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12 Stones - Lead singer Paul McCoy is featured in the Grammy winning song for Best Hard Rock Performance in Bring Me to Life. Wind-up Artists who released second album Potter's Field in August 2004.

50 Cent (real name: Curtis Jackson) - Interrupted Evanescence’s victory speech at the 2004 Grammy Awards by walking and posing on the stage as they won Best New Artist. Amy Lee calls what 50 Cent did a “Zoolander moment”. Not an Evanescence member. It should be noted that Ben Moody and Amy Lee played “PIMP” during their Reality Radio show on Z100. It should also be noted that they performed a date together after the MTV Video Music Awards in Morrison, Colorado.

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After Midnight - Unauthorized DVD scheduled for release fall 2004. The DVD is rumored to have outdated interviews with Amy and Ben.

Aguilera, Christina - Multiplatinum artist and a guilty pleasure for Amy Lee. Amy Lee does not appreciate her image, but on occasion sings along to Stripped to warm up for concerts.

Alone - A track rumored to have been recorded for the Resident Evil 2 soundtrack turned out to be a hoax report. According to the hoax report, Avril Lavigne, Dido, and Evanescence were to have songs on the soundtrack and either Dido or Evanescence would have the lead single for the soundtrack. The soundtrack features Lacuna Coil, Killswitch Engage and The Used.

Anything For You

Anywhere

Anywhere But Home - The title of the official Evanescence DVD. To be released worldwide on November 22nd and in the US on November 23rd. The DVD is supposed to feature footage from Paris and Ev's show at the Zenith on May 25, 2004.

From Billboard.com Quote: Evanescence fans will have something to celebrate on Nov. 23, when Wind-Up unveils the CD/DVD "Anywhere But Home." The release chronicles a May 25 show at Paris' Le Zenith, with the DVD portion directed by Hamish Hamilton (Madonna, U2). Audio versions of the live tracks are featured on the accompanying CD, as is the previously unreleased studio recording of "Missing."

"Anywhere But Home" blends such hits as "Bring Me To Life," "My Immortal" and "Going Under" with lesser-known tracks such as "My Last Breath" and "Imaginary" from Evanescence's smash 2003 debut, "Fallen," plus a cover of Korn's "Thoughtless."

The DVD portion is loaded with extra content, including videos for "My Immortal," "Going Under," "Bring Me To Life" and "Everybody's Fool," an hour's worth of behind-the-scenes footage and surprises hidden within the navigation menus.

Appearances - There have been plenty of appearances of Ev-related music on many different television shows and some movies.

Here is a list of most of their appearances:

Bring Me to Life - 2003 WWE No Way Out, Without A Trace (CBS), CSI:Miami (CBS), Tru Calling trailers (FOX), Mitsubishi commercial, Triple Crown Horse Racing, Daredevil My Immortal - Friends promos leading up to the series finale, WWE Tribute to Fallen Superstars 2003, Daredevil, Smallville (WB) Going Under - NBA Basketball (ABC), Chinese men’s gymnastics montage (NBC), The Grid (TNT), LAX (NBC), Enter the Matrix video game. Hello - All My Children (ABC) Taking Over Me - Making the Band (MTV) Imaginary - The Village trailer Everybody’s Fool - The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC) Whisper - The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC) Broken - The Punisher

Ascension of the Spirit

Awards - Evanescence is no stranger to winning. Here is a semi complete list of every award Evanescence has won to date (includes nominations)

Away From Me

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Balsamo, Terry - Full-time Evanescence member as of December 2003. Previously a member of Cold and Limp Bizkit. Credited with writing songs on Cold’s Year of the Spider.

Before the Dawn

Big Dismal - Collaborated with Amy Lee on Missing You on Big Dismal’s debut album “Believe”. Missing You is Track #6 on Believe and had not been released as a single.

Big Wig Enterprises - Mostly a label featuring punk bands, Evanescence’s label before they signed to Wind-up Records.

Bleed

Boyd Esquire III, William James - The bass guitarist of Evanescence. Became full time member in June 2003. Known for writing a part of October and So Close. Spent stints with local Little Rock punk bands such as the Visitors and Lucky Father Brown. Also happens to be a champion beer bottle opener.

Breathe - One of two collaborations between David Hodges and Amy Lee. Breathe is actually a very well known inspirational song. Recorded in 2000 for The Summit Church’s Summit Worship CD now out of print.

