Ben Moody

The co-founder of goth metal giants <a href="spotify:artist:5nGIFgo0shDenQYSE0Sn7c">Evanescence</a>, singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer Ben Moody has also tossed his hat into the acting world, and has collaborated with a host of diverse artists as a vocalist, instrumentalist, and writer. A native of Little Rock, Arkansas, Moody met future <a href="spotify:artist:5nGIFgo0shDenQYSE0Sn7c">Evanescence</a> collaborator <a href="spotify:artist:0fGVuq5ed21pM7iWwTcMyk">Amy Lee</a> at a youth camp in 1994. In 2003, <a href="spotify:artist:5nGIFgo0shDenQYSE0Sn7c">Evanescence</a> sold more than 17 million copies of Fallen, their Grammy-winning <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Wind+Up+Records%22">Wind Up Records</a> debut album, but Moody left the group mid-tour, citing "creative differences." His solo career began with a series of collaborations, co-writing tracks for <a href="spotify:artist:0p4nmQO2msCgU4IF37Wi3j">Avril Lavigne</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:3BmGtnKgCSGYIUhmivXKWX">Kelly Clarkson</a>, among others, and working in the studio with a wide array of musicians, including <a href="spotify:artist:40lmBYyahQHhNiutO05hUn">Hana Pestle</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1HINQyW0VMYvvcmTPFGcHR">Godhead</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5P5FTygHyx2G57oszR3Wot">Daughtry</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:4S9EykWXhStSc15wEx8QFK">Celine Dion</a>. He released an EP, Mutiny Bootleg, in 2008 and promised to issue his debut full-length outing the following year. The resulting All for This dropped that June, followed by an announcement that he would be teaming up with American Idol finalist <a href="spotify:artist:41ahmM1RyY2rTFy9LU32Vr">Carly Smithson</a>, former <a href="spotify:artist:5nGIFgo0shDenQYSE0Sn7c">Evanescence</a> members Rocky Gray and John LeCompt, and longtime friend Marty O'Brien to form a new band called <a href="spotify:artist:4V0jSDdGGQ2VhYuSOjBUjI">We Are the Fallen</a>. The goth metal/post-grunge group's debut LP, Tear the World Down, arrived in 2010 via <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Universal+Republic%22">Universal Republic</a>. His sophomore solo album, You Can't Regret What You Don't Remember, arrived in 2011, and in 2012 Moody started a new project with <a href="spotify:artist:4RddZ3iHvSpGV4dvATac9X">Papa Roach</a> drummer Dave Buckner and ex-<a href="spotify:artist:2BKxotZtUpXm9qXdqUKeb8">Rock Star Supernova</a> frontman Lukas Rossi called the Halo Method. ~ James Christopher Monger, Rovi