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.

Kid Dynamite (1998)

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

Shorter, Faster, Louder (2000)

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

Cheap Shots, Youth Anthems (2003)

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

Carry The Torch: A Tribute To Kid Dynamite (2009)

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