Submitted by jgervasi on
I recently conducted what will likely stand as one of the most popular interviews of this project. I spoke with Dan Yemin, a Philly scene vet who's played in three of the most popular hardcore bands of the last couple decades: Lifetime, Kid Dynamite, and Paint It Black (along with other bands of note). Dan was kind enough to write a paragraph about L!F!P! on the Paint It Black Facebook page, so I thought I'd share it as his words mean a lot to me.
Dan wrote:
"This is worth checking out and checking into, not so much because of Dan's interview, but because this whole project is pretty crucial and inspirational. It's an interview archive addressing the history of Philadelphia punk/hardcore, especially the DIY variety. The project as a whole is refreshing and invigorating in the face of the proliferation of documentaries in which punk veterans complain about how punk ended or became irrelevant after they dropped out. All history is revisionist to some extent, but Loud! Fast! Philly! shows history for what it really is: multiple narratives, multiple truths. Drink deep!"