Evanescence

Evanescence is a Grammy Award-winning American alternative rock band founded in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1998 by singer Amy Lee and former guitarist Ben Moody. The two met in 1994 at a youth camp in Little Rock, Arkansas. Their first songs were "Solitude" and "Give Unto Me," written by Lee, "Understanding", and "My Immortal", written by Moody. The songs were edited by both artists, and they shared equal credit. After recording two private EPs, and a demo CD named Origin with the help of Bigwig Enterprises, the band released their first full-length album, Fallen, on the Wind-up Records label in 2003. After abrupt changes to the band's lineup, Evanescence released their second studio album, The Open Door, in 2006.
On October 22, 2003, Moody left the band during the European tour for Fallen, reportedly because of creative differences. In an interview several months later, Amy Lee said: "...we'd gotten to a point that if something didn't change, we wouldn't have been able to make a second record." This became a point of confusion for some people, as Moody and Lee stated on the Fallen album liner notes that they were best friends. Since then, Lee has said it was almost a relief that he left because of tensions created within the band.

Amy Lee - lead vocals, piano, keyboard (co-founder, 1998-present)
Terry Balsamo - guitar (November 16, 2003-present)
Will Hunt - drums (May 17, 2007-present)
Tim McCord - bass guitar (August 10, 2006-present)
Troy McLawhorn - guitar (May 17, 2007-present)

Fallen was Evanescence's first full-length album with Wind-up Records and their first album to achieve widespread release around the world. When fallen was released in 2003 it spent 60 weeks in the United Kingdom album charts and it reached number one. However in the United States the album remained in the chart for over 100 weeks, and managed to get to number 3. In the U.S., the album was certified platinum by the RIAA in April 2003, double platinum in June 2003, and triple platinum in October 2003. It was certified four times platinum in January 2004, five times in April 2004, and six times in November 2004.

1. Going Under
2. Bring Me To Life
3. Everybody's Fool
4. My Immortal
5. Haunted
6. Tourniquet
7. Imaginary
8. Taking Over Me
9. Hello
10. My Last Breath
11. Whisper

The Open Door is the second studio album released by American rock band Evanescence. It has spawned four singles and has been supported by two worldwide tours. The album was certified platinum in the United States just over a month after its release, and has since sold around five million copies worldwide.

1. Sweet Sacrifice
2. Call Me When You're Sober
3. Weight of the World
4. Lithium
5. Cloud Nine
6. Snow White Queen
7. Lacrymosa
8. Like You
9. Lose Control
10. The Only One
11. Your Star
12. All That I'm Living For
13. Good Enough