Evanescence Bassist William Boyd Departs
According to MTV.com, Evanescence bassist William Boyd apparently left the band last month. Frontwoman Amy Lee broke the news to the band's fans late Thursday in a post to the Evanescence online message board. "A few weeks ago, Will decided to leave the band," she wrote. "He said that he just can't go through with another huge tour right now, and wants to stay a little closer to his family instead."
Lee said that touring "is hard you kind of have to sacrifice your life for it. So we can all understand." She added that Evanescence "love Will very much," and that they collectively wish him "nothing but happiness in everything he does. We've been playing music together since I was in junior high. I miss him already."
Lee also assured fans that the departure won't affect the band's schedule. Evanescence's forthcoming album, The Open Door, will still be in stores October 3, and the band's to-be-announced touring plans will not be derailed.
Boyd's departure is the second in recent years for the band. In 2003, one of the founding members, lead guitarist and principal songwriter Ben Moody, exited midway through Evanescence's European tour. Moody was immediately replaced on the road by former Cold guitarist Terry Balsamo, who suffered a stroke caused by a torn neck artery eight months ago. He was made a permanent band fixture in 2004.
A spokesperson for the band's label confirmed Boyd's departure Friday morning (July 14).
Source: MTV.com
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32 Comments on "Evanescence Bassist Departs"
2. writes:
AAWWWWWWWWWWWW SHHHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTT
first moody who was great, and now this a$$hole, hope this doesn't completely change the original sounds of evansence.
although i personally think terry(former cold guitarist) who i haven't really never heard him play in evansecene may probably be better than ben moody.
yeah i think thye will sound different but even better.
maybe it doesn't matter if will boyd left the band cuz evanescene has already finshed with their new album.
F-UCK YOU BOYD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
Founder, owner & programmer
5. writes:
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yo why your breath smells like d***? don't talk to me when your breath smell like d***.
wanna smell mine? good right it smell like bad cuz of to much p***y eating.
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leave staright men alone(like me not you.)
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6. writes:
yo db, what do you mean with annoyance?
it dat one of their new singles in open door? you like evanescene right?
they got me into rock music to begin with. you could say like the gate to what i listen today. of course i listen to linkin park, seether, p.o.d in the first days since i got into this genre(havin recently abandoned rap and hip hop)
alot of us start with rap (those around my age) but then we hear someone like nirvana, alice in chains, metallica. we get to where we are today to better sh** we call true metal.
9. writes:
everyone has to admit, it ppl like me, korndogg, lorlor and others dat keep this site alive.
if it weren't for us this site will be as borin as blabbermouth. dat is why this site is for. it a social site where we voice our opinions and defend our bands.
i know we go of topic once in a while. but since this is chattin and bein part of social life it how debates and conflicts broke out.
but on-topic i think the new evans album is gonna kick ass.
Former Contributor
10. writes:
I dont think this band ever intended to blow up the way it did....Only the record label people wanted this kind of exposure.
Lots of rock/metal...hell even pop-sounding acts want a warm insular fan base that pays the bills (100.000-600,000 fans maybe)...but lots of these people arent looking to be on 60 minutes or Rolling Stone and it f***s with their head....Bigger fan base also equals more touring...So I can see why it would suck, but if I were that bassist....and I know skill wise I -could- be him, I would have stuck with it....
I dunno I'm not him, he's probably got a lifetimes worth of funds to live on already, lucky f***er.
Former Contributor
13. writes:
f***ing deal with it Skribb.
This isn't a band I would cover either, but some fans of real metal like this band and some even associate this band with other (real) metal acts.
Besides bands that straddle the line between rock-pop-metal-garbage ---always---- bring the best conversations, flame wars and inter-post shoving matches. It gets like highschool without that sh**ty bell and twice the childishness.....s'fun.
Supporter
18. writes:
I'm not the biggest fan of this band and R.M. is probably right when he say's they never expected to be this big.Fame and fortune bring's alot with it.Just because you might want that life does not mean it's everything it's cracked up to be.Just think If you were some big celebrity.You've been on tour or makeing a movie & have been gone for so many month's or in the case of certaine band's upward of a year.You finally come home and all you want is to relax and hang with your friends family your kid your girl what ever.But because your famous it's not that simple.people are alway's watching popperatzi whatever.Fans that want your autograph,the drunken idiot that want's to talk to you while your at the urinal.Just because we all may want that life & it looks like a sh** load of fun.That does not mean it's perfect.I wish him well.......
Now that saide. I would just like to say LACUNA COIL IS BETTER !!!!!!!!!!
Member
19. writes:
Skribb is a b****, not that I support mtv, but if you're going to b**** about where people get the news go make your own site, you're so f***ing godlike, and that's really gay that ben moody left, I had no idea, I don't think evanescence will ever sound the same, maybe it will be for the better, but it's sad the original band is falling apart.
23. writes:
hahaha.............
by da way dat h.o.e think is wack, rulin.
but it seems dat your more than just illiterated and can read, fag. i said greenwich, conn was blown by a storm, but i never said i was in greenwich, sh**face.
i'm from new york. stupid ass. get it n.y!
have you ever heard of new york no i don't think you even know da gov of california, sh**face.
sh**face?................
hmmmmmmmmmmmm i ponder...................
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26. writes:
the only fag i know is mrs hooked on ebonics aka your dumb nu-metal loving retarded a$$ along
with your fanboy kornfagg. Both of you are clueless it's just goes to show that you are nothing
but a trendy fence rider that used to be a east coast wigger now your posing a metal head
but you listen to queerass sh** like this and korn do the world a favor and jump in front of
a moving subway train and save the world a bit of precious oxygen. Douchebag.
27. writes:
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hahahahhahaha.........yer da most retarted fecal matter i ever came across. (but thank god in da internet not personal...........for i will be consume into da modern sh**ten world dat this world has to offer, with rulin being courtesy of everythin dat has brought this world into chaos, courtesy of you and yer kind)
ppl can listen to anythin they want, you mallcore lovin p***y. i like al type of sh** and there is nothin wrong with it. maybe your mom like to listen to dat country sh** since she is a caucasian white honkey as you have claimed yourslef and your family to be.
i don't go around tryin to get a cool image by likin da dominatin genre in rock n roll ONLY. meanin heavy metal.
what i'm tryin to say is i'm not narrow-minded like your clit.
you bother me like you have a clit so therefore you must have got a clit.
but dat must not offend since you know dat with your usual ranting gay knowledge of boy george and elton john, and your usual stupid "hooked on ebonics" (which is da same borin old sh** dat has led me to kick your a$$ several times leavin your once human-mind to sh**) you will prove yourself an symbol of homosexuality in desolation HAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHA
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i'll be posting here and talk about my music and nothin dat you or any other c***sucker can say about my bands will change da fact they are cool. so give it up.............
because your struggle to get a c*** is in vain....................
i like nu-metal and heavy metal just da same, they are both united by rock n roll anyways.
soooooooooooooooooooo.......................
excuse me for i have a life to attend to.
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1. Amy Lee is Jesus writes:
In case anyone's wondering, Amy did not actually make any reference to even finding a replacement for Will, much less liken it to "an annoyance." Taking negative creative freedom = bad journalism. The full text can be viewed at Evboard.com.
And dear haters: stop being jealous. Go watch her acoustic performances on Youtube and you'll change your mind about how she "can't sing." <;3.