Amy Lynn Hartzler (née Lee; born December 13, 1981), known professionally as Amy Lee, is an American singer-songwriter and classically trained pianist. She is co-founder and lead vocalist of the rock band Evanescence. She cites influences ranging from classical composers such as Mozart to modern film composers such as Danny Elfman to complementary artists Björk, Tori Amos, KoЯn, Plumb, Portishead and Shirley Manson of Garbage. Along with her contributions to Evanescence, Lee has also participated on numerous other musical projects including Walt Disney Records' Nightmare Revisited and Muppets•The Green Album. Lee has performed collaborations with artists such as Korn, Seether, and David Hodges. Lee is also the American chairperson for the international epilepsy awareness foundation, Out of the Shadows. Revolver Magazine named Lee the #1 Hottest Chick in Hard Rock for their 2011 annual issue and she appeared on the front cover. In February 2012, VH1 placed Amy Lee at #49 in the Top 100 Greatest Women in Music. In April 2012, Lee won the Best Vocalist honor at the Revolver Golden Gods Awards. In 2013, Amy Lee was named the 2012 Rock Goddess of the Year in the Loudwire Music Awards and the Hottest Woman in Music 2013 in the NME Awards.
Pulaski Academy, Middle Tennessee State University, Bring Me to Life, My Immortal, Going Under
Nationality
American
Spouse
Matthew Sanders Aka m shadowsSeptember,,
Children
Jack Lion Hartzler
Parents
John Lee, Sara Cargill, Bring Me to Life, My Immortal, Going Under
Siblings
Lori Lee, Carrie Lee, Robby Lee, Bonnie Lee, Bring Me to Life, My Immortal, Going Under
Awards
NME Award for Hottest Woman, Independent Music Award for Best Song - World Beat, Bring Me to Life, My Immortal, Going Under
Music Groups
Evanescence
Nominations
Grammy Award for Best Rock Song, Kerrang! Hottest Female Award, Bring Me to Life, My Immortal, Going Under
Movies
Evanescence's 'What You Want', Evanescence: After Midnight, Evanescence: Broken, The Best of Deathmatch Wrestling: Vol. 4: Queens of the Deathmatch
TV Shows
I Love the New Millennium, Dancing with the Stars
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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Trademark
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Frequently does underwater scenes in her videos
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off-beat style
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Her powerful Mezzo-Soprano vocals
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Her long, jet-black hair
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Her eyes are light blue and she sometimes wears green contacts.
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Quote
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I'm not ashamed of my spiritual beliefs, but I in no way incorporate them into this band.
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If people are making fun of you, then you're probably doing something right.
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I am Evanescence. I am the only original member. I have basically hired the band. Evanescence has become me. It is mine and it's exactly how I want it to be.
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My darlings, if I can't write dark, epic music, i can't live!
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"We're definitely a rock band, but the twist is that the band's music is epic, dramatic, dark rock." - on Evanescence.
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"The fact that he left the band, it wasn't like it killed me and hurt my feelings and made me feel like I lost a friend, it was actually more of a relief because he'd been so unhappy on tour recently that it was making everyone else unhappy. We all hope he's happier now." - commenting on Ben Moody's decision to leave the band.
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I'm glad that people are accepting our music and are connected to our art. Whether we're popular or not, I don't care.
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Fact
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Gave birth to her 1st child at age 32, a son named Jack Lion Hartzler on July 24, 2014 at 7:51 a.m., weighing in at 7 lbs., 13 oz. and measuring 21 inches long. Child's father is her husband, Josh Hartzler.
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(May 6, 2007) Married her longtime boyfriend Josh Hartzler following a 4-month-long engagement.
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Had encounters with stalkers. Hence brought the song "Snow White Queen" on Evanescence's album "The Open Door". The title came from 'Snow white' which is a nickname given to her by fans. and 'Queen' Amy said that the scary attention that the stalker gave her made her feel in a twisted way "like a Queen".
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Father, John Lee, is also a a Television spokesperson for various regional and local advertisers and won NBC's "The Gong Show" in 1980. He defeated Pee Wee Herman by playing guitar and singing, "Desperado.".
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After her 3 year old sister's tragic death, Amy wrote a song called Hello, it's track 9 on their debut album "Fallen". It was performed for her family. It's personal, so personal that she says she can't perform it live at concerts because she'll go into a serious breakdown.
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Is a spokesperson for the National (American) Epilepsy Foundation.
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Was an alto in her school choir.
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While growing up, she and her family moved frequently to many places, including Illinois, Kansas, and Florida before finally settling in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Was president of the choir council her senior year. She wrote a choir arrangement called "Listen to the Rain" which was performed by the school choir at graduation.
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Briefly attended Middle Tennessee State University.
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Attended and graduated from Pulaski Academy, a private elementary and junior/senior high school in Little Rock, Arkansas, class of 2000.
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She is a classically trained pianist. She spent 9 years studying classical piano in her youth.
She was meeting a few of her friends at a restaurant when a guy she barely knew looked into her eyes and asked her "Are you happy?". She knew that she truly wasn't, and those simple words really struck her. That is how the opening lines to the song "Bring Me To Life", "how can you see into my eyes like open doors..." came about.
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