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\n\t\u00a0It started on a blog. In 2005, Panic! at the Disco<\/a> recorded their first-ever demos on Garage Band, and teen guitarist Ryan Ross posted them on Fall Out Boy<\/a>\u2019s LiveJournal with the intention of bringing his band\u2019s music to a larger audience. But Ross got the attention of none other than Pete Wentz<\/a>, pop punk\u2019s de facto leader at the time. As emo legend has it, the FOB bassist was so impressed with Ross, lead singer Brendon Urie, drummer Spencer Smith, and bassist Brent Wilson that he made his way to their\u00a0practice space in Vegas before offering them a record deal.<\/p>\n \n\tWentz arrived to find four lanky teen boys who had never performed live and could barely sync their computer-created beats to their thrashing guitars. But it didn\u2019t matter \u2014 he saw the bones of a great record. \u201cIt was kind of a mess,\u201d Wentz told Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a> in 2007. \u201cBut I could see something\u2026\u00a0this little glimmering spot. As far as hooks go, everything they write gets stuck in your head.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tThat\u2019s how the seed was planted for Panic! At the Disco<\/a>\u2019s debut album, A Fever You Can\u2019t Sweat Out<\/em><\/a>. Armed with a Decaydance record deal, a newbie producer in Matt Squire, and $10,000, the Vegas teens set out to shake up the emo scene.<\/p>\n \n\tWith A Fever You Can\u2019t Sweat Out<\/em><\/a>, Panic! at the Disco did exactly that and more. What started on a laptop and online blogs made a splash in the real world. The album peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard 200, spawned their inescapable hit song \u201cI Write Sins, Not Tragedies,\u201d and even helped the band take home the 2006 Video of the Year MTV VMA.<\/p>\n \n\tIt\u2019s been 20 years since those theatrical hooks implanted themselves in the general public\u2019s consciousness \u2014 and Fever You Can\u2019t Sweat Out<\/em> remains an addictive listen. This fall, the band is headlining the emo nostalgia festival When We Were Young<\/a> with the promise to play the LP in its entirety. Though no one is quite sure what the band\u2019s lineup will be at the festival (Urie stopped<\/a> performing under the name in 2023 and the other four core members left before that), fans are still stoked to hear such a unique album performed in full for the first time in years. That\u2019s all thanks to Fever<\/em>\u2019s status as both a capsule of early aughts emo and a road map for the pop-leaning explosion that would go on to include artists like Gym Class Heroes and Cobra Starship.<\/p>\n