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Seconds Before

Catering to your every whim since 1999

About Me

Established in 1999 in Minneapolis. Seconds Before is an audio hand grenade, and the pin's been pulled. Having gotten acquainted over the course of a decade of local gigs with former bands, the quintet's decision to hurl themselves headlong into the fray once again was a simple one. You'd have done the same damn thing.

"Complex power-pop with excellent guitar work and melodies and a tight as hell rhythm section. Foo Fighters meet Weezer. This should be modern rock." —Blake Rainey (VP, A&R, Shut Eye Records)

"F*cking awesome." —Aversion Online

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Member Since: 11/27/2004
Band Website: secondsbefore.com
Band Members: Brian Larson: Vocals - Carl Skildum: Guitar, Vocals - Chris Dales: Guitar, Vocals - Jason Bauer: Bass - Mike Paradise: Drums
Influences: Foo Fighters, Quicksand, Shiner, Oceansize, Cave In, The Police, Shihad, Failure, Thin Lizzy, Cheech & Chong
Sounds Like: Rock music
Record Label: Blue Worm Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Seconds Before @ The Triple Rock

When: Sunday Jan 27, 2008 at 10:00 PMWhere: Triple Rock Social Club629 Cedar AvenueMinneapolis, Minnesota|24 55454United StatesDescription:Live. Local. Original. Rawk.Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Seconds Before on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:09:00 PST

Studio update

Happy 2008.  Progress continues on the new album - we wrapped up instrumental recording in November with Bill Collins.  We are now kicking into high gear with vocals and mix by Matt and Jame...
Posted by Seconds Before on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:32:00 PST

Guitarmageddon

We've knocked out the lion's share of guitar tracking this past weekend, with only some miscellaneous acoustic balladry and ancillary wankery remaining to be picked up in the next few weeks. ...
Posted by Seconds Before on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:26:00 PST

Studio Report

Mike and Jason have completed drum and bass tracking for the new album.  Even at this early stage we are feeling pretty excited about how things are coming along.  We get a little break now ...
Posted by Seconds Before on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 07:14:00 PST

BWR Showcase at the Hex, New Album Preview

So we are just a little over a month away from heading back to the studio to start work on the new album.  We are really excited about it, as always it's a good feeling to head into a recording s...
Posted by Seconds Before on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 07:06:00 PST

35W Bridge

So by now most of the country has seen the news of the 35W bridge collapse in our hometown of Minneapolis.   Our thoughts and condolences are definitely with all the families and friends of ...
Posted by Seconds Before on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 04:43:00 PST

Galvanic on iTunes today

For those of you waiting to rock the new Seconds Before ep on your AAC-enabled playback device of choice, the wait is over.  Galvanic is now available at the iTunes store.  Of course, i...
Posted by Seconds Before on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:08:00 PST

Hijacked

We want to apologize to any of our Myspace pals who received various spam messages masquerading as messages from our account.  Please know that it wasn't anything that the band had anything to do...
Posted by Seconds Before on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:27:00 PST

Galvanic EP available now

The new EP Galvanic is available now through CDBaby.com and will soon be showing up on major digital download services such as iTunes and eMusic.   If you live in the Minneapolis/St. Pa...
Posted by Seconds Before on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 11:21:00 PST

Blue Worm Records

We're happy to announce that Seconds Before has joined the roster of Blue Worm Records.  BWR's current roster includes some of the best bands in flyover country, including All The Way R...
Posted by Seconds Before on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:08:00 PST