My exposure to Evanescence's music goes back to their first two albums. I was especially interested in the second album--The Open Door. I learned the bass to that and was going to teach it to a friend's roommate who was trying to learn bass. However, once we started, he said he wanted to learn to play like Mike Mills. I told him I could teach him stuff like Losing My Religion, but there was no way I could teach anyone how to play bass like Mike Mills. So we didn't get too far. I didn't really care very much because I was only doing this for a friend who was always asking way too much from me.
As for Evanescence, when I heard their next album, their 2011 album, that didn't get my attention at all. I thought is was pretty uninteresting compared to the first two albums. I didn't keep up with Evanescence's music at all through the years. I had heard they got a female guitarist, but I barely knew anything about her.
Flash forward to the present day. Recently, I found out that that female guitarist Jen Majura got fired from the band for no apparent reason. It all struck me as very odd since no one would provide any details. I read about it, I watched videos and especially over the past week I've watched a lot of Jen's videos. Besides playing guitar, she also sings in what mostly look like side projects with Jen doing vocals to cover songs.
My reaction to all of this is I think Jen got a raw deal. She was packing and getting ready for their next tour which started in two weeks. She got a call from management which told her she was being kicked out of the band. Evanescence has not provided any reasons. Except Amy Lee has commented that "Sometimes you just have to listen to the universe."
The bassist is switching to lead guitar, effectively being the one who directly replaces Jen. He is being replaced by Emma Anzai, bassist for Sick Puppies. This part I can understand. Emma is good. But Jen is also good on lead guitar. She shouldn't have to leave. Something is definitely rotten in the state of Denmark and nobody is talking.