"Troy McLawhorn of Evanescence answers the questions of..."

[The_Sacrificed]

"Troy McLawhorn of Evanescence answers the questions of Amy's Army members-"

Has anyone seen this? Is it real? If so, maybe we have a chance of asking some good questions.

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[AeternusAmatorius]

It's hard to say really. 

Moving thread to the press room.

[EvanescentEvil]

Yep, that's real!

[AeternusAmatorius]

What was Will's Q&A?

[EvanescentEvil]

Copied this from www.facebook.com/EvTeamGreece

Will Hunt answered the questions YOU asked and we have the pleasure to share them with you finally!! Thank you to everybody for participating (and Grigoris Thanasoulas for the idea and for communicating with Will) and for your support, we'll keep doing interesting things like that for you!! Let's keep the Army growing and making it better and better! Here you go:

I want to preface this Q+A by saying thank you for the interest and continued support. I want to make it clear that by me answering these questions that in no way shape or form does this imply that anything is happening in the EV camp. I want to make sure no one gets the wrong idea. Its not my place or right to talk about those things. Thanks! -Will

1)Hi Will!! if you could choose only 5 places to play with evanescence and only 5 songs in each concert, which are those places and which are those songs??
(by Antonis Kap)
Answer- Paris, Fiji, Cancun, Morocco, and of course Athens.
Songs- Going Under, The Otherside, The Change, Weight of the World, Made of Stone

2)What does evanescence mean to you? Describe every member of Ev with one word.
(by Thanos Leftheriotis and Nikos WD)
Answer- Evanescence to me is a name thats bigger than any single person and just means great music and culture. Ev is its own entity. As for one word for everyone- Harmonious

3)What's your favorite part of being on a tour-bus with all the Ev members?
(by Αγγελική Εβανς)
Answer- We all get along, we have fun together, its very easy to co-habitate.

4)How did u first react when Amy asked u to become evanescence's new drummer? Did you like their music before you join the band ?
(by Αθηνά Μπιρμπίλη)
Answer-Obviously I was elated! I very much liked what the band was doing and thought that what they did with the 2nd album, The Open Door, was ambitious and cool because they didnt make Fallen part 2, but something new, just like we did with the self titled Evanescence album.

5)Would you like having someone to teach so he will continue the style of drumming/showmanship that u've created?
(by Grey Hunt)
Answer- Obviously yes! I'm teaching people now via skype!! Message me on my page if you're interested!!

6)While years passing by, how will you react when u discover some young''famous'' drummer who completely reminds of you ?
(by Grey Hunt)
Answer- Im already seeing that. There are some really great new drummers out there. Its awesome that there are drummers that continue to raise the bar and push the envelope.

7)The last album had some pretty heavy songs like ''Sick ''and ''Never Go Back'' ..Have you ever thought about turning into even more dark and heavier sound as band ?
(by Nikos WD)
Answer- I'm personally game for pushing the boundaries in all directions, including the "dark and heavy", but I would be just as inspired if it got pushed more electronically or whatever. I just love to create music with other inspiring musicians, whether in EV or any of the other various projects I'm involved with.

8)Did you like Evanescence before becoming the new drummer? If so, which was your favorite song/album?
(by Leo Villaverde)
Answer- Yes, I believe I kind of answered that above. I really enjoyed Sweet Sacrifice and Weight of the World from The Open Door. I though Call Me When You're Sober was a great single as well.

9)On September you tweeted "@evf4ns One of my favorites. Part of what I'm filming + tracking is an instructional video of how to play ”Never Go Back”....stay tuned!!". Are you still gonna release the video??? If so, how long would it take?
(by Grigoris Thanasoulas)
Answer- Yes, I plan to share that with people, but theres some work to be done still on it and I've been quite busy, but, soon!

[The_Sacrificed]

Hopefully someone here can get screenshots of the Q&A or write it down for us here to all see.

[AeternusAmatorius]

Jan 13, 2014 16:20:51 GMT -5 The_Sacrificed said:

Hopefully someone here can get screenshots of the Q&A or write it down for us here to all see.

I'll try to do that when I know when the Q&A will be. 


I asked what Lillywhite sessions songs were reworked for self titled since some seem to disagree with the album credits and think "Science" worked with them after Lillywhite sessions. 

