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Epitaph Records -- Millencolin

The weekend of 8/19-8/22 made me realize that I still fucking have it. Just when I thought “old-man syndrome” was finally kicking in and putting me down for the count, I get my life’s second wind. 3 shows in 3 days in 3 states, plus a 6-hour drive to kick it all off. Giddy up mother fuckers.

After 2 days of Lifetime, I thought for sure I’d be through. But no fucking chance. I drove all this way for 1 reason: Kid motherfucking Dynamite. Lifetime was just an added bonus after Hellfest folded like Superman on laundry day.

After spending my afternoon losing money in Atlantic City, it was off to NYC. Driving down the Jersey Turnpike at 95 mph+, I opted to just drive into the city, park, and haul ass to CB’s. Surprisingly, driving down FDR at 6:00pm I didn’t encounter much traffic at all. I parked by Battery Park and cabbed my ass over to CBGB’s just in time to wait in line. Yay.

After meeting some friends, (including Brian Punknews -- ain’t cell phones a bitch, man?), we headed into the dank pit that is CBGB’s. What a fucking dump. I felt right at home.

Take My Chances started the night out, and let me tell you, these kids have potential. Consisting of ex-members of Long Island faves Heads Vs. Breakers and the Backup Plan, they played a heavier brand of hardcore than their previous endeavors, but nonetheless impressed me. Unfortunately, I didn’t get a chance to pick up their demo, but I imagine we’ll be hearing from these guys soon.

Now, I must have missed something, but apparently the bearded fella singing with Voice In The Wire was not their original singer? Weird, this cat sounded just like the dude on the record. I don’t really know their song titles, but they played a lot of shit from that record, and closed with a song they said would be on their next album. They also have a new bassist. This kid looks like he’s 12, no shit. I was a little disappointed that Jay didn’t come out and sing on the 2 songs he does vocals on on the record. They even performed one and he didn’t come out. Meh.

Grey Area came next and just blew the fucking roof off. I mean Ernie was ready, and the crowd was ready to go along for the ride. I climbed on top of a box to try to film some of the set. Shit, with how insane that place went, I felt like I was trying to navigate a storm. My personal picks from the set were “Take My Chances,” “Colossus,” and the classic 7 Seconds tune, “Young 'Til I Die.” Though I’d be full of shit if I didn’t say the whole set didn’t kick ass. 'Cause it did. I’ve heard some say Grey Area stole the show that night, and since I’m biased I can’t negate that. But Kid Dynamite did close the evening...

I crawled onto the stage next to Dave W. with the help of another Richmonder I had seen the previous night at Lifetime (thanks Michelle). As the sound check began, I cut my miniDV on just in time to watch Dave do a few rounds on his kit. Then I hear a voice. “Dave, Dave, can you hear meeeeeeeaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy?”

“Dave, Dave, can you hear meeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!?!?!?!?!?”

“Thank you goodnight.” Hahahaha. Great song, now play some more motherfuckers. And did they ever.

The melodic-pogo intro of “Living Daylights” started and the crowd was in suspense. And as soon as it cut into full throttle, bodies were everywhere. A gallon of water came flying at the stage. Some kid almost pulled down one of the monitors. Crazy shit everywhere.

All of your favorites were played. You should have been there, though Dan wasn’t doing many of the backing vocal parts, and Jay kept unplugging his guitar by accident. The second instance, during “Death And Taxes,” he just said fuck it and dove into the crowd to assist Jay, face to face, with vocal duties.

At one point Dan asked for the head of the Hellfest promoter. Dan had been bitching about him all weekend. I don’t blame him.

As always, the guys showed genuine concern for everyone in the crowd, making sure everyone thirsty got water, anyone pinned down could get out, and just looking out for everyone. A lot of these bands today could learn a thing or two about caring for your fans, or as Kid Dynamite will always refer to, their friends.

After the closer “Give 'Em the Ripped One” was finished, everyone wanted more. But by that token, we’d never want Kid Dynamite to stop playing, ever. We can hope for a reunion, but it won’t happen. Just keep playing the occasional reunion show for good causes, and we’ll be content.

