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March 6, 2008

Paramore's Hayley Williams on Guns, Girl Groups and Great Bands
March 6, 2008

Q&A: Paramore's Hayley Williams

Paramore's singer on making out to Johnny Cash and Death Cab for Cutie

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Emo can be a gross mix of self-absorption and media savvy. Which is what makes the naiveté of these tortured Tennesseans so likable. On 2007's platinum Riot!, they seemed to be having actual fun playing their sharp, sheer mall punk. Produced by Rob Cavallo, the follow-up has a whiff of...

2009 RS: 3of 5 Stars

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Influenced by the sugar-coated emo and mainstream pop-punk of Jimmy Eat World and Avril Lavigne, the (mostly teenage) lineup of the Tennessee-based Paramore found success when their second album Riot! (Number 15, 2007) produced hits in the lurching "Crushcrushcrush" (Number Four Modern Rock; Number 54 Pop, 2007) and nimble "Misery Business" (Number Three Modern Rock; Number 26 Pop, 2007).

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