Many nü-metal bands have disowned the style lately. Nonetheless, Sevendust‘s frontman Lajon Witherspoon appears happy with his band’s nü-metal roots and is happy to see the style make a comeback.
In a current interview with the WSOU 89.5 FM radio station, Witherspoon spoke out in regards to the present nü-metal resurgence and expressed his private views about Sevendust being labeled as a nü-metal band.
“All proper, so, hear, I do not know who made that phrase up. I feel it is wonderful you can simply make up a phrase and rapidly you will have an enormous following of individuals which might be like, ‘Yeah.’ However I might reasonably be ‘nü-metal’ than ‘previous steel.’ So with that being stated, I really feel like we had been put in that period as a result of we had been in it, but it surely’s nice.”
“I really feel like we’re a rock and roll, soulful rock band, steel band, soulful steel band, no matter you wanna name it — I do not know — nü-metal. It is humorous. I do not thoughts being in that class as a result of I really feel it is superior that music is resurging and we’re not letting a motion get away from us and get so far-off that we do not even prefer it or hearken to it anymore.” Lajoon added.
“I feel it is an exquisite factor that it is coming again round. These bands have an opportunity to share that music and that power, and perhaps that is what we’d like proper now, to have these forms of recollections again in our lives, to construct it again as much as that good feeling, and if that is what it takes, man, I am behind it.”
Witherspoon additionally revealed that he was just lately supplied to host a nü-metal present in Texas. “I am, like, ‘What does that imply?'” And I used to be advised: “Oh yeah, man. You may be the DJ, and you will get a setlist and you may play all of the nü-metal songs and even perhaps sing over.’ And I am, like, ‘Oh, I do not know. I am not gonna sing over anybody’s else track.’ I stated, ‘It could be attention-grabbing in the event you pay me sufficient money to do it.” he laughed.
Witherspoon went on to say that he is positively behind the nü-metal motion. “Like we did the Sick New World Pageant in Las Vegas in Might, despite the fact that we solely performed 13 minutes and 28 seconds, as a result of the whole lot blew up, it was so scorching. However to be amongst the Korn, Sister Of Mercy, Body Count was beside us at one time limit within the backstage space. I imply, everyone that you simply grew up listening to was there, and it was so cool to see that motion take cost like that. So I do not thoughts being nü-metal if that is what it’s.”
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