Paramore

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This article is about the rock band. For the band's self-titled album, see Paramore
(album). For the Orlando neighborhood, see Parramore. For the term, see Paramour
(disambiguation).

Paramore

(L–R): Zac Farro, Hayley Williams, touring member Joey Howard,

and Taylor York performing in 2018

Background information

Origin Franklin, Tennessee, U.S.

Alternative rock
Genres
pop punk

pop rock
power pop

emo

new wave

Years active 2004–present

Labels Fueled by Ramen

Atlantic

Members Hayley Williams

Zac Farro

Taylor York

Past members Josh Farro

Jeremy Davis

Jason Bynum

John Hembree

Hunter Lamb
 Website paramore.net

Paramore is an American rock band from Franklin, Tennessee, formed in 2004. The

band currently consists of lead vocalist Hayley Williams, guitarist Taylor York and
drummer Zac Farro. Williams and Farro are founding members of the group, while York,
a high school friend of the original lineup, joined in 2007. The band is signed to Fueled
by Ramen, a subsidiary of Atlantic Records, both owned by Warner Music Group.
Williams was separately signed to Atlantic as she was scouted when she was a
teenager, and they were the only label to let her stay in the band instead of going solo,
but Atlantic said the rest of the band had to sign to Fueled by Ramen. She is also the
only member to appear on all five of Paramore's studio albums. [1]
The group released its debut album, All We Know Is Falling, in 2005, with the album
reaching number four on the UK Rock Chart in 2009 and number thirty
on Billboard's Heatseekers Chart in 2006.
The band's second album, Riot!, was released in 2007. Thanks to the success of the
singles "Misery Business", "Crushcrushcrush", and "That's What You Get", Riot! was a
mainstream success and was certified Platinum in the United States. Paramore then
received a Best New Artist nomination at the 2008 Grammy Awards.[2] Their 2009 follow-
up, Brand New Eyes, is the band's second-highest-charting album to date, landing at
number two on the Billboard 200 with 175,000 first-week sales. It produced the top-forty
single "The Only Exception" and went platinum in Ireland and the UK, as well as gold in
the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.[3]
Following the departure of Josh and Zac Farro in 2010, the band released their self-
titled fourth album in 2013. It gave the band their first number one on the
US Billboard 200 and was also the number one album in the United Kingdom, Ireland,
Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Argentina and Mexico. [4] It included the singles "Still Into
You" and "Ain't It Fun", with the latter winning the Grammy Award for Best Rock
Song for Williams and York as songwriters, making it Paramore's first Grammy
Award win.[5] The band's lineup changed once again after this album cycle, with
bassist Jeremy Davis leaving the band near the end of 2015 and former drummer Zac
Farro rejoining the band in 2017. Their fifth studio album, After Laughter, was released
later that year to critical acclaim.[6]

Contents

 1History
o 1.12002–2004: Formation and early years
o 1.22005–2006: All We Know Is Falling
o 1.32007–2008: Riot!
o 1.42009–2011: Brand New Eyes, departure of the Farros, and Singles Club
o 1.52012–2015: Paramore and Davis' third exit
o 1.62016–2019: Zac Farro's return and After Laughter
o 1.72020–present: This Is Why
 2Musical style and influences
 3Live appearances
 4Appearances in films and video games
 5Band members
 6Discography
 7Tours
 8See also
 9Notes
 10References
 11External links

History