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Ben Moody Information
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'Ben Moody II', born in Little Rock, Arkansas on January 22, 1980. From 1996 to October of 2003, he was the lead guitarist for the rock band Evanescence, a band that he formed while in high school with Amy Lee. He is present on the albums Evanescence EP, Sound Asleep EP, Origin, and the band's major label debut, Fallen.
Overview
Moody worked on the track "Nobody's Home" on Avril Lavigne's sophomore record, Under My Skin, and wrote and recorded the track "The End Has Come" for The Punisher film soundtrack. He also collaborated with David Hodges and Kelly Clarkson on Clarkson's most recent album, Breakaway. Moody and Hodges helped co-write Clarkson's single Because of You and Addicted.
Moody is currently working on a feature film, titled Zombies Ate My Mom, with his startup movie company Makeshift Films. He also made a brief cameo as a zombie, as well as worked on the soundtrack to, the film Resident Evil: Apocalypse. In addition, he has recently finished recording his solo debut, Can't Regret What You Can't Remember and set to be released early 2006.
Most recently he has collaborated with singer Anastacia on the song "Everything Burns," which was featured on the soundtrack of the film Fantastic Four in 2005.
Equipment
Guitars
Moody most often played a Jackson DKMG Dinky and a Jackson SLSMG Soloist during Evanescence's concerts. He occasionally played an ESP F-400FM LTD guitar as well.
Two Jackson USA Series guitars, the SLATQH Soloist and the DK1 Dinky, have been used by Moody in a few cases.
Amps
Moody used a Line 6 Flextone II HD head during Evanescence's early days. He later used a Line 6 HD147 head.
Effects
Not a tremendous amount is known about what effects Moody uses, but he has used a Digitech Whammy during many of Evanescence's concerts.
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