Josh Farro
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| Josh Farro | |
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 Farro playing with Paramore on the Warped Tour in 2007 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Joshua Neil Farro |
| Born | September 29, 1987 [citation needed] Voorhees Township, New Jersey, United States |
| Genres | Alternative rock, pop punk, indie rock, emo |
| Occupations | Musician, guitarist, songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals, screaming, bass, violin, drums |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Associated acts | Novel American, Paramore |
| Notable instruments | |
| Custom Fender Thinline Telecaster Fender Telecaster Deluxe Fender Stratocaster Fender Jazzmaster Epiphone Les Paul Taylor Acoustic Guitars | |
Joshua Neil Farro (born September 29, 1987) is an American rock guitarist and songwriter, and the lead guitarist of the band Novel American. He is best known as the former lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the alternative rock band Paramore. He is also the older brother of Zac Farro of Half Noise and formerly of Paramore.
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[edit] Paramore (2004–2010)
Farro was a founding member and lead guitarist of Paramore from the band's inception in 2004 until 2010.
[edit] Departure and blog controversy
On December 21, 2010, a blog appeared online claiming to be an official exit statement from the Farro brothers. The blog was heavily critical of Williams' family, Atlantic Records, and Fueled by Ramen. Additionally, it includes an alternate explanation of the band's formation, refuted statements made by the band's website announcement and regarding the brothers' departure, and negated previous claims that dissension amongst the band was healed during the writing of Brand New Eyes.[1]
Despite the band's previous mention of fraudulent blogs regarding the event, Farro recently appeared in a video on YouTube claiming that the blog was genuine. The video has since been removed for reported violations of the website's sexual content policy.[2] Farro re-uploaded the video a few days later.[3]
[edit] Novel American (2011–present)
On February 2, 2011, Farro announced and established a Twitter account for his new band, Novel American.[4][5] The band includes his high school friends Van Beasley, Tyler Ward and Ryan Clark, each formerly of the band Cecil Adora. Unlike in Paramore, Farro is relegating himself to guitar in the new project, saying "I never wanted to sing. My voice — and this is not false humility — is just not that good."
On February 22, 2011, the band announced Farro's brother Zac would replace Tyler Ward on drums.[6]
[edit] Personal life
Farro was born in Voorhees Township, New Jersey on September 29, 1987.[7] He is the second-oldest of his other four siblings, including former Paramore drummer Zac Farro. Farro is three quarters Italian. He is a self-taught guitarist, and began playing when he was 13 years old.[8] Farro dated lead singer, Williams, in his prior band. They dated for three years, dating from 2004 through late 2007. Many rumors hold that this may have been a reason for tour dates being canceled, but it has never been confirmed. The reason of their break up also has not been revealed. On April 3, 2010 Farro married fiancée Jenna Rice in Tennessee, missing Paramore's Pacific Rim tour to plan the nuptials.[9]
[edit] Side projects
Josh has recorded unreleased solo tracks featuring Zac Farro and Hayley Williams. Tracks include:
- "Plane Crash Dreams" with Hayley Williams[10]
- "I Had a Revelation" [11]
- "So Much More" [12]
- "Worry" [13]
- "We'll wait for love this time." [14]
[edit] Equipment
Guitars [15]
- Custom Fender Classic Series '72 Telecaster Deluxe [16]
- Fender Classic Series '72 Telecaster Deluxe
- Fender Telecaster American Standard
- Fender Jazzmaster
- Fender Stratocaster
- Gibson Les Paul Classic [17]
- Burns London Double Six 12-string guitar (Studio - bridge of "Brick by Boring Brick")
- Taylor Acoustic (712ce)
- BOSS Chromatic Tuner
- BOSS DD-20 Giga Delay (x2) [19]
- Digitech Whammy
- Ernie Ball Volume Pedal Jr.
- Keeley Katana Boost pedal (used on "Turn It Off")
- Voodoo Labs Power Supply
- Marshall JCM2000 Dual Super Lead head (Along with a Mesa Rectifier Angled 4x12 Cab)
- Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier
- Marshall JTM 45 (Studio - bridge of "Brick by Boring Brick")
Misc [15]
- Mogami and George L Cables
- D'Addario EXL110 Regular Light 10-46 Gauge guitar strings (listed on D'Addario as being a user, beginning in 2009), previously a user of Ernie Ball strings.
- Sennheiser ew372 G2 wireless [20]
[edit] References
- ^ Josh_Farro (2010-12-21). "Tetelestai: Josh and Zac's Exit Statement". Joshnfarro.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
- ^ Josh_Farro (2010-12-22). "Tetelestai: The Truth". Joshnfarro.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
- ^ Josh_Farro (2010-12-23). "Tetelestai". Joshnfarro.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
- ^ http://twitter.com/#!/Joshfarro87
- ^ Posted 2/2/11 (2011-02-02). "Exclusive: Josh Farro Returns With Post-Paramore Band Novel American - Music, Celebrity, Artist News". MTV. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
- ^ "Ex-Paramore members Zac and Josh Farro joins forces for new band | News". Nme.Com. 2011-02-22. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
- ^ Condran, Ed. "Paramore movin' up, just not movin' out", Bucks County Courier Times, February 25, 2006. Accessed March 17, 2011. "The Farro brothers who were born in Voorhees NJ met Williams four years ago."
- ^ "Synthesis.net Paramore Being Crazy 4 Episode #2". YouTube. 2007-11-18. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
- ^ "A Note From Josh - Blog Detail". Paramore.net. 2010-02-05. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
- ^ "Josh Farro feat. Hayley Williams - Plane Crash Dream". YouTube. 2008-06-29. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
- ^ "Josh Farro - I had a revelation". YouTube. 2008-06-29. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
- ^ "Josh Farro - So Much More". YouTube. 2008-06-29. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
- ^ "Zac Farro - Worry". YouTube. 2008-12-30. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
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- ^ a b c d Gear walkthrough with Paramore's Josh Farro, youtube.com. Retrieved August 2011
- ^ "Paramore: Ignorance [OFFICIAL VIDEO]". YouTube. 2009-08-18. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
- ^ "Gear Walkthrough with Paramore's Josh Farro". YouTube. 2008-06-13. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
- ^ a b "Paramore - Josh Farro Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment". Uberproaudio.com. 2008-08-02. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
- ^ "Two Minutes Til Paramore... - Photo Detail". Paramore.net. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
- ^ "Sennheiser Artists - Paramore". Sennheiserusa.com. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
[edit] External links
- Tetelestai - Farro's blog on Blogger
- Bio at Paramore.net
- Josh Farro on Twitter
- Novel American on Twitter
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