Biography

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Birth Name: George Ryan Ross III
Birth Date: August 30, 1986
Residence: Las Vegas, Nevada
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Instruments: Guitar, keyboard, piano, banjo, mandolin
Panic Position: Lead guitar, back-up vocals, banjo and lyricist

George Ryan Ross was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. He attended Bishop Gorman High School. He studied creative writing at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas but dropped out after a semester to focus on music.

Ross has said that his father, who died on July 28, 2006, disliked his life decisions, and that they were not close. Ross grew up with his father after his parents divorced when he was about 3 years old. In an earlier article of the Rolling Stone magazine, Ryan mentioned that he used to listen to country and dress up like a cowboy. As he grew up, Ross started listening to more mainstream rock with his buddy, Spencer Smith.

Ross and Smith met when they were 5 and 6 years old. Smith recalls in the January 2007 issue of Rolling Stone, that Ryan was hitting golf balls across the yard into the neighbors' yards. Ever since then, the two were best friends. In a recent interview, Spencer said that during those years growing up, they had a lot of sleep overs and that he had slept with Ryan quite often in a twin sized bed. Jon later joked saying that he had slept with Ryan recently and that "..it was the best sleep I've ever had."

Early musical beginnings

When Ryan was twelve, he asked his parents for a guitar for Christmas, thus starting his first collaborations with Spencer who was given a drum set. In the first few years, Ryan and Spencer mostly covered blink-182 songs with Ryan on vocals. Their band was called Pet Salamander at that time. Their earlier bands were named Summer League and Pet Salamander before being changed to Panic At The Disco.

Panic at the Disco

After Ross, Spencer Smith, and Brent Wilson finished with their band, Summer League, the three joined Brendon Urie to begin Panic at the Disco. After his high school graduation, Ross attended the University of Las Vegas for one semester before dropping out to pursue his musical career. Panic was eventually heard by Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz, who signed them to his record label, Decaydance, a child of the mother label, Fueled by Ramen. Panic eventually released A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, which included two songs that Ryan wrote about his father's passing in July, 2006. A Fever You Can't Sweat Out became a cult hit, with its first single, "I Write Sins Not Tragedies", winning the Video of the Year Award at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards and peaked at #7 on the US charts.

However on May 17, 2006, the band officially announced the departure of bassist Brent Wilson. Long-time friend of the band, Jon Walker, filled in for Wilson on one of the upcoming tours and eventually became his replacement. A Fever You Can't Sweat Out eventually went platinum however, and the band began a world tour in the later part of 2006. The band also covered "This Is Halloween" on Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack and the Smashing Pumpkins' "Tonight, Tonight" on a tribute LP.

Ryan Ross joined up with Fall Out Boy on their song, "The Take Over, the Breaks Over", from their album Infinity on High. Ross led the guest guitar solo.

The band began writing their follow-up album in early 2007, but started from scratch in July 2007. After writing until the beginning of 2008, the band announced they would be mixing their album at Abbey Roads Studios. On January 9, 2008, the band announced they would drop the "!" from Panic! at the Disco, being referred to as Panic at the Disco from that point on. The next day, January 10, the album name was officially confirmed as being Pretty. Odd..

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