When the mainstream popularity of pop-punk and emo crested in the mid-'00s, Paramore emerged as one of the movement's leading lights. Fronted by Hayley Williams — a rainbow-haired, wise-beyond-her-years teenager with a hollering voice — the electrifying band proved that pop-punk could be thoughtful, sincere, and resist pandering to the lowest common denominator. Of course, … More »
When the mainstream popularity of pop-punk and emo crested in the mid-'00s, Paramore emerged as one of the movement's leading lights. Fronted by Hayley Williams — a rainbow-haired, wise-beyond-her-years teenager with a hollering voice — the electrifying band proved that pop-punk could be thoughtful, sincere, and resist pandering to the lowest common denominator. Of course, … More »