bassist Jon Walker formed the Young Veins later that same year, in which Ross was the lead vocalist and guitarist.

They teamed up with Brent Wilson and another boy named Trevor Howell on guitar to make "Summer League" before they met Brendon Urie and formed Panic!

[8] On July 15, 2009, Ross told MTV that the new sound he and Walker are working on is, "They're more, uh, I wouldn't want to say 'heavy,' but I guess I would have to, in the sense of, like, early garage music and Kinks and stuff.

Ross hoped to be released from his contract with Fueled by Ramen "because it doesn't seem like it's going to be the right place for this stuff, and I think everybody knows that, on both sides, [FBR President] John Janick included.

In 2013, Ross released a two-track untitled demo EP as well as a couple of other songs through his official SoundCloud page.

[12] In an interview with Alternative Press regarding the single, Ross stated that he "...will be in the studio recording songs for his next solo release over the next few weeks and into [2019].

"[13] Ross appeared along with former bandmates Brendon Urie, Spencer Smith, and Jon Walker in the Gym Class Heroes music video for the song "Clothes Off!!".

He also appears with them in The Cab's music video for "One of THOSE Nights", along with Fall Out Boy members Patrick Stump and Pete Wentz.

at the Disco album Vices & Virtues for the track "Nearly Witches (Ever Since We Met...)", a song that was originally created while Ross and Walker were still in the band.

[16] Ross also provided backing vocals for "Stuck In Love", a song from William Beckett's solo EP What Will Be in autumn 2012.

[18] In 2019, it was announced Ross was in The Dead End Kids club alongside Z Berg, Dan Keyes and Nick Hinman.