The co-founder of goth metal giants
Evanescence, 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
Evanescence collaborator
Amy Lee at a youth camp in 1994. In 2003,
Evanescence sold more than 17 million copies of
Fallen, their Grammy-winning Wind Up Records 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
Avril Lavigne and
Kelly Clarkson, among others, and working in the studio with a wide array of musicians, including
Hana Pestle,
Godhead,
Daughtry, and
Celine Dion. 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
Carly Smithson, former
Evanescence members
Rocky Gray and
John LeCompt, and longtime friend
Marty O'Brien to form a new band called
We Are the Fallen. The goth metal/post-grunge group's debut LP,
Tear the World Down, arrived in 2010 via Universal Republic. 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
Papa Roach drummer
Dave Buckner and ex-
Rock Star Supernova frontman
Lukas Rossi called the Halo Method. ~ James Christopher Monger