7 Seconds of Love is an English ska band fronted by musician and animator Joel Veitch that writes and plays songs with often random, silly lyrics. Veitch animates many videos of the band's songs, such as "Ninja" and "First Drink of the Day". Some songs have had videos directed by guitarist Pat Schulenburg, such as their most recent production "Twister". The band regularly tours the United Kingdom. The animations are available on Veitch's website and the band's site. [1]

The band have recently put out "Twister" as their debut single on iTunes only, but plan to release an album in Summer 2007.

Band members

• Stallion Explosion (Joel Veitch): singer
• Cap'n Pat (Pat Schulenburg; aka Skipper): guitar
• Mighty Mighty Veitch Man (Alex Veitch; aka Oom Voom or Oom): keyboard
• Mr Ed (Ed Harding; aka Love Tubes): trumpet
• Chaynsaw (Ian Paterson): saxophone
• Bass Cadet (Stephen Pattison; aka Kelp Giant or Bear Slayer): bass guitar
• Skankhammer (Ed Snow): drums

Coke fiasco

The band sought legal advice after a Coke advertisement in Argentina featured music and animation very similar to that of the film clip for Ninja which the band had made available on their MySpace account and on YouTube. Plagiarism article

After talks, Coke agreed to an out of court settlement of an undisclosed sum. BBC Article

References

• NME - 7 Seconds of Love "A miraculous explosion of kitteny ska goodness charging like an enraged Rhino into your brain."
• Designer Punk - Interviews - 7 Seconds of Love
• Moles Club - 7 Seconds of Love

External links

• Official website
• 7 Seconds of Love at MySpace
• RatherGood.com