Brendon Urie

About

Brendon Boyd Urie (born April 12, 1987) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who is best known as the lead vocalist and frontman of Panic! at the Disco, the only constant member throughout the band’s 19-year run.
Many of his songs have achieved commercial success, reaching high spots on Billboard charts and millions of sales. On January 24, 2023, Urie announced that he would disband Panic! at the Disco in order to raise his then-forthcoming child with his wife. He currently plays drums in a band led by former Panic! At the Disco touring guitarist, Mike Viola.

Urie was born in St. George, Utah, and his family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, when he was two years old. He is the fifth and youngest child born to Boyd and Grace Urie. He is of about one quarter Polynesian descent from Hawaii, through his mother’s side. He was raised in an LDS family but renounced his faith around 17 due to displeasure with the church and not believing in its ideology.
Urie attended Palo Verde High School in Las Vegas; he described himself as a “spaz in high school,” and explained that one student would always bully him. He worked at Tropical Smoothie Cafe to pay his band’s rent for…