Spencer Smith (musician)
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Smith in 2009
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Spencer James Smith |
| Born |
September 2, 1987 Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Origin | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Instruments | Drums, percussion |
| Years active | 2004–2015 |
| Labels | DCD2, Fueled by Ramen |
| Associated acts | Panic! at the Disco, The Cab |
| Website | panicatthedisco |
| Notable instruments | |
| SJC Custom Drums Meinl Cymbals |
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Spencer James Smith (born September 2, 1987) is an American musician best known as the co-founding member and former drummer of American rock band Panic! at the Disco. With the band he has played on four studio albums, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005), Pretty. Odd. (2008), Vices & Virtues (2011) and Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! (2013). The band's debut album went Platinum and charted at No. 13 on the US Billboard 200, spearheaded by the hit single "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" which peaked at No. 7 in the Billboard Hot 100.
He announced his departure from the band on April 2, 2015 via the band's official website.
Born in Colorado, Smith was raised in Las Vegas, Nevada and attended Bishop Gorman High School with former bandmate Ryan Ross.
Spencer Smith was the drummer for American rock band Panic! at the Disco, formed in 2004. Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz discovered the band through the Internet and quickly signed them to his Decaydance Records label before the band had even played a single show. Smith has played the percussion parts on the band's four studio albums, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005), Pretty. Odd. (2008), Vices & Virtues (2011) and Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! (2013). A Fever You Can't Sweat Out has sold over two million units worldwide, spurred on by the lead single "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" which became the band's most successful song, reaching #7 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and becoming the band's mainstream breakthrough so early in their career. The 2008 album Pretty. Odd. debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200, however it was less widely received in comparison to Fever and quickly fell off the charts.
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