By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR The news came in last week. Sevendust’s latest album, the acoustic “Time Travelers and Bonfires,” had climbed to No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Hard Music Charts. Additionally, the album was No. 2 on the “Record Label Independent Current Albums” chart, No. 4 on the “Top Current Rock Albums” chart, No. 15 on the “Overall Digital Albums” chart, and No. 8 on the “Top Internet Albums” chart. Not bad for a band approaching two decades before the public eye. “It’s crazy to think 20 years on, we’re still releasing music people are ready to hear,” said the band’s guitarist John Connolly, who was calling from Kansas City, Mo. on the “An Evening With Sevendust” tour, which comes to the Webster Theater in Hartford next Tuesday. The fans were clearly integral to the latest release from Sevendust, which also includes Lajon Witherspoon (vocals), Morgan Rose (drums/vocals), Clint Lowery (guitar/vocals), and Vince Hornsby (bass/vocals). “The fans are always going to be part of the the equation,” said John. For this record, Sevendust turned to PledgeMusic for a direct-to-fan campaign to help fund “Time Travelers and Bonfires.” And the pledge dollars came in fast and furious from fans, said [...]
By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR The news came in last week. Sevendust’s latest album, the acoustic “Time Travelers and Bonfires,” had climbed to No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Hard Music Charts. Additionally, the album was No. 2 on the “Record Label Independent Current Albums” chart, No. 4 on the “Top Current Rock Albums” chart, No. 15 on the “Overall Digital Albums” chart, and No. 8 on the “Top Internet Albums” chart. Not bad for a band approaching two decades before the public eye. “It’s crazy to think 20 years on, we’re still releasing music people are ready to hear,” said the band’s guitarist John Connolly, who was calling from Kansas City, Mo. on the “An Evening With Sevendust” tour, which comes to the Webster Theater in Hartford next Tuesday. The fans were clearly integral to the latest release from Sevendust, which also includes Lajon Witherspoon (vocals), Morgan Rose (drums/vocals), Clint Lowery (guitar/vocals), and Vince Hornsby (bass/vocals). “The fans are always going to be part of the the equation,” said John. For this record, Sevendust turned to PledgeMusic for a direct-to-fan campaign to help fund “Time Travelers and Bonfires.” And the pledge dollars came in fast and furious from fans, said [...]