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'''Evanescence''' is an American rock band founded in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1995 by singer/pianist [[
Evanescence's melancholic and morbid sound places them firmly in the [[Goth]] category. Coupled with accessible and fairly emotional songwriting, this has gained the band [[Wolverine Publicity]] among the [[My Immortal|"goffik"]] populace of fanfic writers. This [[Misaimed Fandom|emo appeal]] is perhaps one of the rather arbitrary reasons why they are associated with [[Linkin Park]] by many. For those more familiar with [[Gothic Metal]], Evanescence is also heard being compared with [[Lacuna Coil]] and [[Within Temptation]].▼
▲Evanescence is an American rock band founded in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1995 by singer/pianist [[Face of the Band|Amy Lee]] and guitarist [[Garfunkel|Ben Moody]]. Since their first big hit ''Bring Me To Life'' in 2003, the band have won two Grammy awards so far and suffered various changes in line-up.
▲Evanescence's melancholic and morbid sound places them firmly in the [[Goth]] category. Coupled with accessible and fairly emotional songwriting, this has gained the band [[Wolverine Publicity]] among the [[My Immortal|"goffik"]] populace of fanfic writers. This [[Misaimed Fandom|emo appeal]] is perhaps one of the rather arbitrary reasons why they are associated with [[Linkin Park]] by many. For those more familiar with [[Gothic Metal]], Evanescence is also heard being compared with [[Lacuna Coil]] and [[Within Temptation]].
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** Origin (2000; demo album)▼
** Fallen (2003)▼
** Anywhere But Home (2004; Live album and DVD)▼
** [[New Sound Album|The Open Door]] (2006)▼
** [[Self-Titled Album|Evanescence]] (2011) ▼
▲=== Band Members, past and present ===
'''Current'''
* Amy Lee – lead vocals, keyboards, harp (1995–present)
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* Josh Freese - drums, percussion (2003; appears on "Fallen")
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* [[Adorkable]] / [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]: Amy has stated despite how angry, mad and pissed off her (and her bands) music is, stage persona, and photo shoots are she is actually quite nice and calm, sweet and according to all the behind the scenes of the music video features she's done, she is really secretly a dork who loves to laugh and make silly jokes...▼
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▲* [[Adorkable]]
** There is obviously debates about her habit of firing band members, and vibe of music.
* [[Broken Bird]]: Amy Lee gives off this vibe through most of her musical work.
* [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]]: Amy. See [[Shiny Midnight Black]] below.
* [[Face of the Band]]: Amy Lee.
* [[Fanwork Ban]]: The result of an incident in the early 2000s (now infamous among anime fans) where a clueless individual wrote to the band to rave about their "new video" for "Bring Me to Life", which was actually an [[Anime Music Videos|Anime Music Video]] for ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]''. Lawyers reportedly got involved, and one immediate effect was that Evanescence's music was no longer permitted on animemusicvideos.org.
* [[Garfunkel]]: Ben Moody has stayed obscure since quitting the project, despite being a co-founder.
* [[Happily Married]]: [http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20038444,00.html Lee].
** [[The Maiden Name Debate]]: She calls herself [https://web.archive.org/web/20070902075556/http://www.evthreads.com/showpost.php?p=268958&postcount=1 Mrs Hartzler] now.
* [[Harp of Femininity]]: Amy learnt this instrument between "The Open Door" and "Evanescence" and is used on "Swimming Home", "Secret Door" and "New Way To Bleed".
* [[I Am the Band]]: Amy is the only original member left. You can replace just about anyone in a band except for the singer without anyone noticing on a CD. Her aggressive firing of other members (sometimes even on the phone) doesn't help either, resulting in "[[I Am Not Shazam]]" in the YMMV tab.
* [[Perky Goth]]: In interviews, Amy Lee comes off as very chirpy and energetic.
* [[Revolving Door Band]]: Combines with [[No Such Thing as Bad Publicity]]. This started even before the band got big with ''Fallen''. None of Evanescence's three major albums to date have had the same lineup across consecutive albums at the time of respective releases.
* [[Shiny Midnight Black]]: Amy Lee's hair, whether natural or dyed, is a good example.
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* [[Album Title Drop]]: The line "lock the last open door" from ''All That I'm Living For''.
** The line "forsaken all I've Fallen for I rise to meet the end" in Whisper.
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* [[Careful with That Axe]]: ''Tourniquet'' - "I LONG TO DIEEEEEE!!!"
* [[Christian Rock]]: Subverted. The co-founders are both Christian, but they opposed the "Christian" label after their breakthrough album Fallen was stocked under this category. Resulting in [[Not Christian Rock]] below.
** This interpretation is debated. A prefame quote has the band stating the mission of the band was to show "God is Love", they played specifically Christian Festivals, and included boilerplate Christian notes in the liners of their first album (which is now [[Canon
* [[Cover Version]]: What they did to [[Korn]]'s "Thoughtless" and [[Nirvana]]'s "Heart-Shaped Box".
