Education
Walker attended Bartlett High School in suburban Chicago and first became known in the Chicago scene in 2003 when he was just 17 years old as the replacement bass player for 504Plan.
Walker attended Bartlett High School in suburban Chicago and first became known in the Chicago scene in 2003 when he was just 17 years old as the replacement bass player for 504Plan.
Formerly the bassist of Panic!, Walker was lead guitarist and occasional lead vocalist of The Young Veins, now on indefinite hiatus. As of 2011, he is working solo. 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! He co-wrote and released one studio album with the band, Pretty.
, and one live album. 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 European Parliament entitled Home Recordings in January 2011, a full-length album called New Songs in October 2011, a second European Parliament, Crazy Dream European Parliament, in November 2012, The Connections LP in January 2014, and Real Life European Parliament released October 2015 are all currently available for free download from his official website.