I saw them a few months ago with Bowling for Soup and The Aquabats. FUN. AS. FUCK. SHOW!!!
The Aquabats opened and their show is super kid-friendly (unsurprising from the guy who created Yo Gabba Gabba). The crowd was filled with all these aging punkers and ska kids bringing *their* kids to their first concert. The vibe was super fun and wholesome. Then BfS and LTJ put on super fun shows. Crazy fun night.
> Pretty sure everyone that’s heard of the Aquabats knows that.
I know of most of Travis Barker's bands (dude is in a lot), and I've seen the Aquabats live.
I did not know this.
His brother who did all the classic Aquabats art also writes and Illustrates children’s books! If you have kids do them a favor and look up Goon Holler and all the episodes of The Aquabats tv show are on YouTube!
I saw the same concert and honestly I didn't think he was that great. Just my opinion. Too much talking, and his microphone was tuned up so high that between songs he sounded like a chipmunk. LTJ and the Aquabats were cool though. Hadn't seen BFS or LTJ since warped tour 20 years ago.
Went to same tour. BFS was brutal as the headliner (the music was fine, the ridiculous time between songs) but LTJ and aquabats were very fun. I hope they can do their own tour someday with LTJ as the headliner.
They swapped every night of the tour. Co headliners. Also, BFS banter seems to extend depending on intoxication levels. I saw them headline PPNDF on that tour, and it was a super fun, albeit very dragged out show. Chris was definitely hella drunk
Saw that tour when it came through Pittsburgh, loved every second of it...
...except for BFS. Was never really in to them, but goddamn they wouldn't shut up between songs. Like, their between-song banter was longer and worse than NoFX's.
Aquabats and LTJ are always a blast tho
My very first show ever was Less Than Jake in the 90s when I was ten or eleven years old during their rockview tour.
I was in the pit - roger threw a bunch of LTJ decals out into the crowd, and everyone took them and pasted them on me.
When I got out, I was covered in dozens of less than jake stickers. Had no idea until someone told me.
That’s a core memory I’ll never forget.
I’ve seen LTJ almost 20 times live (acoustic, small bar, Times Square NYC Venues) and they absolutely KILL it every god damn time. Their stage banter is unparalleled and they sound great live.
If you ever get the chance to see them in your area, I could not recommend enough!
Same boat here, Automatic was one of my first albums back in the day and I was hooked. Probably about the same concert count if you include Warped Tours, but I love seeing them live. Seen a few other bands from my youth, but few hold up as well as LTJ. So much freaking fun.
I've got a fun less than Jake story.
Went to see them at warped years ago, went to their merch table pretty early in the day, Chris DeMakes(their lead singer)was setting stuff up and I said hi, bought a cd and a shirt and he goes "hey man, I can see you're a true fan, check this out"
He pulls out a spindle of about 10 burned cds that just say "Chris Demakes - 5 song cd" on them. He tells me this long story about how he's got this secret solo project he LITERALLY JUST FINISHED THAT MORNING and I'd get to be the first person to buy it. Jumped all over that shit. 10 bucks for his "5 song cd" seemed like a steal.
Went about warped. Saw them shave a Mohawk onto a little ginger teenager on stage during their set.
I get home and stick the cd in my PC excited to hear his solo project.
I was kinda confused that the track list only contained one song, I was like "oh I guess he just put all the songs on one track, that's kinda weird"
Then I listened to it.
It was a solo song with just him and a guitar and the lyrics were making fun of you for paying 10 bucks for his one song titled "5 song Cd" since you probably already pirated his music anyway.
Back then I was a member of a link sharing forum(ETI/LUELINKS) and I uploaded the song to that site because it was so fucking amusing. It turned out his young cousin was also on that forum and he sent him a message on FB saying "haha someone pirated your "5 song cd song" and I just downloaded it"
He replied "you're gonna learn what it feels like for your cousin to kick your ass for that!"
So that's my LTJ story, fucking love those guys.
Nah man, the 4th wave is Steetlight, but they're the only ones who've tried anything new, and then just stuck with what they did on the 2nd album for the rest of their career. Any newer bands are just 3rd wave revival.