Breathe No More

Bring Me to Life

Broken - Collaboration between Seether and lead singer Amy Lee. Amy Lee co-produced the string arrangement with Double G. Broken was written years before Shaun Morgan met Amy Lee. When Seether was making Disclaimer in 2002, the band wanted Amy Lee to collaborate before the world ever knew about Evanescence. The label balked at the idea until two years later when the Punisher’s soundtrack was compiled.

The video for the song is a live performance video filmed in an abandoned area of the Lancaster Desert in California. The video was filmed in mid-March 2004. The director was Nigel Dick, who is also known for directing the MTV Video Music Award winner “Hero”. There used to be a crystal meth lab there, before it blew up twice. They filmed the video on the scene as it was. This is the second single off of the Punisher soundtrack (Drowning Pool’s Step Up was the first) and the first single off of Seether’s remixed Disclaimer II.

Commercial Release: July 20, 2004

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Call Me When You're Sober

Catherine - Recorded, but unreleased to the public. One of the only joint writing efforts ever put together by Amy Lee, Ben Moody, and David Hodges. Originally intended to be put on Origin and performed live a few known times in Little Rock, the song never saw the light of day.

Cartoon Network Song, The - See the thread for more info. Amy Lee recorded the song live marking the first time Amy played with an acoustic guitar.

Chapen, Chad - According to a Ben Moody interview in 1998, he co-produced what became the first Evanescence EP.

Childish Intentions - OMG, they suck! In all honesty it was one of the first names that the band decided to choose before they looked in a dictionary. They have never recorded anything under this name or their other name, Stricken.

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe - Lead singer Amy Lee had been asked to work on the second soundtrack released by the movie, however, had been turned down when asked to change the style of music on the record. Her work had been replaced with the work that Alanis Morrissette did for the album.

Cold - Former band of current Evanescence guitarist Terry Balsamo. Amy Lee formally apologized to the band and their fans on the Cold message board and the Evboard in January after making comments referring to Scooter Ward’s health and the band’s future. The band (along with Revis, Cauterize, and Finger Eleven) toured with Evanescence during the Nintendo Fusion Tour.

Cologne, Live in - A live set that the commercial singles for My Immortal and Everybody’s Fool have been used for. Three performances from Live in Cologne (My Immortal, Imaginary, and Whisper) can be found here: Modem: http://www.sonymusiceurope.com/cgi-b...0000009121.wmv

ISDN: http://www.sonymusiceurope.com/cgi-b...0000009122.wmv

Cable: http://www.sonymusiceurope.com/cgi-b...0000009123.wmv

Covers - Original songs recorded by other artists, but performed by a different artist.

In the case of Evanescence, here is a list of covers that they have performed: Blue Oyster Cult-Don't Fear the Reaper Live-The Dolphin's Cry Nirvana-Heart Shaped Box Metallica-One and Enter Sandman A Perfect Circle-Orestes Stone Temple Pilots-Sex Type Thing The Offspring-Self Esteem Korn-Thoughtless Smashing Pumpkins-Zero Soundgarden-Fourth of July Garbage-Only Happy When it Rains Soul Embraced-My Tourniquet (yes, it counts)

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Demise - See Eternal

DiCosmo, Francisco - Played the bass guitar on Fallen.

Dolphins Cry, The - Cover of the Live song from 1999's The Distance to Here album. Performed at a Little Rock show on February 3rd, 2001. There is a minute and a half videoclip that features a part of the song being played. The importance of the clip is that it is the first publically displayed videoclip to ever feature a performance with David Hodges in it.

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Efanar - One of the most memorable posters on the Evboard ever. The highlight of his Evboard stay was the "How Big Are Your Boobs?" Thread. Won the admiration of all of the best looking ladies on the Evboard. He lurks occasionally, but will be missed by all who remembers his posts.

End Has Come, The - Track provided by former Evanescence guitarist Ben Moody on the Punisher Soundtrack. Ben Moody plays guitar, Lance Garvin, former drummer of Living Sacrifice plays the drums, and Jason Miller (lead singer of Godhead) and Jason “Gong” Jones (lead singer of Drowning Pool) provide the vocals.

Equipment - Evanescence uses various types of instruments and such live.

Ben used Jackson guitars. John LeCompt uses Esp. Ltd. guitars. Terry uses Ibanez guitars. John, Ben, and Terrry use Line 6 guitar amps. In addition, Wah pedals have a heavy presence on most of Fallen's songs.

