E!E! - Exclusive Evanescence

Evanescence on Letterman

2006-12-15T19:27:00.000+02:00

Kelly Clarkson Vandalizes Amy's House & More

2006-12-13T23:39:00.000+02:00

Cool new pics of Amy :

By the way, Amy is in the December Issue of the American CosmoGirl magazine. She is not on the cover (Lindsay Lohan is), but there is a 2-page article inside; "The world according to Amy Lee"

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Mtv now has the lithium video! Let's get to work! Please start voting for Evanescence on TRL now by casting your vote for Lithium at the bottom of the scroll box on the TRL Voting Page at mtv.com !

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A video has surfaced on You Tube this weekend that shows Kelly Clarkson riding in the back of a van with known adult filmmaker and singer for Society 1 Matt Zane and Ben Moody en route to vandalize Evanescence's lead singer Amy Lee's house. The clip seems to be an excerpt from a reality show entitled "In The Studio". During the teaser Kelly actually throws numerous rolls of toilet paper into the trees and over the house while laughing. Even Zane seems surprised when he states "I can't believe American Idols Kelly Clarkson is riding in the back of a van going to commit vandalism!"

And here's the vid:

Lithium video

2006-11-26T12:41:00.001+02:00

Lithium video leaked

2006-11-26T12:41:00.000+02:00

Lithium video leaked!

UnOfficial TOD Game

2006-11-19T15:45:00.000+02:00

Click here to download (Megaupload) or here for more info on the game.

Please Read the "Very Important Readme" file, everything you first need to know is in there. Also if you find any bugs it the program please tell FatherTime from Evthreads here in this thread. Thanks to FatherTime!

Enjoy!

Making of TOD cover

2006-11-13T19:59:00.000+02:00

More pics here!
Thanx to evthreads.com and evenescence.it

EV doing WWE

2006-11-12T18:50:00.000+02:00

The new theme for wrestler Christian Cage: "My Last Breath (Instrumental Version)" by Evanescence!

Amy in Johnny Cash video

2006-11-09T19:26:00.000+02:00

Here's the Johnny Cash video 'God's Gonna Cut You Down'... Amy looks amazing!

Some great news: The Open Door is officially certified platinum in the US!

The Late Show With David Letterman

2006-11-07T19:47:00.000+02:00

Show: The Late Show With David Letterman
Episode: 2006/12/14
Network: CBS Television
Date: Thursday - December 14, 2006
Time: 11:35/10:35c PM
Duration: 1:00

The Late Show With David Letterman: 2006/12/14
Actor Will Smith; musical guests Evanescence.

Evanescence... the top secret organization...

2006-11-05T20:29:00.000+02:00

Evanescence is the code-name for a top secret organization that pretends to be a sort-of-OK-I-guess rock band from America. The name is rumored to mean "disapperance," which serves to heighten the secrecy of the organization.

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In a recent interview, Amy Lee said that where first album "Fallen" was "a cry for help", second effort "The Open Door" is "a cry for attention". This is shown best in the track "I Lose Control", in which Lee plays on the strengths of previous track "Imagine Me" in a desperate attempt to hide the fact that the song is, well, crap.

( ... )

Available for a limited period only, the official "Evanescence Hamster" can be ordered from the band's online store and delivered directly to your desk.
You can select from a limited range of colours:
- Black
- Black
- A slightly different shade of black, but one which is only perceptible to cats
- Black metal
The hamster is delivered on a special presentation crucifix and you can choose to have a 3 word greeting message shaven into the hamsters fur. You can give it any name you like, but it will only answer to "Amy".

READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE

Ben, Amy and.... Avril?

2006-11-05T13:09:00.000+02:00

According to wikipidea, Avril Lavigne's song 'Nobody's Home' from her album 'Under My Skin' (released released on May 25, 2004) was written about Amy Lee. The song was written by Avril and ... yeah... Ben Moody. Keep in mind - Ben left the band on October 22, 2003. The reasons for his departure were reportedly "creative differences". Ben and Amy has no desire to get in touch and has not spoken again after his departure.

Judge for yourself...

I couldn't tell you why she felt that way,

She felt it everyday.

And I couldn't help her,

I just watched her make the same mistakes again.

What's wrong, what's wrong now?

Too many, too many problems.

Don't know where she belongs, where she belongs.

She wants to go home, but nobody's home.

It's where she lies, broken inside.

With no place to go, no place to go to dry her eyes.

Broken inside.

Click here to read all the lyrics for Lavigne and Moody's song 'Nobody's Home'.
Click here to visit the 'Nobody's Home' page on Wikipedia

Making of 'Lithium'

2006-11-04T11:56:00.000+02:00

MTV Article & Pic - Lithium Video

2006-11-02T21:48:00.000+02:00

After Facing Big Bad Wolf, Amy Lee Faces Herself In Evanescence Clip

Watch out, Nirvana: Lee's 'Lithium' could be even more depressing.

Amy Lee is returning to the forest, only this time there's no Big Bad Wolf.
"There's the me in all white and it's really wintry," the Evanescence singer said on the set of the "Lithium" video on Wednesday, pointing to an elaborate array of snow-covered trees. "And then there's the all-in-black Amy under the surface of the water of this lake in the forest. So it's the happiness and the sorrow and we're almost singing to each other, trying to figure out how both of us can work."
Unlike the Little Red Riding Hood concept for the "Call Me When You're Sober" video, which was an abstract take on somewhat literal lyrics, the follow-up is a literal take on somewhat abstract lyrics.
"So it's not so in-your-face to make the video more literal," Lee justified of the video, which Paul Fedor (Sarah McLachlan, Seether) directed based on her concept. "Really, though, I think it's all about touching somebody and I hope it does that." "Lithium," the second single from the recently released The Open Door, is about making the choice between the comfort of sorrow and the idea of happiness. "You get in these cycles where you're stuck in bad situations or relationships or whatever and it's hard to make yourself get out even though it's negative and hard," Lee explained. "So that's sort of what it's about, (...) FULL ARTICLE HERE

(MTV Article, thanx to evanescence.it)

Lithium video news!

