I can’t believe they really hung it up, whoa-oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh. I was actually pretty disappointed when I heard the news that drummer Zac Farro and lead guitarist Josh Farro, brothers, were both leaving the group. I know that Josh was a huge part of songwriting process and Zac is seriously one hell of a drummer. It must’ve been the hardest decision of their lives to walk away from such a gold mine of a group. I hope they have a serious backup plan.
I can’t say I didn’t see this coming though. I’ve always thought that in every single Paramore performance I’ve seen, Josh has looked completely uniterested in what he was doing. He’s the only one on stage that NEVER moves around. If I were him I’d be all over the place. Yet, he just puts in his few chords like it’s no big deal.
The more I think about it the more this seems to be less of a big deal. I’m sure a band of Paramore’s caliber will have no problem finding replacements. I don’t think they’re the most difficult of shoes to fill anyway if I’m being completely honest :\ And, let’s be real…we all know there’s only one person this band NEEDS to survive.
Here’s Paramore performing my favorite song of theirs, “Let the Flames Begin.” Not the best vocal in the world, but still an unbelievable performance and one of the more intense ones you’ll see any pop band doing today. When I listen to the AMAZING intro/outro it makes me think the band might actually hurt a little bit without Zac. He’s banging the hell out of those drums!
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