Clint Lowery
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Clint Lowery is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the lead guitarist of the heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band Sevendust
Sevendust
Sevendust is an American heavy metal band from Atlanta, Georgia. Formed in 1994 by bassist Vince Hornsby, drummer Morgan Rose and guitarist John Connolly. After their first demo, lead vocalist Lajon Witherspoon and guitarist Clint Lowery joined the group...

. He has also played in Dark New Day
Dark New Day
Dark New Day is an American hard rock supergroup formed in 2004 featuring Brett Hestla of Virgos Merlot, Troy McLawhorn of DoubleDrive, Clint Lowery of Sevendust, Corey Lowery of Stereomud and Stuck Mojo, and Will Hunt of Skrape...

 and Still Rain and served as the touring guitarist for Korn
Korn
Korn is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The current band line up includes four members: Jonathan Davis, James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, and Ray Luzier. The band was formed as an expansion of L.A.P.D.The band released their first demo album,...

 through most of 2007.

Due to a family emergency, Lowery was forced to leave Korn one month earlier than anticipated, and was replaced by Shane Gibson
Shane Gibson
David Shane Gibson is a Member of Parliament and former Cabinet Minister of Immigration, Labour and Training of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. He is the son of Bahamian entertainer and "King" Eric Gibson.-Early career:...

. He entered the studio in September 2007 to start recording a new album with Dark New Day. On March 26, 2008, it was announced that Clint had rejoined Sevendust, putting the future of Dark New Day and the release of its new album in question.

In September 2008 he wrote and recorded a 6 song EP while off the road with Sevendust for a week. He played every instrument on the cd, which was produced by his brother Corey Lowery
Corey Lowery
Corey Lowery is a hard rock bassist and vocalist, previously of the bands Still Rain, Stuck Mojo, Switched and Stereomud. Lowery currently plays bass and provides backing vocals in the band Eye Empire. Eye Empire was previously known as Violent Plan. Before Violent Plan, Corey was playing with...

. The name of the project was titled Hello Demons Meet Skeletons. The EP, Chills
Chills (album)
Chills is the first solo album from American guitarist Clint Lowery , released in October 2008. Clint Lowery was in the previous bands: Still Rain, Sevendust, Dark New Day and Korn...

was released in October. He has streamed some video footage of their first performance.

In a blog posting, Lowery stated the release of Dark New Day second album is unlikely. The album had been expected to be released in some form in 2008, however it has yet to be released. Lowery stated the album may eventually be released to iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....

. As of September 2011, two albums 'Hail Mary' and 'B-Sides' are available on iTunes.

Still Rain

In 1989, Clint Lowery with vocalist Donnie Hamby, guitarist Troy McLawhorn
Troy McLawhorn
William Troy McLawhorn is an American musician who is a guitarist of the band Evanescence.-Early carrer:He was formerly of the bands Seether, Dark New Day, doubleDrive and Still Rain. After the demise of his first band, Still Rain, McLawhorn helped form Dark New Day in 1995, although they were...

, bassist Corey Lowery
Corey Lowery
Corey Lowery is a hard rock bassist and vocalist, previously of the bands Still Rain, Stuck Mojo, Switched and Stereomud. Lowery currently plays bass and provides backing vocals in the band Eye Empire. Eye Empire was previously known as Violent Plan. Before Violent Plan, Corey was playing with...

 and drummer Bevan Davies
Bevan Davies
Bevan Davies is an American musician best known as the drummer for the groups Still Rain, Madfly, Comes with the Fall and Danzig while he is currently a member of MonstrO, a group he formed with former members of Bloodsimple and Torche...

 start a new band called Still Rain. Lowery with the band played everywhere from Daytona to Atlanta to Louisville. Kentucky. Even as far North as Grand Rapids, Michigan at Club Eastbrook. Mixing multiple sets of covers with their own original music. Doing this, they built up quite a big following. After doing this for a few years, they decided to go all original, producing their first Album (they had done tapes before, which sold out quickly) called Still Rain. A second album, Bitter Black Water, soon followed.

