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David Bendeth Talk Working With Paramore on ‘Riot!’

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  1. Melody Bot Jan 21, 2022
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    David Bendeth, who produced Paramore’s Riot!, did a video interview talking about the record and trials with the label:

    When I finished Riot I handed it in to the label, and they didn’t think there was a hit. They didn’t hear anything on there. The head of Warner Brothers said, “we are going to get Chad Kroeger of Nickelback to write Hayley a hit.” When I told the band what was happening, they went nuts as you could imagine, because we worked four or five months on that record, and they were teenagers. You can imagine the outburst they had putting everything in their lives into the record.” I got back to the label and said look, no offense, but I’m not doing it, and they flipped.

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  2. paythetab Jan 21, 2022
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    Imagine a major label thinking Riot! doesn't have a hit on it...Wild!
     
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  3. sowrongitsryan Jan 22, 2022
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    I thought riot was good, but this does remind me of some of the struggles I had listening to his work with Mayday, FTSK…
     
  4. Bartek T. Jan 24, 2022
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    Always interesting! and I'm only now coming around to the idea on who exactly produced their first 3 albums etc., so lucky to fight off that Nickelback pitch hahah.
     
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  6. dp619 Jan 25, 2022
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    Paramore should've covered Ready by The Starting Line back in the day to send a message to the label
     
  7. Bartek T. Jan 25, 2022
    Bartek T.

    D'oh! Prestigious

    Haha ;D somehow never got the industry aspect of that song! I'd vote for something from Gatsbys American Dream's s/t, they were very clear with the message back then.