* [[Concept Album]]:
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* [[Hidden Track]] / [[Rearrange the Song]]: ''My Immortal (Band Version)'' not noted on re pressings of their debut major release.
* [[Ironic Nursery Tune]]: In "Lose Control":
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''His eyes black as coals.
''If we play very quiet, my lamb,
''Mary never has to know. }}
* [[Incredibly Long Note]]: ''End Of the Dream, Bring Me To Life, Cloud Nine, Oceans, Going Under, Sweet Sacrifice, Lose Control, The Change, Whisper, The Only One, Never Go Back''
* [[Kill It with Fire]]: In "Erase This":
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''Burn it till there's nothing left... }}
* [[Loudness War]]: The self-titled album, right from the opening drums. This troper couldn't believe the music volume was higher than the actual stereo volume.
* [[Long Title]]: "The Last Song I'm Wasting On You".
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** ''Imaginary'' is about a dreamworld filled with "paper flowers" and not wanting to be part of the scary real world. Not that you would know that from the minor key and 'epic' guitar riffs on both songs. In the Fallen version only, the Origin version is more soft and dreamy.
** ''Anywhere'' from their Origin album has a distinctly hopeful (if melancholy) sound. At first blush, it's a sweet song about starting a new life with a loved one. And then... That One Line kind of ruins it.
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''Drop your guard
'''''No one's left to stop you'''
** ''The Other Side'', off Evanescence, a desperate grief song with a determined sexy riff.
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''I need to know your hear me''
''Awaken and feel my love'' }}
** ''Never Go Back'', similar reasoning, sad song about death of a loved one, with blasting guitars and powerful drum sections.
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* [[Lyrical Cold Open]]: "Going Under" and "Exodus".
* [[Love Is a Drug]]: In the most devastating way possible in "Lithium"
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''Anything is better then to be alone'' }}
* [[Mohs Scale of Rock and Metal Hardness]]: Generally 5-6. "My Immortal" is about 1.
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** To be fair, "Snow White Queen" is both the stalker and the stalkee.
** "Lithium". Both in the sense of what the songs is about being in love with her own unhappiness and addicted to her own sorrow and the relationship she had with the guy who inspired her to write it. Of the kind of "passive" obsession type:
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''Anything is better than to be alone.''
''I want to stay in love with my sorrow.'' }}
* [[The Ophelia]]: Erase This, Swimming Home and Never Go Back make a big deal out of death by drowning and insanity, and the greater theme of the album is drowning to a degree.
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** ''Call Me When You're Sober'' to Lee's ex-boyfriend [[Seether|Shaun Morgan]].
** Some Evanescence fans are taking ''What You Want'', and possibly even the entire new album, to be this to bands such as [[Linkin Park]], which have changed their style in newer albums to make themselves more marketable, and consequently alienate their original audience.
** ''New Way To Bleed'' at critics of their music and their...ahem...issues with their recording company
** ''Oceans/The Change/Erase This'' could be even at their ex-former band mates.
** ''Sick'' is about the ahem.."issues" they had with their recording company
* [[Take That, Audience!]]: In an affectionate "Don't put me up on a pedestal" sense ''Weight Of the World'' was Amy Lee's "Plea for perspective from the expectation of young fans". Admitting she does not have all the answers, does not want to be perfect and is not a doctor or therapist and doesn't appreciate the pressure of being a role model. Just distancing herself from that sort of pressure somewhat.
* [[Winter Royal Lady]]:
** Sort of.
* [[Woman Scorned]]: "Call Me When You're Sober", "Lacrymosa", "The Last Song I'm Wasting On You", "Oceans", "Sick", "Made Of Stone".
* [[Xtreme Kool Letterz]]: The "y" in ''Lacrymosa''.
* [[Yandere]]: "Taking Over Me", "Away From Me", "The Other Side", "Surrender", "Anything For You".
* [[You Are Not Alone]]: Part of the lyrics for "Like You
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''You're not alone'' }}
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▲=== Tropes found in their music videos: ===
* [[All Just a Dream]]: ''Bring Me To Life''.
* [[Deliberately Monochrome]]: ''My Immortal''.
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* [[Happy Rain]]: The end of ''Good Enough.''
* [[New Powers as the Plot Demands]]: Amy seems to develop telekinesis around the 2:35 mark of "Call Me When You're Sober."
** Also, in "What You Want", Amy jumps off the Brooklyn Bridge, and [[Three-Point Landing|lands in a perfect crouch]], even though she should seriously or even critically injured, if not dead.
* [[Of Corsets Sexy]]: ''Going Under'', ''Call Me When Your Sober''.
* [[The Ophelia]]: How many times has Amy drowned or symbolically is lost underwater, in her videos, usually after an emotional
* [[Performance Video]]: "What You Want" is mostly this, with a few brief scenes of Amy running, Amy jumping, Amy meeting up with the rest of the band and walking into the ocean... You get the idea.
** "Going Under" is almost entirely this.
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