[Titanic]

He'd be interested in going the Electronic route if inspiration called for it. Hmm.

I see you Will. Spill the goods.

[rionka]

this is interesting, when exactly this happened?

[VMNT]

This might be a bit off-topic, but I was just reading through here...
I never really understood the whole thing with Ev supposedly having 2 drummers with Will and Science at one point.

I've seen them both be listed as having been the drummer for Ev but Science was only a programmer, wasn't he? Or did he actually perform with them?

[AeternusAmatorius]

Jan 17, 2014 14:45:39 GMT -5 VMNT said:

This might be a bit off-topic, but I was just reading through here...
I never really understood the whole thing with Ev supposedly having 2 drummers with Will and Science at one point.

I've seen them both be listed as having been the drummer for Ev but Science was only a programmer, wasn't he? Or did he actually perform with them?

"Science" was with Evanescence when they were in the studio in 2009 with Steve Lillywhite. He is a drummer and a programmer, etc.... When in doubt the EvRef is your friend. Will "Science" Hunt

It was also rumored that Amy said she would have liked to have both, Will Hunt and Will "Science" Hunt, as live drummers to do a double drumming during live shows. I'm not sure if this was a rumor or if Amy had actually said something about it.

[shachath]

Jan 17, 2014 14:57:31 GMT -5 AeternusAmatorius said:

Jan 17, 2014 14:45:39 GMT -5 VMNT said:

This might be a bit off-topic, but I was just reading through here...
I never really understood the whole thing with Ev supposedly having 2 drummers with Will and Science at one point.

I've seen them both be listed as having been the drummer for Ev but Science was only a programmer, wasn't he? Or did he actually perform with them?

"Science" was with Evanescence when they were in the studio in 2009 with Steve Lillywhite. He is a drummer and a programmer, etc.... When in doubt the EvRef is your friend. Will "Science" Hunt

It was also rumored that Amy said she would have liked to have both, Will Hunt and Will "Science" Hunt, as live drummers to do a double drumming during live shows. I'm not sure if this was a rumor or if Amy had actually said something about it.

It would have been kind of cool if they had stuck with both imo. I mean, how many drummers doesn't Slipknot have (had, since Joey's gone).

OT:
Can't wait to read the QA when it's done. Hope people are asking some really clever questions!

[AeternusAmatorius]

Apparently Troy answered some questions:

Troy McLawhorn answered questions that the fansclub EvTeam Greece and facebook group Amy’s Army did. Here Troy talks about how he entered into the music industry, his tattos and many other evanescence’s related questions.



1) EvFan – Kostantinos Filias: Did you listen to evanescence before joining them? If so what is your favorite song from fallen and origin and which song do you enjoy playing the most when on stage?



Troy: I had heard their stuff before I joined the band but I was only familiar with the songs that I heard on the radio. Nowadays it’s hard to pick a favorite. It depends on what mood I’m in. I think “Never go Back” is one of my all time favorites. It’s a good song to play live.



2) EvFan – Angelina Kalmadi: Hi Troy! If your house was on fire and you’d had already saved your family, what’s the one thing you would go back to take and why? p.s. Is there any message you want to send to the members of amy’s army and all the fans out there?



Troy: I would have to save our cat “Juliet” and then I guess I would try to save as many of my guitars and instruments as I could. I have an old guitar that was my dads when he was in college and a ukulele too that he gave me. Those are special to me. I guess my message to the fans would be; thank you all for your patience and loyalty. I hope that we can bring you more music someday.



3) EvFan – Javier Antonio Verdugo Hidalgo: You have seen many others fans through your work in music bands in all these years, so what do you think about EvFans?. How you describe them?



Troy: I think Ev fans are great! They are very passionate and we love that!



4) EvFan – Jluke Darklight: You are quite different from Terry as a guitarist. I mean, Terry plays Ibanez RG, you play PRS; Terry uses MesaBoogie, you use Orange; ecc. You also have a different playing style from him. Have you had any problem to get in tune with Terry’s/Evanescence’s own sound at the beginning? How is your feeling with him about playing guitar? P.S.: Stella Artois is a good beer, but Sol is better.



Troy: Me and Terry get along great and we compliment each other, I think. We both like the same kinds of music, which is anything good. From metal to country and everything in between. It wasn’t hard for me joining the band. I was familiar with the music and I have been playing in lower tunings for a long time before I joined Ev.



