Thursday 15 December 2011
Tuesday 13 December 2011
Discussion of chosen artist: Paramore
Chosen artist: - Paramore
Paramore are an American band, first formed in 2004 with members Zac Farro (Drums), Josh Farro (Lead guitar), Jason Bynum (Rhythm guitar) and Hayley Williams (Lead Vocals). Bynum left the band a year later and was replaced with hunter lamb that later left the band in 2007. The band has only recently lost two of their oldest members, the Farro brothers, so are now only a three-piece band. The band has released around 15 singles, each with an accompanying video, most of which never entered the mainstream charts.
Out of the 15 released 11 of them entered the charts, but never got any further than around number 15 in them. By the time their latest album ‘Brand New Eyes’ was released, the band had gained enough recognition for it to go straight to number one in the charts. Looking at the album list, you can clearly see Paramore’s rise to fame from their first album. Paramore’s main target audience is teenagers, as they can identify with some of the lyrics to the music.
Crushcrushcrush is one song that you can identify with, with lyrics such as:
“I got a lot to say to you Yeah,
I got a lot to say
I noticed your eyes are always glued to me
Keeping them here And it makes no sense at all”
Dealing with teenage crushes etc. As Paramore have become more well known they have appeared on two different soundtracks. Twilight Soundtrack: Decode, I Caught Myself Transformers: Dark of the moon Soundtrack: Monster The lead singers image changes in almost every video, mainly with her hair colour. The main reason a lot of people recognised her when the band were just starting out, was because of her bright orange hair, but in recent years she has changed her hair colour to blonde, bright pink and orange.
Paramore are an American band, first formed in 2004 with members Zac Farro (Drums), Josh Farro (Lead guitar), Jason Bynum (Rhythm guitar) and Hayley Williams (Lead Vocals). Bynum left the band a year later and was replaced with hunter lamb that later left the band in 2007. The band has only recently lost two of their oldest members, the Farro brothers, so are now only a three-piece band. The band has released around 15 singles, each with an accompanying video, most of which never entered the mainstream charts.
Out of the 15 released 11 of them entered the charts, but never got any further than around number 15 in them. By the time their latest album ‘Brand New Eyes’ was released, the band had gained enough recognition for it to go straight to number one in the charts. Looking at the album list, you can clearly see Paramore’s rise to fame from their first album. Paramore’s main target audience is teenagers, as they can identify with some of the lyrics to the music.
Crushcrushcrush is one song that you can identify with, with lyrics such as:
“I got a lot to say to you Yeah,
I got a lot to say
I noticed your eyes are always glued to me
Keeping them here And it makes no sense at all”
Dealing with teenage crushes etc. As Paramore have become more well known they have appeared on two different soundtracks. Twilight Soundtrack: Decode, I Caught Myself Transformers: Dark of the moon Soundtrack: Monster The lead singers image changes in almost every video, mainly with her hair colour. The main reason a lot of people recognised her when the band were just starting out, was because of her bright orange hair, but in recent years she has changed her hair colour to blonde, bright pink and orange.
Overview of the Rock genre
Chosen musical genre: -
Rock The rock music genre originally started in and after the 1960’s/50’s in mainly the United States. Rock is mainly centered around the |Electric guitar, but also includes instruments such as the drums, bass and generally a singer. Rock has diversified into several other groups including more modern ‘Screamo’ style singing, which includes heavier music paired with literal screaming and inaudible words. Rock has since the 60’s combined with a number of different genres including pop and punk. Punk rock was developed mainly between the years of 1974 and 1976 in the United States and later brought over to the UK. This genre is one that has stuck and brought into the modern day.
The most well-known rock bands and singers are along the lines of:
• The rolling stones
• Bullet for my valentine
• My chemical romance
• The white stripes
• The killers
• System of a down
• Red hot chili peppers
• Blink 182
• Foo fighters
The rolling stones are a key band in the development of the rock genre as they were first formed around the time that rock music first came about (1962) and have continued to steadily release new material that was always of the rock genre, sometimes veering into the heavier rock but always the same genre. Their music all has the same rock-y feel to it. As of around the 1990’s rock music has taken a turn into the more pop-y and punk side with artists such as Cobra Starship, Paramore, VersaEmerge and Gym Class Heroes being classed as still rock, but more pop rock as their music has less guitar and drums and a lot more bass to it.
Rock The rock music genre originally started in and after the 1960’s/50’s in mainly the United States. Rock is mainly centered around the |Electric guitar, but also includes instruments such as the drums, bass and generally a singer. Rock has diversified into several other groups including more modern ‘Screamo’ style singing, which includes heavier music paired with literal screaming and inaudible words. Rock has since the 60’s combined with a number of different genres including pop and punk. Punk rock was developed mainly between the years of 1974 and 1976 in the United States and later brought over to the UK. This genre is one that has stuck and brought into the modern day.
The most well-known rock bands and singers are along the lines of:
• The rolling stones
• Bullet for my valentine
• My chemical romance
• The white stripes
• The killers
• System of a down
• Red hot chili peppers
• Blink 182
• Foo fighters
The rolling stones are a key band in the development of the rock genre as they were first formed around the time that rock music first came about (1962) and have continued to steadily release new material that was always of the rock genre, sometimes veering into the heavier rock but always the same genre. Their music all has the same rock-y feel to it. As of around the 1990’s rock music has taken a turn into the more pop-y and punk side with artists such as Cobra Starship, Paramore, VersaEmerge and Gym Class Heroes being classed as still rock, but more pop rock as their music has less guitar and drums and a lot more bass to it.
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