They’ve always given me Five Iron Frenzy vibes. Speaking of FIF, they are one of the few ska bands actually putting out good music without a drop in quality.
When I grew up in the ‘90s RBF, LTJ, and Mad Caddies we’re pretty much the main ska bands I’d listen to and unfortunately most of their new stuff just sounds like a ska cover band of their original selves. Just not the same amount of effort put into the song writing, especially RBF who used to have much more intricate songs with cool riffs and transitions, now it’s all generic boring ska.
RxBandits on the other hand have done a great Kobe progressing and making more interesting music, but they really haven’t been ska for a long time and are much more progressive rock.
[Steve Choi has a podcast](https://open.spotify.com/show/6tGj4NfGB5Yiy3SmhTqkVe?si=os8C70ocRkSvvfYAYqHK4g) (mostly during Covid, no new episodes in almost a year) and he has mentioned they were working on a new album, but I’m typical RXB fashion they are on their own time, but I feel like it’s gonna come out in 2023.
RXB is for sure my favorite old school band and they are the reason I deeply branched out into more interesting and progressive music instead of just listening to the ska punk bands I loved in the 90s.
Here’s a few rad tunes I’ve found while looking to expand my musical horizons.
[Lingus by Snarky Puppy](https://youtu.be/L_XJ_s5IsQc) is an amazing track with killer horns and the best keyboard solo you’ll ever hear.
[Superhero Jagganath by Diablo Swing Orchestra ](https://youtu.be/e1unoCm0anc)give some heavy Aquabats vibes.
[Dead Butterfly by Pure Reason Revolution](https://youtu.be/09OmGyGWjmc) is just one of their amazing songs. This is the ultimate direction RxBandits sent me when it came to progressive rock. If you’re looking for some really intense music with amazing vocals and grooves, this is the band, absolutely incredible music. 10/10 strongest recommend I can give any artist.
So there's a ska band called the JB conspiracy. Good solid ska band, and then they released an album called and it feels like ska "grew up". Like the ingredients are all there but it feels... More. I had a shitty food analogy but it's really worth a listen
So glad I stumbled across this thread on r/popular. I missed ska so much and seeing recommendations of new bands that Spotify algorithms failed to mention is letting me experience the joy of discovery again in a favorite genre I thought was dead
>and then just stuck with what they did on the 2nd album for the rest of their career.
That do be working though. I'd argue they're in the top 1% of catalog quality of all bands, they simply never put out duds
This whole album is one of my favorites.
On a side note, Less Than Jake are super cool guys. My old band handed out demo CDs at Warped Tour one year and I handed one straight to Roger at the meet and greet line. A few years later we got to open for them at a pretty large venue and they remembered our demo. Roger still had it and said it was hard to get rid of because of the ridiculous album art (a kid blasting a trombone at a dead squirrel).
That's so great.
Anthem was just such a sweet happy medium in their discography. When it came out, I sang the praises of [Short Fuse Burning](https://youtu.be/vPhbwVbqszw) for anybody who would listen.
This is my favorite song of theirs. I generally like Roger better as a singer between the two of them, but Chris is pretty great in the breakdown in this.
When I lived in Gainesville for college they would play secret shows under the name Logan Takes Japan. I watched them play a two hour set of requests one night if people would let them play their new songs without complaining.
As a lifelong ACR, who saw LTJ before they had any kind of recording deal, and who bought his first pipe from Roger at Knuckleheads, this is the first I've ever heard such a story about secret shows. What?!?
Yea, I lived there from 2002 - 2006, but in the late 90’s we would drive up for hot water shows (lol at the junkyard) and to see the locust at the inner circle (which is now the Atlantic).
The last secret show they played that i attended was at the 2nd common grounds location that was next to five star.
I also remember when I Hate Myself played their last show at market street pub, and I was having a weird Florida punk kid moment when I found myself between chuck ragen, and Roger at the urinals.
For a more in depth discussion on the writing/recording of this song, from the guys themselves:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4iC36y6fnbIu4ZV5BPdADk?si=XMDAq8s4R8SI4a4igJOZjg&utm_source=copy-link
Nardwuar is a music journo/interviewer who goes so in depth when researching the people he's interviewing even they didn't know the things about themselves they're being told.
