Basking in the success off
All We Know is Falling, Paramore toured extensively throughout 2006, touring as the opening act for
The Rocket Summer as well as playing the entire
Vans Warped Tour circuit. In early 2007 - after receiving heaps of praise from major music magazines like
Kerrang! and
NME - Paramore once again returned to the studio to begin working on their second album,
Riot!, which saw a June 2007 release. Topping the considerable success of their debut album,
Riot! peaked at #15 on the
Billboard 200, eventually earning
Gold certification from the
RIAA and a
Grammy nod for
Best New Artist in 2008 - though the band lost that award to troubled English songstress
Amy Winehouse. Standout tracks from
Riot! include
"Misery Business",
"Crushcrushcrush", and
"That’s What You Get".
Paramore went through something of an internal crisis in 2008, canceling a few tour dates and going on a hiatus that only lasted a few weeks, much to the delight of the band’s legions of loyal fans. Paramore will continue to tour throughout 2008, and may begin working on a third album before the year’s end. Both Hayley and Josh have hinted that they may pursue an indie rock sound (citing
Mew and
The Arcade Fire as influences) for their third album, which they hope to release in summer 2009.
From Discogs:Pop rock band from Franklin, Tennessee, USA.
From Lastfm:Paramore is an American rock band that was formed in Franklin, Tennessee, United States in 2003. The band consists of Hayley Williams (lead vocals/keyboard), Josh Farro (lead guitar/backing vocals), Jeremy Davis (bass guitar), Taylor York (rhythm guitar), and Zac Farro (drums). The band have released three studio albums in total; All We Know Is Falling (2005), RIOT! (2007) and Brand New Eyes (2009).
In 2002, at the age of 13, vocalist Hayley Williams moved to Franklin, Tennessee, where she met brothers Josh and Zac Farro while attending private school. Prior to forming Paramore, Williams and bassist Jeremy Davis took part in a funk cover band called The Factory, while the Farro brothers had practiced together after school. Paramore was officially formed in 2003. The band?s first song written together was Conspiracy, which was later used on their debut album.
John Janick, CEO and co-founder of the music label Fueled By Ramen, got a hold of Paramore?s demos and went to a Taste of Chaos performance in Orlando, Florida to see the band perform live. After a smaller private performance at a warehouse, the band was signed to the label in April 2005.
Paramore traveled back to Orlando to record their debut album All We Know Is Falling, which took three weeks to record. The album was released on July 26, 2005, which reached #19 on the Billboard Top Pop Catalog and #30 on the Billboard?s Heatseekers Chart. It was certified Gold in Austrailia, the UK and the USA. Pressure was released as their debut single on July 26th, the same day as the album, which failed to reach the main chart, but reached #62 on the US Billboard Hot Digital Songs. The second song from the album, Emergency, was released on October 16th 2005. The third and final single from All We Know Is Falling was All We Know and it was released February 21st 2006.
Paramore began recording their second album RIOT! in January 2007. Releasing the album on June 12, 2007, it entered the Billboard 200 at #20, peaking at #15, and sold 44,000 its first week in the United States. The album entered and peaked in the UK album chart at #24. It was certified Gold in Austrailia, Finland, Ireland, Japan, Mexico & New Zealand and Platinum in the UK and the USA. The first single from the album, released on June 21, 2007, was Misery Business. The song entered the US Billboard Hot 100 at #99, peaking at #26. It also peaked at #17 on the UK singles chart, making it their first charting single in the UK. The second single from the album, Hallelujah, was released on September 18th 2007 and peaked on the UK singles chart at #139. crushcrushcrush was the third track from RIOT!. It was released on November 21st 2007 in the US and late January ?08 in the UK. It peaked at #4 on the US Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks, #4 in the Finnish charts, #54 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #61 on the UK singles chart. The fourth and final single from the album, That’s What You Get, was released on March 24th 2008. It peaked at #35 in New Zealand, #55 on the UK singles chart, #66 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #92 in Canada.
Paramore wrote two songs for the first movie in the Twilight series. The lead song from Twilight, Decode, was released by Paramore in mid-November in the US and mid-December in the UK. It peaked at #9 in Finland and #15 in New Zealand, their highest charting single there so far, #33 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #52 on the UK singles chart. The other song written for Twilight was called I Caught Myself.
Paramore?s third studio album, Brand New Eyes, was released on September 28th 2009. It has peaked at #1 in Austrailia, Ireland, New Zealand and the UK. It has also reached #2 in Brazil and the USA, making it their most successful album to date. It was so far been certified Gold in Austrailia, Brazil, Canada, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, the UK and the USA. The first single, titled Ignorance, was released on July 7th 2009 for digital download and on September 14th 2009 in the UK. It has peaked at #1 on the UK Rock Chart, #14 in the UK singles chart, #35 in Austrailia, #67 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #96 in Canada. Brick by Boring Brick was the second single from the album, released November 23rd, 2009, and peaked at #2 on the UK Rock chart, #28 on the US Billboard Rock Songs, #29 in New Zealand and #85 in Austrailia. The third single is scheduled for release on April 19, 2010 and is titled The Only Exception.
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From Wikipedia:Paramore is an American rock band from Franklin, Tennessee, formed in 2004. The band consists of lead vocalist Hayley Williams, lead guitarist Josh Farro, bassist Jeremy Davis, drummer Zac Farro, and rhythm guitarist Taylor York.
The group released their debut album All We Know Is Falling in 2005, and their second album, Riot! in 2007, which was certified Platinum in the US and Gold in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK. Brand New Eyes, Paramore's third album, was released on September 29, 2009. Brand New Eyes is the band's highest charting album to date.