Sevendust frontman Lajon Witherspoon talks about his past feuds with former Sevendust guitarist Sonny Mayo and Coal Chamber/Devildriver frontman Dez Fafara.

Have you kept in touch with Sonny Mayo since he kicked out of the band?

Lajon: You know what, man, the odd thing about that? I still have not talked to Sonny… I love Sonny. He went back to his original band SNOT, so I think things worked out for him. I think it was hard to say goodbye, but I think he understood because this is our original player. Sonny did a great job, we love him and he will be a force, but I personally have not talked to Sonny. He’s talked to a couple of the guys in the band, but not everyone has. Sometimes things suck in life, right? And maybe that was one of those things, but I think that he’s fine and he went on to do his thing and over that time, since then we’ve kind of lost contact and I hate it. I wish him the best; he’s still my brother and he kicked ass when he was in the band.

Some members of SEVENDUST had a falling out with frontman Dez Fafara during COAL CHAMBER’s last days (SEVENDUST drummer Morgan Rose allegedly wrote the track ‘Enemy’, from 2003’s ‘Seasons’, about Fafara).

Lajon: Oh, man, all that stuff was young, crazy, Morgan was married to Rayna [Foss, ex-COAL CHAMBER bassist], [and they since] got divorced. We grew up, man. Dez and I, we hang out with DEVILDRIVER and I think they’re one of the baddest bands as far as bringing it live. You can’t deny it; they drop it like it’s hot. I’m friends with those guys. I can’t wait to see Dez again. That whole silly stuff back in the day… It was crazy, but we went on, we were able to do a song and get our angst out. I think we’ve all grown up, we got kids now, and you know what?! That was just a page in our lives.

Read the entire interview Utopia.com.au.