Set list:

  • Living Daylights
  • Showoff
  • PhDecontrol
  • -----
  • Pause
  • KO5
  • Cheap Shot
  • Heart a Tact
  • -----
  • Table 19
  • Scary Smurf
  • Death + Taxes
  • -----
  • F U Turn
  • S.O.S.
  • Gooch
  • 2 for Flinching
  • -----
  • Zuko
  • Copout
  • Gate 68
  • Shiner
  • -----
  • News @ 11
  • Bookworm
  • Ripped One
Photo Credit: Jesse Deflorio of ForYourLensOnly



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    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 at 12:32 AM (EDT)

    For once, living on Long Island wasn't such a terrible thing. Amazing show

    Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 28, 2005 at 4:19 PM (EDT)

    i almost didnt get into this show..after seeing gorilla biscuits a few weeks back..seeing the lifetime show on sunday i couldnt wait for kid dynamite..but when i got there they ask for i.d. and because im such a slacker i didnt have..i begged and tried someone elses i.d. i was seconds from going home and crying my face off until the best person in the world (who is a cop) patrick did some talkin and got me in..that made the show ten times better..thank you once again patrick i owe you my life.. ACM-

    Posted by bobbett on 2005-08-27 22:36:40

    thanks so much for the video.

    Posted by etwiels88 on 2005-08-27 19:17:56

    Haha, for any of you that has sickboi's video, watch Yemin punch that kid in the first song. Awesome.

    Posted by OKSoda on 2005-08-27 13:22:24
    My Score:

    Haha, thats awesome, little guy. Yeah I saw you too. I was thinking "TWO TTK shirts at a show? Now thats something new."

    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 27, 2005 at 11:17 AM (EDT)

    Yeah, that was me alright, Little Guy. It was amazing. Were you around me somewhere?
    Actually, I think I was standing right next to you two, wearing a BLACK Toys That Kill shirt, along with a red Alternative Tentacles bag, and was in dire need of a haircut.

    - Little Guy

    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 27, 2005 at 12:54 AM (EDT)
    My Score:

    This show more or less made my life complete. Kid Dynamite broke up shortly after I really got into them and I never got a chance to make it to their last shows or the reunion shows they did a few years back.

    It was well worth camping outside of CBGB's at 7:30 in the morning and hanging out with a bunch of cool kids from all over the place all day long.

    Singing along with everyone to the song "Take My Chances" was an amazing moment, that shit still gives me goosebumps. Grey Area were so good, I wouldn't say they stole the show from Kid Dynamite but they were still fucking spot on.

    Kid Dynamite blew my mind. I missed out on the Lifetime shows and I'm sure they were incredible too, but to me Kid Dynamite has always been the better of the two and I'm so stoked that I finally got a chance to see them play. I could live without seeing Lifetime, but if I missed Kid Dynamite again I might've gone nuts.

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 26, 2005 at 8:16 PM (EDT)

    Does anyone have any pictures or video from the Against Me! show at Cbs a couple weeks ago?

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 26, 2005 at 6:25 PM (EDT)
    My Score:

    I went to both the Lifetime reunion show in Asbury Park, NJ and the Kid Dynamite show at CBGB's. Both shows were incredible. BTW for anyone who wants pictures of the Kid Dynamite show can find some here.

    http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2005/08/kid_dynamite_re.htm l

    Posted by psychoos231 on 2005-08-26 18:09:25
    My Score:

    Grey Area were so impressive that night

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 26, 2005 at 4:55 PM (EDT)

    "to the guy two posts below who hasnt learned to properly cut and paste...what the hell are you talking about with your punk points and shit? what in my comment made you think i care about all that and when you were listening to rkl?

    besides, saying you listened to them in high school doesnt mean shit. for all i know, that coulda been this afternoon..on your ipod mini ..on the way to summer school

    - jones the bones

    - stevejones8770@yahoo.com"

    i got the cut & paste right.

    and you know what doesn't mean shit? a war of words between 2 punks.

    so i bow out. sorry. let's move on.

    -that guy from 2 posts back or whatever."

    Uhhhh,,,,,,I wrote my comment before I read the article and saw any of the comments entered. Just saying I live a couple blocks from ian, seriously,,,,,just a joke.

    I think you spend toooooo much time on this site.

    and for the record JONES THE BONES?!?!, that RKL comment was from someone else ASSWIPE!

    "All up in the Kool Aid and don't even know the FLAVOR!!!"

    Posted by OKSoda on 2005-08-26 15:10:49
    My Score:

    Yeah, that was me alright, Little Guy. It was amazing. Were you around me somewhere?

    Posted by boba_fett on 2005-08-26 15:06:19
    My Score:

    nevermind... i see that sickboi is on the job.

