Paramore are an American rock band, who formed in Franklin, Tennessee in 2004. Members are Hayley Williams (lead vocals/keyboards), Josh Farro (lead guitar/backing vocals), Jeremy Davis (bass guitar), Zac Farro (drums), and Taylor York (rhythm guitar).
This group released their debut album All We Know Is Falling in 2005, and their second album, Riot! in 2007. Brand New Eyes, Paramore's third album, was released on September 29, 2009, which is the band’s highest charting album to date.
Paramore's music has generally been regarded as emo and pop punk. Alternative Press magazine had commented that the band was "young sounding", while consistently being "honest." Paramore's first album All We Know is Falling had an arguably more "pop-punk" sound that was delivered particularly wellband the combination of the two had created a "refined rock infused pop/punk album." The band's second release, Riot! was said to explore a 'diverse range of styles," however, not straying far from "their signature sound."
2002–2005: Formation and All We Know Is Falling
In 2002, Hayley Williams, aged 13, moved from hometown Meridian, Mississippi to Franklin, Tennessee where she met brothers Josh Farro and Zac Farro. The band was officially formed by Josh Farro (lead guitar/backing vocals), Zac Farro (drums), Jeremy Davis (bass guitar) and Hayley Williams (lead vocals) in 2004, with the later addition of Williams' neighbor Jason Bynum (rhythm guitar). According to Lead vocilist Hayley, the name "Paramore" came from the maiden name of the mother of one of their first bass players. Once the group learned the meaning of the homophone 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.
John Janick, co-founder of the music label Fueled by Ramen signed Paramore to the label in April 2005.
After Jeremy Davis left the band, The remaining members of Paramore continued with the album, writing "All We Know" about his leaving, later deciding to base All We Know Is Falling around the notion. The album artwork also reflected Paramore's grief as Hayley explained, "The couch on the cover of All We Know is Falling with no one there and the shadow walking away; it's all about Jeremy leaving us and us feeling like there's an empty space." All We Know Is Falling was released on July 24th 2005.
Paramore released "Pressure" as its first single, with a video directed by Shane Drake, but the song had failed to place in the charts. The video featured the band performing in a warehouse, eventually getting sprayed with water sprinklers as the storyline of a conflicted couple occurs. "Emergency" was released in July as the second single, the video again reuniting the band with director Shane Drake and featuring Hunter Lamb (rhythm guitar), who replaced Jason Bynum. The video for "Emergency" showcased Paramore in another performance, this time fixing the members bloody costumes, as the director is telling them what to do, in some form or neglected building. The third single, "All We Know", was released with limited airtime, with the video consisting of a collection of live performances and backstage footage.
2007–2008: Riot!
In January 2007 Paramore began recording their second album, Riot!, ending production in March. Taylor York, who had been in a band with the Farro brothers before the two met Hayley Williams, joined as a replacement for Lamb. Paramore opted to record Riot! with New Jersey producer David Bendeth, releasing the album on June 12th 2007. Riot! entered the Billboard 200 at number 20, the UK charts at number 24, and sold 44,000 its first week in the United States. The name Riot! meaning "a sudden outburst of uncontrolled emotion", and it was a word that "summed it all up".
On October 11th 2007, the music video for "Crushcrushcrush" debuted on the United States television as the next single from Riot!. The video for "Crushcrushcrush" featured the band playing a performance in a barren desert, being spied upon, and later destroying their equipment. The single was released in the United States on November 19 and made available in the United Kingdom on November 12th 2007.
Paramore was featured on the cover of February 2008 issue of Alternative Press magazine and voted "Best Band Of 2007" by the readers. The band was nominated for "Best New Artist" at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards presented on February 10th 2008. Early 2008 saw Paramore touring the United Kingdom, supporting their album Riot!, along with New Found Glory, Kids in Glass Houses and Conditions.
Paramore's song "Decode" was the lead single for the novel-based Twilight film. Another song called "I Caught Myself" is also featured on the film's soundtrack. The band began shooting the video October 13th and it premiered on November 3.
2009–present: Brand New Eyes
Paramore wrote and completed their newest record Brand New Eyes in early 2009. The first single off brand new eyes "Ignorance" which was released July 7th 2009. The official music video for "Ignorance" aired on all MTV platforms, networks, and websites on August 13th 2009.
In January 2009, Josh Farro spoke about the band's upcoming third studio album. Talking to Kerrang!, he said: "We're going try to record it in Nashville. I think writing the album there will inspire us, and then if we record there too it'll be a lot easier since we can sleep in our beds at night rather than in hotels like the other 300 days out of the year! We're not sure who's going to produce the record yet. We did "Decode" with producer Rob Cavallo, which was a good experience, but we're looking around and don't want to make any decisions until we have a lot of songs and we know what we're looking for. We really enjoy our live sound and we want a producer who can really capture that."
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