Terry (Balsamo) is vast bandlid zover ik weet. De officiele site vind ik qua informatie drie keer niks, maar goed.
COLD Guitarist Becomes Permanent Member Of EVANESCENCE - Jan. 16, 2004
EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee has confirmed to Australia's Undercover News that COLD guitarist Terry Balsamo is now a permanent member of EVANESCENCE.
According to Lee, that also means COLD is history. "They could hire another guitar player and continue, but I'm pretty sure that their lead singer is in and out of rehab and having real problems," she told Undercover News. "He has been for a long time and I don't think they're going to be making another record. Terry was in a situation also where their band was very unhappy, so I think we came together on a common ground."
Balsamo was initially brought into EVANESCENCE as a temporary replacement for Ben Moody after Moody walked out of the band midway through their European tour late last year. After several shows with Balsamo, things "just clicked" between the guitarist and the rest of the group and he was asked to become a permanent member of EVANESCENCE.
"[It is] better than I ever expected, because I knew him," Lee said of working with Balsamo, "but I didn't know him so well that it was like we were best friends. I knew I could count on him and it's been such a relief. It's like one thing in a million other things that has happened so naturally. Terry's an insane guitar player with awesome stage presence. He has a good personality and he's down to earth and on top of all that stuff, he's a great writer and he's done a lot of great writing. I didn't really realize when we first brought him into the band, so all around, Terry is one of the best decisions we've made".
Asked if Terry's appointment has created sore feelings with the rest of the COLD members, Amy told Undercover News, "I haven't talked to them. We all went on tour together in the States, which is funny, that's how we met. Scooter, the lead singer, was really hurting, it was not good, but the rest of the guys in the band are really awesome. I love Jeremy and Kelly's really cool and I was friends with both of those guys. I didn't know the drummer very well, but I don't think there is any sore feelings, I think they were all pretty sick of the situation in their band."
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Former EVANESCENCE Guitarist To Collaborate With 'American Idol' Winner - Feb. 18, 2004
In addition to writing material for Avril Lavigne's new CD, former EVANESCENCE guitarist Ben Moody is collaborating with "American Idol" winner Kelly Clarkson on tracks for her second album.
"It's cool because [Kelly] wants to do some branching out, and I'm doing nothing but branching out," Moody told MTV.com. "We got together and she had all these songs in mind of what she wanted to do. It's just a really, really cool process for me, because everybody is a new experience. Everybody works differently."
Moody has also been working with GODHEAD singer Jason Miller, new DROWNING POOL singer Jason Jones and LIVING SACRIFICE drummer Lance Garvin on the track "The End Has Come", slated for the soundtrack to the upcoming comic-book flick "The Punisher".
Besides writing material for a possible solo album, Moody also has also written for "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" and has been assisting the film's music supervisor in compiling the soundtrack.
"I'm writing more now than I ever have before in my life," Moody said. "This is the most prolific time I've ever known, and the most freedom I've ever had before."