    Posted by boba_fett on 2005-08-26 15:03:43
    My Score:

    attending eitehr lifetime or the kid dynamite shows was pretty much impossible, but i rest secure in the knowledge that ive got a shitload of videos from the lifetime sow and i was able to watch this one on the cbgb webstream.

    anybody know where i could get a video fo this show? or is it gonna be on that ellusive dvd?

    Posted by dougkatz on 2005-08-26 14:34:25

    I'd also like to say that the winner for this week is the argentinan kid who flew up last week, waited online over night for gorilla biscuits, went to all the lifetime shows (maybe not troc), saw 108 at the church sat afternoon, AND went to kid dynamite.

    Posted by sickboi on 2005-08-26 14:29:24

    We have a teaser coming in a few minutes...

    The world video premier of Kid Dynamite's new video for:

    "Whoah, Dave, can you here me?"

    Link to be posted in a sec...

    Posted by Crookedsuperhero on 2005-08-26 14:26:20

    High five coming your way sickboi.

    Posted by sickboi on 2005-08-26 14:18:55

    The video will hosted very soon. I didn't want to compromise the playback quality, so the file size is a little big
    . I'll let everyone know when its available.

    Posted by sickboi on 2005-08-26 13:43:34

    Someone IM me to help me set up a torrent, because I'm a total retard about this shit.

    AIM - brazenass

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 26, 2005 at 1:35 PM (EDT)

    EVERYONE WHO WENT:

    Oh man, OKSoda, you were the dude in the white TTK shirt weren't you!
    I hope your friend had a blast, that was a really awesome thing you did.

    - Little Guy

    Posted by dougkatz on 2005-08-26 13:35:30
    My Score:

    so is the video available yet?

    score is for having the best spot in the place, hanging off the right speaker

    Posted by OKSoda on 2005-08-26 12:04:00
    My Score:

    No worries sicboi, we had a blast. Besides, Im sure these videos you have will be worth it.

    Posted by radioXwaves on 2005-08-26 12:03:49

    "They also have a new bassist. This kid looks like he’s 12, no shit."

    haha VITW's new bass player is fresh outta high school I believe. I know he's known Mike Rock since he was born and I know the kids good. When I first heard he joined Voice in the Wire I thought it was quite fitting. Good luck to ya Thomas!

    Posted by sickboi on 2005-08-26 11:57:56

    Yeah, a few songs....

    Posted by Crookedsuperhero on 2005-08-26 11:43:29

    Got a video of Grey Area's set as well, sickboi?

    Posted by bizzlebrizzle on 2005-08-26 11:43:11

    Best Show Ever, now let's find some videos of this!

    Posted by sickboi on 2005-08-26 11:34:21

    Oh yeah,. the video is uploading right now.

    Posted by sickboi on 2005-08-26 11:33:06

    I was the guy who kept bumping into you guys when I was filming. Sorry if I got in your way.

    Posted by OKSoda on 2005-08-26 11:27:39
    My Score:

    EVERYONE WHO WENT:

    I just want to thank everyone over on the side of the stage near the bathroom. My buddy Adam was in the wheelchair, and we carried that thing in my 2 door Toyota Tercel all the way from Indiana. So a big thank you to everyone who was understanding and helped us out. I really appreciate it.

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 26, 2005 at 10:57 AM (EDT)

    Best show I've 'been to' all year.

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 26, 2005 at 10:45 AM (EDT)

    “Old-man syndrome” is misnamed. I think it's more about being a discerning consumer - you've been to enough shows that the thrill of jumping around is outweighed by the fact that the band most likely sucks.

    OC

    Posted by kirbypuckett on 2005-08-26 10:13:36
    My Score:

    I found some pics:

    http://statuesneversleep.com/kidDynamite/

    http://stat uesneversleep.com/greyArea/

    - Kirby

    Posted by jacktheskipper on 2005-08-26 06:48:22

    Oh, and here is Thursday live from CBGBs, including two new songs! This was ripped and uploaded by someone else, just wanted to provide the links:

    Complete set:
    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=273KA2LZ

    New Song 1:
    http://s48.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=...YR3OG5FSP97B9II

    New Song 2:
    http://s48.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=...0A05U8NDSOK1Z96

    Posted by jacktheskipper on 2005-08-26 03:51:08

    Ok, here I post all my links again, to give the ones that missed them in the news comments last time a second chance ... I tried to record the stream of this, but it broke, while 16 minutes into Lifetime, so Kid Dynamite isn`t on it ... hope you enjoy. ... so here`s everything I`ve recorded, but it has 40 minutes of setting things up, and it goes `til the half of Grey Area, enjoy, 140mb:

    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=288X7PQI

    And here`s the Grey Area part encoded as DivX:

    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=23N415X8

    And the Grey Area part as MP3:

    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=29SKO8WT

    Please, does someone have the Kid Dynamite stuff recorded?!?! Did noone record that webcam stream?!?! Or film inside?!? Please hook me up with that ... contact me Tobi@skipjack.de

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 26, 2005 at 3:45 AM (EDT)

    torrentspy.com has a guide to making and submitting torrents, in case that's a problem.

