Unlike Terry Balsamo, John LeCompt but seemingly left Evanescence on very bad terms following the release of the band’s second album, 2006’s “The Open Door.” He’d been a guitarist in the band from 2003 to 2007, and non-coincidentally or not, left around the same time as drummer Rocky Gray. 

In 2007, LeCompt very scathingly wrote on his MySpace page (per NME) that he was fired from the band via telephone. The former Evanescence bandmate said, “Around 3:30 pm yesterday I received a call on my cell from Amy. This call wasn’t from a friend who appreciated me but from an enemy who was prepared to hurt me and my family. Without any warning or negotiations for my future, I was fired for no good reason. We have not always seen eye to eye on everything, but who does?” On top of this, LeCompt called out Amy Lee in particular, stating, “I have now become just another of the people fallen by the wayside on the revolving door of her life … I guess it’s good for lyrical content, though.”

Around the same time, Lee posted on the official Evanescence band page (via MTV), “John and Rocky were in Evanescence for four years and we shared some great times together playing live, but they were ready to move on and so we have parted ways. Evanescence is something I have loved and nurtured since I was fourteen, and I will continue to protect and fight for it as I always have.”