7 Seconds - Live at Emo's, Austin TX 1994

Live at Emo's, Austin TX 10-29-1994. 7 Seconds is one of the longest standing bands in hardcore. They have been touring and recording for three decades. Because of the positive message in their music they are constantly being categorized as a Straight Edge band, though they have never claimed the label for themselves.[citation needed] The band has continually rejected this label, but embraced the values fully, especially frontman Kevin Seconds. "I'm a bit out of touch with the newer Straight Edge scene so I can't comment too much on it, but being drug/alcohol/abuse-free, I certainly have no problems with people taking control of their lives and not letting stuff like drugs and booze run it for them, but I do have problems with people who try and change other people's lives in a militant fashion". They helped push and start the Youth Crew movement in 1984 with The Crew, focusing on brotherhood, the Reno HC scene, and unity between one another.
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. All three demos were released on a bootleg 12" named "7 Seconds - Hardcore Rules, 80-82". 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 (Alt. Tentacles, 1982)", "Something to Believe In (BYO, 1984)", "Party or Go Home/We Got Power (Mystic, 1983)", and "Nuke Your Dink (Positive Force, 1984)". 7 Seconds has floated across several genres of rock. Their first full-length LP "The Crew" was recorded in 1983-84 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 a sometimes quieter, slower, more melodic and accessible sound. Many writers have credited this particular period of 7 Seconds' career as being highly influential on many pop punk and indie rock bands that came along much later. Subsequent LPs moved deeper into mainstream territory with a U2-like sound. The "7 Seconds" LP continued their musical experimentation. The band broke free in 1995 with The Music, The Message, moving back somewhat into their roots. The Music, The Message was released on Sony (BMI), the first release on a major label throughout the bands history. Earlier material was on various homegrown labels, completely self produced, or put out on Kevin Seconds own label, Positive Force Records (AKA United Front), before BYO Records housed them. However, the band returned to an old-school hardcore sound in 1999 with the "Good to Go" album. 2005 came the release of Take It Back, Take It On, Take It Over! on SideOneDummy, completing the revelation back to their Hardcore roots.

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