SEVENDUST TAPS CHRIS DAUGHTRY FOR GUEST SPOT; AXL ROSENBERG OFFICIALLY LOSES ALL INTEREST IN SEVENDUST
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 at 3:05pm by Axl Rosenberg
Next didn’t do much for me and Alpha did even less; so the news that Chris Daughtry will do a guest spot on the new Sevendust album, Hope and Sorrow, would seem to signal the official end of my interest in Sevendust. Yes, they now join Metallica, Megadeth, Aerosmith, AC/DC, and whatever band Vinnie Paul is playing with this week in my “Who gives a shit anymore?” pile. If working with some dip shit from American Idol is what gets the dudes in Sevendust off these days, then we were clearly headed down divergent paths anyway; Bon Jovi basically plays country these days, so I understand that sometimes bands I enjoyed in my youth and I are just going to have irreconcilable differences.
I’m sure at least one of our fine readers will accuse me of being close minded, and yet another will call me a hypocrite for ever liking Sevendust when I so openly loathe Korn; to those people, all I can say is “Your mother sucks cocks in hell.” Sometimes I have an itch for melodic pop metal that requires something a little more substantial than “All Day I Dream About Sex” but a little less weighty than “Stinkfist.” So blow me.
Anyway, it looks like there’s finally gonna be a new Dark New Day album this year. Maybe that’ll cure my jones for something cool n’ catchy.
-AR
Haha! Great post. Got a good laugh from this one.
I think you just insulted my mom.
Actually Axl, I think we’re all hypocrites when it comes to musical taste. You guys just happen to vociferously spout your hypocrisy for all to read and comment upon.
Do you realize how often you apologize or explain away liking anything that isn’t as heavy as a chainsaw going through a wood chipper in a war zone? Dude, buy an F-350 with a 20 inch lift already if you’re dick is that small.
I agree with everything, except I think Megadeth is still relevant.
You know, there’s a Finnish band called Lullacry that usually scratches my itch for melodic pop-metal. They’re pretty gay, but in a kind of awesome way. Just thought I’d try to help fill the gap for cheese in your daily audio diet.
And you know, music is a personal thing. Who can explain why some people like some things and not others? To each his own.
i loved sevendust before clint left and now he’s in dark new day which is really good shit if you liked the old shit thus deeming sevendust wholly irrelevant
Surely having Myles Kennedy of Alter Bridge on the album makes up for Daughtry? Say what you will, but he’s an incredible singer.
I won’t call you a hypocrite for bashing Korn while liking Sevendust. Bashing anything (except for Korn, Limp Bizkit, and the like) while kissing the asses of Avenged Sevenfold abnd Bullet For My Valentine, however, is another story.
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I liked the first few albums. I partied with the band once, and Witherspoon is a real stand-up guy. Super cool and fun to hang out with. But yeah, if this is what they’re interested in, fuck it, I’m done. I don’t make apologies for liking their early stuff, even if it is, essentially, pop rock (hey, I’ve always love Def Leppard too), but fuck Chris Daughtry.
I think anyone with an interest in METAL would never had an interest in Sevendust…
See Nick? YOU’RE the problem. YOU have decided what is and is not metal, as if YOU created the genre and define its parameters.
And yes, Myles Kennedy can sing circles around anyone I’ve heard in 25 years (always elevating Geoff Tate into his own stratosphere).
WTF!!!
Well, Im not sure whats worse. American Idol or Creed revamp. As for Sevendust, repitition works. Just look at rap. I think its safe to assume Sevendust is (are) the new king(s) of crunk.
i almost lost it when lajon looked into the spotlight gleaming down on him and started tearing up singing angels son. chris is going to be a perfect addition to their sparkly white belts, random crying on stage, eyeliner and quarter-cycle steroid addictions
[...] Look: I know the new Def Leppard single, “Nine Lives,” is gonna suck, and you know the new Def Leppard single is gonna suck. Even if Dep Lep haven’t grown into as monumental an embarrassment as, say, Motley Crue, they certainly haven’t written anything anyone should give a crap about in a long, long while. Plus, “Nine Lives” – which comes from the band’s forthcoming new offering, Songs from the Sparkle Lounge* – is a collaboration with country singer/Faith Hill fucker Tim McGraw, which places it squarely in the Sevendust/Chris Daughtry “Just Shoot Me in the Fucking Head” category. [...]
I think Sevendust can do whatver they feel like at this point. They’ve paid their dues.