In Conversation: Sergio Vega of Quicksand
He's spent over three decades holding it down for one of hardcore's most influential bands. If Sergio Vega is more committed than ever, it's because he knows: His is a rare and special position.
It was not an accident that I chose to open the Anti-Matter compilation album in 1996 with Quicksand. As anyone who was there can attest, this was a band that ushered in hardcore’s second decade with a mind to push it forward and the credentials to convince the rest of us to come along. Of the band’s original four members, bassist Sergio Vega was probably the least known at the time: His pre-Quicksand musical efforts—most notably, Collapse and Absolution—never really made it past their early local stages. But in New York City, Sergio had a well-known presence in the scene, where he always straddled between punk and hardcore party lines with true singularity.
As this year marks the 30th anniversary of Quicksand’s debut album Slip, and with twelve year…