When Kerrang! spoke to Paramore for their first ever cover story all the way back in 2006, the interviewer wrapped things up by asking Hayley Williams why she believed the band deserved pride of place on the front of that issue. After a thoughtful moment, the then 17-year-old star-in-the-making said, “People might not think we’re real, but we are. We couldn’t be more real. We make music that comes from the heart. And the reason we deserve this cover is so that people can read about us and see that for themselves. We’re worth listening to. There’s no-one else like us.” Fast-forward to 2017 and Hayley had firmly established herself as the most important and iconic woman in alternative music, beloved by legions of fans. A GRAMMY winner [in the Best Rock Song category, for Paramore’s 2014 sing...
