Seventh Day Slumber
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 Pro-Life Music Festival 2006, Winona Lake, IN |
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| Background information | |
| Origin |  Dallas, Texas, United States |
| Genres | Christian rock, hard rock, post-grunge, alternative metal |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Labels | BEC Recordings, Word Entertainment, Mercy Street Records, Afinia |
| Website | Official Website |
| Members | |
| Joseph Rojas Jeremy Holderfield Jamie Davis Talia Haughn |
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| Past members | |
| Ray Fryoux Elliot Lopes Rusty Clutts Adam Witte Tim Parady Evan Weatherford Michael Johns Juan Alvarez Joshua Schwartz |
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Seventh Day Slumber is a Christian rock band from Dallas, Texas formed in 1996. They were an independent band for five years.[1] until signed to BEC Records in 2005. They are best known for their songs "Oceans from the Rain" and "Surrender". "Oceans from the Rain" was the 14th most played song on Christian CHR radio in 2006 according to the Weekend 22. "Surrender" placed on the X 2009 Christian rock hits compilation.
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[edit] History
Rojas nearly committing suicide following a cocaine binge, he was saved in the ambulance ride.[2] The band formed in 1996 and were later signed to BEC Recordings.[3] [4] He teamed with guitarist Evan Weatherford, bassist Joshua Schwartz and drummer Adam Witte. After signing to the Afinia label the group issued Matthew Twenty-Five three years later. Their second album Freedom From Human Regulations was also released on an independent album before they made their major-label debut with Picking Up the Pieces in 2003.
Seventh Day Slumber released Once Upon a Shattered Life in 2005 which spanned their hit singles "Caroline" and "Oceans from the Rain". The album hit #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart and #26 on the Top Christian Albums chart. After re-releasing Picking Up the Pieces that same year, they released Finally Awake in 2007. It peaked at #16 on Billboard's Top Christian Albums chart. The Spanish-language album Rescátame contained re-recordings of previous songs and it won the 2009 Dove Award for Spanish Language Album of the Year at the 40th GMA Dove Awards.[5] It was followed by Take Everything, an album of new arrangements of Christian music worship songs. The album peaked at #141 on the Billboard 200 and #11 on the Top Christian Albums charts.[6] The Anthem of Angels was released in November 2011.
[edit] Inspirations and Lyrical Content
The band's name Seventh Day Slumber comes from Genesis 2:2 where on the seventh day, after creating the universe, God rested.
Seventh Day Slumber's lyrics mostly focus on issues such as suicide, drugs, home abuse, drinking, sex, and general feel good party songs. For example the meaning for the album "Finally Awake" was quoted by the band as "The message of this album is clear. We want to empower kids to stop looking to the media, to what the world tells them they have to be, to find identity. You don’t have to be what everyone else tells you to be or even what we think you should be." One song (Caroline) is about Rojas's mother in law, she went through hard times after a divorce.[7]
[edit] Tours
Seventh Day Slumber has gone on numerous national tours.
- Mid to late 2007 - SHOUTfest
- Dec 2007 to Jan 2008 - With After Edmund and Jackson Waters
- Middle of 2008 Creation Fest
- July 18, 2009 Ignite Chicago
- "Small Town America Tour" from August 2011 to February 2012 promote their The Anthem of Angels album.[8][3]
[edit] Members
- Joseph Rojas—Vocals/Guitar
- Jeremy Holderfield—Guitar
- Jamie Davis—Drums
- Talia Haughn—Bass
[edit] Former members
- Joshua Schwartz—Bass
- Ray Fryoux—Drums
- Elliot Lopes—Drums
- Rusty Clutts—Drums
- Adam Witte—Drums
- Tim Parady—Keys/Vocals
- Evan Weatherford—Guitar
- Michael Johns-Guitar
- Juan Alvarez - Drums
- Phillip King- Keys/ Vocals
[edit] Discography
- Matthew Twenty Five (November 30, 1999)[9]
- Freedom From Human Regulations (2001)[9]
- Picking Up the Pieces (April 8, 2003)[9]
- Once Upon a Shattered Life (February 1, 2005)
- Picking Up the Pieces (re-release) (September 13, 2005)
- Finally Awake (March 20, 2007)
- Rescatame (May 27, 2008)
- Take Everything (March 10, 2009)
- A Decade of Hope (March 29, 2011)
- The Anthem of Angels (November 15, 2011)
[edit] Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Album | Chart | Position |
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| 2005 | Once Upon a Shattered Life | Top Heatseekers | 1 |
| 2005 | Once Upon a Shattered Life | Top Christian Albums | 26[10] |
| 2007 | Finally Awake | Top Heatseekers | 62 |
| 2007 | Finally Awake | Top Christian Albums | 16[10] |
| 2007 | Finally Awake | Top Christian & Gospel Albums | 1 |
| 2009 | Take Everything | Top Christian Albums | 11[10] |
| 2009 | Take Everything | Billboard 200 | 141[10] |
[edit] References
- ^ Seventh Day Slumber - BIO/ChristianMusic.Com, ChristianMusic.Com. Retrieved on 2007-05-21.
- ^ "Seventh Day Slumber praise in the hard places". Christianity Today. http://www.christiantoday.com/article/seventh.day.slumber.praise.in.the.hard.places/28477.htm. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- ^ a b "BEC Recordings’ Seventh Day Slumber set to Release new Studio Album, The Anthem of Angels, on November 15th". Jesus Freak Hideout. http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/news/2011/08/19.BEC%20RECORDINGS%20SEVENTH%20DAY%20SLUMBER%20SET%20TO%20RELEASE%20NEW%20STUDIO%20ALBUM,%20THE%20ANTHEM%20OF%20ANGELS,%20ON%20NOVEMBER%2015TH.asp. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- ^ "Seventh Day Slumber Biography". Bing Music. http://www.bing.com/music/overview/search?q=Seventh+Day+Slumber&artistID=1B0B0600-0600-11DB-89CA-0019B92A3933. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- ^ Nominations Announced for 40th GMA Dove Awards on CBN.com (February 20, 2008)
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/album/seventh-day-slumber/take-everything/1213113
- ^ MySpace.com - Seventh Day Slumber - SPRING HILL, TENNESSEE - Rock / Christian - www.myspace.com/7thdayslumber
- ^ "Seventh Day Slumber – The Anthem Of Angels (2011)". Christian Sonic. http://www.christiansonic.net/2011/11/seventh-day-slumber-the-anthem-of-angels.html. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- ^ a b c "No Longer Off Limits". Crossrhythms. http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/news/No_Longer_Off_Limits/13190/p1/. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Billboard chart success". All Music. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/seventh-day-slumber-p396059/charts-awards. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
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