2006-10-29T14:58:00.000+02:00

EVANESCENCE has selected Paul Fedor (DEFTONES, ALICE IN CHAINS, ADEMA) to direct "Lithium", the second video from the band's "The Open Door" album!

Mexico City Airport Pix

2006-10-26T19:33:00.000+02:00

Thanx to evanmexico.com.mx

Evanescence Peps! Smash

2006-10-25T19:17:00.000+02:00

PREPARE YOURSELF: Amy raps!

2006-10-22T17:49:00.000+02:00

Amy Lee raps... Enjoy!

MTV VMA 2006 Latin America Vids

2006-10-20T23:16:00.000+02:00

YouTube vids:

Click here to see Amy & Terry present

You Heard It Here First!

2006-10-19T22:01:00.000+02:00

Despite rumors, 'Lithium' is not coming out until 27th november, sorry guys!

Source

The Last Song I'm Wasting On You in Japanese

2006-10-18T20:21:00.000+02:00

Click here to hear a Ev fan sing 'The Last Song I'm Waisting On You' in Japanese! (youtube)

More Ev sheet music

2006-10-17T20:00:00.000+02:00

Click here for Evanescence sheet music, including Call Me When You're Sober, Good Enough, Lithium and The Last Song I'm Waisting On You.

MTV Latin Awards & new article

2006-10-16T19:58:00.000+02:00

Just a reminder, Ev will perform at the MV Video Music Awards Latin in Mexico City (Oct. 19) !

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Translated article: Evanescence: Separation with the help of the manager

In the interview with laut.de betrays Evanescence Frontfrau Amy Lee detail over the separation from Shaun Morgan, with which she was two and a half years friendly.

Cologne - Evanescence entered with its new album “The open Door” at place one the German Charts. Thus they exceed still the success of the predecessor “traps”, who reached only place two. But before recent success the Nu Metal Youngster had to cross a long and dark valley. Above all Amy Lee went through a heavy phase in her private life.

In the interview with laut.de betrayed it these days new details of their separation from the Seether singer Shaun Morgan, which her in the new single “call ME When You're Sober” (call on, if you are sober) processed.The difficulties with Shaun obviously brought the small singer to the edge of their forces, so that you remained at the conclusion no more other choice to make than conclusion: “You get broken sometime either to it, or you must resist and terminate the thing.”In the discussion Amy Lee describes the expiration of the separation, and does not throw thereby necessarily a friendly light on its ex: “Toward end it was even nearly impossible to speak with it in the sober condition. I am not any more up to it filled, and in the wahrsten sense of the word. I had to speak with its route manager, in order to let Shaun know that between us conclusion is.”The complete interview, in which the Evanescence singer among other things over the wrong conceptions of the “Narnia” - Macher and “Sex in the voice” speak, appears in the coming days on laut.de.

Amy & Will dancing (youtube vid)

2006-10-14T10:25:00.000+02:00

Enjoy! (Thanx to evanescence.it)

New promo pic!

2006-10-13T19:58:00.000+02:00

Here it is: THE FULL BAND! Enjoy!

E!E!U!pdate

2006-10-11T21:55:00.000+02:00

Was three years just a little too long?

That was the question on the minds of several industry insiders last week when Evanescence released The Open Door, the follow-up to their 2003 breakout Fallen an album that has sold close to 6.6 million copies in the U.S. alone. (...) some wondered whether Amy Lee's goth-rock outfit still had a strong enough fanbase to open up on top. But the fans were there to clear a path for The Open Door (...)

FULL ARTICLE HERE

(...) before the fans — which ranged from sweet little angels to Hell's Angels — would catch a glimpse of the woman they'd come here to see: Ms. Lee. And that glimpse would be accompanied by about a hundred camera flashes, which illuminated the songstress as she floated across the stage to her microphone stand. (...)

READ REVIEW FROM MTV.COM HERE

ALSO: Remember to vote for Evanescence on MTV TRL ... Only 6 days left!

How to vote:

Go here, so you can vote multiple times.

At the top of your webpage go to TOOLS and select Internet Options. In the Box that pops up, select Privacy thats at the top. Then select Sites that's in the middle of the box and another Pop up box will appear. Next in the space saying "Address Of Website" type in www.mtv.com, select BLOCK and then OK. This now will block cookies and allow you to vote more than once on MTV. If you live outside the US you will need to use a Zip Code from the States to join MTV. Use anyone from the US because I don't think they're checking. A lot of people have been Using the one from the show Beverly Hills 90210. Help the band out and vote for them on TRL!

Watch Ev live! Lacrymosa, Snow White Queen, All That I'm Living For, CMWYS and Lithium. Enjoy!

(Scroll down to see the great news- TOD number #1 on Billboard 200!)

#1 on Billboard 200

2006-10-11T19:47:00.000+02:00

EVANESCENCE OPENS DOOR TO TOP OF CHART

Ok guys, great news! The Killers and George #2-3, but Evanescence bows at No. 1 on The Billboard 200! The band's debut, 2003's "Fallen," spent 104 weeks on the big chart, peaking at No. 3.

Going, going, Goth.

"The Open Door" also marks the 700th No. 1 album on The Billboard 200 since the magazine began publishing the weekly chart 50 years ago. "TOD" had an impressive 408 000 debut, which was enough to set back Island’s The Killers, as the Vegas boys’ Sam’s Town chalks up one of the largest #2 debuts of the year with 318 000. Evanescence is also the fourth best selling debut this year- with Justin Timberlake in the second spot, Beyonce in the third and Christina Aguilera in the 5th.

(Pics from the Toronto show - thanx to evanescence.it )

TOD on the charts

2006-10-10T20:22:00.000+02:00

TOD on the UK charts...

