Music
Ex-Paramore guitarist starts new band
Published Wednesday, Feb 2 2011, 22:40 GMT | By Jennifer Still
Josh Farro has announced that he recently started a new band.
The group, called Novel American, are made up of the former Paramore guitarist's high school classmates who he recalls as being part of the "cool crowd", reports MTV News.
"Basically, I met these guys in high school - they're a little older than me, and that's a big deal when you're in high school, they were always in the cool crowd - but we connected after high school, and we got together after the whole Paramore thing, and I was like, 'I don't know if I want to be in another band'," Farro explained.
"But I called the guys, we got together, we wrote and we jammed, and it was great, so we decided, 'Let's do another band'. And, honestly, I had some ideas that just didn't fit with Paramore, and I said, 'Guys, we can try these?' and they just loved them, and so that's really how it all started."
He went on to insist that the band would concentrate on a different sound than that of Paramore, a fact which was behind the Novel American name.
"My wife came up with the band name, because we were going through quite a long list - it got to the point where it was consuming our minds, because it was exciting - and she was like, 'What about Novel American?' Because the definition means, 'Of a new kind, or something that hasn't been seen or heard before'," he said.
"And I think that kind of describes us. We want to be a new breath of fresh air to the music scene. We all love Jimmy Eat World, so it's hard not to sound like them, but there's a little of everything in there. We're huge fans of Radiohead, Sigur Rós, Explosions in the Sky... there's everything in there, really."
Joining Farro in the group are Van Beasley, Tyler Ward and Ryan Clark.
The group, called Novel American, are made up of the former Paramore guitarist's high school classmates who he recalls as being part of the "cool crowd", reports MTV News.
"Basically, I met these guys in high school - they're a little older than me, and that's a big deal when you're in high school, they were always in the cool crowd - but we connected after high school, and we got together after the whole Paramore thing, and I was like, 'I don't know if I want to be in another band'," Farro explained.
"But I called the guys, we got together, we wrote and we jammed, and it was great, so we decided, 'Let's do another band'. And, honestly, I had some ideas that just didn't fit with Paramore, and I said, 'Guys, we can try these?' and they just loved them, and so that's really how it all started."
He went on to insist that the band would concentrate on a different sound than that of Paramore, a fact which was behind the Novel American name.
"My wife came up with the band name, because we were going through quite a long list - it got to the point where it was consuming our minds, because it was exciting - and she was like, 'What about Novel American?' Because the definition means, 'Of a new kind, or something that hasn't been seen or heard before'," he said.
"And I think that kind of describes us. We want to be a new breath of fresh air to the music scene. We all love Jimmy Eat World, so it's hard not to sound like them, but there's a little of everything in there. We're huge fans of Radiohead, Sigur Rós, Explosions in the Sky... there's everything in there, really."
Joining Farro in the group are Van Beasley, Tyler Ward and Ryan Clark.
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