Panic at the Disco Break In Half

Earlier today, Ryan Ross and Jon Walker, bassist and guitarist for the punctuation-confused Panic at the Disco announced they were leaving the band. In a statement found on Panic’s MySpace (apparently the new form of press release for fans these days), the departing duo say they have “creatively evolved in different directions”. They claim the split is nothing but amicable, and Panic at the Disco will continue on as a band and will honor its tour dates with Blink 182 this summer. Likewise, Ross and Walker will be launching their own band and will be releasing material in the near future.

This poses two critical questions:

1) Of the two new bands, which will sound like Fall Out Boy circa 7 years ago and which will sound like a Beatles cover band with better than average original songs?

2) Will the new Ross/Walker band restore the missing ‘!’ in their name?

Panic at the Disco – Nine in the Afternoon [iTunes] (YSI)

==TJ==