09-10-2006, 11:36 PM
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9/10/06-Billboard
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Amy Lee is sitting cross-legged in a lounge chair on the roof of New York's Dream Hotel. She's decked out in worn jeans and a Joan Jett T-shirt, and her pale-blue eyes are translucent -- a sharp contrast to her long dark hair.
In the past three years, her band Evanescence has skyrocketed to fame thanks to its 2003 Wind-up debut, "Fallen," which won two Grammy Awards and has sold 6.5 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. But as quickly as the band hit the big time, the threads that held its members together began to fray. Co-founder Ben Moody abruptly left mid-tour in 2003; his replacement, former Cold guitarist Terry Balsamo, suffered a stroke last year; and bassist Will Boyd, whom Lee has known since middle school, opted out of the group in July.
Adding to the drama, Lee split from her boyfriend, Seether frontman Shawn Morgan, and changed managers. But the artist says the trials have made her stronger and more independent. "It took me awhile to figure out who I was," she says. "I'm the youngest person in the band. I'm the leader of the band. I'm a chick. I learned how to say no and draw boundaries."
Indeed, Evanescence's new album "The Open Door," due October 3, is an ode to a stronger Lee.
Q: "Fallen" was a multiplatinum smash. Were you under pressure to produce a follow-up that could stand up to it?
A: I think people sometimes lose the love of what they do and just try to put out another record. That's a crime. If you don't feel it, wait until you're hungry for it. What's the point of making a huge piece of music if it's not for the love of the art.
It took longer than I thought. But, I am a perfectionist. We took all the time we needed and wrote and wrote and wrote. If it wasn't good, I threw it away. I wanted every piece of it to be as good as it possibly could be. We accomplished what I wanted, which was to do something that I was more proud of than what I'd done before. I constantly have to top myself, it's just the way I am.
Q: Is "The Open Door" thematically different from "Fallen?"
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