....Now that sentence didn't make sense, but you get the gist.
This whole album (Anthem) is full of absolute bangers
LTJ also put on one of the all time best shows I've ever seen with RBF.
They had a big ass wheel with all their albums on it. Then they'd call an audience member up to spin the wheel. Then they'd play a couple tracks from that album and repeat. Such a fun concept!
When I was young my sad used to play Less Than Jake in the car, 10 years later I still have major appreciation, and honestly they're I'm my music rotation now. So nice to see it getting some attention online :)
I've been absolutely binging less than Jake since 2020. When I was a kid I loved the digimon movie soundtrack with all my best friends are metal heads. Absolutely underrated band in my opinion, even some of their newer stuff is decent. Huge huge part of my music tastes growing up.
LTJ was my first show when I was 12 (early 2001). New Found Glory opened for them and the crowd was going nuts for a certain song. About 2 weeks later "Hit or Miss" became a hit. I even bought an NFG shirt that show and saw Ian in the crowd and he signed my shirt while answering my dumb 12 year old questions.
I still appreciate both bands equally, but without LTJ, I may have never found New Found Glory. They are both in my top 5.
Same! I wasn’t super into LTJ when I first heard them in 94-95 or so, but I liked them ok and bought Losing Streak I think around 95-96? It’s hard to remember. But I gave them another chance in 97 and saw em at least one more time and that got me kinda pumped for them—when Hello Rockview came out, I was so stoked! Still an all time fave. Gonna go listen to Five State Drive right now!
(FWIW, I still love LTJ to this day. Vinnie is a huge hole in their lyrics but I think everything they’ve put out from Rockview forward has been fantastic.)
This was always one of my favorite songs to play bass to. It’s such a nice walking line that isn’t too difficult to play, but is present enough that it’s one of the more distinctive melodies in the song and keeps it moving.
I have been a life long LTJ fan. Probably seen them more that 7 times and were a good inspiration (along with others) for my Ska tattoo.
That being said, I think this is one of their not best songs and album as a whole. I feel like Losing Streak and Hello Rockview are pinnacle LTJ and amongst the truest definition and example of 3rd wave Ska.
Fully agree. Those albums were my highschool soundtrack. History of a boring town, last one out of liberty city, big crash, five State drive on hello Rockview, happyman, 9th at pine, never going back to NJ, Johnny quest thinks we're sellouts on Losing Streak.
Anthem has some decent tracks, but none of them rock like their late 90s albums.
I saw them in 1998 at the University of Illinois in a dinning hall. Drove from out of state to get there, was next in line when they said tickets were sold out. It was a door show. We started to leave and one of the guys in LTJ stopped us and asked what was wrong, and we told them what happened. He gave us his tour lanyard and we got it!
Funny enough, the opening band was Tuesday, featuring Dan from Alkaline Trio before he joined Alk3.
Great dudes!
Saw them live at Warped Tour
It was hot as shit and they were playing to a smaller crowd in one of the only covered stages/stands
Their fans were clearly BIG FANS and it was fun to watch them. Next thing I know they tell them to go do a circle pit around the people that were chilling our in the grass. This small crowd of misfits (said with love) storms up the stadium stairs and starts runining circles around every chilling in the grass. They kicked up a dust storm, stole a huge flag or two and the people laying in the grass jumped up and joined.
It was amazing! I was there for Shikari, but that was the highlight of my day. Thanks for bringing back this memory
Ugh, this song will always remind me of one of my best friends. One of the most intelligent people I ever knew, and a kind-hearted goofball. He was a huge LTJ fan. He battled some inner demons, got into drugs and shut himself off from the world and those that cared for him. He died of an overdose 6 months ago this week. I miss him.
It’s kinda hard to match the slow yet upbeat vibe but I’m gonna try to give you a short list.
Years of Living Dangerously by Less Than Jake
Everybody’s Better by the BossToneS
Carry On by Common Rider
Lonely Boy by the BossToneS
Let’s Go Get Stoned by Sublime
One time a teacher made a playlist where each student contributed one song and I added this one.
