i'm not sure (because i don't remember pretty well) but i guess it was around 2006, when in an avril lavigne fan site (i think it was avrilbandaids.com) i saw a post about them, which had over 100 post, and all of them were about how great paramore was and all that kind of stuff, so i look in youtube some videos and i like their music and then i download their first album (legally) and a few months ago i bought Riot