For those of you hardcore types who may not be familiar with smooth jazz, allow me to ask you a question: have you ever ridden on an elevator or listened to the music on the weather channel? That melodic, cool and relaxing track you heard? That was smooth jazz. It’s a kind of moving and soulful genre that makes you forget all about the bills, car payments, ADT security or anything else pressing. And for those of you who think a hardcore guitarist like Bobby Adams can’t hack jazz and keep his edge, think again. Anyone who listens to his tracks immediately senses a kind of gravity that comes standard with the blues and the anguish of the genre’s predecessors. In other words, Adams brings an entirely different kind of hardcore to the mix, one of profound emotion prevalent in all his work – hardcore or smooth.

Mowart is a passionate drummer being referenced to as an over-sized version of “Animal” from the muppets. His age only brings experience to the way he plays. The band may not be young but they can rock as hard as the competition. Mowart and his band members are proud to be a drug /alcohol abuse free group. Their genre has been set as old- school hardcore since 1999. A slight change from the hard core punk they expressed in their first release in 1882 “Walk together, Rock together”

The band has slowed a bit since their days in the 80′s; with few albums released since the early 90′s. But their playing days are far from over.

A man of many talents, the straight edge co-founder, leader, singer, and lyricist of 7 Seconds continues to share his talents through his side projects. Apart from his affiliations with other musicians and his own solo career, Kevin has shared his artwork with the world. He also owned True Love Coffeehouse with wife, Allyson Seconds, which was rated one of the best of its kind. Though the music differs greatly from the styles of the legendary 7 Seconds, Kevin, now 50 years old, still performs and recently completed his ‘Paid to Strum’ tour this June, which included United States and Canadian venues. You can catch him now, during his 2 hour internet radio show, Pay to Strum with Kevin Seconds, on Punk Radio Cast, which airs new episodes every Tuesday, live at 11pm-12am EST. Singer, writer, guitarist, DJ, artist, and businessman.. He truely is The Great Kevin Seconds.

Keep your eyes and ears open for “The Last Summer,” a punk rock movie, which will be featuring music from Kevin Seconds.

7 Seconds is one of the oldest continuously active bands in hardcore, being part of the first wave of California punk in the 80′s (although from Reno, they relocated to Sacramento). They’ve consistently been touring and recording for three decades. Although they’ve dabbled in several rock genres, they are considered to be the first, or one of the first, bands to refer to themselves as hardcore. They’re also credited for helping bring positivity into hardcore punk, including helping to form the straight edge youth crew movement. However, they have rejected the Straight Edge classification, despite claiming to agree with it in principle.

7 Seconds’ first full-length LP “The Crew” was released by BYO Records along with their second release, which is considered to be classic hardcore: “Walk Together Rock Together”. On the “New Wind” LP, the band added slower, more melodic songs with a more generally accessible sound. Some critics have cited this period of 7 Seconds’ sound as being very influential later on for pop punk and indie pop-rock bands. Later LPs moved even further into the mainstream with a sound that was compared to U2. They eventually began to return to their roots in 1995 with the “The Music, The Message”. They continued to return to their old-school hardcore sound with subsequent releases in the late 90s and 00s.More info here: Straight-Edge Punks vs. Hippie Parents in’ Ten Thousand Saints’ (Review)