When A Fever You Can't Sweat Out was released, it debuted at #112 on the Billboard 200 album charts, at #6 on the Billboard independent chart, and #1 Billboard heatseeker chart, with nearly 10,000 in first week sales. The band has also increased in popularity due to their online presence, with PureVolume having them consistently in their Top 10 signed band list and reaching #1 on the MySpace chart. Lately the band has attracted a considerable amount of publicity, especially with Spin magazine, naming them as their band of the day in early October 2005. They recorded their debut album A Fever You Can't Sweat Out in College Park, Maryland with producer Matt Squire, who had earlier produced Thrice. Then he referred them to Fueled by Ramen Records, who signed them (while they were still in high school) to Wentz's imprint label Decaydance. Wentz was so impressed that he drove to Las Vegas to meet them personally. In order to get their music heard, the band left comments through LiveJournal to Pete Wentz (of Fall Out Boy), linking him to their PureVolume site. Their name was taken from a line in the song Panic (by Name Taken), in reference to a song of the same name by The Smiths. The duo would originally play blink-182 covers until they recruited fellow schoolmates Brent Wilson on bass and Brendon Urie on vocals and guitar. The band was first formed in the suburbs of Las Vegas by childhood friends Ryan Ross on guitar and Spencer Smith on drums.
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