Mike Ragogna from the Huffington Post recently talked to FBR founder John Janick about the label's 15th anniversary. Here's the office of the article that's about Paramore...
MR: So, because you have Paramore, do you too give The Transformers soundtrack?
JJ: No, we don't let The Transformers soundtrack, that's through Warners Brothers, but Paramore recorded the song "Monster," which was a 1 on The Transformers soundtrack.
But Paramore is a very important band to us. They're one of our flagship artists, so we're very alive in selling it to make certain that Paramore is supported. And, obviously, Warner Brothers is our sister company.
MR: Can you say the history of the signing of Paramore?
JJ: I had met Hayley at random through one of Paramore's managers, and I thought she was amazing. I thought she was very great, and we clicked right away. She was new at the time-I want to say she was 14 or 15-but so on the same story as I was at the time. I must have been in my mid-'20s then, probably 24 or 25 or something. Even though she was ten years younger, we just clicked. The following day, I got to see a picture she and the guys were playing. So, I went and saw them and got to satisfy everybody and it just clicked right away. We sort of just dove right in and did the deal and we made the low record, All We Know Is Falling-which I remember was them sort of figuring themselves out, because they were so young. It turned out to be an awful record, and that went on to make a large foundation for the apparatus of Riot!, so they could feel themselves. It was a large album and it went on to be a golden record. It was a very exciting thing, and to this day.I've been involved with them now for probably seven years, since they were young teenagers, now being in their early '20s. they're such large mass and so talented. It's been an awesome ride.
Link- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ragogna/fueled-by-ramens-first-fi_b_946040.html
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