Truth - Simone Simons about Evanescence (2013)

It's the truth.

Simone Simons from Epica didn't say a word about hating Evanescence.

In the interview, she said that Evanescence's music is different from Epica. And yes, that's true. I guess nobody likes to be compared when it comes to music.

However, of course Evanescence isn't pop-rock. In fact, if you try to categorize Evanescence, you can check out this interview:

http://evanescencemediaarchive.blogspot.com/2012/08/trying-to-categorize-evanescence-stop.html


Just chill out and enjoy the music.

Reference:

http://www.smoonstyle.com/2013/03/do-you-think-you-know-me-20-facts-about.html

Shirley Manson Mentioned Amy Lee on Stage (2012)

Garbage's lead singer Shirley Manson mentioned Evanescence's Amy Lee on stage at Planeta Terra Festival 2012 (in Bogota, Colombia).

She thanked the festival organizers for inviting women to take part. She then told to the audience about Amy Lee, who was inspired to start a band after seeing one of Garbage's shows (and Smashing Pumpkins at that time) when she was still a teenager. That day (October 27, 2012), Evanescence was the headliner at the festival.

Talk about a dream come true :-)

Here's a conversation between Amy and Shirley on twitter:

Lemmy Kilmister - Listen To Them, You Won't Be Sorry (2011)

The lead vocalist and bassist of the heavy metal band Motorhead, Lemmy Kilmister, admitted that he liked Evanescence. Lemmy has stated in several interviews that he indeed listened to the band.

According to an interview in 2007 by Stay Thirsty Media, he said that Evanescence was great with excellent songs, arrangement, and production and that he had seen them live in Las Vegas.

He revealed some of his favorite records (but he also mentioned his own band, Motorhead), and told us "listen to all of them, you won't be sorry".

This video was uploaded by Rhapsody in March 2011, months before the third studio album of Evanescence was released. In 2012, Amy Lee posted a photo of her and Lemmy backstage when they were touring in Germany.

Cristina Scabbia about Evanescence (In Italian) - (2010)

This is an older video I just found (uploaded in 2010), where you can find what Cristina Scabbia of Lacuna Coil had to say about Evanescence. This is when Cristina was told to name / recognize some songs and say anything related to the music.

The Evanescence part starts at 0:38 when they played Bring Me To Life, and (according to the translation from one of the commentators on YouTube) she said that Evanescence is a band they know very well.

Cristina said they'd never met them, but Amy had come to a few concerts of Lacuna Coil and she said they were going to meet them someday. In 2012, at the Revolver's Golden Gods Awards, Cristina and Lzzy Hale presented the Evanescence performance when they played 3 songs at the award.

However, a fan asked if she met Amy during the award, and she answered "unfortunately, we didn't meet!" on twitter.

So immature fans of both Evanescence and Lacuna Coil, just stop hating and arguing on who's better. They all respect each other.