Evanescence Looses Ben Moody

[rAinbow fAn]

'Evanescence co-founder and guitarist Ben Moody unexpectedly dropped off the band's current European tour. Following an October 21st date in Stockholm, Moody did not join the group for a string of four dates in Germany.
A spokesperson for the goth rock band's label, Wind-Up, would only confirm that "Ben is not currently on the tour," but would not elaborate on why the guitarist is not performing with the band he co-founded with twenty-year-old singer Amy Lee in Little Rock, Arkansas when the pair were in their early teens.

Evanescence is still performing as a quintet, but the spokesperson declined to name Moody's temporary replacement and said he could not comment on whether Moody will rejoin the band when they kick off an upcoming slate of U.S. dates on November 21st with a gig at Rillito Park in Tucson, Arizona. That tour is scheduled to run into mid-December, with the band playing Australia and Japan in January.

England's Rock Sound magazine reported that Moody flew home without speaking to his band mates on a day off during the German dates. Lee told the magazine, "You don't do that to your band. You wouldn't do that to your friends or your family. You don't do that to anyone."

Evanescence has been on a non-stop blitz of U.S. and European tour dates since its multi-platinum major-label debut, Fallen, was released in March. The group was forced to cancel a number of shows in Germany in June when Moody fell ill during a gig in Spain, reportedly suffering from dehydration. The current European dates, which continue this week with a string of performances in England, are the first the band has ever played without Moody'

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When paper_doll told me this, I was pretty upset considering both of them have known each other for so long, I hope everything works out

Rillito Park in Tucson, Arizona. !! damn, that sucks >< theyre one of my favorite bands >< i hope things go well.

[MTRLevolution]

evanescence really isn't my kind of band. they're alright, but they got old real quick for some reason.

Originally posted by MTRLevolution
evanescence really isn't my kind of band. they're alright, but they got old real quick for some reason.

Probly 'cause they play Bring me to Life over and over and over and over >< I never listen to that song. Got tired of it. I still like em tho.

[MTRLevolution]

Originally posted by yvette2687
Probly 'cause they play Bring me to Life over and over and over and over >< I never listen to that song. Got tired of it. I still like em tho.

yeah, that song started to piss me off. lol. there's a few songs on that cd that i could still listen too. but for the most part, i feel like it all gets old after a while, like linkin park.

Originally posted by MTRLevolution
yeah, that song started to piss me off. lol. there's a few songs on that cd that i could still listen too. but for the most part, i feel like it all gets old after a while, like linkin park.

I know what you mean.. lol I like linkin park too, i dunno, i just like the style. That's why I stick to a lot of jpop and old music like queen and stuff. variety variety... I wish they hadnt played bring me to life so much tho ><

[MTRLevolution]

Originally posted by yvette2687
I know what you mean.. lol I like linkin park too, i dunno, i just like the style. That's why I stick to a lot of jpop and old music like queen and stuff. variety variety... I wish they hadnt played bring me to life so much tho ><

lol, can't get over that, huh? i love to listen to all kinds of music too. i think ayu's the only thing i can listen to that never gets old, though. i'm weird.

[Kurushimi]

evanescence is too "sell out"

theyre not 2 bad... on launch.com i saw the interview.. not bad

[Peruvian_Sky]

Good now maybe they'll get a real guitarist. They would be a good band but Ben Moody bores me to death with his play-four-notes-rest-for-two-beats-play-same-four-notes-again-repeat style of guitar playing. It would be alright every once in a while except for the fact that it's a technique that has been done to death. Not to mention the fact that he uses that approach to every song on Fallen.

[Nu-NRG]

o that sucks i like the band

evanescence really isn't my kind of band. they're alright, but they got old real quick for some reason

i think they got fame or noticed is bcoz of the movie dd...but after the movie's down the song kinda goes wit it...i dunno maybe ppl get tired of their songs?!?!

[narusegawa]

evanecsence r good!! i really like their song "haunted" and "hello"!! ^_^
ben leaving?! things mite be quite bad without him....but i hope evanescence stay strong!

[narusegawa]

Originally posted by Kurushimi
evanescence is too "sell out"

uh...how r they "sellout"?

[~Ayanami~]

I think evanescence is good! They kinda got boring because they were always playing their 'bring me to life' video but their other songs are good! I don't really know much about the guitarist but i hope they find a replacement soon!

[paper_doll]

Ben wasnt the best guitar player, but he was one of the members. I mean Amy is the besat part of the group, but without Ben, its just Amy, and band.

[AyuCrazy2003]

Nooooo.... ;___; Everything had better turn out well I love Evanescence..one of the only American groups I'll listen to. >__<

[Larisa-chan]

Originally posted by Peruvian_Sky
Good now maybe they'll get a real guitarist. They would be a good band but Ben Moody bores me to death with his play-four-notes-rest-for-two-beats-play-same-four-notes-again-repeat style of guitar playing. It would be alright every once in a while except for the fact that it's a technique that has been done to death. Not to mention the fact that he uses that approach to every song on Fallen.

>=D!!!!! Why isn't there more technical guitar playing these days in the US anyways? I guess it has to do with the style of music? blah.. and there's barely any guitar solos anymore.. the only song I really like from Evanescence is "Haunted". Other than that, they remind me too much of Linkin Park =\

At least Ayu and Rina Aiuchi have pretty good guitar solos in their songs <3

[Peruvian_Sky]

Originally posted by Larisa-chan
>=D!!!!! Why isn't there more technical guitar playing these days in the US anyways?

There is, you just have to know where to look. Dream Theater and Symphony X are two bands with highly skilled guitarists. But I've said it before and I'll say it again, Evanescence is nothing more than a watered-down version of Lacuna Coil. I am not saying Amy Lee doesn't have a great voice, she does. She just needs to work with some more technically inclined musicians.

[yamagatacamille]

that suxor...he was a pretty good guitarist

[Larisa-chan]

Originally posted by Peruvian_Sky
There is, you just have to know where to look. Dream Theater and Symphony X are two bands with highly skilled guitarists. But I've said it before and I'll say it again, Evanescence is nothing more than a watered-down version of Lacuna Coil. I am not saying Amy Lee doesn't have a great voice, she does. She just needs to work with some more technically inclined musicians.

Ahh.. that's true.. but those bands aren't really mainstream, are they? =/ It'd be nice if metal was mainstream again in the US. It certainly seems to be popular in Europe... especially Germany hehe

Also, I've never heard of Lacuna Coil x.x Evanescence reminds me of Nightwish ^.^*