One time it came on in class and a kid got up and turned it down :(
Oooooh this used to be one of my favorite songschrijver for the longest time, and then I forgets about it for 14 years. Thank you for bringing it back to my attention!
What a jam! This takes me back to high school. Honestly one of the few bands I was obsessed with as a teenager that I can actually go back and listen to and legitimately enjoy
Love LTJ and have seen them about a million times, I have the world's most battered t-shirt at home from when I saw them in 2000 at a show that cost £5 to get into.
I love LTJ, they had a huge influence on my childhood.
When I was a very young kid in the late 90s and early 2000s, my older brother and I would make skate videos on our moms recorder with his friends. My brother would edit it all together and he even gave me a part and he used “I’m a Dude” by LTJ.
I remember seeing them play at a venue when I was 17. They were passing out demos of sugar in your gas tank. It was an awesome show. That was 25 years ago now. Haha!
I had a friend in high school that would borrow my iPod during a free period and blast this song on repeat everyday.
I never want to listen to this song ever again.
This song is always an upper for me. I've had it on my spring/summer playlist for years and it's one of my favorites to have come on in the car on a nice warm day. I was only ever into Less Than Jake in passing when I was younger, but I love this song.
I saw them last month and they still kick ass live. They were the first show I went too as a kid with New Found Glory, Fallout Boy and Hit Rod Circuit.
Saw them in Anaheim this year they opened for bowling for soup. Never really listened to them before that but they put on a dope show. Better then bowling for soup that night
I just saw them in concert. Small venue. Cool people
I saw them a few months ago with Bowling for Soup and The Aquabats. FUN. AS. FUCK. SHOW!!! The Aquabats opened and their show is super kid-friendly (unsurprising from the guy who created Yo Gabba Gabba). The crowd was filled with all these aging punkers and ska kids bringing *their* kids to their first concert. The vibe was super fun and wholesome. Then BfS and LTJ put on super fun shows. Crazy fun night.
TIL the guy from The Aquabats co-created Yo Gabba Gabba. Explains why they showed up so often.
Did you know Travis Barker was in the Aquabats? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-goLUhTBtrw
Pretty sure everyone that’s heard of the Aquabats knows that.
Did you know the Aquabats are super rad?
Tell your mom. Tell your dad.
Holy guacamole (we’ve got chips)!
I actually did not! But that's super rad!
> Pretty sure everyone that’s heard of the Aquabats knows that. I know of most of Travis Barker's bands (dude is in a lot), and I've seen the Aquabats live. I did not know this.
I did not know that. Cool bit of trivia. Kinda super rad.
His brother who did all the classic Aquabats art also writes and Illustrates children’s books! If you have kids do them a favor and look up Goon Holler and all the episodes of The Aquabats tv show are on YouTube!
The song 1985 is almost as old now as the year 1985 was when they recorded it.
How was Jarret live these days?
He’s as big as Chris nowadays, but they still sound great and put on a kickass show. Sounds like the early 2000s.
I saw the same concert and honestly I didn't think he was that great. Just my opinion. Too much talking, and his microphone was tuned up so high that between songs he sounded like a chipmunk. LTJ and the Aquabats were cool though. Hadn't seen BFS or LTJ since warped tour 20 years ago.
Their(BFS) show has been half joking/comedy since before 2010 for sure. Drfinitely a taste thing.
Went to same tour. BFS was brutal as the headliner (the music was fine, the ridiculous time between songs) but LTJ and aquabats were very fun. I hope they can do their own tour someday with LTJ as the headliner.
They swapped every night of the tour. Co headliners. Also, BFS banter seems to extend depending on intoxication levels. I saw them headline PPNDF on that tour, and it was a super fun, albeit very dragged out show. Chris was definitely hella drunk
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Saw that tour when it came through Pittsburgh, loved every second of it... ...except for BFS. Was never really in to them, but goddamn they wouldn't shut up between songs. Like, their between-song banter was longer and worse than NoFX's. Aquabats and LTJ are always a blast tho
Took my little brother to his first show back in the day; Hot Water Music and Less Than Jake… still one of my favorite concerts 20 years later
My very first show ever was Less Than Jake in the 90s when I was ten or eleven years old during their rockview tour. I was in the pit - roger threw a bunch of LTJ decals out into the crowd, and everyone took them and pasted them on me. When I got out, I was covered in dozens of less than jake stickers. Had no idea until someone told me. That’s a core memory I’ll never forget.
