Last night Paramore played a sold-out show at NYC's Hammerstein Ballroom. Although I'm a big fan of this group, I was a little nervous to attend a show where there would undoubtedly be thousands of 12 year old girls screaming in my ear. I was pleasantly surprised to see what a mixed crowd the band had drawn. This is a relatively young band, but they are no strangers to playing sold-out shows at this point. The band put out their first album, All We Know is Falling, in 2005 and their second album, Riot, in 2007. The band rocketed to super-stardom in 2008 by their appearance on the Twilight Soundtrack. It's no surprise that their rise to fame came so quickly after last night's performance.
The band consists of 5 members; Zac Farro on the drums, Josh Farro and Taylor York on guitar, Jeremy Davis on bass, and Hayley Williams with the lead vocals. This band's performance was dynamic, energetic, and thoroughly entertaining. Hayley Williams would make any front-man of ANY band proud. She continually thanked her fans for their love and support over the past 5 years of touring, but that's not all there is to her stage presence. She has the on-stage energy that only a 20 year old girl can possess, but the vocal prowess of a musical diva that has been doing this for decades. Her mature vocals surprised even a fan like myself, and I'm sure converted anybody in the audience who was unsure to a die-hard fan. This band has a promising future ahead of them.
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