Ben Moody left the tour

**thesteve** · 11-18-2003, 10:07 AM

i heard that off of the guitar geek message boards.

Gus · 11-20-2003, 05:47 AM

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Originally Posted by matt_aragon

according to their website ben did in fact leave the band. my theory? amy's dating the guy from seether and i don't think ben could handle it after having been engaged to her in the past.

wow, i had no idea, but somehow that makes sense considering they're touring together.

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Originally Posted by matt_aragon

Amy and ben just seemed like might have used the christian market to get into the big time without ever having a real dedication to the Lord, but Rocky and the other guys r from actual hardcore bands (Living Sacrifice, Soul Embraced) who see they're music as a ministry, so all in all i think i feel worse for them cuz they spent alot of time walking with the Lord and now it really looks bad for them to be associated with Evanescence without speaking up even just to verify "hey we're helping some friends, but we still love our savior". I'd really like to hear they're side more than anyone else's cuz even the guys from east west were like "dude we gotta talk to rocky".

first off, you make it sound like they're horrible backsliding fake christians, but i'd like to hear something about where they're at spiritually other than speculation. sure they seem to have a tarnished witness, but do you know they're heart? secondly... they got somebody from living sacrifice? isn't that where jason truby left to play with POD? that's awesome!

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Originally Posted by matt_aragon

i figure it was prolly someone from revis or one of the bands they've been touring with.

ooh! revis is cool, i like them

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Originally Posted by dudedude2

i've heard he left the band becuase he hated the way he was being upstaged by Amy even though Ben Moody is Evanescence as far as the music goes (essentially Amy has Gwen Stefani syndrome).

LOL now that you mention it, that's a good way too put it if she's really like that.

Jonular · 11-20-2003, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Gus

wow, i had no idea, but somehow that makes sense considering they're touring together

Except nobody in the position to announce that has said anything. The only place I've heard that is from matt_aragon, and he's not on my reliable sources list (it would have to be Wind Up or Evanescence to say that for me to believe it).

~Jon

**Sean** · 11-20-2003, 03:28 PM

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/148...nescence.jhtml

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Originally Posted by Mtv.com

Another likely contender is Seether singer/guitarist Shaun Morgan, who attended the AMAs with Lee. "I'll make it happen," Lee said, smiling.

Although Sunday was their first public appearance, the two have apparently been dating about seven months. "We met on tour, during the festival season," Lee said. "Well I guess we kind of met a long time ago. Whatever. We're on the same label so ..."

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"It was just kind of an unhealthy situation for everybody," Lee said as she walked the red carpet at the American Music Awards. "Everyone was really unhappy. I think it was just time to evolve."

Jonular · 11-20-2003, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Sean

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/148...nescence.jhtml

That's news to me. That's too bad that they have to go through a split like that. It's too bad since it's probably a permanent thing, since I thought Ben was cool, also.

Wow. A new record in the works so soon?

~Jon

**Sean** · 11-20-2003, 06:17 PM

Yeah its pretty soon to be working on a new album compared to most bands these days. Think about it this way, much of Fallen was written prior to its recording, ie on their self-released album. So these songs have been around a long time. In addition to that, Fallen was recorded a good while before it was released. Some plays were playing "Bring Me to LIfe" as far back as a year ago. They aren't recording yet, and recording takes several months or longer. Then there is advertising......It'll be probably a year and a half between albums.

2ManArmy · 01-13-2004, 08:38 AM

[dignified CNN reporter voice]

It appears that ben moody has become a bit moody. after his recent dumping of singer amy lee of evanescence, he has fled to the province of alaska, where he apparently wishes to spend the remainder of his life. in an igloo. alone. without a guitar. or a girlfriend.

[/CNN reporter voice]

**thesteve** · 01-13-2004, 10:05 AM

but alaska is a state...not a province.

bossman · 01-15-2004, 12:43 AM

yeah this is all interesting, at first I was wondering how they were gonna write a new album without Ben, but then I realized that they have a 9 times better guitarist Rocky in the band, they better have him help, and I'm sure John can help too,

**thesteve** · 01-15-2004, 12:46 AM

rocky is the drummer...

Gus · 01-15-2004, 12:48 AM

...uh, close enough for me lol

bossman · 01-15-2004, 11:52 AM

I was talking about when they write a new album, rocky if you don't know played guitar for Living sacrifice and soul embraced, and he is amazing and could help a lot when they write a new album if ben isn't around, also he wrote the song "tourniquet" on the evanesence cd, which was originally a soul embraced song, so they need him if ben isn't coming back,

Jonular · 01-15-2004, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by bossman

yeah this is all interesting, at first I was wondering how they were gonna write a new album without Ben, but then I realized that they have a 9 times better guitarist Rocky in the band, they better have him help, and I'm sure John can help too,

But they aren't writing the new album, yet. Right?

~Jon

**Sean** · 01-15-2004, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by bossman

yeah this is all interesting, at first I was wondering how they were gonna write a new album without Ben, but then I realized that they have a 9 times better guitarist Rocky in the band, they better have him help, and I'm sure John can help too,

Being a good guitarist has almost nothing to do with songwriting.

Gus · 01-15-2004, 05:25 PM

except for writing the guitar part