Eternal

Evanescence - 1. Disappearance like a vapor. 2. The name that Amy and Ben decided to call themselves after looking in a dictionary and finding the original definition of evanescence. Evanescence has become a household name. 3. The name of the EP of the very first collection of Evanescence songs officially released in 1998. Features early versions of Where Will You Go, Imaginary, and Understanding. Also features the first song ever written for the band, Solitude. 100 copies of the EP were sold and sold out after an early performance by the band. 4. The name of a lesser-known album by a band called Scorn. Many confuse the Scorn album, with Evanescence’s works. Among the works of Scorn: Silver Rain Fell, Exodus, Night Tide and Falling.

Evboard, The - You're on it. There have been a couple of versions of the board that date back as early as 1999. Now features about 14,000 members. In July 2003, this site featured just a little over 3,500.

Even in Death

Everybody’s Fool

Exodus

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Fake - Meant to describe something that doesn't actually exist. Generally refers to Evanescence music compilations released by independent companies. Examples of fakes include Not For Your Ears, Le Nouveau Gothique, Ultra Rare Trax Volumes 1, 2, & 3, etc.

Fall Into You - The first vocal collaboration between David Hodges and Amy Lee. Recorded in 2000 for Musical Demonstrations Pt. 1 now out of print.

Fallen - Amy Lee is quoted to have said, “We've all fallen, but at the same time we're not broken. There is the hint that we are going to get up again.” This is one of the reasons that Fallen is called what it is. Ben Moody in an interview said that Fallen was made to let people know that they aren’t alone when they feel alone or feel pain. Fallen has sold well over 12 million copies worldwide and about 5 and a half million in the US alone. The album debuted at #7 and has not fallen below #39 to date on the Billboard Album Chart. The album stayed in the top 10 for 43 non-consecutive weeks. Released March 4th, 2003. The CD was re-released in January 2004 with the band version of My Immortal. Fallen was Grammy nominated for Album of the Year in 2004.

Farther Away

Field of Innocence

Fight the Power - A project that was apparently made between Ben Moody and an unnamed rapper that was supposed to appear on Resident Evil 2's soundtrack.

Fitzhugh, Bruce - Lead singer of Living Sacrifice who did the male vocals on Origin’s Lies.

Forever Gone, Forever You

Forgive Me

Fortman, Dave - Known for producing Fallen. Has also produced albums for 12 Stones, Atomship, Boysetsfire, Superjoint Ritual, and Ugly Kid Joe.

Fourth of July - Originally recorded by Soundgarden for the classic grunge album Superunknown, released in March 1994 became revived as a cover at Evanescence’s live shows during the winter of 2003/04.

Freese, Josh - Played the drums on Fallen. Full-time member of A Perfect Circle and the Vandals. Has played the drums for albums from Clay Aiken, Anastacia, Tracy Bonham, Meredith Brooks, The Calling, Kelly Clarkson, Chris Cornell, Good Charlotte, Indigo Girls, Avril Lavigne, O-Town, The Offspring, Puddle of Mudd, Seether, Suicidal Tendencies, 3 Doors Down, Ween, Rob Zombie, and countless soundtracks.

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Give Unto Me

Going Under

Good Enough

Goodnight

Gray, Rocky - The current drummer of Evanescence. Former lead guitarist of Soul Embraced and Killsystem. Worked with John LeCompt when LeCompt was a lead singer in Killsystem. Also worked with LeCompt when LeCompt laid vocals on “Seems Like Forever” for Soul Embraced’s Immune album. Credited for writing the original version of Tourniquet for Soul Embraced and revamping Tourniquet on Fallen.

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Haunted

Heart Shaped Box - Classic grunge-era song recorded originally by Nirvana on In Utero in 1993, covered by Evanescence at live shows early in 2003 and an acoustic performance of which shows up on the Going Under single. The acoustic performance of this song was recorded at WXDX, an alternative station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which occasionally still plays the acoustic performance.

Hello

Hodges, David - Former keyboarder/piano player of Evanescence. Joined in 2000 and left in December 2002, just 4 months before Fallen was released. Responsible for most of the string arrangements on Fallen. Collaborated with Amy Lee on Breathe and Fall Into You. Currently in the band Trading Yesterday. Trading Yesterday released The Beauty and The Tragedy in June 2004. Trading Yesterday was signed to Epic Records in the summer of 2004 ready to release their debut major label album in 2005. Hodges is currently dating the original American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson. It is rumored that Hodges co-wrote 3 songs on Clarkson's new album which is scheduled for release on Nov. 30th, 2004.

the honest thief - Power abuser. Has an appearance in Playboy magazine. One of the coolest posters on the Evboard.