A week after introductory single Call Me When You’re Sober reached number four, Evanescence’s long-awaited second album, The Open Door, debuts at number two on sales of 94,409. Although that means it hasn’t yet matched the peak of their debut album Fallen, which reached number one in June 2003 on its eighth week on release, it has comprehensively beaten that album’s number 18 debut on sales of 15,589. Fallen rockets 79-35 this week to make its first Top 40 placing for 134 weeks, with sales of 7,052 lifting its total to 1,154,571.

Other Charts Update:

U.S: #2 - U.K: #5 - Sweden: #7 - Switzerland: #2 - Portugal: #4 - Austria: #3 - Norway: #6 - The Netherland: #2 - Luxembourg: #4 - Italy: #5 - Ireland: #5 - Greece: #3 - France: #3 - Finland: #4 - Spain: #5 - Germany: #6 and #7 - Denmark: #2 - Canada: #3 - Belgium: #8 - Australia: #1

International Chart: First Week Sale.

JAPAN: First week sale landed The Open Door at #4

IRELAND: The Open Door debuts at #3, (Scissor Sister #2, The Killers #1)

Setlist

2006-10-08T14:47:00.000+02:00

Thanx to Evanescence News Blog here is the setlist: (pic thanx to evanescence.it)

Sweet sacrifice
Weight of the world
Going under
Snow White Queen
Haunted
Whisper
The only One
Lithium
Good enough
Call Me When You're Sober
Bring me to life
Imaginary
Lacrymosa

Ecore: My immortal - All that I'm living for

Evanescence on the road again

2006-10-06T19:34:00.000+02:00

Toronto last night - EV live!

Go here (youtube) to watch Evanescence perform 'Lithium' @ Kool Haus last night, and Sweet Sacrafice here

CMWYS live!

2006-10-01T21:41:00.000+02:00

* video removed * Sorry guys!

Podcast Kerrang

2006-09-30T19:21:00.000+02:00

Kerrang!Pic

2006-09-27T23:44:00.000+02:00

There you go!

Terry on EvBoard

2006-09-26T20:25:00.000+02:00

http://www.evboard.com/showthread.php?t=35495

Post from Terry on EvBoard (on 30 Septemeber 2006 - Sorry guys I'll fix the date problem)

"i have been wanting to get here and say whats up so im trying this post to make sure im doing this right because im a jackass with computers ,im gonna come back and post in a day or so if i do it right and just say whats up and tell you a little of whats going on......see ya"

Thanx to
CryingWishXXXXXXXXX

TOD cover option

2006-09-25T21:54:00.000+02:00

Rumoured that this was also a cover option, but declined.

Jane Girl of the Month

2006-09-24T20:20:00.000+02:00

There's a trend with female singers, when their band becomes supersuccessful, to abandon the rest. See Gwen, Fergie, Beyonce. So you might've expected Amy Lee to do the same after her group, Evanescence, sold 14 million copies of ther dramatic debut. "There's no reason to", she says, "I couldn't do it without Terry's guitars, but Evanescence is me." The band's new album The Open Door- wich Amy (24) describes as "harder and bigger than people probably expect"- is about life changes including the departure of guitarist and ex-boyfriend Ben Moody. Take first single "Call Me When You're Sober." "It's me putting my foto down at the end of a relationship and saying, 'that's it'" she says. "I give so many second, third, fourth million chances, but I end up sacrifising too much of myself. So saying no was a big deal." And best of all? "The record ends on a happy note, wich is wild. I finally feel good."

AMY LEE HAS FIGURED OUR A WAY TO BE DARK, BROODING AND HAPPY. WE WANT LESSONS.

Round 2: Paris vs Amy

2006-09-23T17:02:00.000+02:00

{Scroll down for 'Madonna vs Amy'}

AMY LEE or PARIS HILTON?

New promo pics

2006-09-23T09:01:00.000+02:00

All pix from evanescencewebsite!

Amy @ TRL and new Blender pic

2006-09-22T20:46:00.000+02:00

Amy will be on TRL next week for Spankin' New Music Week !!

CMWYS AOL Sessions

2006-09-21T19:24:00.000+02:00

Thanx to our anonymous comment...

'Call Me When You're Sober,' the first single from Evanescence's forthcoming album 'The Open Door,' boasts all of the shredding guitars and banshee vocals you'd expect from the multi-platinum powerhouse. But when Amy Lee and the boys visited our Sessions studio last month, they proved that the song could be just as compelling (if not more so) with the volume turned way down. With just a piano, cello and guitar at their disposal, the band performed a haunting acoustic version of the track for our cameras, stripping it down to an ethereal essence that was as raw as the words Amy sings (...)

FULL ARTICLE HERE

'TOD' full cover - first on the net!

2006-09-20T19:41:00.000+02:00

FIRST thanx to EXCLUSIVE EVANESCENCE !

http://img98.imageshack.us/my.php?image=628100evanescencetheopendoorcovers2006th3.jpg

Happy Watching!

2006-09-19T19:50:00.000+02:00

Amy with fans in Milan at TOD premiere... thanx to evanescencewebsite.com

Amy at VH1 Take2 (thanx to u guys from Evboard!)

Enjoy!

Next Single Acoustic

2006-09-18T19:17:00.000+02:00

Lyrics!

Provided By MetroLyrics

Evanescence - Lithium (Acoustic Live @ VH1)

Amazing interview, new pic & single

2006-09-17T09:03:00.000+02:00

The next single:
LITHIUM

Great article / interview from evanescenewebsite here (pic & article from Blender)

"(...) copy of Rider’s termination notice that Lee’s attorneys included as evidence. “As you are well aware,” it reads, “Ms. Lee was recently in an abusive relationship with Ben Moody. She has no intention of associating with any persons who engage in that sort of… illegal conduct.” Does that mean that Ben was physically abusive, we ask? Lee inhales sharply: “I’m not going to answer that. Sorry. (...)"

New pic!

2006-09-14T19:59:00.000+02:00

New promo pic thanx to Evboard!

