Th group have not released a record of purely new, original music in almost a full decade. Yesterday (Friday ), the group released their first record since releasing ‘Synthesis’ in 2017, an orchestral re-working of their previous work. ‘Fallen’ itself spent 43 weeks on the Billboard Top 10 and is one of the top-5 best selling albums of the 21 st century. With 2 GRAMMY awards under the band’s belt and 23 MILLION album sales worldwide, the impact of the group has been far-reaching. One of the albums that propelled my interest in music. Their 2003 album ‘Fallen’ was one of the most played records during my childhood. Her incredible and powerful vocals are one of the main features that draws audiences to the band. She was a leading voice in paving the way for more female representation in such a heavily male-dominated industry, and somebody hopeful women aspire to be like to this day. A centerpiece to the development of ‘emo’ culture.Īt the forefront of the band is powerhouse vocalist Amy Lee. It’s no doubt that Evanescence are a hugely defining part of the look and scene that permeated a lot of the early 2000’s. And who could forget the video with “ Raven the Acid Bath Princess of Darkness ” with Tara and Azer covering the band’s Going Under posted on the YouTube account xXbl0dykissxX in 2008, a video widely shared to this day (with ‘Raven’ recently reappearing on Tik Tok to explain the video’s origins). The widely referenced Harry Potter ‘My Immortal’ fanfiction (and the mystery around its author) has also attributed to the aesthetic that surrounded the band with the emo culture, fashion and characterization of the fan base that were assumed to enjoy the band. With Bring Me to Life coming back to relevance and re-entering the cultural ethos as a widely referenced meme as early as 2014, 11 years since the songs original release, with the “Wake me up (wake me up inside)” line being reimagined into a meme template. When thinking of the bands that shaped the early 2000’s ‘scene kid’ aesthetic, Evanescence will always spring to mind. The vocal melody of this song was applied to the verses of " Bring Me to Life", the lead single from Fallen.Words by Emily Hollitt I think that clears up everything or makes it worse who knows! hahaha :D" Okay then came the lovely Ben & Amy, they loved as John loved it so added a little Evie to it and there was the beginning of Forever You. He did all the music & all the lyrics, he played it all & sang it all! So pretty - hehehe. "John did write that song as a solo thing he did between the Mindrage split & joining up with Evanescence! (that let's you know how long ago that was -hehehe) And the original version (which I am now listening to because you guys are making me remember back when - hehehe) called C sharp was all john when he recorded on our home pc. An alternate look at the song describes John LeCompt’s secret addiction to Eggo waffles.Īccording to Shelly LeCompt, the title of this song is "Forever You," not "Forever Gone, Forever You." Originally, it was meant to be on Fallen, but never made the cut. According to John LeCompt, the original name of the song was "C Sharp", the guitar tuning of the song. " Forever You" is a demo song by Evanescence recorded during the 2001-2002 sessions in preparation for Fallen.
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