Amy Lee

Amy Lynn Hartzler (known professionally as 'Amy Lee' (qv)) was born on December 13, 1981 to John Lee, a disc jockey and TV personality, and Sara Cargill. They moved from California to Florida to Illinois, and then finally to Arkansas. Amy met young guitarist 'Ben Moody' (qv) at a summer camp in 1994 while playing on the piano. He was astounded by her talents as a singer and pianist, so he convinced her to form a band with him. They went through several names, including Childish Intentions and Stricken, before settling for 'Evanescence' (qv). They were signed by Big-Wig Enterprises in 2000 and released a collection of demos called "Origin". Later in 2002, they got a record deal with Wind-Up Records along with former band member David Hodges and created their debut "Fallen," a 7x platinum selling album, which led to the international success that they are today. "Fallen" was followed by the release of "The Open Door" in 2006 and the self-titled album "'Evanescence' (qv)" in 2011.As a solo artist, Amy has collaborated with bands such as Korn and 'Seether' (qv). She has also contributed to the soundtrack for _Underworld (2003)_ (qv) and musical projects such as Nightmare Revisited (2008), Muppets:The Green Album (2011) and We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash (2012).Amy marks her debut as a film composer co-scoring the indie film _War Story (2014)_ (qv) with friend and composer 'Dave Eggar' (qv).::Rory G.