By Brian Mansfield, Special for USA TODAY
American Idol powerhouse vocalist Carly Smithson is joining the original guys of Evanescence, who are relaunching as a hard-rock band called The Fallen.
They'll make a formal announcement Monday in Hollywood, with a news conference and their first live performance. Debut song Bury Me Alive will be available at that time for free download at wearethefallen.com.

The lineup consists of Smithson and three of the four original members of Evanescence — guitarists Ben Moody and John LeCompt and drummer Rocky Gray — as well as bassist Marty O'Brien, whose recording and touring credits include Disturbed and Kelly Clarkson.

"This all happened by accident," says Smithson, who sang Evanescence's Bring Me to Life during the 2008 Idols Live tour. She's friends with Moody's housemate, Monique Morrison. "I met him once or twice (at the house) before the band thing," says Smithson, who had been working on a solo project.

Though Smithson and Moody both shared similar visions with Morrison for bands they wanted to form, Moody wasn't ready to bite.

"I'm sometimes hard-headed, and it took me a while" to give the Idol a shot, Moody says. But when another artist persuaded him to check out YouTube videos of Smithson performing, "I just kind of freaked out."

Moody called Morrison and asked her to arrange a meeting. "She happened to be with Carly and said, 'We'll be there in 20 minutes.'

"Carly is a rock star," he adds. "She was one of us."

She isn't the first Idol to attract the interest of an established act: Season 5 finalist Chris Daughtry turned down an offer to become Fuel's frontman. But Smithson jumped at her chance. "The first time we rehearsed, everybody started in on this jam of Iron Maiden. I was like, 'I'm in a band! I love this!' "

The new group's name alludes to Evanescence's 2003 major-label debut album, Fallen, which has sold 7 million copies in the USA.

Moody left Evanescence shortly after Fallen, citing creative differences with singer Amy Lee. LeCompt and Gray followed in 2007. Lee continues to perform under the Evanescence name, though the group hasn't released an album since 2006.

The Fallen plans to tour in September and initially will release its songs in small doses every few months, Moody says, "so there's always new music and new reasons to come to another show."

Et sinon, le nom du groupe à l'air d'être "The Fallen", et non pas "We Are The Fallen" !

A voir! Mais j'ai peur que çà ne fasse de l'ombre à Evanescence!
Enfin çà poussera ptete Amy à vouloir sortir quelque choses....



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Will the real Slim Shady please stand up?

There's some pretty weird stuff flying around right now and I'd like to clear up some confusion in the press. As our fans already know, Ben Moody left Evanescence in 2003. Evanescence came out with a follow-up to Fallen in 2006. It was called The Open Door and it debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts and reached platinum status in just over a month. The Open Door has sold more than 5 million copies worldwide. We're currently working on new material that I'm extremely excited about. I believe that to make great music you have to give yourself the freedom to evolve. I don't see the point in making the same record twice, so I always want to challenge myself to make something better, stronger, and more interesting than before. That takes time, but it's worth the wait for me. Hopefully, it will be for the fans too. Look out for new music next year...

-Amy

Originally Posted by John LeCompt
"The real slim shady" did stand up and is about to take over the wasteland that has been ignored.

Q: How is The Fallen different from Evanescence?
BM: Its different in the fact that this is a real band. It was never set up that way in the past. This band is one hundred percent democracy. Everyone is equal. Everyone brings their own crap to the table. And what also is different is that I believe it's better. The music is more exciting. It's got more intensity behind it.

 This is bringing more energy than Evanescence could ever muster. And I mean Evanescence in its best day. We’re older. We’re better. We’re tighter. The music is louder. The music is heavier. This is just better.

Oh putain mais ils sont pathétiques tous autant qu'ils sont...
Si The Fallen arrive à vendre plus d'1 million de leur disque quand il sortira je veux bien me bouffer les cheveux.

(oui oui vous pourrez me rappelez ce post... )

Ben fait le compte, ils sont 3 contre elle, c'est la majorité qui a raison... donc Amy est méchante.

Bibi, ils ont quitté le groupe, ils n'ont pas été virés si mes souvenirs sont bons... Donc venir exploiter le filon, je trouve ça moyen.

Je ne sais pas trop quoi en penser.
The Fallen quoi
Peut-être qu'il faut tourner la page un jour...

Je suis juste déçu par la présence de Ben. Après pour les autres, ça ne m'étonne pas trop qu'ils veulent se faire du fric sous le nom d'Evanescence. Mais Ben, quoi! :/ Qu'il s'occupe plutôt de son album solo!

In a Los Angeles Times interview, Moody said that The Fallen differs from Evanescence in that "everyone is equal" and that it has "more energy than Evanescence could ever muster."

(ceci dit, c'est cool, le forum revit!)

Ben fait le compte, ils sont 3 contre elle, c'est la majorité qui a raison... donc Amy est méchante.

Bien sûr qu'ils ont LEURS TORDS, je ne le nierais jamais, mais il n'y a pas qu'EUX, Amy aussi a des tords mais ne l'a jamais reconnu jusqu'ici, à chaque fois c'était "les autres" qui étaient les fautifs.
Preuve que non.

Ce que moi je trouve le plus puéril c'est le "mwahaha dans ta face Amy", dans tous les cas, j'aimerais bien savoir ce qu'Amy t'a fait personellement pour que tu la détestes ainsi.