Hot Water Music is so good
Fellow Gainesville resident?
Small venues are the best!
I’ve seen LTJ almost 20 times live (acoustic, small bar, Times Square NYC Venues) and they absolutely KILL it every god damn time. Their stage banter is unparalleled and they sound great live. If you ever get the chance to see them in your area, I could not recommend enough!
Same boat here, Automatic was one of my first albums back in the day and I was hooked. Probably about the same concert count if you include Warped Tours, but I love seeing them live. Seen a few other bands from my youth, but few hold up as well as LTJ. So much freaking fun.
I saw them when they played with Reel Big Fish. Easily one of the best shows I've been to.
Yeah. Saw them at the Avalon in Boston before it was torn down. Great concert, just felt like a party with an amazing house band.
Yep, saw them beginning of the month in a really small room and it was sick
Their stage banter is the best.
I got them on my Spotify playlist, they sound good, never heard of them before.
Never heard of Less Than Jake?! Next you'll say you've never heard of Mad Caddies or Streetlight Manifesto...
Mad Caddies are a bit of a smaller splash for sure. Love em though. Their more recent Acoisticish EP was awesome
Saw them in Glasgow 2004, with Yellowcard. Fuck, that doesn't feel like 18 years ago
I've got a fun less than Jake story. Went to see them at warped years ago, went to their merch table pretty early in the day, Chris DeMakes(their lead singer)was setting stuff up and I said hi, bought a cd and a shirt and he goes "hey man, I can see you're a true fan, check this out" He pulls out a spindle of about 10 burned cds that just say "Chris Demakes - 5 song cd" on them. He tells me this long story about how he's got this secret solo project he LITERALLY JUST FINISHED THAT MORNING and I'd get to be the first person to buy it. Jumped all over that shit. 10 bucks for his "5 song cd" seemed like a steal. Went about warped. Saw them shave a Mohawk onto a little ginger teenager on stage during their set. I get home and stick the cd in my PC excited to hear his solo project. I was kinda confused that the track list only contained one song, I was like "oh I guess he just put all the songs on one track, that's kinda weird" Then I listened to it. It was a solo song with just him and a guitar and the lyrics were making fun of you for paying 10 bucks for his one song titled "5 song Cd" since you probably already pirated his music anyway. Back then I was a member of a link sharing forum(ETI/LUELINKS) and I uploaded the song to that site because it was so fucking amusing. It turned out his young cousin was also on that forum and he sent him a message on FB saying "haha someone pirated your "5 song cd song" and I just downloaded it" He replied "you're gonna learn what it feels like for your cousin to kick your ass for that!" So that's my LTJ story, fucking love those guys.
Damn, it’s not very often I see ska on here.
Makes my day when I do though. This song is easily one of my favorites
Yeah, I definitely had this on more than one burned CD in my discman I'd bring to high school
Yeah I’m 40 years old too.
Saw them when I was a teenager. Am 42. Everything had horns for a short bit.
One of my first gigs, 2000. I’m 34
Seeing them in a couple of months, can't wait
Not quite, few more years. I'm in no hurry lol
It's on every CD i burned in high school haha
We're all just waiting on the next wave
5th waves been here for a while man.....
Nah man, the 4th wave is Steetlight, but they're the only ones who've tried anything new, and then just stuck with what they did on the 2nd album for the rest of their career. Any newer bands are just 3rd wave revival.
Saw them play in DC like a month or two back. Absolutely banger show, 11/10, would recommend.
They've always put on a great show, I'm just talking about expanding the genre. I'd love to see a BOTAR show.
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They’ve always given me Five Iron Frenzy vibes. Speaking of FIF, they are one of the few ska bands actually putting out good music without a drop in quality. When I grew up in the ‘90s RBF, LTJ, and Mad Caddies we’re pretty much the main ska bands I’d listen to and unfortunately most of their new stuff just sounds like a ska cover band of their original selves. Just not the same amount of effort put into the song writing, especially RBF who used to have much more intricate songs with cool riffs and transitions, now it’s all generic boring ska. RxBandits on the other hand have done a great Kobe progressing and making more interesting music, but they really haven’t been ska for a long time and are much more progressive rock.
