Kevin Seconds
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Kevin Seconds |
| image | 7seconds.jpg |
| caption | Seconds in 2005 |
| instrument | Guitar, vocals |
| genre | Punk rock, hardcore punk, melodic hardcore, alternative rock, folk, indie rock |
| occupation | Vocalist, songwriter, musician |
| years_active | 1978–present |
| label | BYO, Asian Man, Positive Force, Restless, Immortal/Sony, Rise, Birthday Money |
| associated_acts | 7 Seconds, Matt Skiba, Go National, Ghetto Moments, Drop Acid, Seed, Kevin Seconds & The Altruistics, Positively Ventilate, Unsteady Heights |
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| name = Kevin Seconds | image = 7seconds.jpg | caption = Seconds in 2005 | instrument = Guitar, vocals | genre = Punk rock, hardcore punk, melodic hardcore, alternative rock, folk, indie rock | occupation = Vocalist, songwriter, musician | years_active = 1978–present | label = BYO, Asian Man, Positive Force, Restless, Immortal/Sony, Rise, Birthday Money | associated_acts = 7 Seconds, Matt Skiba, Go National, Ghetto Moments, Drop Acid, Seed, Kevin Seconds & The Altruistics, Positively Ventilate, Unsteady Heights
Kevin Seconds is an American singer, songwriter and musician.
It was while living in Reno, that he founded the highly influential hardcore punk band 7 Seconds in 1979 with his younger brother Steve Youth.
Straight edge
As with Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat, Seconds has had a great deal of influence on the straight edge subculture but has never fully embraced it as a movement. He has been outspoken about his opposition to the more militant aspects of straight edge and does not support it. Seconds continues to maintain a drug/alcohol/smoke-free lifestyle but appears to have no interest in being a spokesman for the straight edge lifestyle. He is vegetarian.
Discography
- 1997 Stoudamire (Earth/Cargo)
- 2001 Heaven's Near Wherever You Are (Headhunter)
- 2002 Matt Skiba & Kevin Seconds (Split CD with Matt Skiba)
- 2008 Rise Up, Insomniacs! (Asian Man)
- 2010 Good Luck Buttons (Asian Man)
- 2012 Don't Let Me Lose Ya (Asian Man)
- 2014 Off Stockton (Rise)
- 2014 New Years Rulin's (This Means Something)
- 2016 Band-Aid On A Bullet Wound (Birthday Money)
References
References
- (February 10, 2009). "Committed for Life: Kevin Seconds". Washington Post Express.
- [http://www.sanluisobispo.com/entertainment/music-news-reviews/article137466533.html "Rancid, Dropkick Murphys playing Avila Beach this summer"] ''The Tribune''. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
- Smyers, Darryl. (March 4, 2014). "Kevin Seconds on "4am In Texas" and Breaking Punk Rock's Rules". [[Dallas Observer]].
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