Seether frontman Shaun Morgan says even though he continues to be tormented by the Evanescence track “Call Me When You’re Sober,” he refuses to stoop to ex-girlfriend Amy Lee’s level.
Morgan recently told MTV, “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.’ 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.
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.”
July 27th, 2007 at 1:56 am
He needs to stop being a pussy, and face it. Didn’t he go to rehab? It wasn’t like Amy was pulling shit out of her ass. Instead of dwelling on it, why doesn’t he improve himself.
July 27th, 2007 at 2:59 am
Uh…he HAS improved himself. He’s married now and has a kid on the way. Seether are making their new album. Plus…of course I’m an Evanescence fan…but I still respect Shaun.
(You mentioned him going into rehab…to IMPROVE himself)
July 27th, 2007 at 9:44 am
Shaun needs to stop sooking bout this.
CMWYS came out almost a year now… and his still talking bout it.
Plus, now that his married, and a child is on the way; why should he care about what Amy sings?? Shouldn’t he have more things to worry about like say, his family?? Rather than crying under his pillow because of a song her ex made….
A loser like this doesn’t deserve to be a father yet…
He was already on drugs while dating Amy (which is what tick her off in the first place)… I don’t reckon it would be long for him to fall back on his old tracks and ending up in rehab again in the closer future…
This guy just cant move on…
July 27th, 2007 at 10:11 am
Shaun really should have opened his eyes and stopped doing drugs. Its all his fault in the first place for Amy to even have to break up him. If he can’t control what he does then he doesn’t deserve to have dated Amy. He should have known that Amy writes songs about her feelings and that she’d most likely write songs about him. And since Shaun was a drug addict and it most likely disturbed Amy, she had every right to write a song about it. She never straight out said, hey this is about Shaun Morgan from Seether. Everybody else that interviewed her said it and she nodded her head and would be like..wow right on tv. and when she talked about the meaning of the song she would say the song was really straight forward and in your face but she never said its about my ex-boyfriend Shaun. So shaun should get over it and worry about his family instead of his ex-gf.
July 30th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
wow…saying this makes me sure that he knows that amy has been saying true stuff all the time..and about not going down to her level..thats just wrong…to me and im sure millions of other fans..she is way over his level..
July 31st, 2007 at 8:14 am
Why cannot Shaun leave the past behind.It utter crap he is talking aout and he should give top priority to his new album coming up.Ithink Amy did right by firing John & Rocky cause the ne members,Will & Troy totally rock & are much cooler.Dont you think so…..
July 31st, 2007 at 3:15 pm
Awwww…i very,very like to have a contact with Evanescence band.please tell me a phone number or an e-mail or… that i talk with you.Evanescence is best and i love Amy Lee for ever..!
August 1st, 2007 at 3:12 pm
omg i know right amy is way over his level while i still have respect for shaun mainly for getting her message and doing sothing about it im always with amy i love her!!!! she is my idol and she always will be
August 3rd, 2007 at 9:34 am
Hey Shaun, don’t cry to me! Amy’s the best you can’t defeat the queen:)
August 5th, 2007 at 1:58 pm
Hey Shaun three words for you
get…over…it
by being fixated on your past
you deny yourself a future
August 15th, 2007 at 8:12 am
Oh god, Shaun still didn’t get over it..yeah probably he’s still in love with Amy.plus Amy rocks and she deserves the best…
Shuan, yeah darling just worry abt yr family now and yr album…
August 19th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
First off Mahdi shut the hell up, she isn’t reading this, she really doesn’t care if your ‘omg her number one fan’ and the only real chance you ever have of meeting her is if you have cancer.
Now Shaun should really sink to her level, look what it did for Justin Timberlake.
August 20th, 2007 at 8:53 pm
you guys all suck for saying shaun should get over it as he wasn’t the one writng a song about it and touring the world sing oh i broke up with my bf. Get a life would u !!
Shaun is a great guy and writes much better music than amy will ever write let alone sing as she sounds like a cat being raped by a pitbull when she sings live !!
