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Grammy Award

A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

-winning band Evanescence

Evanescence

Evanescence is an American rock band founded in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1995 by singer/pianist Amy Lee and guitarist Ben Moody. After recording private albums, the band released their first full-length album, Fallen, on Wind-up Records in 2003. Fallen sold more than 17 million copies worldwide...

has only one consistent member, being frontwoman Amy Lee

Amy Lee

Amy Lynn Hartzler , best known 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 musicians such as Mozart to modern artists Björk, Tori Amos, Danny Elfman and...

. This is a time line of all of the band's members since their formation in 1995.

Line up history

1995–1999	Amy Lee Amy Lee Amy Lynn Hartzler , best known 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 musicians such as Mozart to modern artists Björk, Tori Amos, Danny Elfman and... – lead vocals Singing Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... , piano Piano The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal... , keyboard Keyboard instrument A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments... Ben Moody Ben Moody Benjamin Robert Moody is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor. He is best known as co-founder, lead guitarist, and songwriter of Grammy Award-winning rock band Evanescence from 1995 to October 2003... – lead guitar Electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker... , bass guitar Bass guitar The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
1999–2002	Amy Lee – lead vocals, piano, keyboard Ben Moody – lead guitar, bass guitar David Hodges David Hodges David Hodges is a songwriter, producer, composer, keyboardist and vocalist from Little Rock, Arkansas. He is best known for his work with the band Evanescence, which he left in 2002. He has also been part of the bands Trading Yesterday, The Age of Information, Avox, and David Hodges solo... – piano, keyboard, backing vocals Backing vocalist A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists... , drums Drum kit A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
2002–2003	Amy Lee – lead vocals, piano, keyboard Ben Moody – lead guitar, bass guitar John LeCompt John LeCompt John Charles LeCompt is an American musician who has been part of the Little Rock heavy metal music scene since the mid-1990s. He has been associated with a great number of bands, ranging from the unknown and unsigned to multi-platinum sellers, most notably the alternative metal band Evanescence... (touring musician) – rhythm guitar Rhythm guitar Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together... , bass guitar Rocky Gray Rocky Gray William "Rocky" Gray is a drummer and guitarist who has been part of the Arkansas metal scene since the early 1990s. He has an extensive career as a musician and is best known as the lead guitarist for Living Sacrifice and the drummer for We Are the Fallen... (touring musician) – drums
2003	Amy Lee – lead vocals, piano, keyboard Ben Moody – lead guitar, rhythm guitar Francesco DiCosmo (session musician) – bass guitar Josh Freese Josh Freese Josh Freese is an American session drummer and songwriter. He is a permanent member of A Perfect Circle, The Vandals, and Devo, having formerly played drums for Nine Inch Nails from late 2005 until late 2008, and for Guns N' Roses from mid-1998 to 2001. Freese has appeared on close to 300 records.... (session musician) – drums
2003	Amy Lee – lead vocals, piano, keyboard Ben Moody – lead guitar John LeCompt – rhythm guitar Will Boyd – bass guitar Rocky Gray – drums
2003–2006	Amy Lee – lead vocals, piano, keyboard Terry Balsamo Terry Balsamo Terry Balsamo , is an American guitarist. He is the former guitarist of the alternative metal band Cold and the current guitarist of Evanescence.-Early projects and Cold:... – lead guitar John LeCompt – rhythm guitar Will Boyd – bass guitar Rocky Gray – drums
2006–2007	Amy Lee – lead vocals, piano, keyboard Terry Balsamo – lead guitar John LeCompt – rhythm guitar Tim McCord Tim McCord Timothy McCord was announced as Evanescence's bass player in August 2006. He replaced bassist Will Boyd who left the band in mid-2006... – bass guitar Rocky Gray – drums
2007	Amy Lee – lead vocals, piano, keyboard Terry Balsamo – lead guitar Troy McLawhorn Troy McLawhorn William Troy McLawhorn is an American musician who is a guitarist of the band Evanescence.-Early carrer:He was formerly of the bands Seether, Dark New Day, doubleDrive and Still Rain. After the demise of his first band, Still Rain, McLawhorn helped form Dark New Day in 1995, although they were... (touring musician) – rhythm guitar Tim McCord – bass guitar Will Hunt Will Hunt William Martin "Will" Hunt is an American musician who has served as drummer of the band Evanescence, Dark New Day, Skrape , ELI, Static-X and Black Label Society, just to name a few. Hunt was in Skrape until 2004 and Black Label Society until 2011. Both were signed to major record labels... (touring musician) – drums
2007–2010	Amy Lee – lead vocals, piano, keyboard Terry Balsamo – lead guitar Tim McCord – bass guitar
2010–2011	Amy Lee – lead vocals, piano, keyboard, harp Harp The harp is a multi-stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicularly to the soundboard. Organologically, it is in the general category of chordophones and has its own sub category . All harps have a neck, resonator and strings... Terry Balsamo – lead guitar Tim McCord – bass guitar Will Hunt – drums
2011–present	Amy Lee – lead vocals, piano, keyboard, harp Terry Balsamo – lead guitar Troy McLawhorn – rhythm guitar Tim McCord – bass guitar Will Hunt – drums

Chart

Band Role	Year
Band Role	1995–1999	1999–2002	2002–2003	2003	2003	2003–2006	2006–2007	2007	2007–2010	2010–2011	2011–present
	Amy Lee
Lead guitar	Ben Moody					Terry Balsamo
Rhythm guitar			John LeCompt		John LeCompt			Troy McLawhorn			Troy McLawhorn
Bass				Francesco Dicosmo	Will Boyd		Tim McCord
Drums			Rocky Gray	Josh Freese	Rocky Gray			Will Hunt		Will Hunt
Keyboards		David Hodges

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