Genre:
Rock
Plays:
8644
Seen:
4673
Location:
Franklin,
Tennessee,
United States
Biography
Paramore, the rapidly emerging pop-punk quintet from Tennessee, has been building a near-deafening "next big thing" buzz. Driven by riveting live shows and the undeniable charisma of their frontwoman, 18-year-old Hayley Williams, they have captivated an increasingly rabid following. Confronted by the double-edged sword of overwhelming early praise, Paramore has risen to the challenge and recorded an album that happily delivers on all the claims made on their behalf. With their new Fueled By Ramen collection, "RIOT!," they announce that they have the talent, the passion, and the songs to take themselves to the next level.
The band's rise has been the result of consistent hard work since Hayley first met Josh Farro (guitar, age 20) and his younger brother Zac (drums, age 17) while they were together in school four years ago. After adding Jeremy Davis (bass, age 22), Paramore was formed in 2004. They played their first show in Nashville, and were soon building a local fanbase. After just a few months of gigging, the band had their first big break in early 2005, when Fueled By Ramen founder John Janick saw them at a gig in Florida. He was instantly struck by their presence and their dedication, and he immediately signed the band to the label. As Hayley says, "Fueled By Ramen has been amazing to us. So many kids started checking us out because our name is on their roster. It's like a big family; we all share such a massive unit of fans."
Upon the release of their debut album, "ALL WE KNOW IS FALLING," in the summer of 2005, the music community began taking immediate notice of the band. The New York Times and Spin hailed the album, singling out Hayley as a star in the making. Nonstop touring throughout 2006 with bands such as Straylight Run and Simple Plan, combined with show-stealing festival performances at Warped and Bamboozle, continued to build the momentum. The year culminated with a sold-out headlining tour of North America in the fall of 2006, as well as successful tours of both Europe and Japan.
The accolades continued as 2006 came to a close. After an overwhelming response to a U.K. tour at the end of the year, Kerrang! readers voted Paramore as the "Best New Band" and Hayley as the #2 "Sexiest Female." NME named Paramore one of the ten acts to watch in their "New Noise 2007" feature, proclaiming Williams as "young, articulate and with plenty to say." Some bands would begin to get nervous with those kinds of accolades. Not Paramore. "I love getting all the ‘Next Big Thing' notices," says Hayley with a grin. Josh continues, "The first few years everything was new to us and we made a name for ourselves as a band in a lot of places. But with ‘RIOT!,' we're really ready to blow people's minds."
It only takes one listen to "RIOT!" to see the depth of the band's growth in the past two years. Produced by David Bendeth (Hawthorne Heights, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Killswitch Engage), the music has taken on a richer, deeper, more intense tone, without sacrificing any of the melodicism that has been their trademark. As Hayley explains, "For us, the title ‘RIOT!' literally means an unbridled outburst of emotions. When we were writing, it seemed like our thoughts and emotions were coming out so fast that we couldn't control them. It felt like there was a riot within us. So the album takes our passion to a new level; it's just all raw energy."
That raw energy and passion is evident in "Misery Business," a song that has its origins in a message Hayley put on the band's Live Journal page, asking her fans to post what they're ashamed of. "I found that people really were reaching out to someone to spill their guts to," she recalls, "So I did the same thing lyrically in the song and let everything out. It's more honest than anything I've ever written, and the guys matched that emotion musically."
The wryly titled "For A Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic" stems from what Josh reflects as "putting your faith in someone and they blow it." But in the writing of the song, he saw that his faith in his bandmates was not misplaced: "I wrote the music specifically to be awesome live and to be extremely energetic. It all came out at once. I showed it to Hayley and she just nailed it lyrically. She completely got the feeling I wanted the song to have." And "Hallelujah" serves as one of the album's true anthems. As Hayley recounts, "It's one of the oldest songs we've got, but we wanted to save it for this record, and it's the perfect home for it. It's a claim of victory for both ourselves and our fans."
That connection with their audience is most evident in "Born For This," a song that was specifically written for their fans. "We wrote it as a message to them," Hayley explains. "They're going to take us to the next level. Everything they've done has helped us so much… it's really kept us going." And to drive that point home, the band held an online contest for fans, with the winners getting to sing gang vocals on the song.
"Next big things" come and go, but it is obvious that Paramore has something special – both talent and staying power. "RIOT" is the band's declaration of ambition, musical growth, and dedication. "We all have such a love and passion for this music," says Josh. "We're lucky to have made such a connection with our fans that we're making a difference in their lives." Hayley concludes, "We want everyone to hear this album. We want to take it as far as we can. ‘RIOT!' is everything we ever wanted to say on one album. If it all ended today, this is what we'd want to be remembered for."
