Biography
Taylor York was born on December 17, 1989 in Nashville, Tennessee, and is the lead guitarist of the band Paramore. His brother is Justin York who is a member of Cecil Adora. Taylor's father is Peter York (a music executive at Sparrow Records) who also is a skilled guitarist, taught both Justin and Taylor the instrument. York had been in a band with the Farro brothers (Josh Farro and Zac Farro) before the two met Hayley Williams, and originally took part in writing songs such as Conspiracy from their debut album, All We Know Is Falling. York had played with Paramore as a touring member for two years (2007–2009) but was never an actual member, until it was announced on June 15, 2009 through the band's Livejournal that he was now an official member of the band.Influences
York also stated that his favorite bands include mewithoutYou, Radiohead, Jimmy Eat World, Yann Tiersen, At the Drive-In, Bjork, Kadawatha and Paper Route.He has two brothers, Justin York who is currently touring with the group, and Chris York.
Paramore
Taylor began playing rhythm guitar live for Paramore after the departure of Hunter Lamb in 2007. In the liner notes for the group's second album, Riot!, Hayley Williams, Josh Farro, Zac Farro included him on their list of 'thank-you's, however, Jeremy Davis did not.After the release of Riot!, Paramore released a live album, The Final Riot. While Taylor plays on this record, and is also credited as a member of the band.
In June 2009, Taylor was officially acknowledged by Paramore as a rhythm/lead guitarist and took part in writing on their album Brand New Eyes.
His brother, Justin York, temporarily filled in for Josh Farro as lead guitar during Paramore's Pacific Tour and their South American Tour, Europe Tour, and their run on the 2011 Warped Tour. It has been stated by the bands singer Hayley Williams that he is with them for all of their future shows.
Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_York