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| Amy Lee talks touring, getting married and more |
| Monday, July 30, 2007 |
Amy Lee talks touring, getting married and more
Troy L. Smith
July 25, 2007 3:39 pm — Hard-rock songstress Amy Lee can't seem to hang on to a guy.
Since releasing the debut album, Fallen in 2003, Lee's band Evanescence has gone through more men than the Batman movie costume.
In total, five dudes have left the band, including Lee's writing partner Ben Moody, who departed just seven months after Fallen's release. Even current guitarist Troy McLawhorn and drummer Will Hunt are merely listed as temporary fill-ins for the Family Values Tour, which pulls into Darien Lake on Friday, Aug. 3.
It doesn't seem to matter though, as Evanescence shows no signs of fading. With Lee as its Wonder Woman, the group has sold more than 19 million records worldwide.
In September 2006, Lee and company released the album Open Door. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and has sold more than 1.7 million copies in the United States.
As far as man issues go, Lee has recently taken steps to make sure her personal life doesn't mirror the soap opera that has been Evanescence. In May 2007, she married longtime friend/boyfriend Josh Hartzler.
Insider recently took part in a teleprint conference (a press conference over the phone with multiple journalists), during which Lee touched on several subjects including her wedding, spirituality and — yeeeeooooooooow! — Kelly Clarkson.
On co-headlining the Family Values Tour with Korn:
I loved them when I was younger. I remember going, I think, to Family Values a long, long time ago when I was probably 17 or something. I just don't see the downside. It's really cool to be onstage with people that you admire so much and inspire you.
The worst thing about being on a tour bus:
Being the only girl on the bus most of the time usually means there's pee all over the floor and on the seats. That's pretty miserable. So I'm basically the cleaning lady.
What she's listening to:
I just got married, so I'm listening to John Mayer a lot. I guess I'm feeling like I'm getting older and sappy. I love Tori Amos, I always have. I love Depeche Mode. I love Korn and Nine Inch Nails. I love Soundgarden so much. Why don't they get back together?
On keeping in touch with ex-boyfriends:
I think keeping in touch with the exes is really hard, and if you can make it work, there's probably something going on that shouldn't be going on.
On critics comparing Kelly Clarkson's new album to Evanescence:
I've heard the single, but that's it. ... I'm not a person who has Kelly Clarkson CDs in my collection, but I never want to just look at somebody, judge them and say, 'OK, I'm not going to buy your CD.'
On her wedding:
It was really small. (We) hung out with family and listened to music and had a little champagne.
On the current state of the music industry:
I think it's a little confused. I don't think rock is dead or anything like that, I just think that we're definitely going through a weird period with the Internet. |
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