Evanescence Biography

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The band, known muldialmente, graduated from the small town of Little Rock, Arkansas, already starting with a historinha pra count. The co-founders of the band, Amy Lee and guitarist / composer Ben Moody is also experienced pre-adolescents in mid-1994, Lee with only 13 years and Moody with 14. "A few years ago, Amy and I were attending a camp for young people. I was playing with the group of prayer and Amy was a campista. During a kind of recreation I was sitting in the gym watching a game of basketball. Across the court had a stage parts and a piano. I was sitting there, super bored when suddenly I took a while susto listened to the sound of the introduction of piano, "I Would Do Anything For Love" from Meafloaf's. I looked up at the piano and had this girl esbanjando a great talent. After my initial anger by envy, I calmly corri through the game of basket toward the piano and I tabled. Then she impressed me even more with songs she had written. I thought that was in the paradise. But when she sang, I almost died. Coming rejected and that little camp was one of the most powerful and beautiful voice that I had never heard. Then I, in any way, the ever more convinced to play with anyone else and we train a band "- says Moody.

Ben and Amy soon began to write songs as "Give Unto Me" and "Understanding" under the name of Evanescence. With influences such as Type O Negative, Living Sacrifice (which, according to rumors, invited Ben to join as a guitarist, but he refused to continue with Evanescence), Portishead and Sarah McLachlan they started to create a unique sound that brings elements of metal, electronic music and (probably unintentionally) gothic music. The band began releasing EPs of their material. Even without the benefit of live presentations, Evanescence began to establish a certain reputation. For some reason, Brad Caviness began playing "Understanding" (an ode ridiculous Gothic seven minutes' says Amy) and "Give Unto Me" in the radio program that he co-presented on KABF, in Little Rock, giving the Evanescence their first exposure to the world at large. "Ganhamos popularity by the city, even knowing that nobody knew us or knew where to find us. This is because we could never pay to do a show - we were just Amy and I - and could not pay musicians." -- Moody says. His debut EP, was launched in December 1998 in his first show at Vino's in Little Rock. A limited edition of 100 copies was sold rapidly in the same night.

When the group recorded the EP of 98 he already had Will Boyd and Rocky Gray (of Soul Embraced and Living Sacrifice), probably presented to them by friends in common. More or less at 98/99 David Hodges joined the band, helping to compose his first disc q never to be released, the Origin (vendou the only 2500 copies in just 1 show), and also have helped to compose the most of the songs of the Fallen, and even recorded the CD, but the band saíra before coming on tour for personal differences. Already the John Le Compt (formerly the Mindrage) only entered the Evanescence slightly before the Fallen begin to be composed, more or less in 2000. The EP Whisper was launched in 1999 with the help of BigWig Enterprises in CDR (limited edition in 50 copies).

Fallen, the first official album, is an emotional work, soft, potential irrefutable guided by the heavenly voice of Amy Lee "We are definitely a band of rock." Says Lee "But the difference is that the music of the band is epic, dramatic, dark rock." The album finds that balance between the unattainable beauty exuberant and heavy primary. As an example, "Bring Me To Life", a mixture of melody calm (the voice of Amy) and hits incendiary. Enlightened by vocal guest of John LeCompt (Paul McCoy of 12 Stones, which also involved the clip), the music is presented well in the film Demolidor "and enter into its soundtrack. "" Bring Me To Life 'is about discovering something or someone that awakens a feeling inside them that they never felt before. " Moody says. Also significant is the vibrant "Tourniquet" and the mysterious "Haunted" with its hit intense and melody "rangida" (increased by the current arrangements, permitted by Lee). As for the letters, Evanescence explores the dark, introspective themes of love, desperation and hopelessness. But the group insists that the fundamental message is positive: "The purpose of the album and the band is that people know they are not alone in dealing with bad feelings or anything that they have to move." Says Lee, who writes most of the words. "That was a life and those are human. They are not alone and we go through that too.". "We are very sincere in what we do. There is so much anguish teenager clichê today in music. It is not like us. We are not trying to sell an angle, but we are writing with our hearts." -- Emphasizes Moody.

"It was strange exit our first tour," she remembers. "No one had any expectation, and we were doing some shows in lines of skating to type, 10 people - was very hilário. But at the end of the week was a big difference every time, and at the end of the month estáavamos playing for hundreds of people -- and last summer we were playing in front of 50,000 people in Germany. "

The passionate voice of Lee, combined with aggressive force, helped the Fallen to sell 14 million copies around the world in 3 years, bringing the hits Bring Me To Life (1 in several countries), and Going Under My Immortal. A huge amount of awards followed, including 2 Grammys in 2003: Best Artist Development, and, Bring Me To Life, Best Hard Rock Performance (to see all the awards click here)

But the history of the band is not only joy, in July 2006, Amy returned to all the sad news that the bassist William Boyd was not more in the band. "A few weeks ago the Will decided to leave the band," said Amy in EvBoard. "He said he simply can not go get another big tour and now wants to be a little closer to his family." Will was replaced by former bassist of the band 'The Revolution Smile', Tim McCord. The output of Will is the second disruption that the band has suffered. In December 2003, the principal guitarist and composer, Ben Moody, stopped suddenly and without ethics, and has left a huge hatred on Amy. Where in any interview someone asked about it he replied 'he will not get band never again'. Moody has been replaced by the Cold guitarist, Terry Balsamo, who nearly left permanently suffered when a spill caused by a swelling in the neck árteria, shortly after finishing up the CD, "The Open Door". Amy also brigou with his employer, Dennis Rider in 2005, and the two sides were sued in a dispute particularly sexual.

In 2004, to calm the fans, the band released a DVD of a live show recorded in Paris, entitled "Anywhere but home" with scenes of scenes, clips and with a range of single-Bring me to life, music 'Missing'. Already in 2006, after a long wait, the band launches its 2 nd album, called "The Open Door".

"Making this album was really intense," says Lee "Terry had the spill in October 2005, the case with my employer and also finished my dating with Shaun Mourgan. But all that passed by only benefited in the composition of songs pro cd. With the Fallen, the band had quite the prove that to create identity, now that I have found a great partner in composition (Terry Balsamo), we take our time to compose and had the freedom of expression. not only pain or sadness, but also anger and yes, happiness. "

"The Open Door" is a logical (but certainly not predictable) transformation of epic proportions for the band, which, in many ways just começous to leave your mark on the musical world.





Fallen
2003





Anywhere But Home -CD + DVD
2004






The Open Door
2006