Ross and Urie soon began to commit to their laptops the demos they had been developing and posted three early demos ( " Time to Dance " , " Nails for Breakfast , Tacks for Snacks " and " Camisado " ) on PureVolume . On a whim , they sent a link to Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz via a LiveJournal account . Wentz , who was in Los Angeles at the time with the rest of Fall Out Boy working on the band 's major-label debut , '' From Under the Cork Tree '' , drove to Las Vegas to meet with the young , unsigned band . Upon hearing " two to three " songs during band practice , Wentz was impressed and immediately wanted the band to sign to his Fueled by Ramen imprint label Decaydance Records , which made the band the first on the new label . Around December 2004 , the group signed to the label . As news broke that Wentz had signed Panic ! ( who had yet to perform a single live show ) , fans on the internet began to bash the group . " Almost right away we knew what was going to happen , " Ross explained in a 2006 interview . " We had two songs online and people were already making assumptions on what kind of band we were and what we were going to sound like . " Meanwhile , Wentz began to hype the band wherever possible : from wearing " Pete ! at the Disco " T-shirts onstage to mentioning the group in interviews . Wentz gave a quick shout-out to the band during a press junket on the day before the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards : " I 've got a couple of bands coming out soon on Decaydance , one being this band called Panic ! at the Disco , " Wentz said . " Their record is going to be your next favorite record . It 's called '' A Fever You Ca n't Sweat Out '' – get it before your little brother does . " At the time of the band 's signing , all of the band members were still in high school ( with the exception of Ross , who was forced to quit UNLV ) . Urie graduated in May 2005 , and Wilson and Smith finished school online as the band left for College Park , Maryland , to record their debut record
2005 MTV Video Music Awards
2005 MTV Video Music Awards
Panic! at the Disco