We Are The Fallen
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Carly Smithson is an amazing singer....she was one of the better Idol contestants to come along. I'll be checking out this release.
compurocker
rocking out
I am a big Evanescence fan despite the naysayers. Actually, I was one of the naysayers saying their last album would suck when they lost their principal songwriter. It took a few spins to grow on me, but I liked it just as much if not more than their prior effort.
I have high hopes for We Are the Fallen, but like the last Evanescence disc I think I'll need to give it a few listens before I make a decision on it. As it stands right now, I think I may actually like the new Evanescence single more than the We Are the Fallen Single. But once I hear them in the context of their respective albums that may very well change.
I have high hopes for We Are the Fallen, but like the last Evanescence disc I think I'll need to give it a few listens before I make a decision on it. As it stands right now, I think I may actually like the new Evanescence single more than the We Are the Fallen Single. But once I hear them in the context of their respective albums that may very well change.
AngraRULES
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This band should be called We Are the RipOffs.
Especially considering the title of Evanesence's breakthrough album....
Especially considering the title of Evanesence's breakthrough album....
You do realize that this band has four of the five Evanescence members that existed at the time Fallen was made, right? And Ben Moody had a lot more to do with the creation of the band than Amy Lee.
AngraRULES
Member
Oh, I had no idea. If that's the case, then I take back what I said and then they should be called "We Are The Real Evanescence. She Is The Fallen."
OrbWeaver
BECAUSE FALCONER
Picked up this cd and I gotta say, it's not too bad! I really liked Carly Smithson when she was on AI a couple of years back, and she does a terrific job with the vocals on this cd. Of course, fans of Evanescence will likely dig it, but it's not too far removed from bands like Evergrey and Within Temptation. In fact, the title track "Tear The World Down" really gives Within Temptation a run for their money. The song "St. John" is really cool, too.
Just got home after seeing them live in Northampton, Mass. Great show and talked to Carly afterwards. See was super-nice and even posed for pictures! Sound was not the best, but worth the $20 and then some. I think I like them better than E! 
Just wish more people knew about the show...
Just wish more people knew about the show...
edgeofthorns
24 Hours Ago...
I'm an Evanescence fan, so I'll be picking this up. With that said, I thought the Open Door was a great album! In my opinion, the band grew from Fallen to The Open Door and the teenie boppers didn't like that....oh well.
~Brian~
~Brian~
skyrefuge
Member
Any estimate on the turnout? I was thinking of going to their show here next week (part of the "American Idol Invades Chicago" Extravaganza), and was surprised to see that they're playing Reggie's (~300 capacity). I guess selling 15 million records in 2003 and a 6th-place American Idol finish doesn't count for nearly as much as you would think.
Neil
AngraRULES
Member
You know, I'd go see them tonight in Poughkeepsie if it wasn't for the fact that I'm photographing Puddle of Mudd in Hartford, CT.
Too bad they're both playing the same night. If I could pick, I'd go see both..
Too bad they're both playing the same night. If I could pick, I'd go see both..
I hate to say it, but if I had to guess - maybe 50-60 people max. No, that is not a typo. I didn't even hear about the show until a week before and I only live 15 miles away. On a positive note, the first thing Carly said afterwards is that she was happy with the turnout. Maybe she meant she was happy with the crowd (however small it was) because overall the response was very good.
By the way, the only reason I said the sound was not the best was because it was a little loud for the venue size (they played at the smaller stage downstairs at Pearl Street, if you have ever been there). My ears did stop ringing early this afternoon so it's all good!
I heard that Carly is on Iron Maiden nut and they have been covering "Flight of the Icarus" live. I wanna check out this album.
skyrefuge
Member
My review of their show in Chicago...
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2010.05.20 - We Are the Fallen / Red Line Chemistry @ Reggie's
Red Line Chemistry turns out to be a shockingly good radio-friendly modern-rock/metal band from Kansas City. The internet tells me they're almost completely unknown, but if you would have told me that they have a hit #1 album and regularly play arenas, I would have believed you. I don't listen to a lot of stuff like this, so Alter Bridge is the best reference point I can give. Throw in some Alice in Chains vocal harmonies, and an excellent drummer, and this seems like a band that really ought to be going places.
