• Amy Lee Interview (The Gauntlet)

October 30th, 2008 With the instant success of the band’s debut album, Fallen, Evanescence has become one of this generations biggest rock sensations. The band later went on to release the multi-platinum The Open Door. After extensive touring on the album, front woman Amy Lee arranged and recorded the Danny Elfman song “Sally’s Song” for the “Nightmare Revisited” soundtrack. The Gauntlet recently caught up with Amy Lee to discuss the album, music, and her thoughts. The Gauntlet: What’s new with you? Amy Lee: Everything is good. I have been in New York for four days now since all the ‘Nightmare’ stuff in LA. The Gauntlet: When you say ‘nightmare’ are you referring to the week in LA was a nightmare or you were here just promoting the Nightmare Revisited album? Amy: [laughs] No, it was for the soundtrack. The Gauntlet: So it all went well? Amy: It was awesome. I think last week might have been the best week of my life if not one of the best of my life. There was a lot of stuff surrounding it. Leno went well but there were a lot of other things. I got to meet Danny Elfman and he is my hero. He was super gracious and awesome to me and invited me over to his house which was incredible. I also did the performance at the El Capitan which was a night in honor of Danny [Elfman]. As part of that, I got to play the song he had written many years ago. It was so awesome to see those worlds collide a little bit because of the movie and Danny Elfman having such an impact on my life. To do that homage and to not do it horribly was really, really great. Oh, and I went to Disneyland. Posted in Evanescence News | No Comments »

• Nightmare Screen Caps

October 28th, 2008 Thanks to Evanescencewebsite for these screen captures of Amy Lee on Jay Leno. Preforming Sally’s Song. Enjoy! Tags: Gallery Posted in Gallery | 1 Comment »

• Out of The Shadows

October 21st, 2008 I added the Out of The Shadows Commercial to the media archive. Enjoy! Posted in Media | No Comments »

• Ev Media Contest

October 19th, 2008 Amy-l.net is having a media contest. Make a video no larger then 30mb, it must be original and your own work. Be creative. It also must feature Evanescence. When done upload your video to the Media Section under that Catagory Fan Videos. Click here for Complete rules. Posted in Site Updates | No Comments »

• Evanescence’s Amy Lee: “It’s Not All Sad” (Spin.com)

October 18th, 2008 The singer chats with SPIN.com about her band’s infighting, a new solo album, scoring films, and more. With Nightmare Revisited, Evanescence’s Amy Lee has released her first new material since her band’s 2006 multi-platinum hit, The Open Door. Add that to the departure of two Evanescence members and Lee’s ever-growing musical independence, and the songstress has some explaining to do. Lee, who is busy writing new material, talks with SPIN.com about the messy split of Evanescence’s guitarist John LeCompt and drummer Rocky Gray, writing a solo album, scoring films, and “Sally’s Song,” her contribution to Nightmare Revisited, the new collection of covers from Tim Burton’s 1993 film, The Nightmare Before Christmas. On the state of Evanescence: “It’s a difficult situation, as is every dramatic situation our band has gone through. John [LeCompt, guitar], Rocky [Gray, drums] — we outgrew each other. When they joined the band, Fallen was just completed and they were excited to be a part of something really big. From the beginning, their musical styles were very different from Evanescence. I think to a degree they got bored or frustrated. They weren’t part of the creative process and were like, ‘Why are we doing this?’ Their writing just didn’t work for Evanescence, and I have to do what’s best for the band. I’ve had a little bit of contact with John since and it was positive. Very few bands have been able to maintain their original members forever.” On new songs and a solo album: “I need to show that I’m more than a one trick pony. I’m writing here at the house by myself and it’s been really good. But I’d really like to do something different next. [The new songs] are definitely different. I feel like I’m going back to my really old roots. They have more of my folky and Celtic influence than ever before. And it’s not all sad — it’s nothing I would categorize as Evanescence.” On scoring films: “My biggest dream from the beginning — besides Evanescence — is scoring film and writing music for film. And I’ve definitely had that in my head and have been trying to connect with the right people to get involved with the right project. I really feel like it would be great to get into a project that’s bigger than myself and be the creator and not necessarily just the performer.” On Nightmare Revisited: “The Nightmare Before Christmas is my number one biggest influence artistically in every way. [When I was young] I literally would sit in my bedroom and sing ‘Sally’s Song,’ or in the car driving to school. The best part about it [recording the song] was that I had no restrictions or direction or anything. I picked the producer, who’s a friend, and we just made the song however we wanted together. [We recorded the song] three months ago, in Fort Worth, TX.” By William Goodman Posted in Evanescence News | No Comments »

• Media Section

October 18th, 2008 The Media Section has been added to the site. You can visit it by Click Here! I also added Amy Lee on Leno. Posted in Media | No Comments »

• Win tickets to see Amy Lee perform live opening night of “The Nightmare Before Christmas”

October 11th, 2008 Win tickets to the sold out Opening Night of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas in Disney Digital 3-D at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on Friday, October 17th at 7pm! There will be a special LIVE performance by Amy Lee before the film! See the Halloween event of the season on the big screen in Disney Digital 3-D. Plus, the El Capitan Theatre will have a display featuring original sets and props from the making of the movie for the entire run of the film. Walt Disney Pictures Presents Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” in Disney Digital 3-D October 17 - October 23 - One Week Only! Showtimes*: 10:00, 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7:00, 9:15 FOR TICKETS, CALL 1-800-DISNEY6! TO ENTER You must be registered with imeem.com. If you are not already registered visit imeem.com to register for free. To enter: • visit www.imeem.com/evanescence • add Evanescence as a “Friend” • Post a comment on the Evanescence Imeem Profile page - We know you love evanescence, now tell us what makes Evanescence “Good Enough” for you. ** Please note that winner must manage their own transportation and accommodation to/from Hollywood, CA ** Get your copy of Nightmare Revisited here By submitting your comments on the Evanescence Imeem Profile you are agreeing to the terms specified in the Official Rules Thanks to MySpace.com/Evanescence Posted in Site Updates | No Comments »

• Is Limp Bizkit Coming Back To Life?

October 7th, 2008 Is Limp Bizkit on the verge of reforming? Although the band never officially broke up, it has been inactive for several years, with guitarist Wes Borland leaving for a second time and frontman Fred Durst pursuing a career as a film director. But Durst posted a message last week at the band’s MySpace page, writing, “Hello my dear family members. Yes, it has been a while. But a while worth the wait. It is getting very close to time to drop the Bizkit on the universe…I say this with the absolute best intentions and motivation. We, Limp Bizkit, are excited about the future for us and for you. LBF is the way. LBF is for life…Today is a very special day. Make a note of it.” If the band does reactivate itself, it’s unlikely that Borland would be involved. He has his own act, Black Light Burns, and recently joined Marilyn Manson’s touring lineup. The group has reportedly been rehearsing with Evanescence guitarist Terry Balsamo, who played with Limp Bizkit briefly in its early days in Jacksonville, Florida. Posted in Evanescence News | No Comments »