    Posted by Big_Guy on 2005-08-26 03:11:52

    Sickboi, it would be great if we could all see three songs from the show but if you know how to make a torrent, that would be even better

    I don't want to sound like a douche, but I really want to see this whole thing

    Posted by AlmostPunkEnough on 2005-08-26 03:07:37

    i'm still disgusted with myself that i didn't go to this. it was probably worth getting fired over.

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 26, 2005 at 3:00 AM (EDT)

    yeah, i wondered about that voice in the wire dude too. i thought i heard it wrong and he was talking about somebody else being a fill-in, but i have to say that he did a damn good job as a replacement.

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 26, 2005 at 2:50 AM (EDT)

    "and I thought Dan couldn't play barefoot anymore for some reason......"

    he could if it's kid dynamite we're talking about.

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 26, 2005 at 2:49 AM (EDT)

    is it possible you meant the parkway instead of the turnpike? getting from ac to nyc on the turnpike would involve a lot more hassle (not to mention be a lot more expensive). great review, anyway.

    Posted by Big_Guy on 2005-08-26 02:47:30

    and I thought Dan couldn't play barefoot anymore for some reason......

    Posted by Big_Guy on 2005-08-26 02:46:24

    I also had no idea that Voice In The Wire got a new singer because he sounded EXACTLY like the old one.

    and just from the stream, I could tell this was one amazing show

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 26, 2005 at 2:36 AM (EDT)

    sickboi said he's uploading his video this weekend. i can only assume that he isn't a heartless lying bastard, so i guess we'll have it within the next few days.

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 26, 2005 at 2:21 AM (EDT)

    seriously, somebody please fucking please upload this to a torrent somewhere.

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 26, 2005 at 1:53 AM (EDT)

    nice review. i'm one of those people who told you grey area stole the show, but there's no denying kid dynamite played an awesome set. i think "take my chances" (the song, but the band was good too) and "birthday" were the highlights of the night for me. also, there was dan right up front singing along during grey area's set. good times.

    Posted by cdogg on 2005-08-26 01:23:02

    "Oh, and enjoyable review to read, Chris, kudos, though that's probably because, you know, I attended."

    Chris Sickboi. Now I have your full name; all I need is your social security # and I'll have 4 new credit cards. KD rules.

    Posted by etwiels88 on 2005-08-26 01:21:09

    Fuck, I would've loved to have seen Pause and KO5-0564 live...

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 26, 2005 at 1:17 AM (EDT)
    My Score:

    When are we gonna get a video of this?

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 26, 2005 at 1:17 AM (EDT)

    This was probably the greatest show my eyes have ever seen/will ever see. I'm thinking the same thing as inagreendase about not really having to see another show again, because I don't think any other show could top this.

    -phdecontrol

    Posted by Dante3000 on 2005-08-26 00:59:40

    No offense because I'm sure the show was awesome (it looked it) but why even review this? I love you Sickboi (physically) but who there would give this less than a 10? No one. Because no one would go through what they had to go through to get tickets unless they loved KD. No one would wait in a line for hours or wait online refreshing their browers every 10 seconds unless they were a huge fan. That being said I thought the review was good, but c'mon. Who wouldn't give this a 10?
    -Dante

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 26, 2005 at 12:59 AM (EDT)

    It should be noted they DID do Birthday, with Ernie, who they made it a point to say many nice things about - but it wasn't on the PHYSICAL set list, so it may not have been planned, but instead they just figured "You know what, let's just do this".

    - Little Guy

    Posted by dougkatz on 2005-08-26 00:57:35

    they played birthday too

    Posted by PillsAndAdvice on 2005-08-26 00:57:12

    I was in line for this show at 4am. And was it worht it? Completely.

    Posted by inagreendase on 2005-08-26 00:51:23

    Oh, and enjoyable review to read, Chris, kudos, though that's probably because, you know, I attended.

    Posted by inagreendase on 2005-08-26 00:50:32
    My Score:

    Even with only what was roughly a 45-minute headlining set, I'd be okay with never going to another show again after this.