VOTE NOW FOR 'CMWYS' ON MTV TRL!

Billboard Mag

2006-09-11T19:28:00.000+02:00

EVANESCENCE on the cover of the new Billboard Magazine!

E!E!U!pdate & Fanart

2006-09-10T14:22:00.000+02:00

Great Link --- Check it out!

BringMeToLife.com - The Official French Evanescence Site - English Version

Goth-rocker AMY LEE accepts her lyrics can be dark and depressing at times - but she has learned they actually help save lives too. The Christian EVANESCENCE singer hopes her songs about loneliness and desperation help troubled fans realise they're not the only ones going through difficult times - she's been there too. But now Lee has a more upbeat view of life, she's thrilled to hear suicidal fans have chosen life over death after listening to her songs. She explains, "I'm all about making people feel like they're not alone. One fan told me they were seriously contemplating suicide, but that night they were playing our album, something pulled them back from the edge. "I know how it feels to be completely alone and helpless, and the last thing you want to hear in that situation is, 'It's going to be OK.' "The only thing that seems to really help is that someone else who has felt that low expressing those feelings to you." - Source

BITCHY enough without actually calling anyone out. That's how Amy Lee coyly describes her new song, Call Me When You're Sober (...)

Full article HERE thanx to evanescencewebsite.com

All pix thanx to the creative guys from Evboard! (Not real promo pics!)

Ev to save the musical retail season?

2006-09-10T12:23:00.000+02:00

In the first six months of the year, U.S. album sales declined 4.2% compared to one year earlier, according to Nielsen SoundScan, so labels have pushed their biggest releases into the final four months of 2006, hoping that holiday shoppers will want to rock out.

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in a retail season that also brings new releases from Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé, Janet Jackson, Clay Aiken, Alan Jackson, Ludacris, Beck, Evanescence, Jet, My Chemical Romance, Keith Urban and the Killers.

(...)

"There's a big Grammy effect that reminds people about albums they want to buy," said Beer, who guessed the Dixie Chicks and new singer Corinne Bailey Rae will benefit from nominations. Beer also forecast that Justin Timberlake and Evanescence will score big this holiday season.

But does she think they can save the music retail season?

FULL ARTICLE HERE

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

2006-09-09T20:15:00.000+02:00

Referred to as "the most cunning talk show around" by Entertainment Weekly, "Late Night with Conan O’Brien" began its twelfth season on September 13, 2004. In addition to dominating the ratings in its time period, every aspect of "Late Night" has been praised in the media, from Conan himself ("modest, wry, self-effacing and demonstrably the most intelligent of the late-night comics," The Washington Post) and the show’s comedy ("original and often breathtakingly silly," said the New York Daily News), to the Max Weinberg Seven ("the best band in late-night TV," said The Washington Post).

About: Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 2006/10/02
Musical guest Evanescence.

Link

BillBoard

2006-09-08T19:38:00.000+02:00

CMWYS on Billboard this week...
# 11 on the BILLBOARD HOT 100
- Fell one spot from last weeks #10
# 9 on the BILLBOAR HOT ROCK TRACKS
- Last week: #9

TOD lyrics

2006-09-07T20:50:00.000+02:00

'The Open Door' Lyrics - click here

Lacrymosa Lyrics from TOD

2006-09-06T19:43:00.000+02:00

Lacrymosa from The Open Door
Out on your own
cold and alone again
can this be what you really wanted, baby?
Blame it on me
set your guilt free
nothing can hold you back now

Now that you're gone
I feel like myself againg
rieving the things I can't repair
and willing ...to let you blame it on me
and set your guilt free
I don't want to hold you back now love

I can't change who I am
not this time,
I wont lie to keep you near me

and in this short life, there's no time to waste
giving upmy love wasn't enough

and you can blame it on me
just set your guilt free, honey
I don't want to hold you back now love

TOD lyrics - 'Lose Control'

2006-09-04T22:26:00.000+02:00

You don't remember my name
I don't really care
Can we play the game your way?
Can I really lose control?
Just once in my life
I think it'd be nice
just to lose control- just once
with all the pretty flowers in the dust

Mary had a lamb
his eyes black as coals
if we play very quiet, my lamb
Mary never has to know

Just once in my life
I think it'd be nice
just to lose control- just once
if I cut you down to a thing I can use
I fear there will be nothing good left of you

Brazilian article

2006-09-04T22:18:00.000+02:00

She is Amy Lee, singer of Evanescence. Blue.green eyes, happy mood, about 1,5 m high. Twenty four years old and many complicated histories to tell us. She says: "I had already faced many problems. Life is hard. That's way I believe on a paradise. There should be something better that this".

Amy is joking, but not too much. On the last years, she saw her band leaving the state of Arkansas, and become a super rock band. 14 millons of CDs sold. That was the good part, but it wasnt over...On the way to the success, on 2003, in the middle of a tour on Europe, Ben Moody, left the band. He tries to get closer again, but Amy doesnt want it."He will never come back to the band. We dont speak anymore. Before he left the band, things werent good. Ben wasnt happy. He had personal problems. Ben and I live better away from each other".

Without Ben, Amy found an other guitarrist, Terry Balsamo. Was that over? On a normal band... yes. But not in Evanescence. At the end of the year 2005, with 33 years old, Terry had an accident: a brain haemorrhage. He says: "On one saturday, I finished to record the guitarrs for the new CD. On monday, I woke up with my left side paralised. Thanks God I had already done everything".

Now, see the strange explanation of his accident: “It was because I move a lot my head on the stage. A neck artery broke and a coagulum formed on my head". No Brazil, the doctors found this history a little bit strange. "Its unbelievable that something like that could be caused by "moving so much" your head. This happends frecuently on very dangerous accidents", says the doctor Luiz Alcides Manreza.Terry, who likes Sepultura, has some problems but he is recovering well.. Amy believes on his quick recovery.

