Song:Misery Business
Album:Riot!
Paramore was very successful ten years ago mostly as an album and touring band. Misery Business was their biggest hit single and it was top thirty. They are still around but not as successful. Lead singer Hayley Williams was 13 years old when she moved from her hometown Meridian, MS to Nashville and that's where she met guitarist Josh Farro and his drummer brother Zac Farro. Josh was 15 and Zac was 12. Jeremy Davis played bass and he thought they were too young and it would never work. Hayley and Josh started writing songs. Her management got her a solo record deal at Atlantic. Hayley convinced Atlantic to sign the band and Atlantic assigned Paramore to their specialty label Fueled By Ramen. Paramore's debut album All We Know Is Falling was released July 2005. None of the singles charted but the album was certified Gold. For the 2007 album Riot!, David Bendeth was brought in to produce. The single Misery Business reached #26 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album was certified 2XPlatinum. It's their biggest seller to date. The CD is out of print but it's available as a digital download. I'm surprised Rhino hasn't released a Greatest Hits CD. There were two reasons for Paramore's success. There were other similar successful bands. But the big thing was Hayley's charisma and sex appeal. This was when Britney Spears was popular and some were looking for an anti-Britney. Hayley Williams fit that description. The success continued with the 2009 album Brand New Eyes. But then the Farros accused Hayley of allowing Atlantic to sell Paramore as the Hayley Williams solo act. They left but Hayley continued Paramore with Davis and guitarist Taylor York. For the 2013 album Paramore, they used a session drummer. The album did OK but Davis wanted a bigger slice of the financial pie than he got as a hired musician. He left and sued and it was settled out of court. Zac Farro returned for the 2017 album After Laughter. It looks like Paramore is finishing up a world tour. They just aren't as popular as they were ten years ago. Here's the video for Misery Business by Paramore.
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