"It was very schizophrenic," she recalled. This led to a very public feud about their reasons for leaving, along with charges that Williams and her managers called all the shots. Williams learned a lot, if not a million things, when two of Paramore’s founding members - brothers Zac and Josh Farro - quit the band in 2010. Where: Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl, 5500 Campanile Drive, SDSU So, when I go to sing, I think about those artists, not artists Paramore is competing with on the (sales) charts today.” I want to know: ‘What made Queen do what Queen did?’ ‘What made (English punk and post-punk singer) Siouxie Sioux sing the way she did, and why was the tone of her voice so thick and musical?’ Those things are what inspire me. “With newer artists, I wonder: ‘How much of the music scene have they seen that I haven’t?’ I care about the artistry. If I did, I’d learn a million things, because they’ve been places I haven’t. Maybe it’s because it’s a mystery to me, because a lot of them are not around. “It’s usually older artists that I’m discovering. “I’m rarely inspired in those types of ways by new music,” she said from her home in Nashville. I have always liked Blondie, but I’m absolutely enamored now with their guitarist and the way Debbie Harry sings in different characters’ voices.”Īsked if she is inspired by any new artists, Williams demurred. “I also have this real connection with Blondie, for some reason, and that’s only grown. But I love to think that I could be, if I wanted to be. “I’m looking at him and how he carried himself, on stage and off, and thinking: ‘That’s someone who really pushed his artistry to the limit.’ I don’t feel I’m nearly that talented. 23, with Paramore at San Diego State University’s Viejas Arena. “As a 24-year-old, I’m discovering (deceased Queen singer) Freddie Mercury for first time,” said Williams, who performs here Wednesday, Oct. But when it comes to her latest sources of musical inspiration, she cites artists whose heydays predate her birth. Hayley Williams, the charismatic young lead singer in the Tennessee-bred pop-punk band Paramore, has been a rock star for the past six years.
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