"We are going to release the new album on october and we will start with the tour. terry is gonna be fine until then". Terry might be OK, but the band's problems continues. The bass player, Will Boyd, left the band last month. Now, the new album is gonna be heavier than the first one... If you were expecting some "happy lyrics", forget about it!

"I am who I am", explains Amy Lee. For many fans, this is a good thing.

(Translation of the interview with Amy and Terry on a Brazilian programme. Thanx to evboard.com)

MTV Wishlist

2006-09-04T19:51:00.000+02:00

On MTV Wishlist this month:

4-8 Sept: Jack Black, Jay Z, Marilyn Manson, Evanescence (7 Sept '06), Pink
11-15 Sept: Basement Jaxx, Nelly Furtado, Tupac, Indie, Justin Timberlake
18-22 Sept: Shakira, Pharrell, Anastacia, Backstreet Boys, Mariah Carey
25-29 Sept: Simpson Sisters, Beyonce, Kelly Clarkson, Usher, Britney

3 Oct '06

2006-09-03T10:46:00.000+02:00

yippeee..... The Open Door hits the stores in precisly one month !

E!E!U!pdate

2006-09-02T15:20:00.000+02:00

Go vote for Evanescence (and CMWYS) on ...

MTV TRL GERMANY - Click here
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MTV TRL USA - Click here
VH1 TOP 20 COUNTDOWN - Click here

It's official! Revelation Theory will join Evanescence on their upcoming U.S. tour. (Source)

(...) as Miss Beyonce Knowles rang the alarm on the main stage, Evanescence's Amy Lee showed some of her own moves to co-presenter Jared Leto, who watched in awe (...) - Backstage at the MTV VMA's

To read the full article - click here

VMA's red carpet

2006-09-02T09:44:00.000+02:00

Amy and John at the VMA's!

Scroll down to see Amy onstage!

2006 VMA'S

2006-09-01T22:59:00.000+02:00

Amy presenting at the 2006 MTV VMA's

Amy Lee presenting at the MTV VMA's 2006 with Jared Leto

Ev, ev, ev!

2006-08-31T19:29:00.000+02:00

Call Me When You're Sober is #10 on Billboard Hot 100 (Sales Gainer), #9 on the BillBoard Hot Modern Rock Charts and #1, again, on MTV TRL! And remember, Amy Lee will be a presenter at the MTV Video Music Awards which airs this Thursday, Aug. 31 at 8pm ET on MTV.

PLUS... An interview with Amy Lee on VH-1, click here to download...

Amy vs Madonna

2006-08-30T20:20:00.000+02:00

Amy vs Madonna...

Amy pics and article from 'Kerrang' below thanx to evanescencewebsite.com

What most notice about Amy Lee in person are her piercingly clear pale blue eyes, almost turquoise.Sat in a room on the 18th floor of the swanky W Hotel in downtown Manhattan, dressed in a Disney ‘Snow White’ T-shirt, the Evanescence front woman is surprisingly sprightly for someone who has spent the last couple of days doing up to 11 interviews a day. “I’m being cooperative because I’m not burned out right now”, she explains. “But if this came in the middle of the tour, I would be like; “No way”The feeding frenzy is unsurprising. October 3 will see the release of “The Open Door”, the Goth troupes long waited first new record since 2002’s “Fallen”, which transformed two unknown Arkansas kids, Lee and since departed writing partner/guitarist Ben Moody, into household names, selling a whopping 14 million albums, an almost unheard of feat in today’s fragmented market.

Last time we met with Lee in LA two years ago, Evanescence were on top of the world, and Lee was in high spirits; since then, it’s been a litany of line-up changes break ups, court cases and illness – guitarist Terry Balsamo was hospitalized after a stroke last November. But right now, Lee seems to be on top once again. She’s recently moved to New York to live in – wait for it – a converted gothic church. She has a new live and a new boyfriend, having split with Seether’s Shaun Morgan earlier this year.And in spite of the doubts over whether Evanescence will come close to replicating “Fallen’s success, the 24-year old star is looking to the near future with hope and enthusiasm.In conversation she’s friendly, chatty and laughs a lot at herself and others, frequently pausing to imitate voices or break into song; a far cry from the cold, controlling siren she’s sometimes portrayed as.

