Locomotion Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 Paramore brings ‘punk-rock act’ to Agora by Ben Breier How many 16-year-old girls get the chance to sing their hearts out at Warped Tour without a hint of anxiety or stage fright? Truth be told, not many of these girls exist. In fact, there currently may be only one: Hayley Williams of the band Paramore. “We loved Warped Tour,” Williams said in a recent phone interview. “It was a great experience.” Whether Williams likes it or not, age is a stigma that has been following her around throughout her musical career. She is currently in the middle of high school and has been progressing through school without attending a single schoolhouse. Williams is a student of the Jubilee Academy, an online school of learning. “It’s one of the few internet schools that we are able to do on the road that lets us go at our own pace,” Williams said. Before the members of Paramore found themselves in a land of internet schooling and constant touring, they were busy being kids. Williams had just moved to Franklin, Tenn., in eighth grade, when she met brothers Zach (drums) and Josh Farro (guitarist), who were working on the beginnings of Paramore. “I had never met kids my age that were creating music and doing it well,” Williams said. “They eventually asked me to start playing with them and start listening to them, and after a while, it turned into me singing for them.” Shortly after coming together, Paramore was solicited by several record labels who were anxious to cash in on the punk-rock act. It was apparent to Williams that Fueled by Ramen was the label for Paramore. “There were a lot of labels that found out about our band. We had recorded demos in Nashville with producers who had done some pretty popular stuff,” Williams said. “Our management was really good friends with John Janik (Fueled by Ramen’s owner), and our group hooked us up. We just knew that this was a label that we wanted to work with.” Fans of Paramore and of punk music in general have occasionally compared Hayley Williams’ vocals with those of Avril Lavigne. “I know it’s inevitable: I’m a girl, I’m little and people are used to girls being one sort of thing,” Williams said. “It sucks because I don’t want people to think that’s what our band is like. We all knew that going into it that people were going to say things like that. Hopefully when they see us play or buy the record, they’ll see something completely different.” With the release of All We Know Is Falling, in addition to its performance at Warped Tour, Paramore has recently been thrust into the limelight. As far as thinking of future albums, Paramore hasn’t given it a whole lot of thought. “We’re really focusing on this record right now,” Williams said. “We’re really proud of it. Josh and I are always writing, and we’ve written more songs since the record but nothing that we could say, ‘Oh, that’s the next single.’” http://www.stateronline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/09/29/433b607bc2453 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephler Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 i love this article thanks for posting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan CiTi Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 well paramore are far from punk rock but they still rock and so did that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristin Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 thanks for posting!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrowncoat Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 Rewind sounds like the next single to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glorya Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 Rewind sounds like the next single to me word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristin Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 Rewind sounds like the next single to me word. YES PLEASE...ive been listening to it non stop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glorya Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 i love this articlethanks for posting it. me too it's nice that they keep us in the know of how the writing process is going as well as touring...which is ALWAYS fun for them and us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airen Posted May 1, 2006 Report Share Posted May 1, 2006 aaah yeah i have to agree the article is awesome <3333 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayleh Posted May 1, 2006 Report Share Posted May 1, 2006 i like it =] t4p. & like OMG IT'S MAY TODAY. what ?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airen Posted May 1, 2006 Report Share Posted May 1, 2006 haha yes, yes it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasyTarget Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 How funny everyone thought Rewind would be the next single. xD Anywho, great article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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