The Evanescence Band Page

The Evanescence Official Web Site.

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Twenty-year-old Amy Lee is up to something. The singer for Little Rock, Arkansas's Evanescence could be the next generation’s Goth queen if she’d go gently into the full moon-werewolf night. ...

Guitarist Ben Moody could emerge over time as the guy single-handedly responsible for bringing back progressive rock with his heavy emphasis on atmosphere and Meat Loaf-meets-Rush pomp and circumstance. ...

Here's hoping the band lock themselves into the studio and deliver on the NIN-Pink Floyd grandiosity of "Going Under" and don't devolve into a solid generator of weepy piano ballads ("My Immortal"). ...

If the name Phil Collins means nothing to you, consider this an early distant warning. Pray to David Gilmour and Trent Reznor instead.

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The goth-inspired Arkansas rock band Evanescence, with its Linkin Park-meets-Tori Amos sound backed by chugging guitars, easily made it to the top of the charts in 2003 with its debut album, Fallen. ...

The soundtrack to the 2003 Ben Affleck action movie Daredevil brought success to Evanescence. The begging "Bring Me to Life," which appeared on the soundtrack along with the ballad "My Immortal," became a hit. ...

Evanescence ran head first into controversy promoting Fallen. Originally, it was released in the Christian and secular markets; however, the band's use of profanity during an interview with Rolling Stone prompted its label, Wind-Up Records, to recall Fallen from Christian stores. ... Fallen surpassed double platinum, making the Top Ten in the United States, including the Top Contemporary Christian Albums chart, the Top Five in Canada, and number one in the United Kingdom. Live, the duo fills out its lineup with John LeCompt on guitar and Rocky Gray on drums. ...