Amy Lee is an American singer-songwriter and classically trained pianist. She is co-founder and lead vocalist of
Evanescence.
Lee is also the American chairperson for the international epilepsy awareness foundation, Out of the Shadows
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Birth Name:
Amy Lynn Lee
Also Known As:
Amy Hartzler
Born:
December 13, 1981 (age
)
From:
Riverside, California, United States
Occupation:
singer-songwriter,
musician,
pianist,
multi-instrumentalist,
composer,
record producer
Height:
5' 3" (1.61 m)
Parents:
father John Lee
(a disc jockey and TV personality)
mother Sara Cargill
Siblings:
Lori Lee
Bonnie Lee
Robby Lee
Carrie Lee
Spouse:
Josh Hartzler (m. 2007)
Children:
son Jack Lion Hartzler
(born July 28, 2014)
Genres:
Alternative metal
Instruments:
Vocals, piano, organ, harp
Years active:
1995–present
Associated acts:
Evanescence
Dave Eggar
Influences:
Bjork
Tori Amos
Danny Elfman
Plumb
Did You Know:
• She took classical piano lessons for nine years
• She wrote her first song when when she was eleven, entitled "Eternity of the Remorse".
• She was in a relationship with
Seether
singer Shaun Morgan from 2003 to 2005.
Lee wrote a song
Call Me When You're Sober
about him.
• Lee had a younger sister who died in 1987 at the age of three from an unidentified illness.
The song
Hello
was reported to have been written for her late sister, as well as the song
Like You.