Despite reports last week of an amicable split between Evanescence guitarist John LeCompt and the chart-topping goth rockers, LeCompt has hit out at his former bandmates stating that "I was fired for no good reason."
According to a post on Lecompt's online blog, the guitarist said he didn't leave the band to spend more time with his family, but was actually fired by vocalist/founding member Amy Lee, over the phone, just two days before the singer married her therapist fiance Josh Hartzler:
"This call wasn't from a friend who appreciated me but from an enemy who was prepared to hurt me and my family," he says. "Without any warning or negotiations for my future, I was fired for no good reason. We have not always seen eye to eye on everything, but who does? Our common goal was always the same: To make Evanescence the best rock band it could ever be. I have always given blood, sweat and tears to make that happen but apparently that is not enough. I have now become just another of the people fallen by the wayside on the revolving door of her life."
Drummer Rocky Gray, who also reportedly left the band left the band, hinted through his own online blog that he may have been fired too.
"Amy Lee's management e-mailed me last night to tell me that, in their view, the contract I signed to record, perform and tour with the group says that I'm not allowed to have any free speech in regard to Evanescence," he says. "The way they spin it, I'm not even allowed to say I quit the group, I guess. But the news is out there, so, there ya go. I need to have a lawyer read over all that mess to tell me what, when and how I can tell you all - the REAL fans - what really went down, if I ever can, haha."
