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'Good Enough' From The Album
'The Open Door' Biography
About Evanescence. 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 Wind-Up Entertainment
debut a
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Video:Evanescence singing
'Good Enough' From The Album
'The Open Door' Biography
About Evanescence. 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 Wind-Up Entertainment
debut album, Fallen.
Singer/pianist Amy Lee and
guitarist/songwriter Ben Moody
formed the band at the end of
the '90s after meeting in
their early teens during a
'youth camp,' Moody said in a
statement. 'I heard Amy
playing Meat Loaf's 'I'd Do
Anything for Love' at the
piano. So I went over to meet
her, and she started singing
for me. I was pretty much
blown away, so I suckered her
into joining a band with me.'

As a duo, Evanescence didn't
perform live, instead opting
to release EPs and the
full-length Origin. Lee told
the BBC that Evanescence was
mastering demos in Memphis,
TN, when she and the band were
discovered by producer Pete
Matthews. He shopped the songs
to record companies in New
York, and Evanescence rounded
out by bassist Will Boyd,
guitarist John LeCompt, and
drummer Rocky Gray eventually
landed a contract with
Wind-Up, the home of Creed.
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. (Paul
McCoy, of labelmates 12
Stones, rapped on 'Bring Me to
Life,' which originated as a
piano ballad.) The songs
proved to be a head start to
Evanescence's future hit album
Fallen, produced by Dave
Fortman (Boy Sets Fire,
Superjoint Ritual) and
released in March 2003.
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.
Ironically, 12 Stones are also
labeled Christian. Fallen
surpassed double-platinum
status, reaching 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. It
spent more than 100 weeks on
Billboard's Top 200;
Evanescence also managed to
pick up two Grammys (Best New
Artist and Best Hard Rock
Performance) for the 2003
awards.
During a European tour late
that same year, however, Moody
abruptly left the group over
apparent creative differences.
Ex-Cold guitarist Terry
Balsamo soon replaced him in
the band; he clicked with Lee
and the two became cohesive
songwriting partners who
worked to further define
Evanescence's classically
influenced hard rock identity.
The band continued to tour
nonstop for the next year, and
they issued the live album
Anywhere But Home (recorded at
a show in Paris) in November
2004 to hold over fans hungry
for their follow-up. It also
went platinum. (c) 2007
Wind-up Records

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