Kid Dynamite!
“”just because we’re not 21, is that supposed to mean, we can’t have any fun?, so go out and let yer fist’s fly, stage dive, dance the night away.”"
This lyrics is from the Kid Dynamite song Cheap Shot Youth Anthem, and pretty much sums up everything I love about that band. When I was in highschool and just discovering punk rock and hardcore shows with my friends Jason and Christian in Christian’s car named moses this song and record was a constant to me. In the times when we lived for friday nights to go to Millvale Industrial Theatre without knowing what bands were playing. The grimiest venue ever! The place later got shut down for being uninhabitable by humans or some nonsense. There were broken toilets, more broken vending machines, and a jet engine to heat the room in the winter. Kid Dynamite is a band I never saw play live and regret that very much. They seemed to be a band that were always having fun but still made sure they did it at DIY all ages venues. That to me will always stick with me even now at 25.
From wikipedia: Kid Dynamite was a Philadelphia-based melodic hardcore band consisting of drummer Dave Wagenschutz, guitarist Dan Yemin, and vocalist Jason Shevchuk, as well as original bassist Steve Farrell and eventual replacement Michael “Spider” Cotterman. The band put out two full-lengths before lead singer Jason Shevchuk left the band in order to finish film/editing school; the act subsequently disbanded. They also featured former members of highly influential New Jersey melodic hardcore outfit Lifetime, and future members of a number of acts including None More Black, Armalite, Paint It Black, Higher Giant, and The Loved Ones.
