Sevendust Biography
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Sevendust
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| Sevendust | |
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 Sevendust in Afghanistan, July 2008
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
| Genre(s) | Hard rock Heavy metal Alternative metal Nu metal1 |
| Years active | 1992 – present |
| Label(s) | TVT, Winedark Records, Roadrunner, Asylum |
| Associated acts | Amen Body & Soul Dark New Day Hello Demons Meet Skeletons Mouth Piece Piece Dogs Snake Nation Snot Still Rain |
| Website | www.sevendust.com |
| Members | |
| Lajon Witherspoon John Connolly Clint Lowery Vincent Hornsby Morgan Rose |
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| Former members | |
| Sonny Mayo | |
Sevendust is an American hard rock band from Atlanta, Georgia. They were originally signed to TVT Records, but then released their fifth album with Winedark Records (through Universal Music) in the US, and Roadrunner Records overseas. Currently, they are signed to their own label 7 Bros. Records in conjunction with Asylum Records.
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History
Early Years and Sevendust (1992-1998)
The band formed in late 1992 under the name "Tomorrow's Pain" then switched to "Crawlspace"2 but later were forced to change their name to Sevendust when a group from the West Coast claimed rights to Crawlspace.3
Sevendust released their first album Sevendust on April 15, 1997, known for its heavy riffs, angry vocals and thrash-like drumming, as the songs "Black" and "Bitch".4 "Black" was the opening song for nearly every Sevendust concert until 2004. The debut album also contains the song "My Ruin" from the Mortal Kombat soundtrack album entitled More Kombat released by TVT Records.2 After they appeared at Ozzfest 1998 and Dynamo Open Air the same year, their self-titled album went gold.5
Home and Animosity (1999-2002)
On August, 24 1999, they released their second album, Home. The album peaked at 19 on the Billboard 200 and featured Skin from Skunk Anansie and Chino Moreno from Deftones as guest vocalists. The two singles from the album, "Denial" and "Waffle", gave the band moderate chart success, and the latter of which was played on the Late Night with Conan O'Brien show . They appeared in Woodstock 1999 and have toured with many bands such as KoЯn, Staind, Reveille, Godsmack, Mudvayne, Powerman 5000, Creed, Kid Rock, Machine Head, Limp Bizkit and Metallica. In 1999, they gained European exposure by opening for Skunk Anansie at various shows in Germany. They also joined Slipknot, Coal Chamber and other bands on a tour called "Tattoo The Earth Tour" in June of 2000 .
In November 2001, the band released their third album, Animosity. This album went gold and gained the band commercial success thanks to the success of singles "Praise" and "Angel's Son", which peaked at 15 and 11 on the Modern Rock Chart. The band also made an appearance on Late Night with David Letterman playing an Acoustic Version of Angel's Son featuring Paul Shaffer on Keyboards. In the same year they are also seen in the Chris Rock movie Down to Earth as a partial clip of "Waffle" is played.
Sevendust went on hiatus in 2002 due to the death of Lajon's brother.
Seasons and the Departure of Clint Lowery (2003-2004)
In 2003, Sevendust returned with their fourth album, Seasons. This was one of the band's best received albums and to-date features their highest charting single (tied with "Driven"), "Enemy", which peaked at which peaked at #10 on the Mainstream Rock Chart. "Enemy" was also used as the official theme song for WWE Unforgiven 2003. Other singles released from the album, "Broken Down" and "Face to Face", met with more moderate success charting at 20 and 22 respectively.
In 2004, for the first time in the band's career, they released a live album on a CD/DVD double disk package titled Southside Double-Wide: Acoustic Live. Both the CD and the DVD include a tribute cover of "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails.
On December 11th, 2004, after playing a show in Columbus, Ohio, it was announced that Clint Lowery had left the band mid-tour, because he wanted to play with his brother Corey Lowery in his new band Dark New Day, who had reportedly gotten signed to Warner Bros. Records the same day. A temporary replacement was found to fill in for the rest of the dates, and he was eventually replaced by Sonny Mayo (from Snot and Amen).2 At roughly the same time, Sevendust and TVT Records parted ways. Seasons has since been certified multi-platinum.
Next and Alpha (2005-2007)
On October 11, 2005, Sevendust released their fifth studio album, Next, on their second label, Winedark Records, distributed by Universal Music. In the process, Sevendust also created their own record label, 7Bros Records. The first radio single off Next was the track "Ugly", released to radio August 9, 2005 followed by a music video. The track "Pieces" appeared on the soundtrack for the film Saw II.6 Next debuted at #20 in the US, selling around 37,000 copies in its first week. Not much longer after the release of Next, Sevendust's former label TVT Records released a greatest hits package for Sevendust, titled Best of (Chapter One 1997-2004), the label's final Sevendust release.7 Also, an unnofficial video for "Hero" was released showing footage of Bruce Lee in many of his famous film roles.
