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A while back I caught word of a new band called The Fallen We Are The Fallen, essentially Evanescence without Amy Lee. Replacing Ms. Lee is American Idol alum Carly Smithson. Elise is the American Idol afficionado around these parts, but I watch from time to time out of boredom and truth be told she’s one of the only ones I actually remember liking and rooting for.
HOWEVER, as you can see from their new music video for “Bring Me To Life” ”Bury Me Alive”, it’s almost EXACTLY like Evanescence was (minus the piano and with that one new guy, whoever he is). The other three dudes were all part of the original Ev line-up, and JESUS H look at what Carly is wearing!!! Ch’ello?
So what does the band themselves have to say about the obvious rip-off?
Remember when we told you about new band EvanescenceThe Fallen We Are The Fallen? Well here’s the update. First of all, they had to change their name to “We Are The Fallen” because in true rock tradition, the name The Fallen was already taken. But now their song “Bury Me Alive” is streaming in full on their MySpace, along with a video addressing peoples “concerns” about the band (seen above).
Here’s the thing: The song is not bad, not even a little bit… that is, if you’ve never heard Evanescence before. While it’s a good song, it is SO straight up Evanescence it’s ridiculous. Every single aspect of the song is exactly what Ev was to a T. Quit playing games WATF, you’re not a new band, you just replaced your chick singer; with another chick singer that looks and sounds exactly like your old one. PLUS:
Ben Moody: Nice unfinished tat you got there…
John LeCompt: Ease up on the guy-liner, you’re not trying to replace someone in Panic(?%#!) at the Disco are you?
Rocky Gray: You look like shit, get a haircut.
WHY IS THE POOR BASSIST SITTING OFF BY HIMSELF DOING ALL THE DIRTY WORK? He probably loads and unloads all the equipment too… Oh wait, do they play shows yet?
WATF, I wish you the best of luck. You see, I want to like you but I just can’t. It’s like buying booze- it’s the same basic thing, but are you gonna go with the cheap shit or the good stuff. This girl don’t do Barton’s.
It’s my turn to weigh in on this. Why I am doing a post on Evanescence is beyond me, but here it goes…
Since yesterday’s news broke about how former Evanescence members are teaming up with American Idol finalist Carly Smithson, Amy Lee has decided to throw in her two cents:
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…
As we can see, Amy Lee has indeed been writing….A PRESS RELEASE. Whether or not I like Evanescence (I don’t), and whether or not it is annoying to type that band’s long, stupid name (it is), does not change the fact that this girl is a raging BITCH.
Yes, Amy, let’s hear you brag about your millions some more. I’m really sure your original members had absolutely nothing to do with that. How ungrateful can you be?
Let me preface this all by saying that I was once a MAJOR Evanescence fan. The biggest ever. I won’t go into much more detail than that so I don’t completely embarrass myself, but I’m sure you can imagine it well enough for yourself. I mean, the only reason I lost interest was because of too many lineup changes and the fact that it takes them FOREVER to put out new stuff. But I digress…
Former American Idol contestant (and Amy Lee look-a-like) Carly Smithson and original Evanescence members Ben Moody, John LeCompt, and Rocky Gray are set to start up a new band called The Fallen. I’m not as big into American Idol as Elise is, but I did watch when Carly was a contestant and she was my favorite- girl can sing, plus she’s not too unfortunate looking… it all sounds a little too good to be true.
The only thing I wonder about is if there will be any lawsuits involved. I mean, to me, this is a LOT like Nightwish. It’s still Evanescence, but with a new singer! The FALLEN??? Evanescence’s major label debut was called FALLEN. The first scheduled single for this new band is called “Bury Me Alive.” Hmmm, “Bury Me Alive”, “Bring Me To Life”??? I would really like to know if Mrs. Amy Lee Hartzler has anything to say about all of this.
The Fallen’s website launches on the 22nd. I guess we’ll have to wait and see what happens. For their sake, I hope “Bury Me Alive” doesn’t feature a rock rapper on the chorus or else heads are really gonna roll.
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