Sevendust

After Still Rain, Lowery joined American heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band Sevendust
Sevendust
Sevendust is an American heavy metal band from Atlanta, Georgia. Formed in 1994 by bassist Vince Hornsby, drummer Morgan Rose and guitarist John Connolly. After their first demo, lead vocalist Lajon Witherspoon and guitarist Clint Lowery joined the group...

 as a lead guitarist. They released their first studio album titled Sevendust
Sevendust (album)
Definitive Edition Bonus Tracks Definitive Edition DVD #Live & Loud#Electronic Press Kit #Behind The Scenes & Live Footage-Personnel:*Lajon Witherspoon - lead vocals...

in 1997. After a year they released a live video title Live And Loud. In 1999, they released their second studio album Home
Home (Sevendust album)
-Personnel:*Lajon Witherspoon - lead vocals*John Connolly - guitar, backing vocals*Clint Lowery - guitar, backing vocals*Vinnie Hornsby - bass guitar*Morgan Rose - drums, backing vocals*Deborah Anne "Skin" Dyer - additional vocals...

which had four singles and had good chart in mainstream and modern rock charts which were better than first album's singles chart. He performed with the band at Woodstock '99. In 2001, Sevendust released new album Animosity
Animosity (Sevendust album)
Animosity is the third studio album by Sevendust, released on November 13, 2001 through TvT Records. The album appeared on the Billboard 200, remained there for thirteen weeks and peaked at 28 on December 1, 2001. Animosity was certified gold on March 11, 2002 through the Recording Industry...

. In 2003, Sevendust returned with their fourth album, Seasons. This was one of the band's best received albums and to-date features their highest charting single (tied with "Driven
Driven (Sevendust song)
Driven is the lead single from the album Alpha by the heavy metal band Sevendust and is one of the band's highest charting singles , peaking at #10 on the Mainstream Rock Charts, and since surpassed only by "Unraveling", which peaked at #7.-Music video:The Music video, which was shot in Haverhill,...

"), "Enemy
Enemy (Sevendust song)
Enemy is a song by American heavy metal band Sevendust and the lead single from their fourth album, Seasons. It was released in the fall of 2003 with an accompanying music video.-Background and meaning:...

", which peaked at #10 on the Mainstream Rock Chart. "Enemy" was also used as the official theme song for "WWE Unforgiven 2003". In 2004, for the first time in the band's career, they released a live album on a CD–DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....

 double-disk package titled Southside Double-Wide: Acoustic Live. which includes a tribute cover of "Hurt" by ( Johny Cash ). Lowery returned to Sevendust in the spring of 2008 and recorded new album titled Cold Day Memory
Cold Day Memory
Cold Day Memory is the eighth studio album by American alternative metal band Sevendust released on April 20, 2010. This album marks the return of guitarist Clint Lowery who previously left Sevendust in 2004 to work with Dark New Day...

. "I didn't want to come back and have people say, 'Oh, it's not as good as it was,' " Lowery said. "There was definitely a need to go up another notch, and I hope we did."

Dark New Day

On December 11, 2004, after playing a show in Columbus, Ohio, it was announced that Clint Lowery had left the band mid-tour, because he wanted to play with his brother Corey Lowery in his new band Dark New Day
Dark New Day
Dark New Day is an American hard rock supergroup formed in 2004 featuring Brett Hestla of Virgos Merlot, Troy McLawhorn of DoubleDrive, Clint Lowery of Sevendust, Corey Lowery of Stereomud and Stuck Mojo, and Will Hunt of Skrape...

, who had reportedly just signed with Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...

 records. Guitarist J3, formerly of Tommy Lee, was hired temporarily to fill in for the rest of the dates, and was eventually replaced by Sonny Mayo
Sonny Mayo
Sonny Mayo is an American guitarist, songwriter, and music producer. He began playing in a thrash metal band called Silence in the late '80's. Silence , regularly sold out venues in the DC Metro area including the famous "Bayou" in Georgetown...

 (from Snot
Snot (band)
Snot was an American rock band from Santa Barbara, California. Formed in 1995, the band released their debut studio album Get Some with founding vocalist Lynn Strait in 1997 and disbanded after his death in 1998. In 2008, the lineup of guitarists Mike Doling and Sonny Mayo, bassist John Fahnestock...

 and Amen
Amen (band)
Amen is a hardcore punk-influenced band formed in 1994.The band has an almost constantly rotating lineup, with founder Casey Chaos remaining as the only constant member throughout...

). On June 14, 2005, the band released their first album, Twelve Year Silence
Twelve Year Silence
Twelve Year Silence is Dark New Day's first album. It was released on June 14, 2005 by Warner Bros. Records. The first single, "Brother", received moderate airplay on radio, and has proven to be a surprise hit. It also appeared on the Xbox 360 Custom Mix. The song "Pieces" was in the soundtrack for...

 through Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...

