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Artist: PARAMORE
MOVIE QUESTIONS
- THESE MOVIES ARE OUR CLASSICS:
- Jeremy and Zac: Man on Fire
Hayley: Roman Holiday - ALL-TIME FAVORITE ACTOR:
- Josh, Jeremy and Zac: Jim Carrey
Haley: Mike Myers and Jim Carrey in any movie they've ever done - ALL-TIME FAVORITE ACTRESS:
- Jeremy and Zac: Jessica Biel
Josh: Meg Ryan
Hayley: Ann-Margret in Viva Las Vegas and in Newsies - MOVIE CHARACTER I'D LOVE TO BE:
- Jeremy and Zac: Mark Wahlberg’s character in Shooter
Josh: Aragorn from The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Hayley: June Carter in Walk the Line - MOVIE LINE I QUOTE FREQUENTLY:
- Jeremy and Zac: "If you ain’t first you’re last." – Ricky Bobby from Talladega Nights
Josh: "He didn't fall!? Inconceiveable!" - Vizzini from The Princess Bride - MOST UNFORGETTABLE MOVIE LINE:
- Hayley: "Schwing!" - Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar in Wayne's World 1 & 2
- FIRST SCREEN CRUSH:
- Jeremy and Zac: Robin Wright Penn in The Princess Bride
Josh: Jessica Biel
Hayley: It has to be either Court (Jason London) in Man in the Moon or Jack Kelly (Christian Bale) in Newsies - MOST UNFORGETTABLE MOVIE SCENE:
- Jeremy and Zac: The crucifixion in The Passion Of the Christ
Josh: When Denzel Washington’s character sacrifices his life for the little girls in the movie Man on Fire
Hayley: The "Bohemian Rhapsody" scene in Wayne's World - FAVORITE MOVIE SOUNDTRACK:
- Jeremy and Zac: The Lion King
Josh: The Truman Show soundtrack
Hayley: Once, Wayne's World and any Tim Burton film - BEST USE OF MUSIC IN A MOVIE SCENE:
- Jeremy and Zac: Sigur Ros in Children Of Men
Josh: "Let go" by Frou Frou in Garden State.
Hayley: Muse did the soundtrack for 28 Weeks Later, which is one of my favorite zombie movies. The music added so much intensity to the first chase scene I thought I was going to hurl... in a good way.
PARAMORE BIO
Over the past two years, 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.”
Visit paramore.net for more on the band.
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