ON THIS DATE IN 2006, EVANESCENCE’S 2ND ALBUM “THE OPEN DOOR” WAS CERTIFIED PLATINUM…THE WORK HAD DEBUTED AT NUMBER ONE ON THE BILLBOARD CHART AND SOLD NEARLY 450 THOUSAND COPIES IN ITS FIRST WEEK. VOCALIST AND SONGWRITER AMY LEE TOOK RISKS WITH NEW MUSICAL ELEMENTS AND SAID THE SONGS COVERED A BROADER RANGE OF EMOTIONS THAN THE BAND’S PREVIOUS ALBUM AND THE WORK WAS DELAYED DUE TO GUITARIST AND SONG WRITING COLLABORATOR TERRY BALSAMO HAVING A STROKE DURING PRODUCTION! THE LEAD SINGLE “CALL ME WHEN YOU ARE SOBER” PEAKED AT NUMBER 10 ON THE CHARTS AND WAS AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FOR AMY LEE…ALL ABOUT HER EX BOYFRIEND SHAUN MORGAN, THE LEAD SINGER OF SEETHER…ON THE DAY THE SONG CAME OUT, HE CHECKED INTO REHAB….”CALL ME WHEN YOU ARE SOBER” IT’S TODAY’S ROXY’S ROCK REWIND ON 105.7 THE X