 Records. The first single from the effort, "Brother", was a surprise hit on active and alternative stations, although the follow-up, "Pieces", did not fare nearly as well. On September 5, 2006, Dark New Day
Dark New Day
Dark New Day is an American hard rock supergroup formed in 2004 featuring Brett Hestla of Virgos Merlot, Troy McLawhorn of DoubleDrive, Clint Lowery of Sevendust, Corey Lowery of Stereomud and Stuck Mojo, and Will Hunt of Skrape...

 released an EP through iTunes called Black Porch that features new tracks "Breakdown" and "Storm" as well as acoustic versions of songs from Twelve Year Silence. The only single that was released was the acoustic version of "Follow The Sun Down". In September 2007, Clint posted on Dark New Day's MySpace page saying that the band returned to the studio to record their next album with producer Dave Bendeth. On February 7, 2009, after months of no word on the album. Clint Lowery posted a blog entry stating the likely possibility that the second album will never be released. He did say that there was a chance of it getting released on iTunes but no word of when. How ever on September 1st via Twitter he posted "Cool, 2 new complete dnd records will be available on iTunes and other digital stores soon. Some real cool unreleased material. Stay tuned!." This was followed by another message by Lowery a day later stating "FYI- Dark new day "hail Mary" and "B-sides" albums should be available next week on iTunes etc if all goes well. Was a long time coming." Dark New Day albums 'Hail Mary' and 'B-Sides' are now available on iTunes. He also stated that he didn't know what shape the band was in but that it was most likely on permanent hiatus.

Korn

In 2007, Clint toured with Korn
Korn
Korn is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The current band line up includes four members: Jonathan Davis, James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, and Ray Luzier. The band was formed as an expansion of L.A.P.D.The band released their first demo album,...

 as their live guitarist for 8 months until he left in October 2007. On March 26, 2008, Clint announced that he had rejoined Sevendust
Sevendust
Sevendust is an American heavy metal band from Atlanta, Georgia. Formed in 1994 by bassist Vince Hornsby, drummer Morgan Rose and guitarist John Connolly. After their first demo, lead vocalist Lajon Witherspoon and guitarist Clint Lowery joined the group...

. In a blog stated on the bands' myspace, Will Hunt
Will Hunt
William Martin "Will" Hunt is an American musician who has served as drummer of the band Evanescence, Dark New Day, Skrape , ELI, Static-X and Black Label Society, just to name a few. Hunt was in Skrape until 2004 and Black Label Society until 2011. Both were signed to major record labels...

 announced that he would be happy to have Clint join Dark New Day
Dark New Day
Dark New Day is an American hard rock supergroup formed in 2004 featuring Brett Hestla of Virgos Merlot, Troy McLawhorn of DoubleDrive, Clint Lowery of Sevendust, Corey Lowery of Stereomud and Stuck Mojo, and Will Hunt of Skrape...

 for any shows in the near future during time off.

Hello Demons Meet Skeletons

In September 2008 Lowery wrote and recorded a 6 song EP while off the road with Sevendust
Sevendust
Sevendust is an American heavy metal band from Atlanta, Georgia. Formed in 1994 by bassist Vince Hornsby, drummer Morgan Rose and guitarist John Connolly. After their first demo, lead vocalist Lajon Witherspoon and guitarist Clint Lowery joined the group...

 for a week. He played every instrument on the cd, which was produced by Corey Lowery
Corey Lowery
Corey Lowery is a hard rock bassist and vocalist, previously of the bands Still Rain, Stuck Mojo, Switched and Stereomud. Lowery currently plays bass and provides backing vocals in the band Eye Empire. Eye Empire was previously known as Violent Plan. Before Violent Plan, Corey was playing with...

 at Exocet Studios which the name of the project is title Hello Demons Meet Skeletons.

