Where'd they go?

MizzLolly

Couldn't really figure out which forum to fit this thread into. Suppose it'll be okay here. (though you screamers wont like it )

Anybody know where Evanescence are gone? Weren't they supposed to be making a comeback with that song 'call me when you're sober'? They disappeared again after that!?! What's going on?

I admit, I quite like some of their songs.. :cool:

Karl Hungus

MizzLolly wrote: »

Suppose it'll be okay here.

Absolutely fine here.

MizzLolly

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Absolutely fine here.

Thank you

Pyr0

They could be just writting a new album, check their website http://www.evanescence.com/ if you want to know whats going on.

MizzLolly

That site doesn't give much information. I find there are a few sites giving conflicting info in fact! Was just posting here to see, in general, if people had any idea what was actually happening!

Malice

As I recall the drummer and one (or maybe even both) of the guitarists quit while on tour for the Open Door album. That tour finished sometime last year and so I assume Amy Lee is writing new material after taking a few months off.

DenMan

Officially they are on listed as being on hiatus right now (in fact since Sept 2007) They toured for The Open Door.

New recordings for Nightmare Revisited (A Nightmare Before Christmas) has Amy performing on the soundtrack with "Sally's song". Sounds terrific.

http://evanescence.com/news.asp

Was at a gig in Manchester a few weeks ago and happened to meet some sound recordists from Wind-up records at the gig (Evanescence's label) and they said the band was on a "well deserved break". Thats all they said. Amazing that Amy is the only original member of the band still with them, Ben left in 2003.

Lets hope we hear from them in the near future.

MizzLolly

malice_ wrote: »

As I recall the drummer and one (or maybe even both) of the guitarists quit while on tour for the Open Door album.

DenMan wrote: »

Amazing that Amy is the only original member of the band still with them, Ben left in 2003.

I actually didn't know this! :eek: Thanks for that lads..

I think Amy Lee is great, I really like her! I didn't realise there was so much trouble behind the scenes..?!

ShawnRaven

Maybe she's reflecting and repenting for destroying Seether's "Broken".
Sorry, couldn't resist, but i was always a fan of the original version of that song, her addition to it didn't do much for me. Nothing personal against her, the string arrangement didn't do anything for me either.

VR!

MizzLolly

validreasoning! wrote: »

Maybe she's reflecting and repenting for destroying Seether's "Broken".
Sorry, couldn't resist, but i was always a fan of the original version of that song, her addition to it didn't do much for me. Nothing personal against her, the string arrangement didn't do anything for me either.

VR!

I agree, much preferred the original.


The collaboration was disastrous! She's fantastic doing her own thing though!

Stev_o

I heard that she kicked them out

MizzLolly

Stev_o wrote: »

I heard that she kicked them out

Really? :eek: I didn't hear anything at all. I didn't even know the other band members had left!

Stev_o

MizzLolly wrote: »

Really? :eek: I didn't hear anything at all. I didn't even know the other band members had left!

Direct quote LeCompt said: "I'm done and I'm pretty upset about it.(Singer) Amy (Lee) called and fired me today. There's absolutely no loyalty in this band."


A posting on his blog he wrote: "Around 3:30 pm yesterday I recieved a call on my cell from Amy. This call wasn't from a friend who appreciated me but from an enemy who was prepared to hurt me and my family. Without any warning or negotiotiations for my future, I was fired for no good reason. We have not always seen eye to eye on everything, but who does?

Our common goal was always the same. To make Evanescence the best rock band it could ever be. I have always given blood, sweat and tears to make that happen but apparently that is not enough. I have now become just another of the people fallen by the wayside on the revolving door of her life. It's funny how many of us there are now. I guess it's good for lyrical content, though. Maybe I will be among the blessed to have a song written about me, too. Maybe the song will be 'Call Me When You're Broke'."

MizzLolly

Stev_o wrote: »

Direct quote LeCompt said: "I'm done and I'm pretty upset about it.(Singer) Amy (Lee) called and fired me today. There's absolutely no loyalty in this band."


A posting on his blog he wrote: "Around 3:30 pm yesterday I recieved a call on my cell from Amy. This call wasn't from a friend who appreciated me but from an enemy who was prepared to hurt me and my family. Without any warning or negotiotiations for my future, I was fired for no good reason. We have not always seen eye to eye on everything, but who does?

Our common goal was always the same. To make Evanescence the best rock band it could ever be. I have always given blood, sweat and tears to make that happen but apparently that is not enough. I have now become just another of the people fallen by the wayside on the revolving door of her life. It's funny how many of us there are now. I guess it's good for lyrical content, though. Maybe I will be among the blessed to have a song written about me, too. Maybe the song will be 'Call Me When You're Broke'."

