moved to Franklin, Tennessee

In 2002, at age 13, vocalist Hayley Williams moved from her hometown Meridian, Mississippi , to Franklin, Tennessee , where she met brothers Josh Farro and Zac Farro at a weekly supplemental program for home-schooled students. Shortly after arriving, she began taking vocal lessons with Brett Manning. Prior to forming Paramore, Williams and bassist Jeremy Davis, along with friend Kimee Read, took part in a funk cover band called The Factory, while Josh and Zac Farro had practiced together after school. The other members of what was soon to be Paramore had been “edgy about the whole female thing” of having Williams as vocalist, but, because they were good friends, she started writing for them. Williams said of the members when she first met them, “They were the first people I met who were as passionate about music as I was.”