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19 Dec 2010

Paramore Loses Two Original Members

Today, Paramore announced that Josh and Zac Farro would be leaving the band. Both members have been a part of Paramore since they had formed six years ago.

One thing that my work advisor and I had in common was our love for Paramore. I loved their music. He loved Hayley Williams – disregard the age factor. When you have favorite bands, you hope that they never break up, but hopes and reality are two completely different things. Plenty of my favorite bands have broken up: Gatsby’s American Dream, Copeland, Acceptance, Forgive Durden. “Why does this happen? If bands are doing successful and producing great music then what could be the problem?” asked teenager me.

“When bands first form, it is because they love the music. They love what they do. Success is great, but if you factor in touring, management, and earnings, it becomes a business. Bandmates are no longer friends, but rather they are co-workers. They don’t hang out for fun anymore because when they do it is for work. When they have time off, they’d rather spend it with other people outside of the band since they get enough of each other on the tour bus.”

When rumors swirled last year that Paramore was breaking up, I instantly thought back to this conversation that I had had long ago. When Paramore was established, the members were friends. They were not brought together by a record label as strangers. In fact, they tried to stay away from that. They wanted control over their music and they wrote their own songs. While I have enjoyed their second and third album, their best was their first “All We Know Is Falling.” If you’ve been paying attention to the band, you would notice that their first album is significantly different from the rest. It was raw and edgy. There is no doubt that this business has changed the band for both the better and the worse. They’ve been nominated and won several awards. They’ve made it to the Top 40 and “The Only Exception” was used in an episode of Glee. Unfortunately, it was some of these rewards that caused sacrifices to be made. Growth within a band is inevitable. I do wish small and local bands great success, but not at the cost of their relationships with each other.

Paramore will go on. The members will be replaced, but they may never be what they once were when they started.

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06 Jul 2009

Song of the Day

Paramore – Ignorance

This song off the new album was just released today. Good for you Paramore. In previous posts, I mentioned that the band has gone through some difficult times after their last album and there had been speculation that the band may have broken up because of their hiatus. Instead they took some time off and got back together to write new songs and work on a brand new album.

Even though I liked Riot!, All We Know is Falling is still my favorite. It’s nice to see that they’re going back to their roots on this one.

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Mainstream followers, what will you do? Stay a fan or move on back to your Black Eyed Peas?