Tuesday 5 April 2016

Kid Dynamite


I figured since I already put Lifetime up on here last month, I couldn't let another month go by without the inclusion of Kid Dynamite. Both bands are massive influences in both melodic hardcore and pop punk of course, but the two are also related through guitarist Dan Yemin, who began Kid Dynamite after Lifetime broke up in 1997. This new band released two amazing full-lengths, both through Jade Tree, before breaking up in 2000. A compilation came out a few years later, titled Cheap Shots, Youth Anthems.

Kid Dynamite reunited a few time after their initial break-up. Once in 2005, and then a handful of times between 2010 and 2013 before officially calling it quits. Their members have been involved in a handful of amazing bands, including Paint It Black, None More Black, and The Loved Ones, in addition to the obvious Lifetime. As far as sound goes, Kid Dynamite are pretty straight-forward. Catchy, heart-pumping "youth anthems" were their forte, and have made them a timeless classic, so please enjoy. I included a compilation of covers just because there are a ton of amazing bands that appear on it, including The Ergs!, The Wonder Years, Comadre, Lewd Acts, Make Do And Mend, This Time Next Year, Broadway Calls, Death is Not Glamorous, This Is Hell, the list goes on and on.

1. Pause
2. K05-0564
3. Sweet Shop Syndicate
4. Table 19
5. Ph. Decontrol
6. Showoff
7. Bookworm
8. Scarysmurf
9. Ronald Miller Story
10. Bench Warmer
11. Zuko's Back In Town
12. Never Met The Gooch
13. News At 11
14. 32 Frames Per Second
15. Pacifier
16. 3 O'Clock
17. Shiner
18. Wrist Rocket
19. Fuckuturn

1. Pits & Poisoned Apples
2. Death And Taxes
3. Cheap Shot Youth Anthem
4. Copout
5. Handy With The Tongue Sword
6. Living Day Lights
7. Introduction To The Opposites
8. Gate 68
9. Troy's Bucket
10. Rufus Wants A Hug
11. Got A Minute?
12. Penske File
13. Rid of The Losers, Bring On The Cruisers
14. Three's A Party
15. S.O.S.
16. Two For Flinching
17. Birthday
18. Give 'em The Ripped One

1. Heart A Tact
2. Breakin' A Memory
3. Give 'em The Ripped One
4. Two For Flinching
5. Rise Above (Black Flag cover)
6. Deny Everything (Circle Jerks cover)
7. Hateful (The Clash cover)
8. I Don't Wanna Hear It (Minor Threat cover)
9. Macho Insecurites (Dead Kennedys cover)
10. Showoff
11. Sweet Shop Syndicate
12. Never Met The Gooch
13. Fuckturn
14. Scary Smurf
15. The Ronald Miller Story
16. Bookworm (Demo)
17. The Unheard Chorus (Demo)
18. 32 Frames Per Second (Demo)
19. Wrist Rocket (Demo)
20. News At 11 (Demo)
21. Death & Taxes (Demo)
22. S.O.S. (Live)
23. Heart A Tact (Live)
24. Handy With The Tongue Sword (Live)
25. K05-0564 (Live)
26. Never Met The Gooch (Live)
27. The Penske File (Live)
28. PH. Decontrol (Live)
29. Deny Everything (Live)
30. Untitled

1. Antillectual - Wrist Rocket
2. Smartbomb - Heartatact
3. Ernie Parada - Bench Warmer
4. Call It Fire - 32FPS
5. Fallen From The Sky - Pits And Poison Apples
6. 12 Cent - Pacifier
7. Broadway Calls - Bookworm
8. All Teeth - Never Met The Gooch
9. Deny Everything - Zuku's Back In Town
10. No Secrets Between Sailors - Living Daylights
11. Lewd Acts - PH. Decontrol
12. Comadre - Death & Taxes
13. No Harm Done - Three's A Party
14. First To Leave - SOS
15. The Golden Age - Got A Minute?
16. Death Is Not Glamorous - Pause
17. Make Do and Mend - Ronald Miller Story
18. Endgame - Copout
19. Get Back Up - Sweet Shop Syndicate
20. Static Radio NJ - Give 'em The Ripped One
21. To The Lions - Rid Of The Losers, Bring On The Cruisers
22. Stay Warm - Showoff
23. Hollywood - Gate 68
24. Take My Chances - Handy With The Tongue Sword
25. Hour Of The Wolf - Breakins A Memory
26. The Geeks - Shiner
27. No Trigger - K05-0564
28. Jump The Shark - Scary Smurg
29. Sakes Alive!! - News At 11
30. Latin For Truth - Table 19
31. The Ergs! - Fuck U Turn
32. Soldiers - Introduction To Opposites
33. Kill Conrad - Rufus Wants A Hug
34. Spanish Gamble - The Unheard Chorus
35. Torchbearer - The Penske File
36. The Wonder Years - Cheap Shot, Youth Anthem
37. This Is Hell - Troy's Bucket
38. Troublemaker - Two For Flinching
39. This Time Next Year - 3 O'Clock 

5 comments:

  1. Oh sweet! Thanks dude!
    Also, could you post the band Krill some day? Been looking it for a long time, can't find much.

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  2. please post M83. Id love to hear your summary on the history and their place in the modern industry

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  3. Awesome! You're missing their split with 88 Fingers Louie released in 1999.

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  4. re:up please and thank you?!

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