7 Seconds

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7 Seconds
(L to R) Youth, Mowat, Adams, Seconds
(L to R) Youth, Mowat, Adams, Seconds
Background information
Origin Reno, Nevada, USA
Genre(s) Punk rock, Hardcore punk
Years active 1980–present
Label(s) SideOneDummy Records
Website Official website
Members
Kevin Seconds
Steve Youth
Troy Mowat
Bobby Adams

7 Seconds is an American hardcore punk band from Reno, Nevada. Formed in 1980 by brothers Kevin Seconds and Steve Youth, they played their first show on March 2, 1980. They continue to write, record, and tour to this day. Their most recent album is Take It Back, Take It On, Take It Over!. Today 7 Seconds remains as one the longest-lived hardcore punk bands in history.They are known to be the most dedicated hardcore band. Over the years, the band has been lumped in with other bands as "straight edge" but members of 7 Seconds have never embraced the label for themselves.

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[edit] Biography

7 Seconds inspired the Straight Edge Youth Crew movement in the 80's Hardcore scene.

The band started by releasing some poorly-recorded, but highly energetic, EPs, most of which were later re-released as "alt.music.hardcore" and "Old School" compilation CDs.

They also appeared on the 1985 hardcore compilation "Cleanse the Bacteria", in addition to numerous other compilations, such as "Not So Quiet On the Western Front," "Something to Believe In," and "Another Shot from Bracken."

Their first full-length LP "The Crew" was recorded in 1983 and released by BYO Records, as was its successor - the classic hardcore EP "Walk Together Rock Together". With the "New Wind" LP, the band dramatically expanded its sound and style with audible elements of pop punk, emocore and indie rock. Subsequent LPs moved deeper into mainstream territory with proto-emo and U2-like sounds. The "7 Seconds" LP continued their musical experimentation. However, the band returned to an old-school hardcore sound in 1999 with the "Good to Go" album.They are often said by fans to being the most dedicated hardcore band.

[edit] Origins of name

In the February, 2005 issue of AMP magazine, in an article titled, "7 Seconds: 25 Years of Our Core," Kevin Seconds explained how the band's name originated:

“We were big fans of The Dils, they had this EP, 197 Seconds of The Dils and I was so in love with punk rock that I would just write album titles on my clothes. This was still when Steve and I lived with my mom. We had this desk in this room we shared and I wrote ‘197 seconds of The Dils’, I miswrote the title. Over time, everything else faded, but the 7 Seconds part was there, and I circled it, I thought it looked cool.”

[edit] Influences on newer bands

Kill your Idols, Flogging Molly, The Suicide Machines, The Briggs, Go Betty Go, Bedouin Soundclash and many other bands are influenced in many ways by 7 Seconds.

Bryan Kienlen, bass player from The Bouncing Souls is seen wearing a 7 Seconds t-shirt in the music video, "Gone" from the album How I spent My Summer Vacation.

Kevin Seconds did a split album with Alkaline Trio lead singer Matt Skiba that was released in September 17,2002.

The Hold Steady reference the band in the title track of their 2008 album Stay Positive.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Demos

  • 1980 (cassette), 1980
  • Drastic Measures (cassette), 1980
  • Socially Fucked Up (cassette), 1981
  • Three Chord Politics (cassette), 1981

[edit] 7" EPs

[edit] Albums

[edit] Compilations

  • Not So Quiet On The Western Front (MRR/Alternative Tentacles, 1982)
  • We Got Power: Party Or Go Home (Mystic, 1983)
  • Something To Believe In (BYO, 1984)
  • Nuke Your Dink (Positive Force, 1984)
  • Cleanse The Bacteria (Pusmort, 1985)
  • Another Shot For Bracken (Positive Force, 1986)
  • Four Bands That Could Change The World (Gasatanka, 1987)
  • Flipside Vinyl Fanzine, vol. 3 (Flipside, 1987)
  • Human Polity (One World Communications, 1993)
  • The Song Retains The Name, vol. 2 (Safe House, 1993)
  • Ten Years Later (Bossa Nova, 1997)
  • Short Music For Short People (Fat Wreck Chords, 1999)
  • Old School Punk Vol.1 (Walk Together, Rock Together)

[edit] External links

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