Hello Demons Meet Skeletons was a phrase used to described what happened to a life when all the demons in someone's life came head to head with the skeletons one can accumulate in life. This project was created to unload the demons and skeletons in Lowery's life. A way to lyrically touch on subjects that needed to be touched on in order to move forward with his life and leave the past behind without completely forgetting it. He wanted to play everything himself and sing everything himself because it's a very personal project. He had time off between tours with Sevendust and thought he would take that time to get this out of his system. The EP Chills
Chills (album)
Chills is the first solo album from American guitarist Clint Lowery , released in October 2008. Clint Lowery was in the previous bands: Still Rain, Sevendust, Dark New Day and Korn...

 has 6 songs. His brother Corey Lowery produced, engineered and mixed it for him. It was released over iTunes on October 12, 2008. As of 2009, the current status for Lowrey's side project remains on hiatus.

Recently he has released a new solo track titled "The Drive" to iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....

. Lowery also released another new solo song titled "Kicking Tree" to iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....

. On May 23, 2010 he released an old song titled "Bitter" to iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....

.

Clint Lowery's new EP titled "Words That Sing Well
Words That Sing Well
Words That Sing Well is the second solo album by American musician Clint Lowery , released on April 19, 2011...

" was released on April 19 to iTunes and other digital outlets. According to his twitter page he has started work on new EP that will be released September 1 real simple 4 songs, acoustic guitar and vocals. It's called "Uncomfortable Silence
Uncomfortable Silence
Uncomfortable Silence is the third solo EP by American musician Clint Lowery , released on August 22, 2011.-Track listing:-Personnel:* Clint Lowery - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Producer...

". Clint said this will be the last HDMS for a while.
He also has stated that there will be a full length electric Hello Demons...Meet Skeletons record coming out spring 2012, with Morgan Rose
Morgan Rose
Morgan Jay Rose is an American drummer, record producer and founding member of the Atlanta-based alternative metal band Sevendust. He is also responsible for much of the background "screaming" vocals.-Career:...

 on drums and with a label backing.

A Song for Chi

An all-star lineup included Korn
Korn
Korn is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The current band line up includes four members: Jonathan Davis, James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, and Ray Luzier. The band was formed as an expansion of L.A.P.D.The band released their first demo album,...

 bassist Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu
Reginald Arvizu
Reginald Quincy "Fieldy" Arvizu is the bassist for the nu metal band Korn, and guitarist for the hard rock band StillWell.-Musical career:...

, drummer Ray Luzier
Ray Luzier
Raymond Lee "Ray" Luzier is an American drummer. He is currently the drummer of the band Korn, becoming a full-time member of the band in April 2009.-Life and career:...

, former guitarist Brian "Head" Welch
Brian Welch
Brian Phillip Welch , better known as Head, is an American musician best known as the former guitarist and co-founder of the nu metal band Korn...

, Slipknot
Slipknot (band)
Slipknot is an American heavy metal band from Des Moines, Iowa. Formed in 1995, the group was founded by percussionist Shawn Crahan and bassist Paul Gray...

 guitarist Jim Root
Jim Root
James Donald "Jim" Root , also known by his number #4, is an American musician known for being the rhythm/lead guitarist of the heavy metal band, Slipknot, and the lead guitarist for rock band, Stone Sour...

, and Sevendust
Sevendust
Sevendust is an American heavy metal band from Atlanta, Georgia. Formed in 1994 by bassist Vince Hornsby, drummer Morgan Rose and guitarist John Connolly. After their first demo, lead vocalist Lajon Witherspoon and guitarist Clint Lowery joined the group...

's Clint Lowery have banded together and recorded an instrumental song to benefit Deftones
Deftones
Deftones are an American alternative metal band from Sacramento, California, founded in 1988. The band consists of Chino Moreno , Stephen Carpenter , Chi Cheng , Frank Delgado , and Abe Cunningham . Currently Sergio Vega is standing in on bass while Cheng recovers from a car accident...

 bassist Chi Cheng
Chi Cheng (musician)
Chi Cheng, is a Chinese American musician, best known as the bass guitarist for the American band Deftones.-Personal life:...

 who was injured in a car accident in November 2008, but now remains in a "semi-conscious state".

Guitar lessons

Clint Lowery is planning to offer online guitar lessons via Skype. The lessons will go over scales, improvisation, songwriting, and soloing.

Personal life

Clint has two brothers, Corey
Corey Lowery
Corey Lowery is a hard rock bassist and vocalist, previously of the bands Still Rain, Stuck Mojo, Switched and Stereomud. Lowery currently plays bass and provides backing vocals in the band Eye Empire. Eye Empire was previously known as Violent Plan. Before Violent Plan, Corey was playing with...

 and Dustin, who have played in different bands over the years. All went to Douglas Byrd High School in Fayetteville, NC. Clint Lowery married Tara Jenkins in St. Louis, Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...

 on September 2010.

