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Evanescence

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Little Rock, Arkansas, United States (1995 – present)

Evanescence is an alternative rock band founded in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States in 1995 by Amy Lee and Ben Moody. The band currently consists of Amy Lee (lead vocals, piano, keyboards), Terry Balsamo (guitars), and Tim McCord (bass). Former members include David Hodges (piano, keyboards, backing vocals; left in 2002), Ben Moody (guitars; left in 2003), William Boyd (bass; left in 2006), John LeCompt (guitars, backing vocals; left in 2007), and Rocky Gray (drums; left in 2007). Session members include Troy McLawhorn (guitars) and Will Hunt (drums), both are from Dark New Day, they were “borrowed” to replace LeCompt and Gray during 2007 tours.

Amy Lee and Ben Moody met in 1994 at a youth camp in Little Rock, where Moody heard Lee playing “PlayI’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)” by Meat Loaf on the piano. Their first songs were “Solitude” and “Give Unto Me”, written by Lee, and “Understanding” and “PlayMy Immortal”, written by Moody. The songs were edited by both artists, and they shared equal credit.

Two of Lee and Moody’s songs found playtime on local radio stations, raising local awareness of the group and demand for a show. The band eventually appeared live, and became one of the most popular acts in the area. After experimenting with band names, such as “Childish Intentions” and “Stricken”, they decided on Evanescence, which means “disappearance” or “fading away” (from the word evanesce, which means “to disappear”). Lee has stated she loves the name because “it is mysterious and dark, and places a picture in the listeners’ mind.”.

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haushi wrote:
11 hours ago
evanescence is a band, please vote other pic

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thyrapuus wrote:
yesterday evening
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MeliaKindler wrote:
yesterday evening
Add me :D

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danee_ela wrote:
yesterday evening
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ronaldo_leles wrote:
yesterday morning
Hey !! How are you?? I love evanescence!! ^^ BYE

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Hellnick wrote:
Monday evening
year agree... coud be not gothic! but have a strong influence of it

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Junkie555 wrote:
Monday afternoon
well, maybe it's not teh_g0thIcN3ssess but it surely has strong influence.

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elahmet wrote:
Monday afternoon
any new on some new album, or atleast new signle? :D

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Oliense wrote:
Monday afternoon
Evanescence isn't Goth? What's up? Are you ok? Their music is gothic, don't be so blind, dear.

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x-1-alpha wrote:
Monday afternoon
MAIS LOL. Evanescence isn't Goth, stop trolling.

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Oliense wrote:
Sunday evening
WOW their music inspaires me

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raspingdescent wrote:
Sunday morning
Most incredible music ever :)

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Polytechnic wrote:
Sunday morning
There's now a Ev google theme! http://awesomestart.com/evanescence It's just like google.com, but it's got Evanescence on it and you can customize all the links and stuff.

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withered_fairy wrote:
Sunday morning
Maddko: the music you listen to is not gothic either, it's just metal.. at least Evanescence sounds good.

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johnmyliusband wrote:
Sunday morning
seether and amy lee....broken -is a great song...beautiful

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johnmyliusband wrote:
Sunday morning
AMY LEE IS AWESOME ...BEST FEMALE VOCALS SINCE ANN WILSON

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Trolled wrote:
Saturday evening
This band sucks total dick.

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Wishfarshad wrote:
Saturday evening
♥ ♥

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Yousef_91 wrote:
Saturday afternoon
I heard rumours that evanescence are disbanded

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