Sevendust is an American alternative metal band from Atlanta, Georgia. The … Read Full Bio ↴Sevendust is an American alternative metal band from Atlanta, Georgia. The band was formed in 1994 by bassist Vince Hornsby, drummer Morgan Rose and guitarist John Connolly. After their first demo, lead vocalist Lajon Witherspoon and guitarist Clint Lowery joined the group. Following a few name changes, the members settled on the name Sevendust and released their self-titled debut, Sevendust, on April 15, 1997.

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.

Headtrip
Sevendust Lyrics

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Forever after
You killed my laughter
All I've done
Doesn't matter, self
Create, create, create

Head trip drama
With your head so in the cloud

Never be the same
Never forget the pain

Head trip drama
With your head so in the cloud
Never be the same
Never forget the pain

Stuck in my head
Every word that you said
And all of you is dead
Create, create, create
Create, self-destruction
Create, self-destruction
Create, self-destruction

Head trip drama
With your head so in the cloud
Never be the same
Never forget the pain

Head trip drama
With your head so in the cloud
Never be the same
Never forget the pain

Head trip drama
With your head so in the cloud

Create, self-destruction
Create, self-destruction
Create, head trip drama
Create, with your head so in the cloud
Create, never be the same
Never forget the pain

Create, head trip drama
Create, with your head so in the

Cloud, self-destruction
Never be the same, self-destruction

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Sevendust's song "Headtrip" explore themes of anguish, self-destruction, and the pain caused by others. The opening lines, "Forever after, You killed my laughter, All I've done, Doesn't matter, self," establish a tone of bitterness and regret. The subject of the song feels as if their efforts have been in vain, and their ability to find joy has been destroyed by someone else's actions. The repeated refrain of "Create, create, create" almost feels like a mantra, an attempt to focus on a constructive outlet in the face of intense emotion.

The chorus of the song, "Head trip drama, With your head so in the cloud, Never be the same, Never forget the pain," highlights the destructive and disorienting impact of the person who hurt the subject of the song. The repeated use of "Never" suggests that there is no hope of things returning to the way they once were. The imagery of someone's head being "in the cloud" conjures a sense of delusion or disconnection from reality. The word "drama" implies that there is a performative element to this person's behavior, and they may be exaggerating or creating conflict where there was none before.

The line "Stuck in my head, Every word that you said, And all of you is dead" seems to suggest that the subject is haunted by memories of the person who hurt them. Even though that person may be out of their life, they are still grappling with the aftermath of the damage that was done. The repeated use of "self-destruction" in the final lines of the song reinforces the sense that the subject feels responsible for their own pain, and may be engaging in destructive coping mechanisms.

Line by Line Meaning

Forever after
Permanent aftermath

You killed my laughter
You ended my joy

All I've done
Everything accomplished

Doesn't matter, self
Self-importance fails to impact reality

Create, create, create
Continuously generate output

Head trip drama
Complicated mental anguish

With your head so in the cloud
Enchanted illusion

Never be the same
Permanently altered

Never forget the pain
Remember the distress

Stuck in my head
Memorized

Every word that you said
Every utterance