5) EvFan – Antonis Kap: If you decide to start making music again ,would you prefer to follow more alternative kinds or to stay in this heavy style that we heard in your last album?



Troy: It depends if you are asking about Evanescence or me personally. I would probably do something no one would expect me to do just to have fun with it. Mess with people’s heads and do something that I have never done before. On the other hand, Ev has a particular sound and although we try to do different things there are also expectations from our fans that we have to consider. So we don’t get too crazy out there with the Ev stuff.



6) EvFan – Tori Lutz: What is your story on how you made it into the music industry and do you have any tips for young artists also trying to break in?



Troy: I started out playing in my best friends living room. Then when I graduated from high school a local band asked me to play guitar with them. We hit the road playing bars. After playing with them for a while the singer left so me and some good friends formed a new band and started playing the clubs. Doing originals and cover songs. I did that for about 5 years. Eventually That band broke up, too. I almost gave up after that but after about a year and a half I decided that I really wanted to give it another shot. I just never stopped I guess. If I had to give anyone advice I would say do what you love. If music is it for you don’t give up.



7) EvFan – Kelly Mckenna: What was your most embarrassing moment on stage? haha!



Troy: There have been a lot. I once had a show on thanksgiving day (American holiday) and my band was supposed to be onstage at something like 8:30 pm. So we got there and set up our gear and I went out to hang out with some friends and watch the other bands. I had a beer and then went back to get ready to go on but the show was running late so I went back out and watched more bands and had another drink. Long story short the venue changed our set time several times and we ended up going on a lot later than we were supposed to and I had too much to drink. We finally got on stage really late and I was hammered. I fell into the drum kit on the second song and could hardly play. We only played two songs and our singer left the stage. He was furious but our bass player and drummer thought it was hilarious. Kind of embarrassing but an awesome memory, haha.



8) EvFan – ?? : Hey Troy, As we can see you’ve got lots of tattoos. Is there any special line of a song you have tattooed? If yes, then which one? If not, which one would you choose?



Troy: Actually, I only have a couple of tattoos. I don’t have any lyrics tattooed on me. I want more but I have trouble deciding what I want on my skin forever.



9) EvFan – Maria Parasxakena Parasxaki: Do you like older Evanescence demos ? If so what is your preferred one?



Troy: Yeah. We did a song called “If You Don’t Mind” on the last tour. It was a good song. I like throwing surprises into the set like that.



10) EvFan – Nikos WD: Except of ev ,you have played with numerous bands like seether,dark new day and sevendust ..Have you ever considered of working on something out of ”rock/metal’ space ??



Troy: Absolutely. I write all kinds of music from pop to southern rock and country. I am a fan of music. Anything that touches a nerve and makes me feel it is good to me. It would be a dream come true to be able to cross over to other genres of music and be accepted unconditionally.



11) EvFan – John Doe: You have been in Athens twice. Is there something special that you admire in Greece? If so, what is it? Is there any special photo taken in Greece you would like to share with us?



Troy: I love it there. I wish I could live there someday. I am a water person. I love hot weather and the ocean. I would live on an island with my family and friends if I could. It must be a great life living by the sea.



12) EvFan – John Doe: In the latest EV album, many people praised the dynamic of the rythm guitars and the heavy riffs, like the ones of Never Go Back. However we also noticed the lack of guitar solos (except the one of Made of Stone). Do you think that in upcoming Evanescece’s albums there should be more guitar solos? Would your current experience as a producer help you create even better music with Ev in the future? Finally, do you think it is possible to work as a producer for next Ev albums?



Troy: I only play guitar solos when they are needed. There is a lot of solo guitar stuff in the background all over the songs but it is just supporting the structure of the song. Producing definitely helps me musically and opens me up to new ideas and it gives me practice exercising the creative thought processes. I don’t think I would be the best candidate for producing an Ev album. Especially since I am a band member. I think it’s better to have an outside influence who can say “that sucks” without anyone getting mad about it, haha.

I think it's pretty gay that I got yelled at for asking two questions but this one user (who was the one sending the questions) got to ask two additional questions when the deal with Troy was 10... 

[rionka]

Wat? Troy doesn't have "a lot" of tattoos. Maybe Terry does but... lol wtf