Ouch! He sounds like a whiney lil fecker! :eek: Wonder how true it is?

Stev_o

MizzLolly wrote: »

Ouch! He sounds like a whiney lil fecker! :eek: Wonder how true it is?

Sounds like their were major problems going on within the band itself. But he could be true i remember reading a article on UG where the Good Charlotte drummer was fired and wasnt paid for over 2 years for touring and album sales so its a nasty world out there in world of popular music.

ShawnRaven

MizzLolly wrote: »

Ouch! He sounds like a whiney lil fecker! :eek: Wonder how true it is?

I was thinking the opposite, if that's the case, she sounds like a total bitch incapable of the ability to get along with others. Especially if the band have been a revolving door of musicians over the course of the last few years.

VR!

MizzLolly

validreasoning! wrote: »

I was thinking the opposite, if that's the case, she sounds like a total bitch incapable of the ability to get along with others. Especially if the band have been a revolving door of musicians over the course of the last few years.

VR!

If it is true, then yeah, her behaviour is unacceptable.

Having said that - ''This call wasn't from a friend who appreciated me but from an enemy who was prepared to hurt me and my family'' - this sounds like media driven krap! Sounds like the trailer of a Hollywood Thriller tbh.

ShawnRaven

MizzLolly wrote: »

If it is true, then yeah, her behaviour is unacceptable.

Having said that - ''This call wasn't from a friend who appreciated me but from an enemy who was prepared to hurt me and my family'' - this sounds like media driven krap! Sounds like the trailer of a Hollywood Thriller tbh.

Yeah, the second part of quoted statement sounds a bit OTT alright.
VR!

Kess73

The lead singer of Seether was none too pleased when she wrote the song "call me when you're sober" about him, and less pleased when she promoted the song's release by spilling as much dirt as she could on their relationship.

lee_arama

MizzLolly wrote: »

Anybody know where Evanescence are gone?

Ah they were only ever a poor Lacuna Coil copy. (not that I particularly liked either. L7 were my preferred all grrrrl band of recent years, and Girlschool before that.

ShawnRaven

L7 - there's a name out of the history books. Another band ruined by going commercial. Bricks Are Heavy was a bloody terrible album by comparison to Smell The Magic. Combined with the fact that Donita Sparks was a psychobiatch who couldn't get along with anyone. How they lasted as long as they did actually surprised me, with hindsight being 20/20.

Nea

Agreed with the Lacuna Coil rip off and L7 were the best girl band ever, tho I think Hungry for Stink was their best album.

Donita Sparks new bands cd is great, very L7 sounding, one of my faves of the year anyway!

ShawnRaven

Nea wrote: »

Agreed with the Lacuna Coil rip off

Sure, because Lacuna Coil weren't an All About Eve ripoff only with heavier distortion.

Welcome to nineties music onwards, where there's no such thing as originality

MizzLolly

Hahahaha predictability = 10 points!

I just knew Lacuna Coil would be mentioned here...

Acacia

MizzLolly wrote: »

Hahahaha predictability = 10 points!

I just knew Lacuna Coil would be mentioned here...

Agreed. I don't think Evanescence sound similar to Lacuna Coil at all. I think they sound closer to Linkin Park, or many other nu-metal bands who came out around the same time. Lacuna Coil are more 'gothic' in my opinion.

Seems like whenever a woman fronts a band she's compared to every other band with a female singer, even if they sound nothing alike.

MizzLolly

Acacia wrote: »

Seems like whenever a woman fronts a band she's compared to every other band with a female singer, even if they sound nothing alike.

Yup. *awaits Nightwish comparisons*


:pac:

Acacia

MizzLolly wrote: »

Yup. *awaits Nightwish comparisons*


:pac:

LOL. Well, L7 has already been mentioned and they're about as far away from Evanescence as you can get.

Sephiroth_dude

She has a nice voice,saw her on the korn unplugged,and she saw well with davis.

Nea

Acacia wrote: »

LOL. Well, L7 has already been mentioned and they're about as far away from Evanescence as you can get.

Damn Right
I think Donita could put a few manners on Amy Lee also!

Acacia

Nea wrote: »

Damn Right
I think Donita could put a few manners on Amy Lee also!

I could be wrong but didn't Donita Sparks throw a used tampon into the crowd during a gig at some festival once? So I don't know about her putting manners on anyone else!

ShawnRaven

Acacia wrote: »

I could be wrong but didn't Donita Sparks throw a used tampon into the crowd during a gig at some festival once? So I don't know about her putting manners on anyone else!

Yep, At Reading 92 when someone in the crowd threw mud at her, she flung her used tampon back. I also remember reading a story in Metal Hammer that she urinated on a record company executive's desk.