How long have you been living in New York?
“Actually, I stayed in this hotel for like a month, in March, while I was looking at apartments, then I moved into my place – its rad. It’s this old building that used to be a church and they turned it into apartments. It’s got vaulted ceilings, it’s cool. I love New York – there’s so much culture and class. I think my taste is maturing. LA was cool at first, but after a while I was like, ‘Man, I need to get out of here’.”
So how are things going in general?
“Really good. I’m really happy. I kind of had a lot of stuff building and building and weighing me down last year and then I finally just said, ‘That’s it’, changed everything, sold my house, sold a bunch of my stuff and kicked a couple of people out of my life and moved here.”
Are you concerned about coming back with the new album?
“Not really. It’s hard to say. I love the new stuff so much, really, more than the last album. ‘Fallen’ was so successful, I can’t imagine it happening twice – I think having that mindset’s helped me. If it doesn’t work out and 500,000 people buy it instead of 14 million, I’m going to be totally satisfied, because right now I am so happy because it sounds so good. I definitely wrote it thinking about what I wanted, not about what the fans would want, but all the same, at the end, I’m like, ‘The fans are going to love this’. I just hope they do.”
Terry Balsamo joined the band soon after Ben Moody left mid-tour in October 2003. Did you know he’d end up as your writing partner?
“No, we really lucked out. When Terry first joined the band we didn’t even think he would be a permanent member; he was still in Cold and they just weren’t touring at the time, and he came out, played with us for a few months, and then we talked about him and asked him to stay.“I wrote some things and he came over and we clicked, really fast. One of the songs that made it onto the album was the first thing we ever wrote together, ‘Snow White Queen’. I felt insecure and guarded around Ben and it was hard for me to open up and just experiment because I felt kind of not safe. Terry sits there going ‘Yeah, its awesome’, just encouraging me and pushing me to the next level instead of… holding me back.”
The new album sounds more complex and lavish than ‘Fallen’.
“It’s what I wanted. I had so much backed-up creative energy that was just dying to pour out: I’d been dying to write for the whole time that we’d been on tour. And this time I was free to do whatever without having to confine it into what people can swallow, or what’s going to be okay, or what I’m going to get in trouble about or whatever.”
In trouble with whom?
[Adopts a mock stern voice] “Im not going to say” he said this before, so I don’t feel bad saying this now: Ben always wanted to push us in a more commercial direction and I always wanted to pull us in a more creative direction and that’s where we started butting heads more and more towards the end, so I felt I was free to make artistic choices, even more than last time.”
You’ve referred to ‘The Open Door’ as a ‘sexy’ album…
“The song ‘Lose Control’ is what I was thinking of when I said that before, but then again I hate to say that because I don’t want people to think the album is some R&B-like sexed-up pop thing: it’s so hard to describe. I think that just comes from the fact that I’ve grown up and I’m not so insecure. And I’m not afraid to express every emotion – including feeling worthy and feeling like a woman and feeling good about myself; not that the album’s all happy and poppy. There are elements of everything.”
Do you see Evanescence as music people might have sex to?
“No. Hehehe. I hope not, that’s kind of sick. That’s like, er, I dunno. I don’t…really. Maybe ‘Lose Control’. I don’t actually see it that way. I mean I couldn’t because I’d sit there thinking about the bass is too loud or the drum isn’t loud enough or I wish I hadn’t sung that way, hehehe.”
How long have you been seeing your new chap?
“Ah, this guy. I haven’t even been talking about ‘my new relationship’, I’ve been kinda like, ‘Ah, screw it; I don’t want to talk about relationships anymore’. We’ve been together since last November-ish. We’ve known each other for years and years but we’ve been out of touch, so, it’s cool.”
Is he in the rock world?
“No, not at all. Hehee. I’m very happy about it. He’s actually a therapist. So he’s nice, a very good listener very stable a nice change.
You are currently embroiled in a court case with your former manager, including a charge of sexual assault.
“Its really rough, it’s not anything you ever want to have happen because your under contract, so it’s a huge, huge mess and it’s really scary. I’m really not supposed to talk about it because it’s still pending and could work against me whatever I say. against me, whatever I say.”
Might you have to go to court and testify? I hope not. I’ve never been in court. I really don’t want to. I hope it all works out, I really do. But everything’s running much smoother now.”
How do you think you’ve grown? You seem much more in control of everything.
“Yeah, I started seeing a long time ago that decisions that weren’t been made by me, but made around me, for me, weren’t always good decisions. I had to step up and take control or everything was going to blow up in my face. I do everything. The music writing I am a total control freak over, and the mixing and everything we do . ive grown up in alot of ways. ifeel like whe i listen to fallen and i hear me saying "save me from the dark" : now i feel like saying "stop wjining". i dont want to be stuck unhappy; i want to be happy. i want to save the problem and now its about solving the problem not "oh poor me "

CMWYS chart runs

2006-08-29T20:48:00.000+02:00

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New links

2006-08-29T20:32:00.000+02:00

"I just haven't ever looked at it that way. Fallen is a great record [but] I don't think you can match the success of another body of work. I think that's only going to frustrate you. My only goal making this one was making something that I love even more and that I think is an even better record, and we've definitely done that."
- Amy

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Rock One Cover

2006-08-29T20:26:00.000+02:00

Thanx to evanescencewebsite.com!

TRL #1!

2006-08-28T22:40:00.000+02:00

EVANESCENCE IS OFFICIALLY NUMBER ONE on MTV’s TRL! This is where the real work starts.....the longevity of this video is up to us… Vote now!

Billboard Article

2006-08-28T19:48:00.000+02:00

After selling nearly 14 million copies worldwide of its 2003 debut, "Fallen," and winning two Grammy Awards, Evanescence knows there are great expectations for its new album, "The Open Door," which comes out on Oct. 3. But frontwoman Amy Lee insists she's not paying much heed to external pressure.
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It wasn't an easy process, however. Guitarist Terry Balsamo suffered a stroke last October, and even though Lee says he returned to the studio immediately after his release from the hospital, he's been convalescing and doing physical therapy ever since. "It's been a ton of hard work for him," she says. "We're at rehearsals now and he's playing and it's so great to have him back. But it's a step-by-step process for him."

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Evanescence begins a 17-date small-venue tour to promote "The Open Door" on Oct. 5 in Toronto. A more extensive outing is expected to follow.

FULL ARTICLE HERE

Amy Interview

2006-08-27T13:07:00.000+02:00

Great interview with Amy!

TRL #2

2006-08-27T12:57:00.000+02:00

CMWYS is #2 on MTV TRL! Come on you guys lets boost it one more spot! We gotta give everything this time! Click here to vote!

'Cockfight' with Evanescence?

2006-08-25T23:02:00.000+02:00

MUSHROOMHEAD will release its new album, "Savior Sorrow", on September 19, 2006. The band recently debuted its new single, "Simple Survival", on several stations across the USA. At KRQR, it was a "David and Goliath" story of arguably the biggest commercial rock band in the USA going up against an arsty metal band. MUSHROOMHEAD's "Simple Survival" went up against EVANESCENCE's "Call Me When You're Sober" on KRQR's "Cockfight" on August 24, which left MUSHROOMHEAD the clear winner and champ.

"It feels really good this time around," says drummer Steve "Skinny" Felton. "Radio seems to really dig it. And it's a new (...)

FULL ARTICLE HERE, BUT IT'S NOT WORTH READING ( ;-D )

EV live

2006-08-24T21:00:00.000+02:00

Some great live performances... nothing big - small acoustic shows. Enjoy!

Billboard News

2006-08-24T20:36:00.000+02:00

'Call Me When You're Sober' is number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart (debut) and number 10 on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Chart (up 3 spots)!

