Alexis Amanda Matthews (née Joice) (born July 28, 1990), best known as Lexus Amanda is an American singer and songwriter. She is the co-founder and lead vocalist of the pop rock duo Blacklisted Me.Alexis has cited many musical influences including 30 Seconds to Mars, The Used, Marilyn Manson, Utada Hikaru, and Alkaline Trio.Blacklisted Me, previously known as White WidoW, but due to conflict with another band, the name was changed. She has described Blacklisted Me to be her “alter ego”. Lexus is known on the internet for producing many controversial statements and actions through the use of her twitter and tumblr accounts. Lexus first attempted to make her way into the music business with her band Rose Red. She was accompanied by Scout Taylor Compton, but due to unforeseen circumstances, the band did not continue and as a result, the band did not produce any material and was disbanded. She first made it into the music business when she created White WidoW with actress Tracey Fairaway in February 2011. They released a preview of the song “Where There Is Ice In Hell”, but due to the departure of Tracey the song was never released. Lexus made her first full length song “Reprobate Romance” in 2011 with vocals from Samie Jayden and Nick Matthews. As of July 2012, she has released 5 full length songs. Early Years Joice's father is a pharmacist, and her mother is a consultant. Her parents are currently divorced. Alexis has two younger brothers. Her middle name was given as a result of her mother's first name, Amanda. Personal life Lexus previously struggled with alcoholism and emotional problems. Her relationship with Max Green, former bassist of Escape The Fate, is also well documented on the internet. Lexus is a Christian. On April 18th, 2012 Lexus married Nicholas Matthews, former vocalist of Get Scared and her current band mate in Blacklisted Me. Joice's personal life is well publicised through her own means on the internet, e.g through her Twitter, Tumblr and Formspring accounts. She has allegedly had relationships with: * Max Green, former bassist of Escape The Fate * Matt Good, From First To Last and DRUGS * Ronnie Radke, vocalist of Falling in Reverse * Phillip Kross, bassist for The Natural Born Killers * Clayton Ryan, the lead vocalist of The Natural Born Killers * Johnny Braddock, guitarist of Get Scared * Hunter Moore, founder of isanyoneup.com * Jeordie White, known as Twiggy Ramirez, bassist and guitar player for Marilyn Manson Controversy Lexus has been known to produce controversial and idiotic statements for publicity, including extreme impoliteness, feats of hypocrisy and whatnot. Johnny Braddock, guitarist for the rock band Get Scared, has stated that Nicholas Matthews, Lexus' current husband and bandmate, left the band as a result of Lexus' convincing. Stupidlexusfans, a tumblr blog dedicated to showing Lexus Amanda to a righteous path through the means of pictures, captions and text, confirms this statement and has provided a screenshot from Braddock's Formspring account. Her online web store, blacklistedme.bigcartel.com, is well known for shipping out damaged packages with ridiculous refund policies and unprofessional business. Clients have been recorded to have waited as long as four months for their items and products to be shipped out and received. The store is also known to break bigcartel policies, the e-commerce site she uses to sell her accessories, such as selling worn clothing and increasing pricing due to 'sentimental value'. Most notably, she has sold a hole filled, filthy sweater, a possible medical and bacterial hazard to the customer, costing $19 from stores such as Forever 21 and Walmart, for $900 to a hardcore fan. She sprays the clothing with a perfume of hers, which is unadvised by store specialists as the customer could be allergic or have a reaction to the scent. Lexus has been accused of sleeping with many men in bands and is often insulted and harassed over it. She has been named isanyoneup.com's 'Band Slut' three times. There was also a time, in which she was accused of allegedly releasing nude pictures of Escape The Fate bassist,Max Green, over the internet. Television Appearances Lexus has appeared on the MTV reality show Disaster Date. Filmography Lexus is in "Arma-Goddamn-Motherfuckin-Geddon" music video, but is never seen. Lexus is also in The All-American Rejects "I Wanna" music video. She is featured in "Smile" music video. Lexus is spotted in "This War is Ours(The Guillotine Part II)" music video. Lexus is in the unreleased music video of song "Fever".
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