Not wanting to sacrifice the band’s vision, Evanescence initially told the label ‘no’ to the male vocalist and left all their label provided perks behind, even the Los Angeles pad they were put up in, and headed back to their hometown in Arkansas. Lee fought tooth and nail to avoid the label adding a male vocalist on Fallen, winning the war overall, but she lost that battle for “Bring Me to Life.” It was Lee’s first inkling that the industry was not going to work how she imagined. Fallen was immediately poached for commercial promotion and industry executives exploited the song and Lee by adding a male vocalist to the album to sell more records, explaining that she alone as a woman behind a piano wouldn’t sell records. In 2003, Evanescence released their debut record, Fallen, which successfully put the band on the map in the rock scene, yielding hits like “My Immortal,” “Going Under” and “Bring Me To Life,” a song that Lee vividly recounts as the first mile marker of her battle with the music industry. The music has been so healing for all of us during this time.” And that has just given me a lot more energy to focus on the music itself, which has been incredible. “The big difference is I’m not fighting this time. “I feel like I’ve been fighting for this all my life,” Lee tells American Songwriter. A battle she has won today with Evanescence’s new album The Bitter Truth.
Lee was only 19 when she came into the height of her success with Evanescence and it was an uphill battle from the start. Arguably, for the first time ever, Amy Lee has a complete say in the music she is making.
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