Equipment

Clint's current live setup:
  • PRS Custom 22 guitars
    PRS Guitars
    PRS Guitars is an American guitar manufacturer headquartered in Stevensville, Maryland. PRS Guitars was founded by guitarist and luthier Paul Reed Smith in 1985. The company is one of the leading manufacturers of high-end electric guitars.-Materials:...

     (has a black PRS nicknamed "Bruce Lee")
  • PRS Singlecuts (Has a custom seven string Singlecut made for him while performing with Korn)
  • Yamaha acoustic guitars
  • LJX6C
  • L Series Handcrafted Guitar
  • 2x EVH 5150III Heads (white)
  • 2x EVH 5150III Cabs (white)
  • GCX Ground Control and Audio Switcher
  • Electro Harmonix Effects
  • TC Electronic G-Force
  • Digitech Whammy
  • Diamond 4x12 cabinets
  • Diamond phantom heads(x2)

Sevendust

  • Sevendust
    Sevendust (album)
    Definitive Edition Bonus Tracks Definitive Edition DVD #Live & Loud#Electronic Press Kit #Behind The Scenes & Live Footage-Personnel:*Lajon Witherspoon - lead vocals...

    (1997)
  • Home
    Home (Sevendust album)
    -Personnel:*Lajon Witherspoon - lead vocals*John Connolly - guitar, backing vocals*Clint Lowery - guitar, backing vocals*Vinnie Hornsby - bass guitar*Morgan Rose - drums, backing vocals*Deborah Anne "Skin" Dyer - additional vocals...

    (1999)
  • Animosity
    Animosity (Sevendust album)
    Animosity is the third studio album by Sevendust, released on November 13, 2001 through TvT Records. The album appeared on the Billboard 200, remained there for thirteen weeks and peaked at 28 on December 1, 2001. Animosity was certified gold on March 11, 2002 through the Recording Industry...

    (2001)
  • Seasons (2003)
  • Cold Day Memory
    Cold Day Memory
    Cold Day Memory is the eighth studio album by American alternative metal band Sevendust released on April 20, 2010. This album marks the return of guitarist Clint Lowery who previously left Sevendust in 2004 to work with Dark New Day...

    (2010)

Dark New Day

  • Twelve Year Silence
    Twelve Year Silence
    Twelve Year Silence is Dark New Day's first album. It was released on June 14, 2005 by Warner Bros. Records. The first single, "Brother", received moderate airplay on radio, and has proven to be a surprise hit. It also appeared on the Xbox 360 Custom Mix. The song "Pieces" was in the soundtrack for...

    (June 14, 2005)
  • Black Porch (Acoustic Sessions) (EP)
    Black Porch (Acoustic Sessions) (EP)
    Black Porch is Dark New Day's first Acoustic Sessions EP. It was released on September 5, 2006, by Warner Bros. Records...

    (September 5, 2006)
  • Hail Mary
    Hail Mary
    The Angelic Salutation, Hail Mary, or Ave Maria is a traditional biblical Catholic prayer asking for the intercession of the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus. The Hail Mary is used within the Catholic Church, and it forms the basis of the Rosary...

    (August 23, 2011)
  • B-Sides
    B-Sides
    B-Sides is an iTunes-exclusive album from the Coventry Trio The Enemy, consisting of ten songs that were B-sides to the single releases from their debut album We'll Live and Die in These Towns.-Track list:#Fear Killed the Youth of Our Nation...

    (August 24' 2011)

Hello Demons..meet skeletons

  • Chills
    Chills (album)
    Chills is the first solo album from American guitarist Clint Lowery , released in October 2008. Clint Lowery was in the previous bands: Still Rain, Sevendust, Dark New Day and Korn...

     EP
    (October 12, 2008)
  • Words That Sing Well
    Words That Sing Well
    Words That Sing Well is the second solo album by American musician Clint Lowery , released on April 19, 2011...

     EP
    (April 19, 2011)
  • Uncomfortable Silence
    Uncomfortable Silence
    Uncomfortable Silence is the third solo EP by American musician Clint Lowery , released on August 22, 2011.-Track listing:-Personnel:* Clint Lowery - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Producer...

    EP
    (August 22, 2011)

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