Evanescence In 1994, Moody met
Amy Lee in Little Rock, Arkansas while at a youth camp. The two became musical collaborators and co-founded
Evanescence. Within a few years, the duo began selling
EPs at local shows, culminating in their discovery by
Wind-up Records and the release of their debut studio album,
Fallen, in 2003. Moody abruptly left Evanescence in October 2003 during their European tour, citing creative differences. In August 2010, Moody released a statement on his history with Lee and Evanescence, where he said that he was a different person at the time, his friendship with Lee had deteriorated, and they had conflicting opinions, personalities, and desires with the band. Moody apologized to Lee for comments he made to her in anger. He said he realized the band would end if he stayed and believes he made the right choice. He added, "Evanescence has progressed a great distance from the original sound, and made it clear that they intended to expand much further. Amy is very artistic and never has had a problem thinking outside of the box and defying expectations."
Solo projects Beginning in 2004, Moody began collaborating with several artists, co-writing the track "
Nobody's Home" for
Avril Lavigne's second album,
Under My Skin, and co-writing the track "The End Has Come" with
Jason C. Miller and
Jason "Gong" Jones for
The Punisher soundtrack. He then wrote with
David Hodges,
Kelly Clarkson, and others for Clarkson's second album,
Breakaway, working on the songs "
Because of You" and "Addicted". He collaborated with singer
Anastacia on the song "
Everything Burns", which is featured on her album
Pieces of a Dream and the
Fantastic Four soundtrack. Moody then assisted
Lindsay Lohan on her album
A Little More Personal (Raw) and worked with
Bo Bice on the song "My World" (a cover from
SR-71) for his debut album
The Real Thing. Moody's debut solo album, ''You Can't Regret What You Don't Remember'', was scheduled to be released in late 2005, and would feature bassist Marty O'Brien on bass, drummer Lance Garvin, guitarist Michael "Fish" Herring, and co-vocals from Jason Miller. He later produced the
Godhead album
The Shadow Line with Julian Beeston, and played a clown in their music video for the song "Push". He collaborated with Hodges again on
American Idol Chris Daughtry's debut album,
Daughtry (2006), for the song "
What About Now". In 2007, Moody worked with
Celine Dion on her album
Taking Chances. We Are the Fallen made their first public appearance together for a press conference at SIR Studios in Los Angeles, CA, on June 22, 2009. Their debut album,
Tear the World Down was released in May 2010. The band toured for most of the year in support of the album, and filmed their first live DVD, Cirque Des Damnés, at the Avalon Theatre. The DVD was scheduled for release in late 2011. In 2012, Moody teamed up with former
Papa Roach drummer Dave Buckner, and former
Rock Star Supernova frontman
Lukas Rossi, to form a new band called
The Halo Method. Before their debut show on the Shiprocked cruise in November 2012, former
In This Moment bassist and studio engineer Josh Newell became their bassist.
Acting roles Moody started a television and film production company, Makeshift Films. He made a
cameo as a
zombie in the 2004 horror film
Resident Evil: Apocalypse. He also appeared in the 2007 release of the low-budget film
Dead and Gone. ==Personal life==