Then came We Are the Fallen, which is 3/5ths of Evanescence (including main songwriter Ben Moody) along with former American Idol contestant Carly Smithson. Once she got warmed up after the first song, it was clear that a 6th-place AI-finisher trumps a 17-place finisher. Girl can wail. And maybe she's just a really good actor, but it all felt pretty genuine, without any hint of residual plastic AI-molding. Well, ok, the harmony vocals coming from tape were kind of plasticy.
They outdrew District 97, but barely. Only about 60 were on hand to see the creators of an album that sold 15 million copies (Evanescence's 'Fallen'), paired with a singer who was followed by more than 30 million Americans for a dozen weeks on TV. I guess their label (Universal Republic) must be putting absolutely nothing behind them; they didn't even have a light show, just the house lights on the same setting the whole set. They did tell us to "call our favorite radio stations every minute of every day" to request their single, which is something I've never heard at a concert before. The other anachronism from the glory days was Ben Moody's giant keyboard-enclosure, built to look like an upright piano, that the roadie wheeled out for him to play for a single song (when of course all their other songs also had plenty of keyboard parts, but coming from tape).
They still performed as if the audience was much larger, and the songs are good enough, though I'm probably not going to run out and get their album. In addition to the entire record, they played two (or maybe three) covers, but not by Evanescence, so that must be off-limits. Fine by me, because then we got Madonna's "Like a Prayer" and Iron Maiden's "Flight of Icarus" which were a lot of fun. "Flight of Icarus" seemed like an unusual choice to me, until I see that it was Maiden's biggest US single...I guess it just feels "rare" to a youngster like me since it hasn't been part of their live set forever.
Neil
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2010.05.20 - We Are the Fallen / Red Line Chemistry @ Reggie's
Red Line Chemistry turns out to be a shockingly good radio-friendly modern-rock/metal band from Kansas City. The internet tells me they're almost completely unknown, but if you would have told me that they have a hit #1 album and regularly play arenas, I would have believed you. I don't listen to a lot of stuff like this, so Alter Bridge is the best reference point I can give. Throw in some Alice in Chains vocal harmonies, and an excellent drummer, and this seems like a band that really ought to be going places.
Then came We Are the Fallen, which is 3/5ths of Evanescence (including main songwriter Ben Moody) along with former American Idol contestant Carly Smithson. Once she got warmed up after the first song, it was clear that a 6th-place AI-finisher trumps a 17-place finisher. Girl can wail. And maybe she's just a really good actor, but it all felt pretty genuine, without any hint of residual plastic AI-molding. Well, ok, the harmony vocals coming from tape were kind of plasticy.
They outdrew District 97, but barely. Only about 60 were on hand to see the creators of an album that sold 15 million copies (Evanescence's 'Fallen'), paired with a singer who was followed by more than 30 million Americans for a dozen weeks on TV. I guess their label (Universal Republic) must be putting absolutely nothing behind them; they didn't even have a light show, just the house lights on the same setting the whole set. They did tell us to "call our favorite radio stations every minute of every day" to request their single, which is something I've never heard at a concert before. The other anachronism from the glory days was Ben Moody's giant keyboard-enclosure, built to look like an upright piano, that the roadie wheeled out for him to play for a single song (when of course all their other songs also had plenty of keyboard parts, but coming from tape).
They still performed as if the audience was much larger, and the songs are good enough, though I'm probably not going to run out and get their album. In addition to the entire record, they played two (or maybe three) covers, but not by Evanescence, so that must be off-limits. Fine by me, because then we got Madonna's "Like a Prayer" and Iron Maiden's "Flight of Icarus" which were a lot of fun. "Flight of Icarus" seemed like an unusual choice to me, until I see that it was Maiden's biggest US single...I guess it just feels "rare" to a youngster like me since it hasn't been part of their live set forever.
Neil
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