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Less Jake is a (curently) five-piece melodic punk band out of Gainesville, Florida. Despite what most people think, they are not ska. They started off as a power-pop-punk trio with metal and punk influences, then the drummer, Vinnie started thinking, "Hey, some horns would be cool," after listening to The Specials. In their decade of writing incredible songs, they have undoubtably written some ska, but the majority is punk, albeit with horns.
The band has put out so many records it's not even funny, and is touring constantly, and they have been doing this for many years. They represent the punk mindstate, as they always do shit for their fans. Then after the release of Anthem, so many of their fans turned around and started calling them sellouts, just for signing to a major label (Warner Brothers/Sire). They said this, when in fact, the only thing that changed is now more people have access to their incredible music and terribly deep lyrics. I must admit, some trendhoppers peeking their way into Less Than Jake can get annoying, having to see them call "Look What Happened" "I Swear It's the Last Time", and seeing them just in general tarnish the loyalty Less Than Jake's fan body, it's bad, and it can hurt. The fact that they are on a big label doesn't make them sellouts. Anthem is my least favorite LTJ record, I admit, but overall quality is still uncompromised (She's Gonna Break Soon is a pretty shitty song though).
Memberwise, Less Than Jake is currently Chris on guitar and vox, Roger on bass and vox, Vinnie on drums and he writes the lyrics, Buddy on trombone, and JR on tenor sax. Roger has another band called Rehasher, in which he plays guitar. Roger is pretty good at guitar, and he mostly writes the lyrics for them, and has proved to be as adept as Vinnie with lyrics. Vinnie writes the best lyrics ever, if I may express my opinion. What he wrties is so deep, and most anyone who cares to look can extract multiple levels of meaning from his lyrics. Buddy is one of the best trombonists not involved in orchestral or jazz music, if not the best. JR has some solo music where he plays guitar and sings. Previous members include Chris, their first bassist; their second bassist Shaun, who was a roadie after he was replaced by Roger; Jessica, who played alto sax, who now teaches highschool in Gainesville; Derron on bari sax, who started a kickass band called Gunmoll, now broken up; and finally Pete on trombone, who now is a firefighter, and is rumored to be a firefighter in Antarctica (I don't get it either).
Do you like Less Than Jake?
Oh, hell yeah. Best GVR band. Ever.
Borders and Boundaries is the best album ever. Faction is off that album. It just so happens to be the best song on Earth.
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THE fucking greatest and most kick-ass ska band ever to WALK THE EARTH!
Less Than Jake could kick 500 other bands' asses with their arms and legs tied together and with rabid ferrets duct taped onto their faces.
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Used to describe joy, ecstatic emotions, or excitement.
Whenever someone does something cool.
Ex. 1
*David does something amazing*
Jack: Less go this guy!
Ex. 2
Alex insults Nick with a devastating attack on his character.
David high fives Alex while saying "Less Go This Guy!"
any guy who doesnt have the guts to express his emotions or come out of the closet.
Jack and Colton are ball-less losers
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the most kick ass ska band EVER.
without less than jake the world would explode
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what godless heathens and various marketing departments have turned Christmas into by removing all traces of Jesus Christ from the matter. one can tell who celebrates which holiday by looking at decorations in the home. often angels will be replaced by snowmen; pictures of Jesus will be replaced by Santa Claus; and "silent night" will be replaced by "grandma got run over by a reindeer" on the cd player.
Atheist: that's a funny looking gingerbread house. what's with the little people?
Christian: ...? that's a Nativity scene. it's a symbol of what Christmas is all about. how can you not know that?
Atheist: oh. i don't believe in Jesus, but I'll gladly piss on your traditions to get a present. I'll celebrate the secular holiday "Christ-less-mas".
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an awsome ska band...they might be considered sellouts soon becuase they are kinda becoming famous but i still love them....
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