Ben Moody is a ****ing asshole.

[DaveWadding]

Taken from evboard.com

lore77: These are my thoughts about what's gonna happen to Evanescence in the next few months (like I said, JUST MY THOUGHTS, don't start jumping on my ass with stuff like "you know nothing, so shut up"... Yes, I know nothing but as long as I have a brain I'd like to keep thinking and having my own opinions – right or wrong, true or false – about what I read and what I see): 1) I don’t think Ben will join the band again in the near future. Evanescence will carry on even without Ben 2) There will be a new guitarist who will fill in John's spot and John will take Ben's position. That new guitarist will not be Balsamo from Cold and it won’t be Morgan from Seether either. 3) Evanescence will go on tour more and more with Seether. 4) Evanescence will be the top act at the Grammy's winning most of the major awards. My immortal slowly but surely will take the charts by storm becoming even bigger than Bring me to life and giving Evanescence a whole new audience (besides the usual rock fans). Fallen will sell almost 15 million copies by the end of 2004. 5) Amy will have major control on the band without Ben, she'll keep going around saying "I'm a singer in a rock band, I'm not a solo artist", in the meantime the next Evanescence record will be mainly the Amy Lee record. Her voice will get even louder, her image will get even stronger and more aggressive and she'll become an icon, probably the biggest female rocker of this new Millennium. 6) Ben will stick around with different projects becoming one of the most requested producers in music business. I know... this is a pretty stupid thread (am I a fortune-teller or what?), but WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?

ToB: I agree with all your points except #5 and #6. I think (nay, I know) that they will start to sell the band as more of a BAND rather than they have in the past with just Amy and Ben and some guys. It won't become Amyescence like you seem to think it will. Also, on #6, although I think Ben is a good guy and a talented musician, I think that Evanescence was his shot at greatness. I think that by leaving he blew said chance. Sure, he won't go quietly off into the sunset, but he won't be as big as if he had stayed with Evanescence.

John already has been playing Ben's parts since Ben left. Ben left the morning of a show with no notice given to John or anybody else. John was left holding the bag as the lone guitar player left on tour. He picked up the slack, learned all of Ben's parts in one day solely by listening to Fallen, and tracked all the rest of the stuff that Ben was doing that wasn't as important. If you listen carefully, Ben and John were playing most of the same rhythm parts during most of the songs. As far as I know, there was only one guitar tracked onto Fallen, and that's why the live shows come across a lot heavier than the album versions of songs. Anyway, all this to say that John is an extremely talented musician, and it's about time that he's starting to get some credit for that and some recognition.

efanar (Ben): OKay, I probably shouldn't be going into this, but I will.
A couple of things...
John was not left holding the bag, so to speak. Ben did NOT leave without notice. John spent weeks learning Ben's parts and Ben actually sat with John to go over the solos. There were absolutely more than one guitar tracked on Fallen. And as far as leaving Ev being a poor personal decision, I would think as a friend, you would be cooler, and wiser, than to say something so hanusly uneducated. I understand if you have a hard on for John, but Ben created Ev from the beginning. ACCEPT IT. Ev was not his shot at greatness. It was the one thing standing in his way.. oh **** this third person bullshit. This is Ben. and your statements are ****ed up. I have achieved greatness.. and you know what that is?
I've made my peace with myself and my peace with God. My shot at greatness came in the form of a decision. Follow my heart, or follow my head. And as far as I'm concerned you are in no position to judge what is and what is not great. If your definition of greatness is being in a band like ev than your world is a sad, dark, hopeless, and all around ****ED UP PLACE. I pitty you and will be praying for you. I can only hope that you and anyone who thinks that way will one day open your eyes to life beyond this bullshit.

You know, I have cherished this board and everyone on it since even before you, TOB, were a part of it. I have been the only member of Ev, past or present, to be loyal to those who are loyal to us. I am the one who from day one did everything in my power to relay how much you all mean to ev and how much i respect you. And TOB, you have been here long enough to know better than to even think this way. It's sickening. I did everything I could for ev, up to and including letting all manner of things be said by fans and "friends" without saying a word. Keeping my promise of silence at the expense of my honor and dignity. I have allowed attack after attack go unavenged because I took refuge in the one place I knew was safe for me. The exodus board. But now that has been taken from me.
The sad fact is, that you haven't even seen what is to come. Do you really think that anyone in ev has even a small percentage of the drive or ambition that I have? Do you really think that the world has a shot in hell at making ev the biggest thing I ever do? WAKE UP! You haven't seen the last of me and won't for a long time. But none of that even matters. One line keeps repeating in my head even as I type this. "ev was his one shot at greatness."
If that's true, and if being in ev (not writing, mind you.. i can do that anywhere.) was my "one shot at greatness"... then my asperations as a human being far outweigh the limitations of this earth and the standards that people like you live by are too far beneath me to even strive for. I'm sorry to those of you who have been loyal to us, and especially to me. I had hoped that the relationship that we built over the last year would carry on into future endeavors, but apperantly you have already decided my fate.
So this will be the last post I make. I love you all, and it has been a blast. But i think that my persuit of greatness is headed in a direction that simply isn't important to you, and that saddens me.
Goodbye.
- Ben Moody

What a prick. It's so funny because I called him on it and no one else would..and now everyone hates me over there and is up my ass about it.