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Best Song of 2011: ‘Man or Muppet?’

@coltondaniel — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:30:21 +0000

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Are you a Muppet of a man or a very manly Muppet?

It’s the question we all ask ourselves every morning and yesterday, Jason Segel – who starred, co-wrote, executive-produced and resurrected the new ‘Muppets’ franchise – and his Muppet brother Walter serenade us with the existential ballad of self-awareness. It follows the two coping with heartache on different levels. It’s the Flight of the Conchords-type deepness that is both equal parts heartbreaking and hilarious.

In fact, it was penned by FOTC’s beloved Bret McKenzie. He wrote a few more songs for the soundtrack – along with OK Go, The Fray, Weezer, Hayley Williams, Amy Lee and My Morning Jacket.

With cornball cameos in the film ranging from Jack Black, Neil Patrick Harris, Selena Gomez and Dave Grohl – this teaser doesn’t disappoint, with ‘Big Bang Theory’ star Jim Parsons dropping in. If you haven’t made it to theatres to see it yet… why not?

Small Talk with Evanescene’s Amy Lee: Playing The Harp

andPOP Staff — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:08:29 +0000

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After a change in their line-up, Evanescence is back with their first album in five years. To celebrate the release of “Evanescence” (2011) we ignored everything musically relevant to discuss cats and dogs with the band’s frontwoman. Part 4 of 4 of our interview with Amy Lee (who is one of the nicest people alive FYI). Subscribe to catch the rest of the interview where we talk about the band’s hiatus, playing the harp and Evanescence’s legion of fans.

Small Talk with Evanescene’s Amy Lee: Amy Lee Is A Nice Person

andPOP Staff — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:05:31 +0000

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After a change in their line-up, Evanescence is back with their first album in five years. To celebrate the release of “Evanescence” (2011) we ignored everything musically relevant to discuss cats and dogs with the band’s frontwoman. Part 3 of 4 of our interview with Amy Lee (who is one of the nicest people alive FYI). Subscribe to catch the rest of the interview where we talk about the band’s hiatus, playing the harp and Evanescence’s legion of fans.

Small Talk with Evanescene’s Amy Lee: Amy Lee’s Hiatus and Awesome Fans

andPOP Staff — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:22:33 +0000

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After a change in their line-up, Evanescence is back with their first album in five years. To celebrate the release of “Evanescence” (2011) we ignored everything musically relevant to discuss cats and dogs with the band’s frontwoman. Part 2 of 4 of our interview with Amy Lee (who is one of the nicest people alive FYI). Subscribe to catch the rest of the interview where we talk about the band’s hiatus, playing the harp and Evanescence’s legion of fans.

Small Talk with Evanescene’s Amy Lee: Cats vs Dogs

andPOP Staff — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:58:35 +0000

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After a change in their line-up, Evanescence is back with their first album in five years. To celebrate the release of “Evanescence” (2011) we ignored everything musically relevant to discuss cats and dogs with the band’s frontwoman. Part 1 of 4 of our interview with Amy Lee (who is one of the nicest people alive FYI). Subscribe to catch the rest of the interview where we talk about the band’s hiatus, playing the harp and Evanescence’s legion of fans.

We Are The Fallen Interview – They Are Not Evanescence!

andPOP Staff — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:31:44 +0000

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Yes there are some obvious similarities between We Are The Fallen and Evanescence. They have many of the same band members, they have a similar sound, but there are differences. One notable difference being Amy Lee lead Evanescence but We Are The Fallen is headed by American Idol contestant Carly Smithson. And there are more – but we will let them tell you.

Evanescence Return to the Stage

Sara Harowitz — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:49:44 +0000

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Remember Evanescence? You know, the one with that goth female lead singer with the haunting voice? Well, they’re back, and with a bang.

Wednesday night the band performed a secret show at the Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom in New York, reports rollingstone.com. A little after 9 p.m., the crowd started growing impatient, chanting, “EVAN-ES-SCENTS, EVAN-ES-SCENTS.” And even though the band hasn’t been heard from in years, you wouldn’t know it from their performance.

And as their front woman Amy Lee explained, last night’s intimate show was quite necessary, considering Evanescence will be performing for 40,000 people at the Maquinaria Festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Nov. 8. So, Lee said, they needed a little warming up before heading south.

“Thanks for being our guinea pigs,” Lee joked to the predominantly female crowd.

Evanescence hasn’t put out a record since 2006′s The Open Door, but they’re currently hard at work on a follow-up album. Still, it’ll be another year before the band is back performing in New York, making last night’s concert a special treat for their dedicated fans, who sold out the show in just five minutes.

Lee sported clunky black boots and a multi-coloured dress at the show, commanding the stage and showing off her operatic and smoky pipes. The band, featuring substitute guitarist James Black from the band Finger Eleven, soared through hits like, “Going Under,” “Missing,” Haunted,” “Good Enough,” “Call Me When You’re Sober,” “Bring Me To Life,” and “My Immortal.”

Fans head banged and fist pumped along with Lee, singing along with her and recording every minute with their cell phones and digital cameras. After one song, a fan tossed a teddy bear up at Lee, but it instead ended up in the grasp of a stage hand.

Before leaving the stage, Lee thanked all her fans for being so supportive after so long, and promised that new music was on the way.

Amy Lee ‘Weds

andPOP Staff — Thu, 17 May 2007 12:43:00 +0000

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EVANESCENCE frontwoman AMY LEE reportedly married her therapist fiance JOSH HARTZLER on Saturday.

It was a busy weekend for the goth singer – the band’s drummer Rocky Gray quit the band after guitarist John LeCompt was sacked.

Arkansas TV station KHTV Little Rock reported the 25-year-old singer married Hartzler, 28, following a four month engagement.