Panic at the Disco’s Secret Influences



From the Beatles to Alice in Wonderland to Fellini, the cultural
inspirations that make up the band’s sound and vision

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The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s
Lonely Hearts Club Band

In case the marching band costumes in the video for “Nine in
the Afternoon” didn’t give it away, the sounds on Panic’s second
disc draw heavily on the harmonies, horns and psychedelic narrative
concepts that are staples on Sgt. Pepper. “In the past
couple of years we were listening to stuff that was a little bit
different than what we were on the first record, and the Beatles
would be an example of that,” drummer Spencer Smith explained
to…

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