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Sevendust is an American Alternative Metal band from Atlanta, Georgia . They formed in late 1994 under the name "Crawlspace" but later were forced to change their name when a group from the West Coast claimed rights to it. They struggled to find a new title but finally settled on Sevendust after bassist Vinnie Hornsby was looking through his grandmother's garage and found a can of plant Pesticide called " Sevin Dust ." Vocalist Lajon Witherspoon's take on the name is that seven is a holy number and we are all made of dust. Their name has also been associated with the Computer Virus with the same name. 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. Their album Alpha was released on March 6, 2007. HISTORY Sevendust released their first Self-titled Album on April 15 , 1997 . This album is known for its heavy riffs, angry vocals and thrash-like drumming. The songs "Black" and "Bitch" are the best-known songs from this album. Sevendust was first played on a local radio station in Orlando, FL called Real Rock 101.1 WJRR. While they still consider Atlanta, Ga home Orlando, FL is their second home. "Black" was the opening song for nearly every Sevendust concert until 2004. The debut album also contains the song "My Ruin" from their Crawlspace days which is included in the Mortal Kombat Soundtrack album entitled "More Kombat" released by TVT Records . After they appeared at Ozzfest 1998 and Dynamo Open Air the same year, their self-titled album went gold. In the same year they released a compilation called "Live and Loud" which featured live footage of the band at Chicago 's Metro . Two years later, on August 24 , 1999 , they released their second album, Home , which has also gone gold. Home is best-known for 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. However, Sevendust's career has had tragedies. The band were friends with the band Snot who lost their singer Lynn Strait . Lajon Witherspoon paid tribute to him with Snot's instrumentalist on the Strait Up compilation album with a song called "Angel's Son" which was re-recorded with the Sevendust instrumentalist and placed on Animosity . More tragedy struck when Dave Williams of Drowning Pool died. Finally, the band went on a temporary hiatus after Lajon's younger brother was killed. In . Both the CD and the DVD include a cover of "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails as a tribute to Johnny Cash . On December 15 , 2004 , it was announced Clint Lowery had left the band due to musical differences. Immediately after the departure, Lowery was replaced temporarily by J3, a member of Tommy Lee 's solo band, but it was officially announced that Sonny Mayo (from Snot and Amen ) was the new replacement for Clint. 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. On October 11 , 2005 , Sevendust released their fifth studio album, Next , on their new label, Winedark Records , distributed by Universal Music . In the process, Sevendust has also created their own record label, 7Bros Records . The first radio single off Next was the track "Ugly", released to radio August 9 , 2005 . A music video was also produced and released for "Ugly". The track "Pieces" appeared on the soundtrack for the film Saw II . Next debuted at #20 on the Billboard Charts, relatively unheard of for a band of Sevendust's hard rock genre. Sliding under the radar, Sevendust's old label, TVT Records , released a greatest hits package for Sevendust on December 27 , 2005 . There was no comment on this production by the band until 6 days before its release. Titled Best Of (Chapter One 1997-2004) , this release constitutes the final release by Sevendust under the TVT Records moniker. The release is somewhat controversial however, as many feel TVT is just cashing in one final time on their former most successful client. On March 6 , 2006 , the track "Failure" became the second single from Next . This was reported by the official Sevendust website. Its peak was in the 28th spot on the Billboard music charts. In April 2006, Sevendust announced that they had gained "freedom" from their contract with Winedark Records. However Sevendust announced they were still represented through their self label, 7 Bros. Records. The track "Pieces" off the Next album was said to be the third single and was planned to be released on June 26 , 2006 , as confirmed by the official website, but never made any official chartings. It had been confirmed on June 27 , 2006 by the official band website that the band would go back into the studio starting July 5 , 2006 to record their sixth album. On December 5 , 2006 , an official announcement was made at Sevendust's official website. Sevendust have signed a deal with Asylum Records, which is owned by Warner Music Group (WMG). Sevendust released their sixth full-length studio album, titled ''Alpha'', on March 6 , 2007 , and have started a 57-date headlining tour from February 8 , 2007 to April 28 , 2007 . Along with the announcement, a new song from the album, titled "Deathstar," was made available for stream. Another soon to be single off the new album, "Driven", has also been released for streaming on Sevendust's MySpace . Included in the tour is Invitro, Diecast , and Christian rock group Red . On August 28th, it was announced on Sevendust website that they would release Retrospective 2 on December 11th, 2007. It's a DVD and CD package that includes 3 brand new songs, live concert video never seen before, the new music video for the song 'Beg To Differ', music videos for 'Ugly', 'Pieces', and 'Driven', outtakes from a day in the life of Sevendust spanning the last four years, and much more extras. They have also released a live recording video of the song 'Clueless' on their website for viewing. MEMBERS
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DISCOGRAPHY See Also: Sevendust discography VIDEOGRAPHY ''Denial'' (1999) ''Waffle'' (1999) ''Licking Cream'' (1999) ''Angel's Son'' (2000) ''Praise'' (2001) ''Live Again'' (2001) ''Enemy'' (2003) ''Broken Down'' (2004) ''Ugly'' (2005) ''Pieces'' (2006) ''Driven'' (2007) ''Beg to Differ'' (2007) TRIVIA
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