBinMusic: you should so be in PR. add that as one of your classes next semester
PaniqAtTheDiscko: consider it done
ScottBinMusic: straight to number one on the charts
ScottBinMusic: you should also think about starting beef with lady SOV
ScottBinMusic: make way for PATDeeeeeeeee
ScottBinMusic: ok, that’s all i got. thanks for taking the time to chat with aol music
ScottBinMusic: any parting words?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: thank you, I’m about to go chill with AJ from backstreet at Ghost Bar
PaniqAtTheDiscko: I’m so cool
PaniqAtTheDiscko: bye
ScottBinMusic: bye
Scott is way into J Pop, NASCAR and kites. He's also way into remote control cars. Oh, and people know him.
ScottBinMusic: hey hey
ScottBinMusic: Where are you right now?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: my house in Las Vegas
PaniqAtTheDiscko: well my parents’ house in las vegas
ScottBinMusic: ahhh. so what's it like growing up in Vegas?
ScottBinMusic: strippers and gambling at age 12?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: of course
PaniqAtTheDiscko: it’s not as odd as you might expect...
PaniqAtTheDiscko: neither of my parents worked at a hotel and we live about 20 minutes from the strip so the whole "vegas lifestyle" as people see it on tv really isn’t how our lives are
PaniqAtTheDiscko: the suburbs are just like any other
PaniqAtTheDiscko: but we have slot machines in our 7 11's
ScottBinMusic: whew, at least there's something
ScottBinMusic: think you'd make a good pit boss?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: i am a pit boss
ScottBinMusic: oh, that's right, duh
ScottBinMusic: Tell all the folks out there that don't know who you are what you sound like
PaniqAtTheDiscko: well, I guess in the broadest of terms we are a rock band. We incorporate some electronic instruments such as drum machines and synths, as well as more organic instruments like accordion, vibraphone, trumpet and stringed instruments like cello and violin
ScottBinMusic: I hear some FOB, Killers, Bad Religion and some Broadway Musicals -- fair?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: throw some Queen and Third Eye Blind in there and we'll call it a day
ScottBinMusic: speaking of killers, any Vegas rivalry going on?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: no
ScottBinMusic: ever see them and be like "hey bitches, we got like 10 times as many friends on myspace as you"
PaniqAtTheDiscko: haha. we get asked about them all the time. None of us has ever actually met them. I do remember seeing flyers about their local shows a few years ago but I’ve never seen them. I actually really like their record
PaniqAtTheDiscko: what’s myspace
PaniqAtTheDiscko: ?
ScottBinMusic: apparently something the kids are into on the interweb
ScottBinMusic: you should check it out sometime
ScottBinMusic: for chicks and stuff
PaniqAtTheDiscko: oh ok
ScottBinMusic: ok, so the name of the band...
ScottBinMusic: you guys ever been to a disco?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: no
PaniqAtTheDiscko: but....
PaniqAtTheDiscko: when we were making up the name it was a toss up between "burn down the disco" which is a line in the Smiths song ‘Panic,’ or “panic at the disco” which is a line in a Name Taken song also called panic.
PaniqAtTheDiscko: for some reason we chose panic at the disco
ScottBinMusic: it's a good name
PaniqAtTheDiscko: thank you
ScottBinMusic: so you just got back from Japan
ScottBinMusic: how was that?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: awesome. So unlike American shows.
PaniqAtTheDiscko: The kids are very respectful and are completely silent between songs. Not because they don’t like your band, just because that’s what they are used to doing.
PaniqAtTheDiscko: but the shows were great. we couldn’t have asked for a better first time experience
ScottBinMusic: if you didn't know about the silence b/w songs would you be like, wow these kids think we suck?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: haha. yea probably. I’ve never been in front of so many people and been able to talk across stage at a normal volume
ScottBinMusic: kind of weird.
ScottBinMusic: you score any good hello kitty gear over there
ScottBinMusic: or run into any biker gangs?
ScottBinMusic: or harajuku girls?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: well we did brawl with a rival biker krew, and then did endless lines of coke with hookers
ScottBinMusic: weird, that's exactly what I did last time I was there
ScottBinMusic: so you guys are taking off pretty quickly
ScottBinMusic: how does that feel?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: it feels great, things couldn’t be going any better for us. We’re just trying to keep control of everything and get our heads around it
ScottBinMusic: did all you guys graduate from high school? Or did this start during high school?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: well the band started while we were all in high school. Brendon graduated at his high school. me and brent finished our senior year taking online classes and Ryan completed his first semester of college.
