Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com » Ben Moody http://idolator.com Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:30:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Carly Smithson Gets Pulled Under http://idolator.com/5245972/carly-smithson-gets-pulled-under http://idolator.com/5245972/carly-smithson-gets-pulled-under#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:30:51 +0000 Maura http://idolator.com/?p=5245972 Hooray, I qualified to get a free MP3 of "Bury Me Alive," the first single from the Carly Smithson/Evanescence dudes project The Fallen! And it sounds... like a big, vaguely gothy, mooky rock song, complete with chorus that's a bit of a Xerox of that from that band's 2003 track "Going Under." This is not a complaint--"Going Under" was actually one of my favorite tracks the year it came out, and it was way superior to their big hit with that vestigial tail of a "rap" verse"--but I figured it was worthy of mention. Smithson's voice sounds in fine form, if a bit studio-massaged, and the band sounds, you know, like a band trying to get on modern-rock radio. I hope it works, because as has been mentioned before, that format is way bereft of ladies. More »]]>
Hooray, I qualified to get a free MP3 of “Bury Me Alive,” the first single from the Carly Smithson/Evanescence dudes project The Fallen! And it sounds… like a big, vaguely gothy, mooky rock song, complete with chorus that’s a bit of a Xerox of that from that band’s 2003 track “Going Under.” This is not a complaint–”Going Under” was actually one of my favorite tracks the year it came out, and it was way superior to their big hit with that vestigial tail of a “rap” verse”–but I figured it was worthy of mention. Smithson’s voice sounds in fine form, if a bit studio-massaged, and the band sounds, you know, like a band trying to get on modern-rock radio. I hope it works, because as has been mentioned before, that format is way bereft of ladies.





This seems like an appropriate place to note that Smithson’s American Idol BFF, the fetching Aussie Michael Johns, also has an album coming out today. Here is him doing the first single off Hold Back My Heart, called “Heart On My Sleeve”:





Apparently his album is on the cooler-than-you haven Downtown Records, although he hasn’t been added to the label’s official site yet. Hope this slight means he at least gets an extra beer ad out of the deal.


The Fallen – Bury Me Alive [YouTube]
Evanescence – Going Under [YouTube]

]]> 2 Carly Smithson’s New Band Throws Itself A Lottery http://idolator.com/5245592/carly-smithsons-new-band-throws-itself-a-lottery http://idolator.com/5245592/carly-smithsons-new-band-throws-itself-a-lottery#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:20:12 +0000 Maura http://idolator.com/?p=5245592 The Fallen, the band featuring former American Idol Carly Smithson and a smattering of dudes who were booted from Evanescence. And the site's even giving away a free MP3--although you have to sign up with an e-mail address and a mobile number, and then wait to see if you were one of the first 100,000 people to sign up and qualify for one of the free downloads. Dum de dum. More »]]> carlyxThe gates have been opened at the official site for The Fallen, the band featuring former American Idol Carly Smithson and a smattering of dudes who were booted from Evanescence. And the site’s even giving away a free MP3–although you have to sign up with an e-mail address and a mobile number, and then wait to see if you were one of the first 100,000 people to sign up and qualify for one of the free downloads. Dum de dum.


The site launched 20 minutes ago, so I figure I’m in pretty good shape. (No offense, Carly/Ben/everyone else–it’s just that I see music-related traffic numbers a lot, and 300,000 pageviews in an hour is a pretty high bar to leap over when you’re just cobbling together an opt-in list.) I will admit, I’m kind of intrigued by what will come out of this! Sure, it’ll probably be somewhat sludgy neo-grunge, but it’ll definitely beat the Linkin Parky search results for the term “The Fallen” that YouTube is bringing up at present.


Fallen [Official site]

]]> 0 Amy Lee Would Like To Remind The World That Evanescence Still Exists http://idolator.com/5244802/amy-lee-would-like-to-remind-the-world-that-evanescence-still-exists http://idolator.com/5244802/amy-lee-would-like-to-remind-the-world-that-evanescence-still-exists#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:45:15 +0000 Maura http://idolator.com/?p=5244802 American Idol contestant Carly Smithson would be joining up with a bunch of ex-members of nu-goth outfit Evanescence to form a band called The Fallen apparently got Amy Lee, Evanescence's figurehead / Billy Corgan character, in a snit. So she released a statement on her band's Web site letting everyone know that hey, she is still around and making music under the Evanescence name, and she would like some of that press attention that all of the people she once collaborated with to go in her direction! More »]]> amy-lee-2Yesterday’s news that former American Idol contestant Carly Smithson would be joining up with a bunch of ex-members of nu-goth outfit Evanescence to form a band called The Fallen apparently got Amy Lee, Evanescence’s figurehead / Billy Corgan character, in a snit. So she released a statement on her band’s Web site letting everyone know that hey, she is still around and making music under the Evanescence name, and she would like some of that press attention that all of the people she once collaborated with to go in her direction!

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…



If you read all the bits defending The Open Door–which was actually not bad!–in the Comic Book Guy voice, it’s a little bit funnier.


Will The Real Slim Shady Please Stand Up? [Evanescence]

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