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Sevendust is an American alternative metal band from Atlanta, Georgia. They formed in late 1994 under the name "Crawlspace"^[1] but later were forced to change their name to Sevendust when a group from the West Coast claimed rights to Crawlspace.^[2] 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 Asylum Records. They have released an album every two years with their most recent being Alpha, released in 2007. Image File history File links Sevendust_Logo. ... Atlanta redirects here. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ... Alternative metal is an form of music that gained popularity in the early 1990s alongside grunge. ... Hard Rock redirects here. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... TVT Records is an independent record label founded in 1985 by Steve Gottlieb. ... Roadrunner Records is a major record label that concentrates on metal bands. ... For the label known as Asylum-Curb, see Curb Records. ... Snot was a alternative metal band based in Santa Barbara, California. ... Dark New Day is an American hard rock band that formed in 1995, disbanded, and re-formed in late 2004. ... (hÉ™d) p. ... This article is about the band. ... Lajon Witherspoon (born October 3, 1972 in Nashville, Tennessee) is the vocalist for the Atlanta-based band Follow for Now, and eventually joined Alternative metal band Sevendust. ... John Connolly (born October 21, 1968) was a drummer for the band Piece Dogs. ... Former Snot Guitarrist, he joined Amen in May 1998. ... Vinnie Hornsby is the bassist for Heavy Metal band Sevendust. ... Morgan Rose is the drummer and founding member of the Atlanta-based alternative metal band Sevendust. ... Clint Lowery (born December 15, 1971), a descendant of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, is a hard-rock guitarist, previously with the bands Still Rain and Sevendust, and currently playing lead guitar in the band Dark New Day and the touring guitarist for Korn. ... Alternative metal is an form of music that gained popularity in the early 1990s alongside grunge. ... Atlanta redirects here. ... TVT Records is an independent record label founded in 1985 by Steve Gottlieb. ... Universal Music Group (UMG) is the largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry. ... Roadrunner Records is a major record label that concentrates on metal bands. ... Alpha is the sixth studio album by alternative metal band Sevendust. ...

History

Sevendust released their first self-titled album on April 15, 1997, known for its heavy riffs, angry vocals and thrash-like drumming, as the songs "Black" and "Bitch".^[3] "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.^[1] Sevendust is the self-titled debut album by American hard rock band Sevendust. ... is the 105th day of the year (106th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Mortal Kombat is a 1995 action movie, directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. ... In film formats, the soundtrack is the physical area of the film which records the synchronized sound. ... TVT Records is an independent record label founded in 1985 by Steve Gottlieb. ...

After they appeared at Ozzfest 1998 and Dynamo Open Air the same year, their self-titled album went gold.^[4] Two years later, in 1999, they released their second album, Home, which had also gone gold and become known for the songs "Denial", and "Waffle" for which they have shot music videos. Skin from Skunk Anansie and Chino Moreno from Deftones appeared as guest vocalists on two songs, "Licking Cream" and "Bender". Also featured on "Bender" was additional guitar work by Troy McLawhorn of doubleDrive. 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 . They then headed into the studio to record their third album, Animosity, which was released on November 13, 2001. Aaron Lewis of Staind did guest vocals on the song "Follow". This album went gold and gained the band commercial success. Ozzfest is an annual tour of the United States (and in some years, Europe) featuring performances by many Heavy Metal, Metalcore, Death Metal, Hardcore and Nu Metal groups. ... The Dynamo Open Air is a festival in the Netherlands held (almost) every year since 1986. ... This article is about the year. ... Home is the second album by American hard rock band Sevendust. ... A music video (also video clip, promo) is a short film or video meant to present a visual representation of a popular music song. ... Deborah Dyer (aka Skin) was the lead vocalist of britrock band Skunk Anansie. ... Skunk Anansie was an English rock band whose members included Skin (Deborah Dyer), Cass (Richard Lewis), Ace (Martin Kent) and Mark Richardson. ... Chino Moreno (born Camilo Wong Moreno June 20, 1973) is an American musician. ... Deftones are a Grammy award-winning Dream pop influenced Alternative metal band from Sacramento, California. ... Troy McLawhorn is a guitarist formerly of the band doubleDrive. ... DoubleDrive is a rock band from Atlanta, Georgia. ... Woodstock 1999, held July 23-25, 1999 was the second music festival, after Woodstock 94, that attempted to emulate the success of the original Woodstock Festival of 1969. ... Korn logo KoÐ¯n. ... Staind (IPA: ) is an American alternative metal group[1][2] from Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. ... Reveille was a nu metal/rap metal group from Harvard,Chelmsford, and Shirley Massachusetts. ... For the Alice in Chains song, see God Smack (song). ... Mudvayne are an American alternative metal band. ... Powerman 5000 is a Boston-based rock band formed in 1991. ... This article is about the American Post-grunge band. ... Robert James Ritchie (born January 17, 1971 in Romeo, Michigan), better known as Kid Rock, is an American musician. ... This article is about the band. ... Limp Bizkit (alternately written as limpbizkit) is a nu metal and rapcore band from Jacksonville, Florida. ... Metallica is a Grammy Award-winning American heavy metal/thrash metal band formed in 1981[1] and has become one of the most commercially successful musical acts of recent decades. ... Slipknot (sometimes typeset as SlipKnoT to fit their logo) is a Grammy winning American metal band from Des Moines, Iowa. ... Coal Chamber was a rock band from Los Angeles, California. ... Animosity is the third album by American nu metal band Sevendust. ... is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Aaron Lewis, (born April 13, 1972 in Rutland, Vermont, U.S.), is the lead vocalist and acoustic guitarist of the hard rock group Staind. ... Staind (IPA: ) is an American alternative metal group[1][2] from Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. ...

