The self-titled debut sold 311 copies its first week. However, through touring, and TVT support, the album gained charting success through Billboard and earned gold certification.
Bassist Vince Hornsby joined drummer Morgan Rose in 1994, in a band called Snake Nation. John Connolly, a drummer, left his current band and joined Snake Nation as a guitarist. They recorded their first demo. Not happy with vocals, however, Snake Nation spent a year searching for a new singer before finding Lajon Witherspoon. Six months passed, Clint Lowery joined the band and they renamed themselves Rumblefish.
Rumblefish was short-lived, however, because they found another band with the same name. They renamed themselves Crawlspace, and released My Ruin on the Mortal Kombat soundtrack album entitled More Kombat through TVT Records in 1996. Shortly after, another band named Crawlspace sent notice that they wanted $50,000 for the rights to their name. Rather than purchase the rights, the band members chose to rename themselves Sevendust.
Sevendust released their self-titled debut on April 15, 1997, known for its heavy riffs, angry vocals and thrash-like drumming, as the songs Black and Bitch. 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. Sevendust appeared on the Billboard 200, remained there for sixteen weeks and peaked at 165 on April 4, 1998. The album went gold on May 19, 1999.
In 1998, Sevendust performed at Dynamo Open Air (May 29–31) and Ozzfest 1998 (July through August). In the same year they released a compilation called Live and Loud which featured live footage of the bands September 16, 1998 performance at Chicago's Metro.
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 Korn, Staind, Nonpoint, Reveille, Godsmack, Mudvayne, Mushroomhead, Powerman 5000, Creed, Kid Rock, Machine Head, Limp Bizkit, Disturbed, and Metallica. In 1999, they gained European exposure by opening for Skunk Anansie at various shows in Germany. They also opened with Kid Rock and Ted Nugent for Metallica on New Year's Eve in 1999 at the Pontiac Silverdome near Detroit, Michigan. They also joined Slipknot, Coal Chamber and other bands on the Tattoo the Earth Tour in June 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, respectively, on the Mainstream Rock Tracks. "Angel's Son" was a tribute to Lynn Strait, the lead singer of the band Snot, whom the members of Sevendust were friends with. Strait had died in a car accident in 1998. In addition to being included on Animosity, the song was included on the compilation album Strait Up. The band 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 Sevendust was seen in the Chris Rock movie Down to Earth as a partial clip of "Waffle" is played.
Another friend of the band, Dave Williams the lead singer of Drowning Pool, died in 2002. Tragedy would strike again when Lajon Witherspoon's younger brother was shot and killed later that year. Due to his death, Sevendust went on hiatus in 2002.
In 2003, Sevendust returned with their fourth album, Seasons. The album debuted at #14 in the US, selling around 68,000 copies in its first week. 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 #10 on the Mainstream Rock Chart. "Enemy" was made 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 cover of "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails which is dedicated to Johnny Cash.
On December 11, 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 just signed with Warner Bros. Records. A replacement was found for the rest of the dates and was eventually replaced by Sonny Mayo from Snot and Amen. At roughly the same time, Sevendust and TVT Records parted ways.
On March 26, 2008, Sevendust announced that Clint Lowery, former guitarist and vocalist for the band, had quit his duties as guitarist for Dark New Day and would 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."
Since formation, Sevendust has released thirteen studio albums, earned additional charting success and gold sales certifications. Their eighth studio album, titled Cold Day Memory was released on April 20, 2010. More recent studio albums include: Black Out the Sun, released on March 26, 2013, Time Travelers & Bonfires, released on April 15, 2014, Kill the Flaw, released on October 2, 2015, All I See Is War, released on May 11, 2018 and Blood & Stone, released on October 23, 2020
They also re-released their self-titled debut album as Sevendust: Definitive Edition which contains five new tracks and a DVD.
Disgrace
Sevendust Lyrics
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Descend down and break away till it was gone
My every thought stuck inside
The hell that reminds me that I've just given up
Weighing down my soul the thought of it's
Too much when I think about it all
[Chorus]
Can I still find a place where my mind stops all the suffering
Will I live in my disgrace on and on
And I know now all I ever wanted
Was peace inside a mind that's always haunted
Where's my sunshine, where's the repair for all the damage i've done
Weighing down my soul the thought of it's
Too much when I think about it all
In the song Disgrace by Sevendust, the lead vocalist reflects on his past failures and mistakes, and how they continue to haunt him. The opening lines indicate that he has experienced love, but it has always somehow ended up breaking away, leaving him with a sense of loss and emptiness. He describes being trapped in his own thoughts, unable to let go of the memories that torment him. Even the idea of making amends feels like an overwhelming burden that weighs down his soul.
The chorus shows his desperation for some kind of relief or escape from this constant suffering. He wants to find a place where he can find peace, where his troubled mind can finally rest. However, he acknowledges the reality that he is stuck in his own disgrace, unable to escape from his past choices and actions. He ends the song with a plea for some kind of solution to undo the damage he has caused.
Overall, the song is an emotionally charged reflection on the human struggle with regret and the longing for absolution. It speaks to the universal experiences of making mistakes, having regrets, and the desire to move past them. The lyrics are powerful and the music complements them perfectly with its intense, heavy sound.
Line by Line Meaning
I remember almost every time I felt love
I can still recall the moments I actually felt love at some point in my life
Descend down and break away till it was gone
However, those moments were always fleeting, and eventually they disappeared
My every thought stuck inside
I'm constantly consumed by my own inner turmoil
The hell that reminds me that I've just given up
I'm haunted by the idea that I've already resigned myself to a life of misery
Weighing down my soul the thought of it's
The constant burden of these thoughts is overwhelming
Too much when I think about it all
I struggle to bear the weight of my own emotions
Can I still find a place where my mind stops all the suffering
I wonder if there's still a chance for me to find inner peace and escape my pain
Will I live in my disgrace on and on
Or if I'm doomed to wallow in my own shame for eternity
And I know now all I ever wanted
As I reflect on my life, I realize that all I ever truly wanted was inner peace
Was peace inside a mind that's always haunted
To find solace from the constant emotional anguish that plagues me
Where's my sunshine, where's the repair for all the damage I've done
I seek a glimmer of hope to lift me out of the hole I've dug for myself
Weighing down my soul the thought of it's
Despite my best efforts, I still cannot escape the pain that grips me
Too much when I think about it all
It's all too much to bear when I consider everything I've been through
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: BUTCH WALKER, CLINT LOWERY, JOHN CONNOLLY, LA JON WITHERSPOON, MORGAN ROSE, VINCE HORNSBY
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Chase Miskimon
This song never gets old, chills every time👌💯
Ultimate Warrior 77
Most underrated group in the history of rock
NegativeCreep44
I would say Seether
Monkey Brains
I would say that Cold is the most underrated band in history
Derek Ashcraft
46 years old, and my 40 year old brother tuned me into Sevendust....just proves I'm not dead yet......lol
Trenton Dean
Welcome to one of the greatest bands ever. Glad to have you as a fellow fan!
Gary V
You're just late to the party, the music is still playing.
BG Resjek
50 isn't old man, keep rocking until 90s and 100s where the real old age shows. Keep rocking on
nem36
Hey man, I just turned 48. I've seen Sevendust live 6 times, and have been a fan since '97. Age don't mean a goddamn thing. Their music is way better than a lot of stuff out there today. We're not old...we are distinguished. Peace brother
C M
49?