TRL #3

2006-08-23T22:35:00.000+02:00

'Call Me When You're Sober' number 3 on MTV TRL today! Keep voting guys! Keep voting!

New article

2006-08-23T19:29:00.000+02:00

Since the release of their first album, GRAMMY®-winning Fallen, Evanescence has experienced many challenges. With new management and a new guitarist/songwriter, Terry Balsamo, the band is poised to release their second studio album, The Open Door, chronicling their breakups, a health scare, and varied emotions over the last year. The album, partially recorded in an old, acoustically rich chapel, features Amy Lee's powerful vocals along with a classical choir, string accompaniment, and riveting guitar solos. Pre-order The Open Door now, and the single "Call Me When You're Sober" will immediately begin to download. In addition, when you pre-order the album, you'll also get the B-side track, "The Last Song I'm Wasting on You."
Here's the link. Nothing new, but it's Ev so that's why it's here.

Talking Marc Webb

2006-08-23T19:26:00.000+02:00

Talking about Marc Webb (music video director) and CMWYS video!

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'Special' widget vid

2006-08-23T19:23:00.000+02:00

From evanescence.com :
" Good job everyone! You've unlocked this special behind-the-scenes video by collectively contributing to over 10.000 plays of "Call Me When You're Sober"! Now let's keep it going cause very soon we'll announce the next count and goodie that you'll receive. "

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TRL update

2006-08-22T22:32:00.000+02:00

GREAT NEWS!

'Call Me When You're Sober' is currently #4 on MTV's TRL! Let's keep voting guys! Scroll down for a link or click on the 'trl' logo above!

New Amy VH1 interview

2006-08-22T21:57:00.000+02:00

Thanx to adsleonard from/and evanescencewebsite.com for posting this great VH1 VSPOT Top20 interview with Amy!

Interview transcript:

Interview/Presenter: this is the v-spot top 20 videos countdown im mat pinfield and joining me right now is the lovely and talent Amy lee from evanescence. Amy, great to have you here
Amy: thanks you great to be here
I: really good to see ya. listening to the new album I heard so many songs that are really, really open and honest, tell me about the lyrics.
A: thanks, I think they are evan more and open and honest from before, im kinda getting braver about saying what I really mean and not putting it in metaphor all the time. Which is scary? Because I can’t run away from it and pretend it’s about something else.
I: yeah
A: I love the new album.lyicaly I just and musically and everything I try to do evan better and ever more and just give has (...)

read the full transcript and visit evanescencewebsite.com here

Out of the Shadows

2006-08-22T21:30:00.000+02:00

Out of the Shadows is for the millions of people with epilepsy and for those who have a loved one with the condition – like I do. Join me, Amy Lee, in helping to raise epilepsy awareness, and also to raise some money towards learning more about how epilepsy works, how best to treat it and how to cure it.

- Join Amy in supporting epilepsy awareness and ending the stigma associated with epilepsy.

The Making of CMWYS

2006-08-22T19:41:00.000+02:00

CMWYS number #5 on TRL yesterday!

Watch 'The Making of the Video' CMWYS here!

Part 1

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E!E! avatars

2006-08-22T19:21:00.000+02:00

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andPOP article

2006-08-22T19:17:00.000+02:00

Evanescence went from being a little-known Little Rock, Arkansas act to one of the biggest rock bands in the world in 2003.

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"I kind of started over," Amy Lee, the lead singer of Evanescence, told andPOP at the MuchMusic Video Awards this summer. "I feel really good and purified right now."

(...)

"It's really important not to base success on album sales and money," she said. "I love what I do and I love my record and I love my first record and that's what matters."

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EV karaoke

2006-08-21T20:53:00.000+02:00

All vid's from youtube, enjoy!

Bring Me To Life

Going Under

My Immortal

Haunted

Call Me When You're Sober (with new promo pic)

TRL - vote now!

2006-08-21T20:34:00.000+02:00

VOTE for Evanescence 'CMWYS' on MTV 'TRL' now!

'CMWYS' Keybord Chord

2006-08-21T19:50:00.000+02:00

Wanne play exactly like Evanescence? Guitar & Keybord Chords for Call Me When You're Sober... right here!

{Rit}
Ebm
Don?t cry to me
B Ebm D
If you loved me, you would be here with me
F# D
You want me, come find me
F# Bm F#
Make up your mind ... (full chords here)

Amy Lee devastated...

2006-08-21T19:38:00.000+02:00

EVANESCENCE frontwoman Amy Lee was so devastated by her former Seether star boyfriend's descent into substance abuse, she wrote 'Call Me When You're Sober' to vent her frustration. The singer, whose ex love Shuan Morgan went into rehab to kick his spiralling addictions July 06, never spoke directly about her inner pain, preferring to expose her anger in song. She tells MTV News (August06), "I think it's impossible to hide how obvious it is. "The day our single hit the airwaves, my ex-boyfriend said he was going into rehab and cancelled their tour. "I haven't ever said right out who it was about, but it's about the big relationship I was in, and the whole breakup, which was really long. "I was trying to be kind of discreet about it, and then he totally came out and said he was going to rehab. It was shocking to me."
FROM LINK

'Cmwys' on MTV

2006-08-20T14:52:00.000+02:00

CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR 'Call Me When You're Sober' ON MTV's TRL!

LYRICS FOR 'CMWYS' AND A FEW FAN REVIEWS, HERE!

WATCH/DOWNLOAD THE 'CMWYS' VIDEO HERE

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'CMWYS' review

2006-08-20T14:35:00.000+02:00

Guide Review - Evanescence - Call Me When You're Sober

There are plenty of Evanescence fans out there that have been waiting impatiently for something new, and "Call Me When You're Sober" should do the trick. There's a bit more zip in tempo than some of the past Evanescence favorites, but otherwise little has changed. Amy Lee's throaty voice soars over crunchy power chords that give way to quiet, contemplative moments.

Rock has diminished significantly in recent years as a presence on pop radio. (...) It will be a good thing for pop radio diversity to add Evanescence back into the fold.

