MEET THE BAND
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AMY LEE
Katie
Katie has been singing professionally for 13 years and attributes most of her love and ability for singing to having sang along to the Evanescence tracks for many years as a teengager. As well as Forevanescence Katie has also been in a number of other bands such as Cenfora & Kingmakers as well as performing many principal roles in theatre productions as well as having a career as a solo vocalist.
Katie has been a fan of Evanescence since she first discovered ‘Bring Me To Life’ when she was 12 and has been an avid fan ever since, from seeing them at her home town or travelling to the Czeh Republic to see them on her birthday.
“As soon as I heard them I was hooked! I loved the vocals, the fact that there was this beautiful voice that cut through the heaviness of the music and it just worked. I wasn’t a huge fan of metal at that point so they definitely set me off on that path. As much as I love the heaviness of the band I’m always drawn to the softer melodic songs such as ‘My Immortal’ and ‘Secret Door’ - those are the ones I look forward to when they bring out a new album. I used to spend ages on the web trying to find tracks of theirs i’d never heard such as their original EP ‘Origins’. I told myself 7 years prior to Forevanescence that I wanted to be in an Evanescence Tribute band. It took me long enough but I finally did it!”
My favorite tracks are ‘Hello’ & ‘Good Enough’
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TIM MCCORD
Kevin
Whilst Kevin doesn't use a StingRay Bass like Emma and her predecessors, my main bass with Forevanescence is my custom @AlpherInstruments Mako Elite bass, which is a MONSTER of an instrument, loaded with twin Nordstrand Audio StringRay style Bigman pickups, which give me all of the growl and bite the bass lines are known for. I use this alongside my NeuralDsp Quad Cortex and a load of less exciting stuff.”
Kev has been playing for a solid 216 months. When asked why he wanted to be in an Evanescence tribute band he said “I thought I was such a dead-ringer for Tim McCord, it seemed to be a no brainer! Also, I rather like grooving to gothy nu-metal from my youth. Kev is also the bassist of band Awaken Eternity and when asked if he had ever seen Evanescence live he said “Um, no. I did see Forevanescence live, got drunk and missed my train home…” we obviously made such an impression on him that night a few years later he decided to join us!
Kevins favourite Evanescence songs are: "End of the Dream" & "Better Without You"
TROY MCLAWHORN
Jonathan
I’ve been playing guitar since I was 16, some time in the 19th Century.
Bands I’ve been in: Kaa, Bond, Liquid Sky, Nya
I discovered Evanescence through “Bring me to life” in the Daredevil movie soundtrack. I got “Fallen” on import before it was even released in the UK! What made me notice them was a powerful female vocal in a rock/metal band, which at the time was a lot less common than now.
I like them because they have adapted their sound across various albums but are still almost immediately identifiable. They’re catchy and melodic, but diverse and interesting too.
Favourite Evanescence song is either “Tourniquet” or “What you want”.
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TERRY BALSAMO
Oli
Oli Joined us on guitar in 2023 and has been playing guitar for almost 4 years.
Oli hasn’t seen Evanescence live yet but hopes to some day, and when asked why he wanted to be in an Evanescence tribute band said ‘ I took after my dad who was previously in an Ev tribute, only difference, I play guitar and not keys, and it’s fun !! This is my first band, and I couldn’t have asked for a better first band”
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Oli’s favourite Evanescence songs are: "Never Go Back" & "Imaginary"
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ROCKY GRAY
Miles
Miles joins us on drums and has been playing since 2011. Miles has played in a few rock bands before but never a tribute band. & when asked if he’d seen Evanescence before he said “I haven’t seen Evanescence live they’re absolutely on my bucket list of bands to see’.
“Ever since my early teenage years listening to the fallen album on repeat I remember saying to my 11 year old self I’d love to one day drum for this band. And 14 years later I’m playing for the most authentic Evanescence tribute band! It’s close enough to real thing! If you put in the hard work dreams do come true.”
Miles favourite Evanescence songs are:
"Bring me to life" & "Weight of the world"
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