There are two bands named Panda Riot:
1) Brian Cook and Rebecca Scott formed Panda Riot while creating a soundtrack for a documentary about marine biology, they decided to form a band based on the sound inspired by the underwater and airplane shots in the documentary. They describe themselves as having a "blissful, swirl-pop, sing-along sonar aesthetic."
2) In the early 2000s, a different band named Panda Riot was active in Toronto, whose members went on to form Germans .
