Music Career
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Walker first became known in the Chicago scene in 2003 as the replacement bass player for 504Plan. The band broke up soon after he joined, and Walker then toured with The Academy Is... as a guitar tech and a videographer. Walker joined Panic! in May 2006, replacing former bassist Brent Wilson. At the time he joined, he was (at age 20) the oldest of the band members. Walker was with Panic! when they won the video of the year award at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards for their song "I Write Sins Not Tragedies", although he had not recorded the song with the band nor did he appear in the video. He co-wrote and released one studio album with the band, Pretty. Odd., and one live album, ...Live in Chicago.
In July 2009, he and fellow band member Ryan Ross left Panic! citing creative differences and formed another band, The Young Veins. The Young Veins completed two tours in 2010, one with Foxy Shazam and one with Rooney. On December 10, 2010, Walker announced via Twitter that The Young Veins would be on hiatus, later noting in interviews that the creative and personal differences of the past carried over to the new project.
Since then, he has self-released a solo EP entitled Home Recordings in January 2011, full-length album called New Songs in October 2011 and and the "Crazy Dream EP" in November 2012.
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