BREAKING THROUGH
The story of Evanescence so far
1995: Amy Lee and
Ben Moody form Evanescence after meeting at youth camp in Little Rock, Arkansas.
NOVEMBER 2000: The band release their first full-length demo, Origin, which they sell at shows.
JANUARY 2001: Wind-Up Records sign Evanescence after hearing the song My Immortal.
MARCH 2003: Evanescence’s debut album, Fallen, is released. It sells an incredible 141,000 copies in its first week, and eventually goes seven times platinum in the US.
APRIL 2003: Bring Me to Life, the lead single from Fallen, is a global hit and goes to Number One in the UK.
OCTOBER 2003: Guitarist and co-founder Ben Moody splits from the band, citing “creative differences” as the reason.
FEBRUARY 2004: Bring Me to Life wins the Grammy Award for ‘Best Hard Rock Performance’.
AUGUST 2006: Evanescence release the stunning Call Me When You’re Sober, written about Seether frontman Shaun Morgan.
SEPTEMBER 2006: Evanescence’s second album, The Open Door, is released and debuts at Number One in the Billboard 200 and Number Two in the UK charts.
MAY 2007: Drummer Rocky Gray and rhythm guitarist John LeCompt leave the band and join Ben Moody in We Are The Fallen.
JUNE 2008: Amy receives the Songwriter Icon Award from the National Music Publishers’ Association.
SEPTEMBER 2008: Amy sings Sally’s Song from The
Nightmare Before Christmas on covers compilation album Nightmare Revisited.
FEBRUARY 2010: Recording of third album Evanescence is paused as the band switch producers.
AUGUST 2011: The first single from Evanescence, What You
Want, is released to positive reviews.
OCTOBER 2011: Evanescence sees the light of day, reaching Number One in the US and Number Four in the UK.
JULY 2014: Amy Lee’s son, Jack Lion Hartzler, is born.
AUGUST 2014: Amy Lee and classical composer Dave Eggar release Aftermath, the score to independent film War Story.
SEPTEMBER 2015: Amy and Dave Eggar collaborate again on the film soundtrack Indigo Grey: The Passage.
SEPTEMBER 2016: Inspired by motherhood, Amy records an album for children called Dream Too Much.
NOVEMBER 2017:
Evanescence return with new album Synthesis. Turn to page 88 for our review...