En Ultimate-Guitar han colgado una entrevista que le hicieron a Josh el año pasado.
Os la pongo por ahora en inglés, en cuanto podamos la traducimos y editamos el post con la entrevista en español.

Much like the new vampire phenomenon Twilight, the musicians in Paramore have connected with a massive audience – and it only seems to be growing after a Grammy nomination and Guitar Hero/Rock Band appearances. It’s been a whirlwind past few years for the Tennessee-based quartet (and possibly soon-to-be quintet), and things have gotten even sweeter after being selected to be a featured artist on the Twilight soundtrack with the singles “Decode” and “I Caught Myself“. While singer Hayley Williams’ commanding stage presence, astounding range, and heartfelt lyrics might have caught the attention of fans at first, it is guitarist Josh Farro who often took the reins when it came to writing the music on 2007’s Riot! Farro considers himself a fairly straightforward guitarist and uses few effects, but it’s very possible that we’ll see a more experimental side to him when Riot’s follow-up hits shelves next year.

In the meantime, fans can get their Paramore fix with either the new CD/DVD The Final Riot! or checking out what the band has created most recently on the new Twilight soundtrack. The lead single “Decode” does relay a darker, more intense musical side to Paramore, and Farro told Ultimate-Guitar that there will be more surprises to come in the music he’s writing for the upcoming album. When we asked if the new album would sound anything like Arcade Fire – a comparison made recently by drummer Zac Farro – let’s just say that the guitarist quickly set the record straight.

UG: Congratulations on all of your success this year! Thanks for talking with me today.

Josh: Dude, no problem! I’m stoked. They told me Ultimate-Guitar.com, and then I totally forgot that I go to that site all the time, especially when I was learning how to play. That’s crazy. I’m kind of in shock right now!

Very cool! I’d love to talk about some of the influences you had listed on your website because they seem to be all over the place genre-wise. You listed Death Cab For Cutie, James Taylor, John Mayer and plenty others. Did any of those names have a fairly big influence in guiding your sound early on?

That’s a good question. I just kind of was playing whatever I liked. You did name a lot of the artists and bands that I love, and they’re quite different. That’s the funny thing. I can’t really hear any of my influences in the music that I write, but everyone else can! Some people will be like, “That sounds like Jimmy Eat World and this song sounds like Failure.� I’m like, “No, it doesn’t. If anything it sounds like Avril Lavigne or something!� I’m making fun of myself, I guess! I just wrote what I felt sounded good and what I loved. I don’t know. I never had a specific genre or sound that I kind of went for. It was whatever kind of came out.

The new single featured in Twilight, “Decode,� is amazing and conveys a different side of the band. Did you write that specifically for the film?

The music had been mostly written. Then we found out that Twilight was looking for bands for the soundtrack. Hayley is really into the books, but I hadn’t heard anything about it. She said there was this movie coming out and told me all about it. I was like, “Okay, let’s write a song.â€� So we already had that music, and she kind of based her lyrics around that. We thought it fit really well because the movie is about vampires and it’s a really dark song. It just all kind of came together from there. (more…)