Ryan Ross (ex-
Panic! at the Disco ) has
talked to MTV about his new music, the uncertainty of his contract with Fueled by Ramen, and the lack of a band name. Feel free to leave some suggestions for a name in the replies.
From the Article "We were really into a lot of the Motown and Stax Records stuff when we first started. ... I don't know if you'll really hear that, but that's what got us into the idea of writing songs that are fun and short and have a good groove that you can dance to and mixed with the Ray Davies and the Kinks stuff," Ross continued. "It's a lot more groove-oriented, and we realized that maybe that was one thing we were lacking on Pretty. Odd., was that some of the... Anton Djamoos on 07/15/09 - 02:03 PM362 Replies -
Ryan Ross (ex-
Panic! at the Disco ) has addressed the
cocaine picture debacle via
MTV .
From the Article "I planned the whole thing!" he laughed. "No, [the photo was taken] a couple of weeks ago — I do remember, believe it or not. I'm not gonna tell you whose house it was at, but yeah, there was a party the night before, and I slept on the couch, and we took a picture. I didn't even really know [the cocaine] was there. Anton Djamoos on 07/14/09 - 12:09 PM302 Replies -
MTV has an
article detailing the musical differences leading to the
Panic! at the Disco split from the perspective of Ryan Ross and Pete Wentz.
From the Article "Brendon has always been a fan of pop music, but that's such a broad term, because I guess I would say I would be too, but in a different way. Jon and I are still very much influenced by the Beatles and Beach Boys stuff and the Kinks and stuff like that," Ross said. "And so that's the stuff we were writing at my house ... that's the stuff we're going to make now. I haven't heard any of Brendon and [drummer] Spencer [Smith]'s stuff, to be honest." Anton Djamoos on 07/13/09 - 07:54 PM191 Replies -