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ZAC FARRO
The Paramore Workout I
PHOTO BY RYAN RUSSELL
This is my drum set. There are many like it but this one is mine. My drum set is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. My drum set without me is useless. Without my drum set, I am useless.
BY JARED COBB
t wouldn’t be surprising to hear Paramore drummer Zac Farro reciting this creed in his sleep as his tour bus rolls through the
night toward the next sold-out venue. Farro’s catchy, spunkpop band’s second album, Riot!, went gold in its first week, they toured incessantly for their rabid fan base, and were nominated for a Best New Artist Grammy. But all that seems to take a backseat to what seems to be Farro’s greatest accomplishment of late: He survived drummer boot camp.
MAY 2008
DRUM!
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