Mood: shocked, sad, confused
Listening: Evanescence - Your Star
Reading: Curdy (gave up on The Clan of the Cave Bear... again)
O.o <-- Yup, that was my face after I googled Evanescence news a few minutes ago.
If there's anyone to blame for my doing that, it'd have to be my little sister, who called me and asked: "hey, I know you're busy and everything, but I just heard that Evanescence's in trouble again. Rocky and John left, apparently... could you check?"
"Yeah, sure..." I dismissed the subject, completely oblivious to the fact that it was entirely true.
Ladies and gentlemen... I have some sad news (for Evanescence fans, that is— if you don't like the band, leave... this is gonna be a [possibly] huge rant about Amy and co.) and some shocking news for y'all.
Amy Lee got married! To a shrink! O.o No, guys... I am not kidding. I'm serious! On May 6th (or was it 7th? *shrugs*) Amy got married to Josh Hartzler, a 28-years-old psicologist who she has known for a few years, but started to go out with, just a year or so ago. It was a simple ceremony and, according to Josh, "full of flowers." Amy herself said that "it is the most incredible thing to happen in my life so far" and I do hope it is. Poor Amy hasn't had a very nice life, has she? Quoting my friend Miel: "No wonder why she became a goth!"
But that's not all, people... Amy Lee Hartzler has lost two more band members, which, sadly, leaves her as the only original Evanescence member to still remain (hence the title of this rant).
Gosh...! Where should I start? This is such a mess! And I feel quite confused about the whole deal...
But to make a long story short— sort of—, John LeCompt (2nd guitar) and Rocky Gray (drums), have left Evanescence. The real reasons are still unknown, because while John says he was fired on the phone by Amy herself and Rocky says he decided to quit, Amy claims that they both "made it clear they were ready to move on[...] They were very vocal about the fact that they didn't really care about EVANESCENCE at all and just stayed around for the money."
The bunch of statements by the three of them are too many and too long for me to include and prolly for you to read, but if you want to read them, then click here and here.
Rocky said he can't say anything due to a contract of sorts, but that he'll talk to lawyers to ask them if there's a way in which he can speak up and if he finds it, he'll say the whole truth. That's all I know about him.
John's a different issue, though... Here's a snippet of what he said: "I have always given blood, sweat and tears to make that happen but apparently that is not enough. I have now become just another of the people fallen by the wayside on the revolving door of her life. It's funny how many of us there are now. I guess it's good for lyrical content, though. Maybe I will be among the blessed to have a song written about me, too. Maybe the song will be 'Call Me When You're Broke'."
Ouch! Harsh, isn't it? And what about this: "I will forever remember her as being about as deep as the shallow end of a child's wading pool and her lyrics about as deep as the two-dimensional surface that they were written on."
*winces* I, obviously, don't want to believe that... not of Amy =(
I mean, I'm sure she must be a bit hard to get a long with, given that goths are usually that way (usually, ok? I'm not speaking for all the goths out there). Specially goths who, like her, have had a hard life. They tend to be defenssive about everything— but even if she's difficult, I refuse to believe she's such a b*tch, because that's what John's describing her as.
She, on the other hand, was a bit harsh, too: "I knowingly let this negative energy [from John and Rocky] grow within my band for a very long time because I was afraid of the appearance of falling apart when in reality trying to hold on to these guys is what was holding us back. I treated both John and Rocky with nothing but kindness and respect, and I got nothing but jealousy and resentment in return. They were miserable. They are no longer playing with us because I love this band too much to see it driven into the ground."
Well, if that's true, I understand her... I'd do the same thing, because why would anyone want to play with musicians that don't care about the band and only care about the money, fame or success?
She also said that "Rocky didn't quit." and that she "told John it was time he did what he obviously wants to be doing — playing in his own band. Because no one should be playing in EVANESCENCE that doesn't appreciate it — that doesn't love it.
I can't help but to feel bad for Amy, but at the same time, I keep asking myself why? knowing that there must be a reason... It's just that Ben left, William left and now these two? Is there something wrong with Amy? John says there is...
All I have left to say is that I can help but being a huge fan of the band and of Amy and even if she is the mean person John says she is, there's no denying that her lyrics rock. She is an artist and I respect her and adore her for that reason.
No one is perfect and neither Amy, nor Rocky, nor John are the exception.
Whoa... talk about a long post... (and I still want to translate it to Spanish? Ugh...) Anyway... that's my rant for now... I'll prolly come back another day to rant about the same thing.
I'm off...