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:15 pm
I think Amy was so right to write Call Me When Your Sober. I am 40 and my ex boyfriend did the same thing to me, broke up with me because he was a drunk and could not handle a relationship. I loved him more than life itself and everything Amy felt in the Open Door I felt. The album was a very big healing process for me. Just because Shaun is married now does not mean he is truely in love with his wife. He will probably always love Amy and she will probably always love him, but lets face it HE BLEW THE BEST RELATIONSHIP HE EVER HAD!!!!
August 25th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
Shaun shouldn’t go around still talking about it but still Amy sucks. You don’t write songs about people- thats just really fuckin sad. It just shows to me that whoever goes that low is a pain in the ass person anyway!
September 3rd, 2007 at 12:34 am
I respect Shaun even more than you would think but he has a kid on it’s way and it’s in the past. Shaun needs to forget about Amy, move on and be happy that someone found love in him.
September 4th, 2007 at 1:24 am
Shauns the greatest man anyone could ever know. Obviously Amy saw more in him than drugs, booze, whatever else he had going on and its HER that chose to be in that situation. so SHE can suck it up and quit being a pussy and writing junk songs about shit thats PERSONAL. Its nobodys business where he went, and why… nobodys but theirs so she should of just kept her damn mouth shut. The mans got every right to be pissed and talk shit and he’s not whining… someone asked him a question and he answered it honestly.
September 19th, 2007 at 8:33 am
You need to lay of Shaun. Sure he made some bad judgements, can anyone really say they’ve never did anything wrong in their lives?? doubt it. im pretty young [14-16] and i’ve even did some horrible stuff i regret. Originally i never heard of seether, my boyfriend got me into their sound. Now im a seether FREAK. And after reading up on Shaun Morgan, i can tell he is a really caring, loving guy who is a good person. So all you people saing he’s pussy, go SCREW OFF.
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October 9th, 2007 at 11:26 pm
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with writing songs about someone you’re fed up with. Amy did, and it was her choice. But it’s in the past now. What happened between her and Shaun is over.
October 24th, 2007 at 3:04 am
Okay, I think that Shaun still has every right to be pissed off about this, even at this point. She outed him, not only on this song, but on national television, at the MTV awards. She didn’t HAVE to do that. She could have kept it personal, which is where it should be kept. If writing that song helped her, great. But she didn’t HAVE to put it on the CD. She did it as a hit to him. Sure, Shaun was an alcoholic and/or drug addict at the time they were together. But, obviously, she wasn’t helping him enough, or he would have started going when they were together. Shaun is a really sweet guy, and you can tell that he is insecure. Amy sure didn’t help him any at all. I really think that SHE’S the one in the wrong, here.
November 11th, 2007 at 10:23 pm
shaun is way better than amy will ever be and you dumb shits need to realize amy isnt that great she is a fucking bitch and shaun is a way better artist he sings better and amys lyrics suck dick
November 11th, 2007 at 10:24 pm
amy is a fat ugly bitch she sounds like a dying cat
March 2nd, 2008 at 12:52 am
OMG!Why can’t you all just get a life?!A lot of the comments after 13 are just plainly all-out rude(seeing as you MUST all be perfect people and singers who surely have sold millions of albums by now!)!If you did’nt get the sarcasm ,that’s you’re fault.
Amy and Shaun are both amazing artists with awesome talent.You will never decide which one is better unless the WHOLE world has your opinion.
I think that Amy was right to do the song.But she should’nt have let it become the hit that it was.Everyone needs to do something about their pain and this was her way.
Shaun has way to much respect to respond to it.He has let it go and so should you.I don’t mind you hating either of them but remember this:You should only be able to criticize others if you are totally perfect and have no faults of your own.Lay Off!
March 2nd, 2008 at 1:00 am
By the way,i think it is totally stupid that you are comparing their voices and lyrics.Hello!Its wrong to compare male and female voices.They’re just totally different.
As for the lyrics,it’s impossible to decide who’s the best lyric writer.They have 2 different styles.And,unless everyone agrees with you,you will never know who the best lyric writer is.
