the beginning of the greatness of Amy Lee and Evanescence

The arrival of the new millennium has some very specific sounds because while Britney Spears and Kylie Minogue emanated shine through their chic pop, nu metal and skate punk made their way with the help of groups like Korn and Blink-182. The atmosphere pretended to pass as futuristic, but the reality is that among all the gel and baggy pants, the heaviest music had been left behind in terms of genre. At that time, it seemed that women only had a place in pop and that metal was a man’s business, but in 2003 a 21-year-old Amy Lee and her group Evanescence emerged from the underground to change the rules of the game.

In the mid-’90s, Lee met Ben Moody at a Christian camp in Little Rock, Arkansas, where they began to share their love of music. Both teenagers used to meet in Lee’s garage for their jam sessions, but over time the project of forming a band was gaining more and more strength. Initially, a premature Childish Intentions or Stricken appeared every few months in coffee shops or bookstores around the city, changing names each time a new opportunity to present itself arose.

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