Paramore

Paramore
An American pop rock band Paramore, formed in Franklin, Tennessee in 2002, principally comprises of Hayley Williams (lead vocals), Josh Farro (lead guitar/backing vocals), Jeremy Davis (bass), and Zac Farro (drums).

Inspired by the likes of Jimmy Eat World and Sunny Day Real Estate, the lead singer Hayley Williams and lead guitarist Josh Farro are the group's chief songwriters. In 2005, the group released their debut album All We Know Is Falling, gathering a major fan-base through touring and internet promotion of the singles "Pressure" and "Emergency." By 2007, the band received mainstream success with their second album Riot! The first single, "Misery Business," has received wide radio airplay and allowed for MTV to feature the band in Artist of the Week segments during August 2007. With their early success, much attention is paid to the young age of the band members; their ages range from 17 to 22.

At 13, songster Hayley Williams shifted from her hometown of Meridian, Mississippi to Franklin, Tennessee where she met the Farro brothers, Josh and Zac. Soon after arriving, she began taking vocal lessons with Brett Manning and had also participated in school productions. Earlier, though, members of the group took part in a funk cover band. The other soon to be Paramore members had been jittery about having a female as the vocalist, but since they were good friends too, it ultimately got settled down to having Williams as their lead singer. Afterwards, the band was formally formed by Josh Farro (lead guitar/backing vocals), Zac Farro (drums), Jeremy Davis (bass) and Williams (lead vocals) in 2004, Jason Bynum (Rhythm Guitar) was also made a member of the band soon after. They adopted the name Paramore, taking from a friend's mother's maiden name and after knowing the meaning of the identically-sounding word paramour ("secret lover"), they decided to adopt the name, using the Paramore spelling. The band's first song written together was "Conspiracy", which was later used on their debut album.

Over the next years, Paramore performed at different venues outside the greater Nashville area, including the concert festivals Purple Door and Warped Tour. John Janick, CEO and co-founder of the music label Fueled by Ramen, got hold of Paramore's demos and went to a Taste of Chaos performance in Orlando, Florida to see the band perform live. In April 2005, after a smaller private performance at a warehouse, the band successfully earned a label.In January of 2006 they were participating in the Winter Go West Tour where they played together with Seattle bands Amber Pacific and The Lashes, and in February, Williams' vocals were featured on "Keep Dreaming Upside Down" by October Fall. In the spring 2006, Paramore was an opening act on headlining tours for both Bayside and soon afterwards, The Rocket Summer. From October 5 to October 15, 2006, they toured the United Kingdom and ultimately ended in London at The Mean Fiddler. The band then covered Foo Fighters' "My Hero" for the Sound of Superman soundtrack which was released on June 26, 2006. During the summer of 2006, Paramore played a portion of Warped Tour, primarily on the Volcom and Hurley Stages, and their first night on the Main Stage was at a date in their native land of Nashville. On August 2, 2006 began Paramore's first United States headlining tour with a sold-out audience, combined with support from This Providence, Cute Is What We Aim For, and Hit the Lights with the final show in Nashville. The same year they were voted "Best New Band" and Williams as #2 "Sexiest Female", by readers of the British magazine Kerrang!

In 2007, Paramore was titled by British magazine NME as one of ten bands to watch out for in their "New Noise 2007" feature. In January, the band played an acoustic version for the grand opening of a Warped Tour exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the dress Williams wore in the video for "Emergency" was also put onto display in the exhibit. Paramore was featured in Kerrang! Magazine once more, nevertheless, Williams believed the article was an fallacious interpretation of the band, predominantly because it focused on her as the main constituent. Later, Williams addressed the issue in the band's LiveJournal, with a post saying, "We could've done without a cover piece. Sorry, if it offends anyone at Kerrang! But I don't think there was one bit of truth in that article." In April, Williams' vocals were featured in "Then Came To Kill" by The Chariot.

The preponderance of Paramore's recordings comes from associations between lead vocalist Hayley Williams and lead guitarist Josh Farro - Farro first writes the music, and then Williams works on its melody and lyrics, and thus the remaining band members help to work on sound and arrangement. The duo's songwriting has been called contritely cliched and weak at points while others have said the songs are "ridiculously catchy" and "sing-a-long worthy". Williams' vocals are often considered amazing alongwith the lyrics; the similar is considered of Farro's guitar.

After taking an interview from Williams, Joshua Martin quotes, "The band isn't just a short pop-punk girl with red hair and a spunky attitude. Their music is like them, it's aged differently. It's sped up, and slowed down. It's emo without being whiney, or bratty. Alternative Press magazine observed that the band possessed "young sounding", yet "honest". Paramore's first album All We Know is Falling had an debatably more "mechanical pop-punk" sound with just the right delivery and the amalgamation of the two had created a "sophisticated rock infused pop/punk album". The band's second release, Riot! was said to explore a 'diverse range of styles", though, not straying far from "their signature sound".