7 SECONDS - LIVE THE VEX, CA, 1982

[Flyinlow39]

The VEX was the heart of Punk. No where else could you have seen bands like Black Flag, Social Distortion, Circle Jerks all on one bill or mixed with equally amazing bands! There were a lot of great venues, but nothing compared to the VEX!!!

[misfits765]

old school..

[coldmourning7]

Awesome I owe my early influence to kev and steve and all the crew ! We skated and thrashed reno in the early dayz . 1st generation skeeno skate punx where born in 1981 ! cheers out to "Randy Eyeberg" " Bobby Lichty" "Kev Cox" "New Wave Dave

and all our other skate crew. we did it before it was cool and trendy , we skated vert and streets what ever that crappy town called reno gave us. LONG LIVE THE SKEENO SKATE PUNX! 7 seconds was our soundtrack we where the crew! Mat / Cold Mourning

[kingoftheroad554]

Stretch Marks shirt! hail Winnipeg hardcore!

[forgedeath]

This is fucking AWESOME!!!!

[HarryTheHippo]

I believe this summer of June 1983 not 82. How do I know? I was there, and Kevin Seconds is wearing Canada's "Stretch Marks" which were friends of mine too.They also played the same gig and they did not come out here until that time. Also this is The Vex # 3 deep on Soto St.

[Lostinspace138]

@HarryTheHippo i live about 2 mins from this Vex...

[deathwish959]

this is such an under rated punk band, i say this was one of the few "smart" hardcore bands in the 80's

[westcoastla]

yes, vex on soto st, Early punk club .

[LIVExTHExLIFEx92]

saw these guys a couple mouths ago in reno it was the best show ive been to

[Lostinspace138]

i wonder which VEX this was at.... seeing that were two of them..... i hope it was the one right near my house.

[MrBeach]

That's TheVex in East Los Angelus on the old Brooklyn Avenue, across the street from Jack in the Box!

[msdivakara]

well said tymesup66,!

[tymesup66]

I saw these guys in the mid 80s and they were GREAT! Long intros and short high energy tunes...plus longer singalongs! Lyrics were thought provoking and inspirational. Plus, who can't hum along to these tunes? These days, when I see bands, how many tunes can I walk out humming...BLAH!!!? "We're Gonna Fight" should be hit today esp in these apathetic times. Kudos to 7 Seconds. 30-50+ KILLER songs that get stuck in yr head... FOREVER! This my people, is THEE SHIT!

[Chiromanic]

100% agreed!!!!!!!!!!

[longjam2001]

whoa...really early sevenseconds...

good footage, nice quality

[chet901]

Which Vex is that, number # 2? (looks to big to be number #1)

[gabseconds]

Stupid lame society, you wanna take control of me

Parents wanna run my life, some girls act like my fuckin' wife

I fucking love 7SECONDS my favorite band of all time

[mckinnez]

I didn't know Kevin played second guitar.

[cheapthrillstheatre]

Kevin played the ONLY guitar until 1983. I am from Reno, and at every show from 1981-1985

[concreteplastic]

GET OFF MY FUCKING BACK

[robashito]

now.... that was a sweet treat.

thx.

[7secondsfan]

Wow, Steve has been playing a Rickenbacker bass back then

[marquezj67]

i was 13 one of 3 longhairs to frequent the vex we would record all the gigs either on radio or sb i have this on tape. tix were usually 7 0r 8.50 we would ask people for the .50 til we had enough to get in.lol

[Peruvianrocker]

Does anyone have a 7 seconds video durin' the 80's playing: I HAVE A DREAM?

thanks.

Greetings from Lima - Perú

[newmannow]

I was at this show. Thanks for putting this up!

[newmannow]

Concrete floor no stage! Henry Rollins picked me up off of that floor after I knocked myself out during a Black Flag set in 83 or 84? LOL!

[alltheluck]

stretch marks!! nice tee kevin, this is killer footage. i remember having the vhs tape of this. thanks for posting!

[Christie1488]

I was at this fucking show. The Vex on Soto Street in LA. What a memory!!Too bad its gone and The Cathay.

[rusiotalife]

this is increible!!!

[7secondsfan]

Is this an official video? The quality is far better than anyone could ever expect :)

Troy's on drums, right?

[VykSeconds]

It's from master. Flipside Video 2. Old stuff.

Yes, Troy on drums. They was kids.