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Then it was time to take a break. The Fallen success came when Lee was only 21, and it took its toll. I love this band, but it really can consume your identity a little bit, and for me that was the case.

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Capps, Myke Towers and more. View more issues. By Sanford Nowlin October 25, Mike Corner. Tags: Evanescence. More Stories 3 min read. Steven Giles. So many of us are starved for the physical sensation of the feedback and the drum beats just coursing through your body. But after feeling creatively frustrated and just lonely, being able to reunite — we took that pent-up frustration and desire and just exploded.

The longer you wait to admit it, and the more you try to push it down, the more it consumes you. Inside, I was holding so much grief for the last two years.

And in the outside world, between the pandemic, racial and gender equality, voter suppression We have to admit that we are broken before we can heal. All these crises have revealed just how many people in this country live in totally different realities. The Black Lives Matter movement was so moving — to watch so many people from all over the place, all colors, everyone standing together and fighting like hell.

I felt so inspired. It is righteous and necessary. What made you decide it was time to take a stand in ? I think music is a beautiful thing, because I have seen it unify people with all kinds of differences, and I want to maintain that. Human rights are more important than the popularity of my band. And guess what? Many other artists have had to learn this the hard way, including Taylor Swift , who is currently re-recording her early songs.

Songwriters are organizing to get royalties too. On every level, people around the world are fighting to change old systems. The music industry is going through a reformation now in a really big way. At the end of the day, artists are the ones who have to live with our music; it represents who we are for the rest of our lives. What they were interested in was my past. Your fanbase is so expansive.