birth_place name background birth_date instrument genre article_title birth_name occupation
little rock , arkansas , u.s. will boyd non_vocal_instrumentalist 27 april 1979 bass , guitar , keyboard , drums alternative metal will boyd
 william james boyd musician
will boyd

william james `` will '' boyd -lrb- born april 27 , 1979 -rrb- , is the former bass guitarist of alternative metal band evanescence .
boyd became a full-time member of evanescence in june 2003 , but had co-written two of their unreleased songs , `` october '' and `` so close , '' prior to that .
he spent stints with local little rock punk bands such as the visitors and lucky father brown and is currently in the bands two spines and american princes .
he left evanescence in june 2006 due to not wanting to do another big tour , and was replaced by tim mccord .
