Seether Frontman Won't Respond To Amy Lee's Attack
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We've all been through breakups, but I'm not sure if very many moggers have had their ex air out the dirty laundry for millions of fans. Seether frontman Shaun Morgan had the unfortunate distinction of being the target of Amy Lee's "Call Me When You're Sober", the Evanescence lead singer pulled no punches about their relationship. Morgan has decided to take the high road (bad news for us drama mongers), and won't sling mud with his ex girl.
If there was any doubt that the Evanescence track was aimed at Morgan, I'm sure the fact that it was released to radio stations the same day he entered rehab erased all doubt. Morgan understandably hasn't been too happy with the way things went down, and has stated that the song followed him over the last year or so.
"People would say to me, 'Yeah, man, I know what you're going through,' and I was like, 'No, I don't think you do,' " Morgan explained. " 'Your ex-girlfriend didn't write a song about you, that millions of people have heard, saying you're a bad guy. As soon as that happens, buddy, come up and tell me you know what I'm going through.' "
On Seether's new album Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces, there won't be any venom intended for Amy, but there will be some closure brought to the situation. "There isn't necessarily a response as there's a lament," the singer for the South African rockers said. "I was bummed out. I was really upset that she would say and do those things. In any relationship, I don't think it's right to say and do those things when people break up, and she obviously felt the need to go out there and make me sound like a complete a--hole. What can I do? I just refuse to lower myself to that level. But it was a painful thing and it got me down — people coming up to me on the street and referring to that song. But I didn't feel the need to write back and be mean."
"It isn't an aggressive song, and it isn't even an angry song — I would prefer to refer to it as a lament rather than an angry backlash," he said. "You couldn't tell that the song was about one person. It's probably more universal. I prefer to be a little more vague and respectful. There are some things I could have said and done too — there are always two sides to every story. And if anything, the song says, 'Fine. Go ahead and say those things.' But what's the point of telling my side? That's what the bloodthirsty want, and I don't care what the bloodthirsty want."
Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces is set for an October 23 release.
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If there was any doubt that the Evanescence track was aimed at Morgan, I'm sure the fact that it was released to radio stations the same day he entered rehab erased all doubt. Morgan understandably hasn't been too happy with the way things went down, and has stated that the song followed him over the last year or so.
"People would say to me, 'Yeah, man, I know what you're going through,' and I was like, 'No, I don't think you do,' " Morgan explained. " 'Your ex-girlfriend didn't write a song about you, that millions of people have heard, saying you're a bad guy. As soon as that happens, buddy, come up and tell me you know what I'm going through.' "
On Seether's new album Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces, there won't be any venom intended for Amy, but there will be some closure brought to the situation. "There isn't necessarily a response as there's a lament," the singer for the South African rockers said. "I was bummed out. I was really upset that she would say and do those things. In any relationship, I don't think it's right to say and do those things when people break up, and she obviously felt the need to go out there and make me sound like a complete a--hole. What can I do? I just refuse to lower myself to that level. But it was a painful thing and it got me down — people coming up to me on the street and referring to that song. But I didn't feel the need to write back and be mean."
"It isn't an aggressive song, and it isn't even an angry song — I would prefer to refer to it as a lament rather than an angry backlash," he said. "You couldn't tell that the song was about one person. It's probably more universal. I prefer to be a little more vague and respectful. There are some things I could have said and done too — there are always two sides to every story. And if anything, the song says, 'Fine. Go ahead and say those things.' But what's the point of telling my side? That's what the bloodthirsty want, and I don't care what the bloodthirsty want."
Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces is set for an October 23 release.
"MTV News":http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1564949/20070717/seether.jhtml?rsspartner=rssFeedBurner
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