Please just stop making stupid, untrue comments.
March 25th, 2008 at 8:22 am
you know? I find it amusing how people talk ahit about this whole situation, and they honestly have no fucking idea, sure amy loved shaun, but he had bigger issues ion his life…Amy should kind of be thankfull that he didn’t drag her down with him. Shaun is an amazing artist, and he’s also an amazing person, to be able to stand up and say “I have a problem” is an admirable trait in itself. She needed to look past her selfishness, and see the Big picture, Yes he broke up with you, and it might suck, but look at how much better his life is now, also, look how much better yours is…Your doing better than you ever could when you were with him. And as for “Call me when your sober” Everyone needs to vent every once in a while, and some choose to do it musically…I don’t have a problem with that. But dragging it on afterward was classless… Airing thier dirty laundry…Celebrities are always complaining about not having personal lives, and here she is exposing her’s on national television…an extreme low blow…all I have to say is Amy was in the right for making the song, but making a much bigger deal out of it was deffinitely wrong…
March 27th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Well, that’s fucking hilarious. Of course everyone is gonna take Amy’s side. After all, this is EVANESCENCEfan, not Seetherfan. So all of you, just fuck off because you’re biased as fuck. And guess what? So am I! ROCK ON SEETHER.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:06 pm
SEETHER OWNS! plain and simple….. \m/
April 10th, 2008 at 7:48 am
Shaun Morgan kicks ass!!! If Amy cared about him at all she wouldn’t have smeared his name like she did. Breaking up with someone you care about is hard enough, but then to have them shit on you like she did is totally messed up. She should have used better judgment and been more supportive. If someone you care about has drug problem you should try to help them instead of making life harder for them by broadcasting their faults and trying to get sympathy by playing the poor little victim. Maybe she was jealous… compared to him, she can’t song write her way out a paper bag.
April 16th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
this is to mike. how bout u stop bn a pussy? y ru tlkn shit bout ppl? if shaun was rite next 2 u , u wudnt say shit!
April 21st, 2008 at 3:24 pm
i love amy ( no homo) as much as the next 11 yr old ( i kno im only 11) and i love that song ( call me when your sober) untill i found out it was about shaun mogan i mean that’s a lil messed up to write a song bout your ex isnt? he went to rehab for her. i think she’s kinda bein a bitch… and yea mike if she was right next to me i’d still tell her cuz its the truth . he loved her and she broke his heart . and i dont think he shud stoop to her level . so sorry amy but it’s the truth and the truth hurts.
May 14th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
look it was a fucked up thing to do, that was his problem and if he wanted the world to know he wouldve told everyone, and as far as getting over it, he HAS. The only reason it comes up anymore is because people still ask the fuckin question. So stop talking down about an awesome performer. Amy was probably PMSing when she wrote it anyway
May 18th, 2008 at 6:20 am
amy lee
May 18th, 2008 at 6:21 am
fuking bitch
September 10th, 2008 at 9:13 am
It’s funny how ppl say shaun is dragging it out when amy the bitch who brought out as a single for everyone to constantly listen to for many years to come. My ex did something similar on a smaller scale and you dont understand how horrible it is for someone you dated to drag out all the demons in the relationship and say “this was all there was, he was horrible” and so on. If she had any respect for him or their relationship she would have never done something like this. I really liked Amy and used to be a huge fan but this is very low for someone i used to idolize.
September 16th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
okay, i just love shaun and all but this is just too much.
he should really get over it. i understand she did a song about him and i understand why she wanted to do it but what i do not understand is the fact she is over it by now and he is always complaining and thats just being a pussy.
and i will repeat i love shaun but this is just bad.
September 18th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
sorry but no matter what personal things happen in a relationship she has no right to go and write a song about it that millions of people hear, and tbh ur all calling him a puusy? how many of you guys wudnt be affected by something like that happening to you, i respect both people, but am pissed by fact he’s gettin slated here, seether am better aswel in my eyes, feel free to rip into me but im not saying evanescence suck, cause they dont i enjoy both bands, this comment will get deleted by some emo chick hu works for evanescence thio probably so no point in me really writing this, just thought the guy shud be defended. SEETHER ROCK!!!!! and shaun kicks ass!
