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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 ~~(Fanfic)~~|"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 (Music)|~~Linkin Park]] by many. For those more familiar with [[Gothic Metal]], Evanescence is also heard being compared with [[~~Lacuna Coil (Music)|~~Lacuna Coil]] and [[~~Within Temptation (Music)|~~Within Temptation]].

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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=== Discography: ===

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* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[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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* [[Black Sheep Hit]]: Arguably ''Bring Me To Life'', with its Linkin Park-esque duet not found in other songs.

* [[Break Up Song]]: ''Call Me When You're Sober'', ''Cloud Nine'', ''Made Of Stone'', ''Oceans'', ''Sweet Sacrifice'', ''The Change''.

* [[Careful ~~With~~ That Axe]]: ''Tourniquet'' - "I LONG TO DIEEEEEE!!!"

* [[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 Dis Continuity]]). The quick removal of Ben Moody lead some to interpret the controversy as an issue of Amy Lee riding the Christian subculture (as well as the band) till she didn't need it anymore, and then making a powerplay.

* [[Cover Version]]: What they did to [[~~Korn (Music)|~~Korn]]'s "Thoughtless" and [[~~Nirvana (Music)|~~Nirvana]]'s "Heart-Shaped Box".

* [[Cover Version]]: What they did to [[Korn]]'s "Thoughtless" and [[Nirvana]]'s "Heart-Shaped Box".

* [[Concept Album]]:

** Fallen is ''That we are all fallen, but we can get up again''

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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":

* [[Kill It with Fire]]: In "Erase This":

{{quote| Not enough to say goodbye<br />

Burn it till there's nothing left... }}

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* [[Mummies At the Dinner Table]]: ''Even In Death'', which Ben Moody describes as "...someone who's in a relationship, they lose their loved one, and they kind of flip out, and they go and dig them up..."

* [[Music Box Intervals]]: "Bring Me To Life" obviously....

* [[Neoclassical Punk Zydeco Rockabilly]]: A rather hard band to classify. Is it [[Alternative Rock]], [[Alternative Metal]], Gothic Rock, [[Gothic Metal]], Symphonic Rock, Pop, [[Nu ~~Metal~~]], [[Emo (Music)|Emo]] (which is a ridiculous accusation), or all of the above?

* [[Neoclassical Punk Zydeco Rockabilly]]: A rather hard band to classify. Is it [[Alternative Rock]], [[Alternative Metal]], Gothic Rock, [[Gothic Metal]], Symphonic Rock, Pop, [[Nu-metal]], [[Emo Music|Emo]] (which is a ridiculous accusation), or all of the above?

* [[New Sound Album]]: ''The Open Door'', compared to ''Evanescence'' and ''Fallen''. Has more classical elements and is more about build.

* [[Nightmare Fetishist]]: Take horrific and deadly situations, put a sexy riff behind it...see The Other Side and Tourniquet.

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* [[Not Christian Rock]]: Evanescence set up a trend of spiritual-sounding bands whose members all have Christian background but actively deny any relation between their music and Christianity.

* [[Obsession Song]]: "Snow White Queen", "Taking Over Me", "Surrender", "Anything For You", "Away From Me", "Farther Away", "The Other Side", "Haunted", "Even In Death", "Lithium"...

** Subverted with "Haunted", as the lyrics seem to be from the mind of a the victim of a [[Stalker ~~With~~ a Crush]].

** Subverted with "Haunted", as the lyrics seem to be from the mind of a the victim of a [[Stalker with a Crush]].

** 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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* [[Soprano and Gravel]]: ''Lies''. ''Bring Me To Life'' on the other hand is Soprano And Rap.

* [[Spiritual Successor]]: "Secret Door" has this vibe that it may be the follow up to "Good Enough".

* [[Stalker ~~With~~ a Crush]]: "Snow White Queen", "Surrender", "Anything For You", "Away From Me", "Haunted", "The Other Side", "Farther Away", "Taking Over Me".

* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: "Snow White Queen", "Surrender", "Anything For You", "Away From Me", "Haunted", "The Other Side", "Farther Away", "Taking Over Me".

* [[Subdued Section]]: ''Taking Over Me'', ''Sick'', ''Imaginary'', ''My Heart Is Broken'', ''The Other Side''.

* [[Surprisingly Gentle Song]]: "My Immortal", "Hello" (on Fallen), "Good Enough" (The Open Door) and "Swimming Home" (on Evanescence) are these on their respective albums.

* [[Take That]]:

** ''Everybody's Fool'' to fake artificially perfect people and certain pop stars

** ''Call Me When You're Sober'' to Lee's ex-boyfriend [[Seether ~~(Music)~~|Shaun Morgan]].

** ''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 (Music)|~~Linkin Park]], which have changed their style in newer albums to make themselves more marketable, and consequently alienate their original audience.

** 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.

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* [[Fairy Tale Motifs]]: ''Call Me When You're Sober'' features [[Big Badass Wolf|a coldly handsome young man with grey eyes]], ''real wolves'' and Amy Lee [[Little Red Riding Hood|wearing a red hood]].

* [[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."

* [[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 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''.