“I stopped asking somebody to ‘save me,’” evanescence's band leader AmyLeeEV tells us — yes, she's quoting her iconic “Bring Me to Life” lyrics — “and started making changes for the better.” 💪
” piercing the airwaves. The throaty vocals and crushing guitar riffs help raise the single to number five on theHot 100 and secure its certified platinum status. So it’s almost hard to believe that nearly two decades ago that level of success seemed unattainable for the band.Marie Claire
She continues: “The biggest thing about us that was different, was that I’m female. The label insisted we had a male vocalist on the chorus of the song, to make it. I said ‘no,’ so they cut our funding, and I moved back in with my parents. I thought we were dropped.
But it’s been nine years since Evanescence has put out any new material. “I needed to just remember who I was,” she says. “We had been going hard. I was just ready for a new chapter of my life.” So she started one. During the band’s sabbatical, Lee ended up writing music for a handful of films—including 2014 drama—and recorded a children’s album featuring covers, as well as original songs. “I was really inspired to do something that didn’t sound like Evanescence,” Lee, now 38, recalls.
That perspective eventually evolved into something tangible: This year, the singer rallied the band back together. By February, Evanescence had a handful of songs ready to go. “We thought we were about to go on a big tour,” she recalls. The pandemic, of course, had other plans for the group.
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