EVANESCENCE Manager Denies Ex-SEETHER Guitarist Has Rejoined Band

April 13, 2011

The management of EVANESCENCE has denied to BLABBERMOUTH.NET that guitarist Troy McLawhorn has rejoined the band after leaving SEETHER last month. McLawhorn first joined EVANESCENCE in 2007, but departed a year later and got the job with SEETHER. He quit that group in March over what he said online was "personal friction" with one of the other members.

According to The Pulse Of Radio, the news that McLawhorn had rejoined EVANESCENCE came from SEETHER frontman Shaun Morgan, who wrote on Twitter, "Interesting news about our old guitarist. Can anyone guess? No, he's not coming back. He went to another band. Little anti-Shaun club. Any more guesses? . . . So, good fucking luck to Amy Lee and Troy."

It's not clear at this point where Morgan heard that McLawhorn was rejoining EVANESCENCE. Morgan and EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee had a nasty break-up in late 2005 after dating for over two years, and bad blood remains.

McLawhorn said on Facebook that he left SEETHER over "a very personal invasion of trust" but has not elaborated further. In another statement posted indirectly on the official EVANESCENCE message board, McLawhorn was quoted as saying, "I haven't made any statements about what band I might be playing with in the future, but if I have the chance, I will damn sure play with [EVANESCENCE] again."

SEETHER's fourth album, "Holding On To Strings Better Left To Fray", comes out May 17. Morgan told The Pulse Of Radio that the songs are based on a number of turbulent relationships he's had in his life. "It's mostly about personal relationships — not necessarily with women, but with just people in general," he said. "And mostly people that influence and have influence over your life, obviously, and you feel like you have to say something."

SEETHER is currently on the road and next plays Baltimore on Friday (April 15).

EVANESCENCE entered the studio this week to begin recording its fourth album, after scrapping an earlier attempt last year. The band has not issued new music since 2006's "The Open Door".

Photo below courtesy of Troy McLawhorn's MySpace page

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