In 2003, Sevendust returned with their fourth album, Seasons, with the hit songs "Enemy", "Broken Down", "Face to Face" and "Separate". The song "Enemy" was used as the official theme song for WWE Unforgiven 2003. 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. Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Seasons is the fourth album by American hard rock band Sevendust. ... Unforgiven is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment, which has been held in September since the 1999 edition. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... CD may stand for: Compact Disc Canadian Forces Decoration Cash Dispenser (at least used in Japan) CD LPMud Driver Centrum-Demokraterne (Centre Democrats of Denmark) Certificate of Deposit ÄŒeskÃ© DrÃ¡hy (Czech Railways) Chad (NATO country code) Chalmers DatorfÃ¶rening (computer club of the Chalmers University of Technology) a 1960s... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ... For the Christina Aguilera song, see Hurt (Christina Aguilera song). ... Nine Inch Nails (abbreviated as NIN) is an American industrial rock band, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. ...

In 2004, it was announced Clint Lowery had left the band due to musical differences, to be replaced Sonny Mayo (from Snot and Amen) was the new replacement for Clint.^[1] Clint is now working with a new band called Dark New Day which also features his brother, Corey Lowery. At roughly the same time, Sevendust and TVT Records parted ways. Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Clint Lowery (born December 15, 1971), a descendant of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, is a hard-rock guitarist, previously with the bands Still Rain and Sevendust, and currently playing lead guitar in the band Dark New Day and the touring guitarist for Korn. ... Former Snot Guitarrist, he joined Amen in May 1998. ... Snot was a alternative metal band based in Santa Barbara, California. ... Amen (sometimes all-capitalised to AMEN) is a cross-genre hard rock band formed in 1994, continuing on today. ... Dark New Day is an American hard rock band that formed in 1995, disbanded, and re-formed in late 2004. ... TVT Records is an independent record label founded in 1985 by Steve Gottlieb. ...

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.^[5] Next debuted at #20 in the US, selling around 37,000 copies in it's first week, relatively unheard of for a band of Sevendust's hard rock genre. 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.^[6] is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Next is the fifth album by alternative metal band Sevendust. ... Universal Music Group (UMG) is the largest major label in the record industry, with a 23% market share. ... Next is the fifth album by alternative metal band Sevendust. ... is the 221st day of the year (222nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Saw II is a 2005 horror film. ... Next is the fifth album by alternative metal band Sevendust. ... TVT Records is an independent record label founded in 1985 by Steve Gottlieb. ... Best of (Chapter One 1997-2004) is the first greatest hits album by American hard rock band Sevendust. ...

