Face Of Cheam

Been a bit ill recently so haven’t had the chance to up date this blog. Was off work for a while and was on antibiotics so could not drink. Although I did recover enough to see Paramore play the Astoria on 6th September. This is the first gig for a while I have attended without the aid of an alcoholic drink before hand. Paramore are a band fronted by the lovely Hayley Williams. The music is melodic rock with a punky element to it, very much like the 80s metal bands. Their set was mainly pulled from their excellent ‘Riot’ album starting off with their single ‘Misery Business’. The floor of the Astoria was absolutely rammed with an audience of mainly the teenage age group meaning that although I felt older I had a good view. The set was just over an hour with highlights being ‘For A Pessimist I’m Pretty Optimistic’ and ‘Born For This’ with its pounding beat and head-banging shenanigans! The encore began with ‘Hallelujah’ which was their next single at the time before they ended with ‘Pressure’ from their first album. All in all a good sweaty rock show showing that this genre of music is well and truly alive.