7 Seconds

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7 Seconds
Origin Reno, Nevada, USA
Genre(s) Punk rock
Melodic hardcore
Youth crew
Years active 1980–present
Label(s) SideOneDummy Records
Website Official website
Members
Kevin Seconds
Steve Youth
Troy Mowat
Bobby Adams

7 Seconds is a straight edge punk rock 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!.

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[edit] Biography

7 Seconds helped move along the Straight Edge Youth Crew movement in the 80's Hardcore scene.

They have released numerous albums since 1981, including The Crew; Walk Together, Rock Together; New Wind; Good to Go and the recently released Take It Back, Take It On, Take It Over.

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."

In the late 1980s, the band began to grow musically as they explored other sounds. Albums from this period include the Praise EP, Ourselves, and Soulforce Revolution. However, the band has since returned to their hardcore punk roots, where they can claim more of a following.

[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, 198 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] Discography

[edit] Demos

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

[edit] 7" EPs

[edit] Albums

[edit] Compilations

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

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