7 Seconds are a hardcore punk band from Reno, Nevada. Formed in 1979 by brothers Kevin Seconds and Steve Youth and playing their first show on March 2, 1980. 7 Seconds is well known for bringing positive ideals into hardcore punk and are considered "living legends" by many people in the underground punk scene. They helped 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. In the late 1980's, the band began to grow musically as they explored other sounds. Critics of this switch to more complex and slower music often compared the band to U2. 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. They also appeared on the 1985 hardcore compilation Cleanse the Bacteria. The band is still recording music and touring the United States, Europe, and Japan to this day. Hardcore punk (aka Hardcore) is a subgenre of punk rock, the sound is thicker, heavier, and faster than punk rock and implimented 1970s heavy metal influences in its music. ... City nickname: The Biggest Little City in the World Downtown Reno at night Founded May 13, 1868 County Washoe County Mayor Bob Cashell Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 179. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Kevin Seconds is a musician from Reno, Nevada currently based in Sacramento, California. ... March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... For the drawing or cutting tool, see Straightedge. ... Youth crew is a sub-genre of hardcore punk that was most popular from approximately 1986 to 1990, primarily in New York City and, to a lesser degree, Los Angeles. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cleanse the Bacteria is a hardcore punk compilation LP released in 1985 by pushead. ... World map showing Europe Political map (neighbouring countries in Asia and Africa also shown) Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ...

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Trivially, 7 Seconds covered German pop artist Nena's hit song 99 Red Balloons on their second album, Walk Together, Rock Together. Nena (born March 24, 1960 in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German singer who became famous with the New German Wave song 99 Luftballons (99 Red Balloons in the English version). ... 99 Luftballons (99 Red Balloons) is a protest song by Nena that reached number one in Germany in 1983 and in the UK in military. ...

Discography

Demos

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

7" EPs

• Skins, Brains and Guts (Alternative Tentacles, 1982)
• Committed For Life (Squirtdown, 1983)
• Blasts From the Past (Positive Force, 1985)

Albums

• The Crew (Better Youth Organization, 1984)
• Walk Together, Rock Together (Positive Force/BYO, 1985)
• New Wind (Positive Force/BYO, 1986)
• Praise [four-song EP] (Positive Force/BYO, 1986)
• Live: One Plus One (Positive Force/Giant, 1987)
• Ourselves (Restless, 1987)
• Soulforce Revolution (Restless, 1989); #153 on the 1989 Billboard 200
• Old School (Headhunter/Cargo, 1991)
• Out the Shizzy (Headhunter/Cargo, 1993)
• alt.music.hardcore (Headhunter/Cargo, 1995)
• The Music, The Message (Immortal/Epic, 1995)
• Good To Go (SideOne/Dummy, 1999)
• Scream Real Loud (SideOne/Dummy, 2000)
• Take It Back, Take It On, Take It Over! (SideOne/Dummy, 2005)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ... Good To Go marked a return to form for 7 Seconds, owing more to the sound of their 1980s hardcore sound than the new wave and pop they had produced in the late 80s and early 90s. ...

Compilations

• Another Shot for Bracken
• Four Bands that Could Change the World
• The Better Youth Years, 2001

External links

• Suburban Voice Interview - 7 Seconds interview from 1984
• Flipside Interview - 7 Seconds interview from 1986