In late 1994 Vinnie Hornsby and Morgan Rose were playing in a band called Snake Nation. At one of their gigs they were supported by fellow locals Body & Soul, an R&B band fronted by Lajon. Vinnie and Morgan were subsequently blown away by Lajon s range and intensity and the immediate feeling was that if they ever hooked up with this guy the results would be amazing. So Vinnie and Morgan -- the best musicians of their kind in town -- decided to do the only thing they could do. They stole Lajon, the best singer in town, grabbed guitarists John Connolly (who at the time was playing drums for the band Peacedog) and Lee Banks, dubbed themselves Rumblefish and prepared to rock.
     
      When it came time to find representation, Morgan and Vinnie called on an old friend, Jay Jay French, the original manager of Snake Nation and guitarist for the seemingly forever-dormant Twisted Sister. Jay Jay, now a devoted family man with a new baby girl, was enjoying a hiatus from rock n roll and wanted no part of it. The band, now using the name Crawlspace, persisted and persisted but to... (More SEVENDUST Biography)