Sevendust released their sixth full-length studio album, entitled Alpha, on March 6, 2007. The album debuted at #14 in the US, the band's highest chart position yet, selling over 42,000 copies of the album in its first week. The band also headlined a 57-date tour from February 8, 2007 to April 28, 2007. Boston heavy metal band Diecast, supergroup Invitro, and modern rock Red accompanied Sevendust on that tour.8 Retrospective 2, a CD/DVD combo including two previously un-released studio tracks, live concert footage never before seen, as well as the new music videos for the songs "Beg To Differ", "Ugly", "Pieces", and "Driven", was released on December 11, 2007. The song "The Rim" was released on the Alpha CD but only sold in Target retails stores as exclusive 13th track on the Alpha CD.9 Their songs "Feed" and "Driven" were used in the soundtrack to WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2008.
Chapter VII: Hope & Sorrow and Return of Clint Lowery (2008)
Sevendust returned to the studio at the end of November 2007 to finish up their 7th studio album, titled Chapter VII: Hope & Sorrow. The record was originally slated for a release of March 4, 2008, but was later pushed back to April, 1st. The album debuted at #19 on the Billboard 200 and has apperances from Chris Daughtry and Alter Bridge members Myles Kennedy and Mark Tremonti. The first single released was "Prodigal Son" which peaked at #19 on the mainstream rock chart. The second and current single is "The Past".
On March 26, 2008, Sevendust announced that Clint Lowery, former guitarist and vocalist for the band, has quit his duties as guitarist for Dark New Day and will be returning to the Sevendust lineup in place of Sonny Mayo. On Lowery's return, Morgan Rose stated "This was extremely tough considering Sonny is our brother and has been amazing to work with. [Sonny] didn't do anything wrong at all; we just owe it to ourselves and all the folks that grew up with us to put our original band back together."10
As of January 1st 2009, Sevendust is gearing up to hit the road with Disturbed and continues to write the 8th studio album, due out in late 2009/early 2010
Members
- Lajon Witherspoon - Lead Vocals (1992-Present)
- John Connolly - Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals (1992-Present)
- Clint Lowery - Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals (1992-2004, 2008-present)
- Vincent Hornsby - Bass, Acoustic Bass, Vocals (1992-Present)
- Morgan Rose - Drums, Vocals, Live Bongo (1992-Present)
Former
- Sonny Mayo - Guitar, Live Backing Vocals (2005-2008)
Discography
Studio Albums
- 1997: Sevendust
- 1999: Home
- 2001: Animosity
- 2003: Seasons
- 2005: Next
- 2007: Alpha
- 2008: Chapter VII: Hope & Sorrow
Compilation albums
- 2004: Southside Double-Wide: Acoustic Live
- 2005: Best of (Chapter One 1997-2004)
- 2007: Retrospective 2
Videos
- Home (1999): "Denial", "Waffle" and "Licking Cream"
- Animosity (2001): "Praise", "Live Again", and "Angel's Son"
- Seasons (2003): "Enemy" and "Broken Down"
- Next (2005): "Ugly" and "Pieces"
- Alpha (2007): "Driven" and "Beg to Differ"
- Chapter VII: Hope & Sorrow (2008): "Prodigal Son"
References
- ^ Sharpe-Young, Garry. "MusicMight Biography". Retrieved on 2008-11-16.
- ^ a b c Dombek, Kirk. Sevendust. Allmusic
- ^ Pollstar - HotStar Sevendust
- ^ Henderson, Alex. "Sevendust" review. Allmusic
- ^ Henderson, Alex. "Home" - Overview. Allmusic
- ^ Loftus, Johnny. "Saw 2" - Overview. Allmusic
- ^ allmusic ((( Best of Sevendust (Chapter One 1997-2004) > Overview )))
- ^ Diecast Kick Off Sevendust Tour. Ultimate-Guitar.com: Feb. 12, 2007
- ^ http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=28522. MetalUnderground.com: Aug. 29, 2007
- ^ KNAC.COM - News - sevendust
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Sevendust |
- Official Sevendust website
- Official Sevendust MySpace
- Sevendust 2008 concert photos
- AlienFreak.com: Morgan Rose Web Site
- Sonny Mayo: Sonny Mayo Web Site
- Field of Solitude: Sevendust Fan Comunity
- Sevendust on Demand
- Sevendust LIVE performance 8/05/08 starts at 2:30et
- Sevendust / Stone Gods / Black Stone Cherry tour - Press Release From Scorpio PR & Review
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