PaniqAtTheDiscko: we left to go record our record 4 days after Brendon’s last day of school
ScottBinMusic: rules
ScottBinMusic: any plan for more schooling
ScottBinMusic: or see where the music takes you?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: well we just broke up yesterday because Brendon and I are starting classes at the community college to learn how to better our skills at pit bossing
ScottBinMusic: good plan for sure
ScottBinMusic: good benefits at some of the casinos I hear
PaniqAtTheDiscko: unbelievable
PaniqAtTheDiscko: paid vacations and everything
ScottBinMusic: and you can double your paychecks so easy at blackjack
PaniqAtTheDiscko: I see you know your way around a casino
ScottBinMusic: I run my own casino out of the back of a 7 11 in Laughlin
PaniqAtTheDiscko: nice
PaniqAtTheDiscko: i prefer all on black
ScottBinMusic: you're about to go out on your first headlining tour. excited? nervous? Who's going with you?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: very excited. we’re trying to put together a very theatrical performance so it is stressful trying to get it all together.
PaniqAtTheDiscko: we finally aren’t going to be limited by a 30 minute set with a 15 minute change over playing in front the headlining bands drum riser
ScottBinMusic: haahha
ScottBinMusic: so theatrical??
ScottBinMusic: costume changes?
ScottBinMusic: blood a la gwar?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: were going to have air canons that shoot ground up poultry into the crowd
ScottBinMusic: genius
PaniqAtTheDiscko: salmonella
PaniqAtTheDiscko: everywhere
ScottBinMusic: free range?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: duh
PaniqAtTheDiscko: haha.....
ScottBinMusic: rad
PaniqAtTheDiscko: no we are going to have props like you would see in a play
ScottBinMusic: were you guys theatre nerds in high school?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: actually no. Brendon is the only one with acting skills in the band.
PaniqAtTheDiscko: but it should be exciting nonetheless
ScottBinMusic: definitely
ScottBinMusic: heard of or have any good labels for your music?
ScottBinMusic: for instance... scarf rock, sweater core...
ScottBinMusic: along those lines?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: pop punk rock indie electronica core / southern texan midwest swang music
ScottBinMusic: just rolls off the tongue
PaniqAtTheDiscko: we try
ScottBinMusic: just a couple more here
PaniqAtTheDiscko: ok
ScottBinMusic: what do you guys like to do on off days on the road?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: well it’s always a little frustrating being in the middle of a city on a day off and because you don’t live there you have no idea where anything is.
PaniqAtTheDiscko: all you can really do is try to find a movie theatre or a mall. we've been to just about every mall in America.
PaniqAtTheDiscko: and i don’t even like malls.
PaniqAtTheDiscko: we need to get something that tells us where all the good strip joints and clubs are cause that’s where i spend my tuesday afternoons at home
ScottBinMusic: you should start a blog
PaniqAtTheDiscko: haha
PaniqAtTheDiscko: whats a blog?
ScottBinMusic: “all the good strip joints across America by PATD”
ScottBinMusic: i think a blog is a nicely carved piece of wood
ScottBinMusic: hand carved
ScottBinMusic: by inuits in Alaska
PaniqAtTheDiscko: are blogs those the little circle plastic things i collected as a kid?
ScottBinMusic: oh, wait, yeah i think you're right
ScottBinMusic: ok. what was the first show that you went to?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: backstreet boys
PaniqAtTheDiscko: I’m not joking
PaniqAtTheDiscko: with Ryan
ScottBinMusic: that so rules
PaniqAtTheDiscko: when i was like 9
ScottBinMusic: did you dance dance?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: duh
PaniqAtTheDiscko: We learned all the moves from the ‘Backstreet’s Back’ video.
ScottBinMusic: awesome. is it weird to think that your band is a lot of kids’ first show now?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: that is weird. hopefully we give them something they remember
PaniqAtTheDiscko: like backstreet did for me
ScottBinMusic: high hopes my friend
PaniqAtTheDiscko: my second show ever was blackstreet
ScottBinMusic: for real?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: no diggity
ScottBinMusic: you got mad cred
ScottBinMusic: OK, final question...
PaniqAtTheDiscko: alright
ScottBinMusic: if your records sales started to slip
ScottBinMusic: and your label was like, man we got to do something
ScottBinMusic: would you let one of the FOB graze you with a bullet in a drive-by
ScottBinMusic: nothing serious
ScottBinMusic: but you know, for publicity?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: yes
PaniqAtTheDiscko: only if it was shot by Patrick, goes through one of the guys in the Killers and then I catch the bullet with my mouth and swallow it only to get led poisoning
PaniqAtTheDiscko: but before I die ill strangle kevin form backstreet
ScottBinMusic: you should so be in PR. add that as one of your classes next semester
PaniqAtTheDiscko: consider it done
ScottBinMusic: straight to number one on the charts
ScottBinMusic: you should also think about starting beef with lady SOV
ScottBinMusic: make way for PATDeeeeeeeee
ScottBinMusic: ok, that’s all i got. thanks for taking the time to chat with aol music
ScottBinMusic: any parting words?
PaniqAtTheDiscko: thank you, I’m about to go chill with AJ from backstreet at Ghost Bar
PaniqAtTheDiscko: I’m so cool
PaniqAtTheDiscko: bye
ScottBinMusic: bye
Scott is way into J Pop, NASCAR and kites. He's also way into remote control cars. Oh, and people know him.