Ex-Paramore Drummer Zac Farro Launches New Band That Surprisingly Doesn't Suck

For those who aren't aware, Paramore (AKA the band with Hayley Williams in it) had a bit of a public falling apart as alot of dirty laundry was aired about the seedier sides of the band. The band went on as a three-piece as Josh and Zac Farro left the band. The reasons are multi-layered and complicated but mostly just boils down to the fact that the Farro brothers aspired to be a little bit more then just seen as back-up, replaceable performers. Considering the fact that they, you know, started the band in the first place. So long story short, Paramore's in the studio working on there fourth album with just Haley and two other guys (who I'm assuming have come to terms with the fact that they'll never be important and are okay with this) while the Farro brothers began their slow decent into obscurity. But wait! Maybe not!

The Farro brothers have gone and started their own bands. Nothing new there. There's a rich history of guys leaving/getting kicked out of bands then starting smaller/less successful bands. Some of them even go on to, while not gaining the financial success of their former band mates, gain critical acclaim. For the most part they handle it pretty well.

Most of them.

Josh is kicking around with a band made up from his friends in high school called Novel American. I haven't heard them, but even if his band totally tanks he still wins. He gets to have all the fun of starting that garage band in high school, with none of the downsides of being broke. But the brother I want to talk about is Zac. Sue me, I'm partial to drummers. But also because his band strikes me as being, and I swore I'd kick myself if I ever used the word, ambitious. Halfnoise is the band for which he bangs the skins for and before we get into the music I'd like to get into something that's no less important; Zac Farro's evolving rock start look. He's gone from looking like a guy who would be replaceable in Paramore, to the man in charge. For comparison, here's a photo of Zac circa-2010.

Awww, look at him! He looks like the kind of guy who'd have a summer job as a bagging your groceries. Everyone in town says he's "a good kid", probably doesn't drink or have a tattoo and he's been going steady with his sweetheart since middle school. Now compare that to this:

 Jesus look at him! Sometime after leaving Paramore, Zac decide to dedicate his life to being metal AS FUCK. It's the kind of picture that makes you instinctively reach for your wallet. Who would' have though that it just took leaving Paramore for him to embrace the punk side of "pop punk". As for his band, contrary to the awesome picture, it's not a thrash outfit but nor is it anything like Paramore. Halfnoise goes into a more, for the lack of a better word, Radiohead-y direction. They've debuted their first song and video "Free The House", to surprisingly warm reception. Zac's also pulling double duty as the drummer for his brother's band, so between these two projects, it'll be interesting what directions they could go in. I for one am cautiously optimization. I can honestly say that I didn't care too much for Paramore, and it's great to find out that the Farro brother's had more musical chops then we thought and finally get the chance flex them a little. Check out the video bellow.