Ben Moody’s new band, We Are The Fallen, boasts a big-voiced female singer, sweeping choruses and lush rock orchestras. Love is a deep, dramatic ocean in every song. “But this is not,” Moody insists, “Evanescence 2.0.” “We never intended to give that impression. But it’s the entire lineup, minus the singer. It’s obvious that there are going to be a (expletive) ton of comparisons,” he says. “We would be naive to think that we would escape that. I just came into this world with something to do. And this is it.” Indeed, Moody calls We Are The Fallen the band he’s “always wanted” to be in — a big statement after his success as part of Evanescence, whose 2003 debut album, Fallen, sold more than 15 million copies worldwide. Moody left the band that same year (citing the well-worn creative differences) and went on to write and produce big hits for Kelly Clarkson, Daughtry and Celine Dion. We Are The Fallen came together less than a year ago and includes former Evanescence guitarist John LeCompt and drummer Rocky Gray, along with bassist Marty O’Brien (Static-X, Disturbed). “When you realize after trying many, many things that you do this one thing better than everything else you do, you might as well get your head out of your ass and stick to it,” Moody says. “We feel like we’re part of something bigger than ourselves.”

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But the show was not over with yet as two acts remained – one being a total rip-off of Evanescence called We Are the Fallen. When it came down to such tunes as “Bury Me Alive,” the song sounded like Evanescence’s classic “Going Under.” It’s no wonder the two bands sounded identical: believe it or not, former members of Evanescence have joined forces with this new venture. Their set, which was the longest out of the two previous bands, lasted a 30 solid minutes. We Are the Fallen decided to end their night with two songs, a cover version of Iron Maidens hit “Flight of Icarus”and yet another copy-cat tune titled, “Without You”, which sounded a lot like Evanescence’s song “Call Me When You’re Sober.”

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Lead single “Bring Me to Life” was a crossover smash that peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, and “Fallen” sold 3.4 million copies in the United States alone that year, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
But by the time the rock act collected two Grammy Awards in March 2004, guitarist Moody had quit, his friendship and professional relationship with singer/pianist Lee in tatters for reasons never made entirely clear. She moved forward with Evanescence, and for the next six years he worked as an in-demand songwriter for such pop stars as Kelly Clarkson and Celine Dion.
But Moody wasn’t ready to give up on playing live. Last year Steve Karas, his former publicist at Wind-up Records, the label that released “Fallen,” half-jokingly advised him to “get the band back together.” Since Moody’s departure, John LeCompt and drummer Rocky Gray had also left Evanescence, and he recruited them for a new project, along with “American Idol” season-seven finalist Carly Smithson and bassist Marty O’Brien. The venture born out of a wisecrack, We Are the Fallen, is getting ready to release its debut, “Tear the World Down,” May 11 on Universal Republic. … read more »

John LeCompt (guitar) “American Idol” powerhouse vocalist Carly Smithson of We Are The Fallen popped into the Kerrang! magazine office on Monday, March 22 to talk about their upcoming album, “Tear The World Down”, and their debut gig in London.
We Are The Fallen was officially unveiled during a press conference on June 22, 2009 in Hollywood, California. The group also performed a two-song set consisting of “Bury Me Alive”, and a rendition of Evanescence’s “Going Under”.
Smithson doesn’t see herself as replacing Evanescence singer Amy Lee. “Amy let the boys go,” she told USA Today. “We just started a new band, called The Fallen. It’s got really nothing to do with Evanescence.” We Are The Fallen initially may perform a few Evanescence songs live, she said, “but we’re pretty much focused on new music. You have an amazing writing team here, and amazing musicians.”
“Our voices are completely different,” she said of Lee. “This music is, obviously, the players from Evanescence, but Marty’s bringing a different flavor from what he does. I’m bringing a different flavor from what I do, and Ben has completely explored many different genres over the last few years. It’s not Evanescence anymore. It’s huge. It’s big, big, big songs that I can wail my ass off on, because that’s what I love to do.”

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Evanescence frontwoman Amy Lee has told US magazine Billboard that she “doesn’t have an opinion” on We Are The Fallen, the new band featuring former Evanescence guitarists Ben Moody and John LeCompt, drummer Rocky Gray, ex-Disturbed bassist Marty O’Brien and former American Idol contestant Carly Smithson. “It just doesn’t have anything to do with me or Evanescence,” said Lee. “The only thing that bothers me about it, really, is I keep hearing about ‘the original members.’ The only original members of Evanescence [were] me and Ben; John and Rocky came into the band after we’d already recorded [Evanescence's 2003 debut album] Fallen, so there’s a lot of years that didn’t include anybody but Ben and I. Other than that, I don’t have an opinion or anything to say about [them].” When asked about her band’s upcoming, third studio album ,Lee says it’s set to be the best Evanescence album yet. “I know that seems weird to say, but I wouldn’t be here in the studio making another record if I didn’t think it was going to be better than anything I’ve ever done,” she said. “I feel like so much has already happened. I don’t even know where to begin to try to describe it ’cause it’s just so many things at once. I’m really excited! When asked about the musical direction of album, Lee said it will sound like Evanescence, but will also incorporate some more leftfield influnces. “It wouldn’t be an Evanescence album if it didn’t sound somewhat like Evanescence,” she added. “I feel like our band has always had programming and inspirations from Bjork and Depeche Mode and Massive Attack and that kind of thing. It’s not like we’re making one of those records; it’s just, like, that is playing a bigger role in the sound of Evanescence this time. Those little nuances and hints come in in ways that are cool. The sound that we’re going for as a group is to fuse synthetic instruments with organic instruments and create something that sounds like a whole new place. It just sounds larger than life.” Evanescence’s as-yet-untitled third album will be released in the summer through Virgin.
Source: Kerrang.com & EvanescenceVille