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AMY LYNN LEE HARTZLER (born December 13 , 1981 in Riverside, California ) is an American singer and songwriter. She founded the band Evanescence with Ben Moody . The two met at a youth camp when Lee was playing Meat Loaf 's " I'd Do Anything for Love (but I Won't Do That) " on the piano .Her father (John Lee) works as a DJ, and her mother (Sarah Lee) works raising Lee's three siblings: her brother Robby and her two sisters, Carrie and Lori. Amy had a third sister who died at the young age of 3 due to an unknown cause, and the song Hello from the Fallen album was written in her memory. [1] At school, Lee was president of the choir council, and appeared in a number of plays. She has never had professional voice lessons, but she is a mezzo-soprano singer and could have been a soprano if she had taken voice lessons. She has had classical piano lessons which she took for ten years. Her family moved to many places, including Illinois, Kansas, and Florida , but finally settled in Little Rock, Arkansas, where Evanescence started. She graduated from Pulaski Academy in the year 2000. She also briefly attended Middle Tennessee State University . IMAGE Lee has a trademark neo-goth style, marked by her occasional use of gothic make-up and taste for Victorian-styled clothing. She is known to design her own clothes and even sews them herself. Starting her own clothing line has not been ruled out, according to her, although she has expressed concerns about the viability of such an endeavor; she has said that she prefers to create unique hand-crafted costumes rather than mass-produced fashions. In concerts, she often wears a corsset or fishnet, and has a notable piercing on her left eyebrow which is visible on the cover of Fallen (Evanescence's debut album).Many fans praise Lee for her refusal to emulate other celebrities by using sex appeal in her music. She has stated on a number of occasions that she would never flash her breasts or engage in other publicity stunts which would draw attention to herself. In fact, in the music video for "Everybody's Fool," she aimed to mock such artists by suggesting celebrities who use sex to appeal to an audience are "everybody's fool" and are in fact, merely peddling "lies" (the unifying theme of the music video). Lee once stated in an interview while on tour that the successful duet "Bring Me to Life", featuring Paul McCoy of 12 Stones, was inspired when she met a friend of a friend: a total stranger who did not know her, yet could somehow "see inside her." When he spoke, his words "woke her up inside." This encounter with a true "Word of Knowledge" inspired the hit that would launch her career. OUT OF THE SHADOWS Amy has become a spokesperson for the Epilepsy Foundation and has launched a campaign called "Out of the Shadows". The goal is to help spread awareness about epilepsy and to show others that people with it deserve to be treated fairly and not be discriminated against. This campaign is important to Amy, as well as her family, because her younger brother has epilepsy and she has seen first hand the effect it has. LAWSUIT On December 1 , 2005 , former Evanescence manager Dennis Rider filed a lawsuit against Lee for breach of contract . The suit claims Rider was prematurely and unjustly terminated from his position as manager of Evanescence.In return, Lee filed a countersuit against Rider for "breach of fiduciary duty, sexual assault and battery, professional negligence, currency conversion, and other charges". The suit also claims Rider "neglected Lee's career and business and has focused his efforts on having extramarital affairs, hiding them from his wife, becoming intoxicated during business meetings, physically abusing women and boasting about it, making repeated unwelcome sexual advances toward Lee, receiving fees in excess of what was provided for in his management agreement and using Lee's corporate credit card to purchase gifts for his mistress." Rider's attorney, Bert Deixler, claimed in a statement that Rider had fully performed all of the duties and obligations owed by the firm under the management agreement, and that he had always conducted himself by the highest professional standards. THE OPEN DOOR Lee was working on the opening theme of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and writing additional music for the film, but the music was rejected. However, Lee has been quoted as saying that the material she didn't use for the movie is "just more great stuff for the new album" [9] .There was some speculation that the song had been cut and used in several tracks though Lee has stated that this is not true [10] . In fact, the song will not appear on the album in its entirety, but part of it is used as the introduction to "Good Enough" [11] . The album is entitled The Open Door , confirmed in the May 2006 issue of the music magazine Blender . The album is stated to be released on October 3, 2006, confirmed by the official Evanescence website [7] . The album was leaked on September 4, 2006, almost a month before its slated release. MARRIAGE On May 6, Amy married Josh Hartzler, a 29-year-old therapist, who was her fiance since January. Here is what press wrote about this event : "For the 1 p.m. ceremony, the backyard (of Amy's home in Little Rock) was transformed into a picture-perfect setting replete with flowers. And, no, the goth goddess didn't wear black but instead opted for an ivory-hued Victorian style dress and veil.Grandfather Bob Cargill of Fort Worth performed the ceremony. Sisters Carrie and Lori and friend Beth Wilson stood by her side, while Josh's brothers Caleb and Aaron and his friend (and former Evanescence member) David Hodges stood by his.Evanescence guitarist Terry Balasamo was among the guests. The reception, with music by Brian Nahlin and Nick Devlin, was catered by Capers and included a robin's egg-blue wedding cake by The Blue Cake Company.After a wedding night at the Peabody, the pair left for a honeymoon on an island south of the Bahamas." |