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Imaginary

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Juanita’s Restaurant - Mexican restaurant/club that featured Evanescence for their Fallen party on January 13th, 2003. It was there were they performed a breathtaking rendition of A Perfect Circle’s Orestes to finish their acoustic set.

Jones, Jason - Managed, developed and co-produced Evanescence’s early work for 2 years. Co-Procucer of both of Ev's EPs, the first one is noted, the second one is not. It also was recorded and paid for by Jason Jones and Ben and recorded on Jason's equipment. He is also the one that came up with the name "Origin". Long time friend of Ben Moody. He is responsible for introducing Ben & David to eachother. He is currently with Hap Hazard, PR/Promotion Manager www.haphazardmusic.com

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Kidz Bop Kidz, The - Have released 7 compilations featuring kids singing contemporary and oldies tunes. Bring Me to Life was covered for Kidz Bop 4 and most recently My Immortal was covered in Kidz Bop 6.

Killsystem - John LeCompt and Rocky Gray’s band released a self-titled album in 2002. Chad Moore (lead vocalist of Soul Embraced) was a bassist and Lance Garvin was the drummer.

KLEC-FM - First station in the Little Rock market and the country to play Evanescence songs. Format switched to oldies in late May 2004.

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Lacuna Coil - Italian band formed in 1996 and led by Cristina Scabbia and Andrea Ferro. Evanescence is constantly compared to this band. Their first EP was released in 1998. Their most recent release came on April 4, 2006 with Karmacode. The album features the singles "Our Truth" and "Closer" and features a cover of Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence." Ms. Scabbia is rumored to be a member on the Evboard. More info can be found on: www.emptyspiral.net

Last Song I'm Wasting On You, The - A song that Amy mentioned in an interview. Refuses to say who it's dedicated to. No word on whether this title would be used. No word on whether it will be on the next album.

LeCompt, John - Evanescence guitarist since 2002. Credited for writing Forever Gone, Forever You and Taking Over Me. Performs Paul McCoy’s part in Bring Me to Life during live shows. Provided vocals and guitar for Mindrage from 1998-2001. Killsystem vocalist/guitarist in 2002. Featured vocalist in Soul Embraced’s “Feels Like Forever” in early 2003. Collaborated with his brother Jimmy in a project called Burnt Offerings. The song they are known for doing together is called “Free But Hollow”. Voted by Evboarders as the sexiest male member past or present.

LeCompt, Jimmy - Brother of John. See LeCompt, John.

Lee, Amy Lynn - Co-founder and lead singer of Evanescence. Born in California on December 13, 1981, moved to West Palm Beach, Florida, Rockford, Illinois and finally stopped in Little Rock, Arkansas. Responsible for many of Evanescence’s hard hitting lyrics.

Collaborator on many projects, such as the Underworld project with Maynard James Keenan, lead singer of Tool and A Perfect Circle (scrapped) The Punisher Soundtrack’s Broken with Seether (where she also co-produced the string arrangement), Big Dismal’s Missing You, and David Hodges’ Breathe and Fall Into You.

John Lee, her father, is a well-known radio DJ on "The River" in Little Rock. Amy provides the image for the band and does most of the interviews. Ben Moody discovered Amy Lee’s voice in summer camp in 1994 when she performed Meatloaf’s I Would Do Anything For Love. After that, the rest is history. She is currently one of the most popular and sought after voices in music today. It is rumored that she can dance quite well in a monkey suit.

Lies

Linkin Park - Multiplatinum band who Evanescence has been compared to in terms of sound especially for Evanescence’s first hit single “Bring Me to Life”.

Listen to the Rain

Little Rock, Arkansas - The birthplace of Evanescence and the location of a thriving hardcore scene which featured Mindrage and Kill System and now features bands such as Dean Heathen and Between the Second.

Living Sacrifice - Rocky Gray joined the band in the summer of 1998 playing the guitar according to Living Sacrifice's website. He joined the band for The Hammering Process (released in 2000) and Conceived in Fire (released in 2002)

Lucky Father Brown - Band that Will Boyd was in before joining Evanescence.