MUSICAL STYLE AND INFLUENCES

          Paramore's music has usually been considered as "emo" and "pop punk". Joshua Martin wrote after an meeting with Hayley Williams, "The group isn't just a brief pop-punk lady with red locks and a courageous mind-set. Their music is like them, it's outdated in a different way. It's increased, and bogged down down. It's emo without being whiny, or bratty. Almost a very actual anti-Avril Lavigne." Substitute Media journal had mentioned that the group was "young sounding", while continually being "honest." Paramore's first record All We Know is Falling had an probably more "formulaic pop-punk" audio that was "delivered particularly well"and the mixture of the two had designed a "refined stone filled pop/punk record." The group's second launch, Riot! was said to discover a 'diverse variety of designs," however, not deviating far from "their trademark audio." 
Alternative Media and various other evaluators have mentioned that the group's level activities have assisted increase them to bigger popularity. Substitute Media declares that Williams "has more charm than performers twice her age, and her group aren't far behind in their grinds, either." Singer-songwriter David Mayer had recognized Williams' speech in a weblog in Oct 2007, contacting her "The excellent lemon hope"; "orange" in referrals to her locks shade. Due to the women fronted element of the group, Paramore has obtained evaluations to Kelly felix Clarkson and these Avril Lavigne, to which one writer said was "sorely misguided." Reviewer Jonathan Bradley mentioned that "Paramore strikes its music with contagious passion." However, he also described that "there isn't a whole lot of distinction between Riot! and the music from Kelly felix Clarkson or Avril Lavigne." A writer at NMEhad similar Paramore's audio to that of "No Question (stripped of all the ska bollocks)" and "Kelly Clarkson's craziest goals." Hayley Williams has gone on to thoughts about the women element of the group saying that Paramore is not "this girl-fronted band" and it creates "music for individuals have fun with music, not so individuals can discuss my sex." 



CURRENT MEMBERS

Hayley Williams

Birth name:                Hayley Nicole Williams

Birth date:                  December 27, 1988
                                     Meridian, Mississipi, U.S.

Genre:                         Pop punk, Alternative rock, Punk rock

Instruments:              Vocals, Keyboards, Guitars, Drums, Piano

Years Active:              2004 - present

Labels:                        Fueled by Ramen, Warner Bros., Atlantic Records




Jeremy Davis

Birth name:                Jeremy Clayton Davis

Birth date:                  February 8, 1985
                                     North Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Genres:                       Alternative rock, pop punk

Occupations:               Musician, songwriter

Instruments:              Bass, guitar

Years active:              2004–present




Taylor York

Birth name:                Taylor Benjamin York

Birth date:                  December 17, 1989
                                     Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Genres:                       Alternative rock, pop punk, indie

Occupations:              Musician, guitarist, songwriter

Instruments:              Guitar, keyboards, glockenspiel, percussion, drums, clarinet,                                                        
                                      Ukulele

Years active:               2007–present

FORMER MEMBERS




Josh Farro

Birth name:             Joshua Neil Farro

Birth date:               September 29, 1987
                                  Vorhees, Township, New Jersey, U.S.

Genre:                       Alternative rock, Pop punk, Indie rock, Pop rock

Occupations:             Musician, Guitarist, Songwriter

Instruments:             Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Violin, Drums




Zac Farro

Birth name:                     Zachary Wayne Farro

Birth date:                        June 04, 1900

Genre:                               Alternative rock, Pop punk, Punk rock

Occupations:                     Musician, Drummer

Instruments:                    Drums, percussion, guitar,keyboards, vocals

Paramore

From the left: Jeremy Davis, Hayley Williams, Josh Farro, Zac Farro

PARAMORE

Paramore is an American rock band from Franklin, Tennessee, formed in 2004. In 2002, at age 13, Hayley Williams moved from her hometown Meridian, Mississippi to Franklin, Tennessee, where she met brothers Josh Farro and Zac Farro. 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. Williams was originally signed to Atlantic Records as a solo artist in 2003. She had been introduced to Atlantic A&R Tom Storms through Kent Marcus and Jim Zumwalt, and then eventually signed to Atlantic by Jason Flom. The original plan of the label was to turn her into a pop singer, but Williams resisted, saying that she wanted to play alternative rock music and wanted a band behind her. In an interview with HitQuarters Steve Robertson said, "She wanted to make sure that we didn't look at her as some straight to Top 40 pop princess. She wanted to make sure that she and her band got the chance to show what they can do as a rock band writing their own songs. The band's first song written together was "Conspiracy", which was later used on their debut album.and writing their own songs.

ALBUMS

All We Know Is Falling Album

Riot! Album

The Final RIOT Album

Brand New Eyes Album