October 6th, 2008 at 9:34 am
AMY DIDNT FIRE JOHN AND ROCKY U IDIOTS THEY QUIT ON THEIR OWN!!!!!!!!!!! AND FURTHERMORE SHAUN DID IMPROVE HIS LIFE GOING INTO REHAB AND I’M VERY HAPPY FOR HIM. HE IS ENGAGED AND HAS ANOTHER BABY ON THE WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(HE HAS A SIX YEAR OLD DAUGHTER NAMED JAYDE FROM A PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIP)
October 6th, 2008 at 9:36 am
THEY ARE BOTH TALENTED AND AMY HAS AN AMAZING VOICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UR JUST JEALOUS OF HER AMAZING TALENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 22nd, 2008 at 11:27 pm
yeah um Seether> Evanescense thanks…
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February 19th, 2009 at 9:33 am
It takes someone really really really LOW to do what Amy did… you see , if you know you did you’r best to make things work out and you think you were the good one and you think you sacrificed alot and deep down in your heart you know that and your 100% sure of it , then why do you need to prove it to the whole world? why would you ruin someone’s reputation (BEING POSITIVE THAT HE WONT FIRE BACK) and write a song for the whole world to hear ?
why would you make anyone suffer because of a song ?
Amy probably did something really really really fucked up …. so she thought she would attack first to look like the victim here.
Instead of attcking Shaun Morgan ,you should respect him for not firing back , he had the confdnce to just ignore…Because even though he made mistakes and he was wrong (no doubt) he has self-esteem and he is respectful and he didn’t feel the need to go and write a dirty song about Amy and exposing her shit (Sure she has alot of secrets and issues).
Shaun Morgan is a gentleman…
I used to LOVE amy lee, but i dont think im ever gonna listen to her songs ever again.
March 26th, 2009 at 11:38 am
Amy just needs to grow up wat the hell is wrong with her she is so childish Shaun didnt write a fucking hate son on you and let everyone in the whole world hear it did he uh i think not! Shaun messed up but that is human there is no need to put him through living hell grow the fuck up Amy and qiut ur bitchin!!!!
April 22nd, 2009 at 12:14 am
You guys are terrible people. Acting like you know someone based off a couple interviews and songs. Go listen to Evanescence and cry some more OK. Joking i do like evanescence but for real.
May 14th, 2009 at 4:47 am
*yawn* Yeah Seether is pretty damn awesome. I’ve met them a couple of times. Can’t say or type a bad word about them. Never listened to this “Evanescence” stuff but I have enough bad habits as it is. Musicians airing out their dirty laundry has been frowned upon by other musicians since mosquitoes. Your “queen” needs to grow up. I think this Lee person’s name came up in some shit she said about one Scooter Ward as well. All the money her band [unfortunately] makes and all she can do is gossip about other people. Whether or not it’s truth isn’t the point. What the hell is that about? I’m bored just thinking about it. I guess high school never ends for some folks. Oh, and I really wish perfectly decent bands would stop douching up their perfectly decent songs and/or shows by adding her face/voice/BS into them. Let her write her own stuff. There are plenty of other bands and band members for her to yap about. *yawn*
June 24th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
I know this is like an older issue, but really it’s just a song. And Amy writes about stuff that has happened, which I think is good. That’s what makes Evanescence such a great band! Amy doesn’t sing about stuff which happened to others, she writes about things that have happened to her. Her feelings, thoughts etc. Does it matter who the freaking song is about? It just shows her overcoming a bad relationship. And why not write about him?It was something in her live that she had to deal with, and in a song it just makes it so much better when the situation has actually happened to the person singing. It gives passion to the song, and makes it that much more inspiring. But then again I guess i am biased, as are most people in this forum thingy. I love Evanescence, and really don’t care for Seether or Shaun. Maybe if I did, I would think differently, but I doubt it. She has every right to write a song about something she went through. Also I bet that if this song was about a different person, lets say someone non famous, not many people would care to argue about it being wrong of her. Well I am done ranting, for now. xD Have a great existence!(Note:I would say day, but then I probably will never talk/argue with any one who reads this so I feel that existence works better.)
