Carly Smithson joins Evanescence members
American Idol contestant Carly Smithson is not replacing Amy Lee as the lead singer of popular rock band Evanescence. The Season 7 Idol finalist is fronting a new band, We Are the Fallen, which featured Evanescence members Ben Moody, Rocky Gray and John LeCompt.
Before her star began to rise on Idol, Carly previously had released a solo album with little major success. This new band, with veteran rockers, seems like the perfect fit for one of the most-noted female rockers to come from the Fox reality series.
Carly has had a number of opportunities to join bands and produce new solo music since appearing on the show, but she has said nothing seemed like a good fit until this band came together
“I’ve said many times about Evanescence that we caught lightning in a bottle … and I think we are doing it again,” bandmember John LeCompt told CNN.com. “Carly is a good fit for the band because more than anything she is a brilliant, brilliant vocalist who is very down to earth and a humble person. She wants to do something where everyone is involved rather than being a posturing diva.”
The band’s first single, Bury Me Alive, is being offered for free to the first 100,000 people who register at the official site.
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