From the Book - First edition.
Part 1: Close to home 1999-2000. Jersey basements & the Manhattan skyline
The first fancy tour bus to pull up at the Manville Elks Lodge
Long Island & the last silent majority show
"If Pete wasn't playing for us, he was moshing for us"
And out to the great wide open
Part 2: Will you tell all your friends ... 2001-2002. Napster, the music biz & the biggest band to come out of Mesa, Arizona
"At the time, they were Geoff from Thursday's weird friends"
The Long Island lyric pool
"If half the people hate you, the other half are going to defend you to the death"
"It wasn't like we thought we were going places, because there was nowhere to go in Utah"
"Better get a little glossier, or you're gonna fall behind the crowd"
"It didn't matter that 99% of mainstream America didn't know who he was"
Part 3: The match you strike to incinerate 2003-2004. Private jets & magazine covers
"I remember playing Hollister. It was a riot at the mall, basically"
"If you don't sign this band, you're gonna regret it for the rest of your life"
"Love in the face of the apocalypse"
Part 4: "The pinnacle of hype," 2005. Taste of chaos, 2005
"Panic! at the Disco was like pouring gasoline on the fire"
Part 5: It's an arms race, 2006-2008. "Bigger than emo"
"Emo people are just like us"
"As much mischief as we could"
"It was a reckoning to have this young woman overtake the scene"
"They took the exclamation point off their name"
"When your fans start dressing like you, you gotta find the next thing"
"Total, complete transformation"
Part 6: Epilogue. We'll carry on.