July 8th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Actually, this song does make me cring, although I do love Evanescence I just find that this song is just such a bitch song. I get it, you write about how you feel, and frankly Amy has got the stage to do so, but I just don’t understand why a person would feel the need to go as far as to destroy a man? With all that Shaun has gone through in his past, and you would think Amy would know how he feels, considering that she has been there done that, she could have backed off. You see, the song makes me angry because of all the bitch things Amy has done, I love the music, but I find it harder to love the woman. It just makes me remember all the members she kicked out, and how ‘woe is me’ and blah blah blah, I think that Amy needs to take a lesson in the real world and that not everyone gives a shit about the world revolving only around her. (I know that many a fans are going to cry themselves to sleep over what I said, or maybe not?) but like someone said, it’s only a friggen song, in the end if Amy wants to be a bitch to make quick cash, then let her…she just better think of something new quick or she’ll find herself alone, and fast!
July 29th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
amy is a fucking bitch.
August 10th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
love alot shaun morgan I THINK HE IS
such a man and I BELIEVE HE AND AMY LEE SHOULD GET MARRIED CAUSE all the others are WHORES.
October 1st, 2009 at 6:12 pm
I think Shaun made the right choice. I liked Evanescence and Seether right about at the same time. and pretty much equally. personally, i’ve had a horrible relationsip with one of my exes. her name is Stephanie. she was a cutter, then bulimic, cheated on me several times with more than several people and had an alcohol problem. things were never right with her, but i loved her deeply. so, staying with her was hard but i did it because i felt like we needed eachother. my ex isn’t publishing songs about me in any disfavor but you’re not alone in this, Shaun. i don’t really blame him or Amy for anything. NONE OF US CAN. because no one knows Shaun’s side of the story. i understand not talking about it because that just feeds the public instead of letting it die out. here me on this though. sometimes coming out and taking a stand…speaking up for yourself in a non voilent way is far more powerful than any song spread in a hateful manner. there’s no shame in what was done. it’s over, it’s time to heal and let your pain out. heal and forgive. nothing lasts forever, even what seems to be engraved in stone eventually vanishes like a whisper through time
October 1st, 2009 at 6:13 pm
by the way, i’m 17 and i’m saying all of this.
January 4th, 2010 at 1:53 am
I think Shaun has every right to do drugs and be mad. As long as hes not stealing peoples shit and mugging people on the street its all good. How would you all feel if your ex sung a song about you that represented your problems? I also agree Amy had the right to sing about Shaun’s “addiction” but Shaun shouldnt be looked down on for being mad.
January 4th, 2010 at 1:56 am
oh and as a side note I had a girl friend like Amy, she was a total bitch.
January 15th, 2010 at 9:06 pm
Fuck all of you who take amy’s side. shaun went to rehab to get help. she’s just a bitch and wouldn’t let it go
January 19th, 2010 at 1:10 am
I take Shaun’s side on this. Amy is a bitch who cant get over loosing a guy. And what she did to him by writing that song is terrible. All of you who took amy’s side are terrible ppl. Go die GO SHAUN
February 17th, 2010 at 12:09 am
i think that this topic is f**king old n he has moved on with his life as so has she mistakes were made yes but whos perfect respect the woman she is married now n hell f**kin no to getting married with her why would u want someone controlling ur life hahah kidding shes an awesome person
July 10th, 2010 at 9:36 pm
Those who are actually ‘taking a side’ in a situation where they don’t know everything of both sides are, to simply put it, pathetic. The best of songs are written from the heart; EMOTIONS. Just so happened that this was one of her emotions at the time. She did not point a finger at who it was in her lyrics, or come out on her tours and say ‘this is about Shaun’. Yes, Shaun has a right to be hurt, knowing the song is about him, and angry with her for releasing the song. But, what does he have to complain about? How she left him because HE needed to clean up his act?