Dallon Weekes
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Dallon Weekes in 2015
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Dallon James Weekes |
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May 4, 1981 Verona, Missouri, U.S. |
| Origin | Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2002–present |
| Labels | DCD2, Fueled by Ramen, None You Jerk |
| Associated acts | Panic! at the Disco, Tyler Joseph, The Brobecks |
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Fender Precision Bass Fender Jazz Bass Kala Baritone Ukulele |
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Dallon James Weekes (born May 4, 1981) is an American musician and singer-songwriter. He is best known for his roles as bassist, keyboardist, backing vocalist, and secondary songwriter/lyricist for Panic! at the Disco. He is also known as the lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist of the rock band and later solo musical project the Brobecks.
Weekes was born in a small town in Verona, Missouri near a large Amish community. He is the second of four children and was raised in a Mormon family in Clearfield, Utah, where his parents moved shortly after he was born. Weekes attended Clearfield High School, where he met most of his former Brobecks bandmates. After graduating with honors in 1999, Weekes served as a full-time Mormon Missionary in Oklahoma for two years. After returning home he shortly attended Weber State University before dropping out to pursue music full-time.
The band began as a weekend hobby for Weekes shortly after he returned to Utah after living in Oklahoma for two years. The group's name was inspired by a person from Dallon's school days. The original line-up consisted of Weekes, photographer/producer Matt Glass and another friend from high school. After a few years of recording basement demos, touring and line-up changes, the band was offered a contract from an imprint of Drive-Thru Records, and Weekes was offered solo record contracts by Sony BMG, Interscope Records, and a smaller indie label if he would drop his band mates. Weekes declined.
Shortly after, The Brobecks received Salt Lake City's local "City Weekly" award for 2008 Indie Pop Band of the Year, repeating their win of the year before. In 2008, the single "Second Boys Will Be First Choice" was added to the daily rotation of Salt Lake City radio station X96, something which had never been done with an unsigned act in the station's 20-plus-year history. The song rose immediately to the station's top ten daily songs. Within two days of the addition, the song hit #1 on the daily top songs list, where it stayed for 13 consecutive days. It stayed in the top 10 for several weeks, and frequented the number one spot several times more. The song was also put into rotation at PacSun stores across the nation.
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