Brendon Urie: The Worst Mormon

Brendon Urie: The Worst Mormon Brendon Boyd Urie, who grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, was unlike most of his family. His mother and father, Grace and Boyd Urie, had raised him and his four other siblings differently than most parents in America do. He was raised to be a Mormon. However, he knew for a long time that wasn’t the life he wanted to live. When he was 17 years old he told his parents that he wanted to pursue music as a career, and that he didn’t believe in their lifestyle. This resulted in them kicking Brendon out of their home. He went from barely making ends meet to becoming superstar in a little over a decade. His hard work and dedication is what makes him stand out among most celebrities nowadays.
Growing up in home where you have to pretend to be someone you’re not is a struggle that many teens face, and is one that Brendon Urie knows all too well.
From an early age Urie knew that pursuing music and performing as a career was something he desperately wanted to achieve. However, being brought up as a Mormon prevented him from doing so. Once he finally told his parents the truth about who he was, and how he didn’t agree with their beliefs, he was kicked out of their home. His most recent album Death of a Bachelor, has one particular song that has to do with him breaking free from the beliefs of a religion that he no longer believed in. “Hallelujah” is the name of this song, and the lyrics that confirm this are: “Tied up in pretty young things. In a state of emergency who was I trying to be?”
The meaning behind these lyrics is that he was tied up in the beautiful things he was being told about by his parents, and he was young so he didn’t know any better. The second line is him reflecting on his younger former self, and asking himself who was he trying to be. He wonders why he was trying to be the person his parents wanted him to be instead of himself. That is one of the many admirable things about Brendon Urie. Despite knowing the consequences of his actions, he went through with it anyway, and his decision paid off in the
end.
After having had been kicked out of his home, Brendon moved in with some of his friends. He had recently started a band that Urie stated “was then under a different band name,” and in order to pay for their rental space, he worked at Tropical Smoothie Cafe. Here, Brendon sang for tips. Brendon had never planned on being a permanent member of the band. Originally, Ryan Ross was the lead singer of Panic! at the Disco, but Brendon had impressed them with his vocal skills during a rehearsal, and later a final decision was made for Urie to become the lead singer. Little did they know that the band would take off in such a big way. In 2005, they were signed by “Decaydance Records, the Fueled by Ramen imprint headed by Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz.” (Apar, Corey.) Their first full length album A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out was to be released in September of 2005. In early 2006, their song “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” made it to the Billboard Top 40. This is when his and the band’s career really began to skyrocket.
After touring with Fall Out Boy, Motion City Soundtrack, Boys Night Out, and the Starting Line. The band really began to grow more and more popular. Not only were they about to go on a second tour in 2006, but they managed to win an MTV Video Music Award. They surpassed popular artists such as Madonna and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Throughout the years the band continued on strong. In March of 2008 they released their second album Pretty. Odd. Which reached number two on the charts in the United States. Unfortunately, 2009 would be the year that the band began to fall apart. Members Ryan Ross and Jon Walker left the group in order to start their own band. Brendon Urie and Spencer Smith pulled some strings in order to round up Ian Crawford and Dalton Weekes to fill their tour lineup. In 2011, Vices and Virtues was released, and two years later the band came out with their fourth studio album Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!. Spencer Smith and Brendon Urie had a long run as band members and a studio duo, but in 2015 Smith officially left the band. This left Urie as the “sole survivor” of the band. Even though he was riding solo, minus his tourmates, he wrote and produced his most recent album Death of a Bachelor. 2016 has been the biggest and most successful year of Urie’s career. Brendon has been very successful, but his musical talents aren’t the only things that keep his career alive. Urie is known for being unbelievably kind to fans. Sharing stories, giving hugs, and keeping their spirits high are just a few things that makes Brendon so lovable. Urie is incredibly talented, hardworking, and humble. Despite all of the things that have gone wrong throughout the past decade, Brendon kept his head held high. From barely making ends meet, to successful rock star, Urie has experienced it all. He’s produced five albums, gone on countless tours, and lost all of his original band members, but he still pushes himself everyday to continue to do what he loves. His passion and hard work is what has kept him well known in the music industry, and his kind heart is what makes his fans wanting more. Brendon is a timeless and aged soul that many hope will not die out anytime soon.