"Call Me When You're Sober" is the first single from the upcoming album The Open Door. The band has also recently announced they will be hitting the road to promote the album in concert. "Call Me When You're Sober" may not be a #1 smash, but look for it in the top 10 in weeks to come, and, perhaps, it may pull some more rock music onto pop playlists in its wake.

FULL ARTICLE HERE

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EV fall 2006 concert tour dates

2006-08-20T14:33:00.000+02:00

Evanescence are heading out on a fall 2006 concert tour in support of the album The Open Door. The album features the hit single ‘Call Me When You’re Sober’

Dates, Cities, and Venues:
Oct. 5, 2006: Toronto, ON (Kool Haus)
Oct. 6, 2006: Montreal, QC (Metropolis)
Oct. 7, 2006: Boston, MA (Avalon)
Oct. 9, 2006: New York, NY (Hammerstein Ballroom)
Oct. 10, 2006: Philadelphia, PA (Electric Factory)
Oct. 11, 2006: Washington, DC (9:30 Club)
Oct. 13, 2006: Detroit, MI (State Theatre)
Oct. 14, 2006: Milwuakee, WI (The Rave/Eagles Club)
Oct. 15, 2006: Minneapolis, MN (Quest Club)
Oct. 17, 2006: Chicago, IL (Riviera Theatre)
Oct. 21, 2006: Dallas, TX (McFarlin Auditorium)
Oct. 22, 2006: Houston, TX (Verizon Wireless Theater)
Oct. 24, 2006: Denver, CO (Paramount Theatre)
Oct. 25, 2006: Salt Lake City, UT (In the Venue)
Oct. 27, 2006: Phoenix, AZ (Celebrity Theatre)
Oct. 28, 2006: Los Angeles, CA (The Wiltern LG)
Oct. 29, 2006: San Francisco, CA (Warfield Theatre)

Japan TV-character dead ringer for Amy

2006-08-20T14:24:00.000+02:00

The word “utopia” means a place of utter perfection, but some utopias are simply a little bit of beauty stretched over a whole lot of ugly.Welcome to the limiting confines of a walled-up city called Romdeau, where people live in wayward bliss and toss away meaningless things like feelings or long-lasting relationships. Consumerism is running riot, and androids called “autoraves” are at humans’ every beck and call. This seeming paradise is thrown out of kilter when creatures known under the group moniker of “Proxy” start dismembering, slicing and dicing the people they encounter—which is decidedly not perfect.Hot on the chase of these killers is Real Mayar, the beautiful be-gothed detective (and dead ringer for Evanescence lead singer Amy Lee) and her autorave partner Iggy, but there’s more happening here than a spate of senseless killings—there’s the developing, disparate nature of the mysterious Proxy, Romdeau’s dark past, and the mystery of the world outside the city’s walls. War, conspiracies, murder, death, mayhem and what not are all par for the course in the troubling journey that is Ergo Proxy…

“It’s the image and the storyline, both of which are focused on psychological suspense, a nice slice of action, and an accompanying sense of wonder,” suggests producer Akio Matsuda. “For example, there are the Proxy characters—there are many, not just one—and their fighting styles are completely different. And the action isn’t just a physical confrontation; it’s a psychological one in which there remain many unanswered questions.”If “Ergo Proxy” isn’t one of your most hotly anticipated TV series of the year, you need to take a good look inside yourself and ask why not. It’s not only the newest show from Studio manglobe, whose last outing, “Samurai Champloo”, rocked both Japan and America. It’s not just directed by Shukou Murase, who helped conceive and direct “Champloo” and “Witch Hunter Robin”, whose titular character Ergo Proxy protagonist Real resembles (but more stylish and bad-ass). And it’s not even that the storyline, penned by the legendary Dai Sato—the man behind titles like “Wolf’s Rain”, “Eureka 7”, and much of “Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex”, not to mention the recent movie version of “Casshern”—is a killer.It’s that, like manglobe’s “Champloo”, “Ergo Proxy” is trying to break new ground in anime. This is an anime series unafraid to employ a wider plethora of the color palette, bordering at times on the overtly gothic and visually noir.“There are many reasons why the series is cool,” producer Akio Matsuda asserts. “There’s a solid, stoic central character, excellent animation and layout, the darker hues and contrasts, and one very, very superb plot.” There are claustrophobic interiors, gritty and nightmarish action sequences, and an artificial beauty that at times lights up the walled city—think a futuristic sci-fi locale distorted with a hardboiled/noir vision, reminiscent of classic flicks like “Blade Runner”.“The original production company, manglobe, suggested a collaborative plan when we had talks,” Matsuda adds. “When I saw the illustrations by [the director] Shukou Murase, I was extremely excited. I could feel the splendor of the imagery, the potential of this concept, and the way in which it’s so different from other anime. I was keen!”

Then there’s the innovative animation itself. “We put a lot of effort into the animation—not just the characters, but the layout, background art and the visual effects,” stresses Matsuda. This includes the music, which includes “Paranoid Android,” by renowned Grammy Award-winning British rockers Radiohead. as its closing theme. Since “Ergo Proxy” debuted this past February, the show has been broadcast in Japan in High Definition with 5.1 surround sound; it’s a level of sensory sophistication that’s new, unusual for anime and downright stunning.With all this going for it, it’s no surprise that Geneon USA was willing to help produce it—and plans to release the show in America this November. With so many great elements, “Ergo Proxy” seems in its own state of perfection.

FULL ARTICLE HERE

Welcome!

2006-08-20T12:26:00.000+02:00

Welcome to X-Clusive! Evanescence! Not a fansite, but rather a source for everything Evanescence! A site to find breaking news, current events, the latest headlines, new photos, analysis & opinion on top Evanescence stories! E!E! (Exclusive Evanescence) is updated daily!

The band's second album, The Open Door (see album-teaser above), is slated for an Oct. 3 release from Wind-Up Records.