![]() It opened the whole thing up, the idea of all the girls singing.” Other musicians are friends, not foes Then she just had this idea for the chorus, and helped write it. “I thought it might be a solo song or something else. I was like: ‘I love this song, but I can’t figure out what to do for the chorus’,” she recalls. “I had Deena come over, and we’re showing each other ideas. ![]() Given that they all are based in Nashville, Lee was able to call on both musicians to help finish ‘The Bitter Truth’ single ‘Use My Voice’. She’s just fit right in like she’s always been there.” Veridia’s Deena Jakoub was crucial in writing Evanescence’s ‘Use My Voice’Īs well as counting Anzai as an old friend, Lee is also good pals with Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale and Veridia vocalist Deena Jakoub. She’s wonderful, she’s an excellent musician and we’re good friends. “Emma have known each other for many years: I think we met in 2005 or 2006. During our interview, she heaps praise on the band’s new bassist Emma Anzai. Long-serving bassist Tim McCord has since stepped up to take on guitar duties, while Lee has remained diplomatic about the situation in subsequent interviews. Majura said that her departure was “not my decision” and later added: “I’m hurt and still in this blurry confusion of what just happened.” “I can’t say we weren’t grateful before, but after having that time where we didn’t know if or when we’d ever be able to do it again, we’re all so thrilled to be back on stage and to have this whole new album.”Įarlier this year Evanescence parted company with guitarist Jen Majura, who had been in the band since 2015. “I’m so grateful for what I get to do for a living,” she reflects. For the past year she’s been on the road, and the novelty of being back on stage after being cooped up in lockdown still hasn’t worn off. Speaking before the band’s recent show at London’s The O2 (part of their co-headline tour with Within Temptation), the frontwoman is in good spirits and excited for the future. ![]() With Evanescence as relevant as ever, it’s an apt time for NME to be catching up with Lee. There’s even an ‘Evanescence Challenge’ on TikTok where users can see if they can remember the band’s big hits, while ‘Bring Me To Life’ has been used on the app over 220,000 times. Teens are swapping Evanescence CDs in school canteens, while in the summer holidays they’ll head off to Download Festival after finishing their GCSEs to see their new heroes in action.įast-forward 19 years, and not much has changed: today’s teenagers are just as likely to be getting into heavy music through Evanescence as they were almost two decades ago, while frontwoman Amy Lee remains an alternative style icon. It’s 2003: TikTok doesn’t exist, Olivia Rodrigo and Greta Thunberg have only just been born, and the airwaves are repeatedly blasting out the anthemic ‘Bring Me To Life’ from Evanescence’s debut album, ‘Fallen’.
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