Musical Groups from Arkansas - Evanescence, the Browns, Soophie Nun Squad, Spoken, Machina, Deas Vail, Trusty, Cate Brothers, Shake Ray Turbine (Paperback)

Chapters: Evanescence, the Browns, Soophie Nun Squad, Spoken, Machina, Deas Vail, Trusty, Cate Brothers, Shake Ray Turbine, American Princes, Heritage Connection, Jonah33, After the Tragedy, Chino Horde, Ho-Hum, Ilia, the Paper Hearts, Mourningside, Springgun. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 73. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Evanescence is an American rock band founded in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1995 by singer/pianist Amy Lee and guitarist Ben Moody. After recording private albums, the band released their first full-length album, Fallen, on Wind-up Records in 2003. Fallen sold more than 15 million copies worldwide and helped the band win two Grammy Awards. A year later, Evanescence released their first live album, Anywhere but Home, which sold more than one million copies worldwide. In 2006, the band released their second studio album, The Open Door, which sold more than five million copies. The line-up of the band has changed several times: David Hodges leaving in 2002, co-founder Moody left in 2003 (mid-tour), bassist Will Boyd in 2006, followed by guitarist John LeCompt and drummer Rocky Gray in 2007. The last two changes led to a hiatus, with temporary band members contributing to tour performances. In June 2009, it was announced on the Evanescence website that the band was working on new material for a third studio album for release in the second half of 2010. Evanescence was founded by singer, pianist and songwriter Amy Lee and former lead guitarist and songwriter Ben Moody. The two met in 1994 at a youth camp in Little Rock, where Moody heard Lee playing "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" by Meat Loaf on the piano. Their first songs together were "Solitude" and "Give Unto Me," both written by Lee, and "Understanding" and "My Immortal," both written by Mood...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=22527