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Discography
Decode - 2008
Misery Business - 2007
Riot! - 2007
Riot - 2007
Misery Business - 2007
Riot! - 2007
Misery Business - 2007
Pressure - 2005
All We Know Is Falling - 2005
Emergency - 2005
All We Know Is Falling - 2005
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2008-04-28 -
PARAMORE UNVEIL NEW VIDEO AND SINGLE
PARAMORE UNVEIL NEW VIDEO AND SINGLE FOR THAT'S WHAT YOU GET; GRAMMY NOMINATED PUNK-POP SENSATIONS CO-HEADLINE MAJOR TREK WITH JIMMY EAT WORLD; PERFORMANCES ON JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! AND MTV SPRING BREAK Fueled By Ramen recording group Paramore has released "That's What You Get," the latest single from their RIAA gold-certified second album, "RIOT!," impacting now at Modern Rock and Top 40 radio outlets nationwide. The track's companion video clip – directed by Marcos Siega (Weezer, All-American Rejects, Sara Bareilles) – had its all-day "Unleashed" premiere on MTV2 last week and will premiere on MTV's "TRL" on April 8th. The video has hit #1 on the iTunes Alternative Video Chart and #6 on iTunes overall Video Chart in less than one week. Paramore recently celebrated the single's release with a high-profile concert appearance on ABC‘s Jimmy Kimmel Live on April 4th. This week, MTV and mtvU will premiere its annual Spring Break extravaganza, taped in Panama City, Florida earlier this month (check local listings). Paramore also has a full-on touring itinerary which will see the Grammy Award-nominated punk-pop quartet traveling through the summer. First up, the band is currently on a major co-headline tour, sharing the bill with Jimmy Eat World. The tour kicked off April 1st in San Antonio, Texas, with shows continuing through early May (see attached itinerary). In addition, the Tennessee-based band will be among the headliners at 2008's two Bamboozle festivals: the Bamboozle Left on Saturday, April 5th in Irvine, California; and the Bamboozle on Saturday, May 3rd at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey. From there, the band will cross the Atlantic to headline the UK's annual Give It A Name festival, stated for May 10th and 11th in London and Sheffield, respectively. Paramore's summer schedule will officially begin on June 30th with a headline show as part of Milwaukee's yearly Summerfest celebrations. Next on the agenda will be an eagerly awaited slate of mainstage appearances on the upcoming Vans Warped Tour (July 1 – 6), the band's fourth consecutive year on the tour. "RIOT!" made an explosive chart entry upon its June 2007 release. Boasting two top 5 Modern Rock radio hits in "Misery Business" and "Crushcrushcrush," the album quickly went on to achieve RIAA gold certification, with sales now over 800,000. An array of accolades followed, including a "Best New Artist" nod at this year's 50th Annual Grammy Awards and "Band of the Year" honors from Alternative Press. Having toured nearly non-stop since coming together in 2004, Paramore recently sold out every show of its 22-date North American headline trek. For up-to-the-minute news and information, please visit paramore.net and fueledbyramen.com. (TOUR ITINERARY ATTACHED) PARAMORE SPRING/SUMMER TOUR 2008 April 1st – May 2nd w/Jimmy Eat World APRIL 1 San Antonio, TX Freeman Coliseum 2 Lubbock, TX Lonestar Amphitheater 3 El Paso, TX El Paso County Coliseum 5 Irvine, CA Bamboozle Left @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater 6 Bakersfield, CA Rabobank Theater 8 San Jose, CA Event Center @ San Jose State 9 Sacramento, CA Sacramento Memorial Auditorium 10 Salem, OR Salem Armory 12 Pocatello, ID Holt Arena 14 Orem, UT McKay Events Center 16 Council Bluffs, IA Mid America Center 17 Springfield, MO The Shrine Mosque 18 Des Moines, IA Val Air Ballroom 19 DeKalb, IL Convocation Center 21 Grand Rapids, MI Deltaplex 22 Dayton, OH Hara Arena 24 Bloomsburg, PA Bloomsburg University 25 Rochester, NY Gordon Field House 26 Washington, DC Bender Arena 28 Albany, NY Washington Avenue Armory 30 Lowell, MA Paul E. Tsongas Arena MAY 2 Atlantic City, NJ Taj Mahal Mark G. Etess Arena 3 E. Rutherford, NJ The Bamboozle @ Meadowlands Sports Complex 10 London, ENG Give It A Name @ Earls Court 11 Sheffield, ENG Give It A Name @ Sheffield Arena 12 Glasgow, SCT Glasgow Academy 16 Atlanta, GA Masquerade Music Park 17 Nashville, TN Riverfront Park JUNE 2 Dublin, Ireland Dublin RDS Simmions Court 4 Portsmouth, ENG Portsmouth Guildhall 5 Nottingham, ENG Nottingham Rock City 7 Nürburgring, Germany Rock Am Ring 8 Nürnberg, Germany Rock Im Park 9 Brussels, Belgium Brussels AB 11 Denmark Copenhagen Pumpehuset 12 Sweden Hultsfred Festival 14 Norway Norwegian Wood Festival 15 Finland Provinssi Festival 17 Holland Amsterdam Melkweg 18 Paris, France Paris Bataclan 30 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest JULY 1 St. Louis, MO Warped Tour 2 Kansas City, MO Warped Tour 3 Dallas, TX Warped Tour 5 San Antonio, TX Warped Tour 6 Houston, TX Warped Tour
Comments
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elbowcrek |
11/19/2008
love your music well hope one day i can meet you guys love love paramore it's the best thing that has happen in my life you guys are the best
karin |
06/16/2008
Me encantan!! son mui geniales =)
nobrains9 |
06/07/2008
Paramore are so good!!I love it!!
PaU_rOcK |
05/02/2008
hi!!! what can i say??? u are so good!!! i love paramore!!! thanks 4 the add bye kiss =p@u=