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 it's 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 Christian rock band Red accompanied Sevendust on that tour.^[7] Alpha is a 1983 album by rock quartet Asia. ... is the 65th day of the year (66th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Casting is a process by which a material is introduced into a mold while it is liquid, allowed to solidify in the shape inside the mold, and then removed producing a fabricated object, part, or casing. ... Red is a Grammy-nominated Christian Alternative Metal band that originated in Nashville, TN. The bands debut album End of Silence was released in June 2006, and nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. ...

Retrospective 2, a CD/DVD combo including three 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", will be released on December 11, 2007.^[8] It has been announced that Sevendust will return to the studio at the end of November to finish up their 7th studio album, tentatively titled "The 7th Chapter." The record is slated for a release of March 4, 2008.^[9]

Members

Lajon Witherspoon (born October 3, 1972 in Nashville, Tennessee) is the vocalist for the Atlanta-based band Follow for Now, and eventually joined Alternative metal band Sevendust. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... John Connolly (born October 21, 1968) was a drummer for the band Piece Dogs. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... Former Snot Guitarrist, he joined Amen in May 1998. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... Vinnie Hornsby is the bassist for Heavy Metal band Sevendust. ... A sunburst-colored Precision Bass The electric bass guitar (or electric bass; pronounced , as in base) is a bass stringed instrument played with the fingers (either by plucking, slapping, popping, or tapping) or using a pick. ... Morgan Rose is the drummer and founding member of the Atlanta-based alternative metal band Sevendust. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ...

Former

Clint Lowery (born December 15, 1971), a descendant of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, is a hard-rock guitarist, previously with the bands Still Rain and Sevendust, and currently playing lead guitar in the band Dark New Day and the touring guitarist for Korn. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ...

Discography

The discography for the American alternative metal band Sevendust. ... Sevendust is the self-titled debut album by American hard rock band Sevendust. ... Home is the second album by American hard rock band Sevendust. ... Animosity is the third album by American hard rock band Sevendust. ... Seasons is the fourth album by American hard rock band Sevendust. ... Next is the fifth album by alternative metal band Sevendust. ... Alpha is the sixth studio album by alternative metal band Sevendust. ...

References

The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Roadrunner Records is a major record label that concentrates on metal bands. ...

External links

Categories: Alternative metal musical groups | Georgia (U.S. state) heavy metal musical groups | Musical groups established in 1994 | People from Atlanta | Quintets | Warner Music Group artists Lajon Witherspoon (born October 3, 1972 in Nashville, Tennessee) is the vocalist for the Atlanta-based band Follow for Now, and eventually joined Alternative metal band Sevendust. ... Morgan Rose is the drummer and founding member of the Atlanta-based alternative metal band Sevendust. ... Former Snot Guitarrist, he joined Amen in May 1998. ... John Connolly (born October 21, 1968) was a drummer for the band Piece Dogs. ... Vinnie Hornsby is the bassist for Heavy Metal band Sevendust. ... Clint Lowery (born December 15, 1971), a descendant of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, is a hard-rock guitarist, previously with the bands Still Rain and Sevendust, and currently playing lead guitar in the band Dark New Day and the touring guitarist for Korn. ... Sevendust is the self-titled debut album by American hard rock band Sevendust. ... Home is the second album by American hard rock band Sevendust. ... Animosity is the third album by American hard rock band Sevendust. ... Seasons is the fourth album by American hard rock band Sevendust. ... Next is the fifth album by alternative metal band Sevendust. ... Alpha is the sixth studio album by alternative metal band Sevendust. ... The 7th Chapter is the seventh studio album from the heavy metal/hard rock band Sevendust. ... Best of (Chapter One 1997-2004) is the first greatest hits album by American hard rock band Sevendust. ... Home is the second album by American hard rock band Sevendust. ... Praise is the first single off of Sevendusts 2001 release Animosity. ... Live Again is a Single by Musical Act Sevendust. ... Angels Son is a Single by Musical Act Sevendust. ... The discography for the American alternative metal band Sevendust. ... Snot was a alternative metal band based in Santa Barbara, California. ... Dark New Day is an American hard rock band that formed in 1995, disbanded, and re-formed in late 2004. ...

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