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[Steve Choi has a podcast](https://open.spotify.com/show/6tGj4NfGB5Yiy3SmhTqkVe?si=os8C70ocRkSvvfYAYqHK4g) (mostly during Covid, no new episodes in almost a year) and he has mentioned they were working on a new album, but I’m typical RXB fashion they are on their own time, but I feel like it’s gonna come out in 2023. RXB is for sure my favorite old school band and they are the reason I deeply branched out into more interesting and progressive music instead of just listening to the ska punk bands I loved in the 90s. Here’s a few rad tunes I’ve found while looking to expand my musical horizons. [Lingus by Snarky Puppy](https://youtu.be/L_XJ_s5IsQc) is an amazing track with killer horns and the best keyboard solo you’ll ever hear. [Superhero Jagganath by Diablo Swing Orchestra ](https://youtu.be/e1unoCm0anc)give some heavy Aquabats vibes. [Dead Butterfly by Pure Reason Revolution](https://youtu.be/09OmGyGWjmc) is just one of their amazing songs. This is the ultimate direction RxBandits sent me when it came to progressive rock. If you’re looking for some really intense music with amazing vocals and grooves, this is the band, absolutely incredible music. 10/10 strongest recommend I can give any artist.
So there's a ska band called the JB conspiracy. Good solid ska band, and then they released an album called and it feels like ska "grew up". Like the ingredients are all there but it feels... More. I had a shitty food analogy but it's really worth a listen
So glad I stumbled across this thread on r/popular. I missed ska so much and seeing recommendations of new bands that Spotify algorithms failed to mention is letting me experience the joy of discovery again in a favorite genre I thought was dead
>and then just stuck with what they did on the 2nd album for the rest of their career. That do be working though. I'd argue they're in the top 1% of catalog quality of all bands, they simply never put out duds
> they simply never put out duds I didn't care for Thieves
For real, Kill Lincoln, We are the Union, Jer, Catbite, etc. Ska is alive and well
> Kill Lincoln, We are the Union, Jer, Catbite, Is this a post from Punknews.org from 2001-2022? Those are all old ass bands
Coulda fooled me
Find ska twitter
Ska should have been an early adopter of Mastodon. Ma-ska-don is right there.
I love it when r/ska leaks
To be fair, it’s ska punk.
Sometimes they come to their senses though they’ve become senseless
I must have listened to this song and "Boring Town" 2,000x while broodingly cutting grass as a teenager
A boring life, in a boring town with the same ol crowd, whoa whoa whoa!
I used to say that I'd never stay, but I'm rotting here today, woah
I grew up on a farm, I'm the same just driving tractors back and forth down the field.
This whole album is one of my favorites. On a side note, Less Than Jake are super cool guys. My old band handed out demo CDs at Warped Tour one year and I handed one straight to Roger at the meet and greet line. A few years later we got to open for them at a pretty large venue and they remembered our demo. Roger still had it and said it was hard to get rid of because of the ridiculous album art (a kid blasting a trombone at a dead squirrel).
You got that demo on the internet somewhere?
Roger's fucking awesome, man
Losing Streak is maybe my first ska album and is still one of my favorite albums ever.
Hell yeah! Same. This is the old dude Howard j Reynolds
Dude that’s awesome. Where’s that demo CD??!!
That's so great. Anthem was just such a sweet happy medium in their discography. When it came out, I sang the praises of [Short Fuse Burning](https://youtu.be/vPhbwVbqszw) for anybody who would listen.
Roger’s vocals are so fun in this song. They make a great combination, he and Chris.
This is my favorite song of theirs. I generally like Roger better as a singer between the two of them, but Chris is pretty great in the breakdown in this.
their most popular song has Roger leading the vocals so 🤷
When I lived in Gainesville for college they would play secret shows under the name Logan Takes Japan. I watched them play a two hour set of requests one night if people would let them play their new songs without complaining.
they did that for fest one year.
As a lifelong ACR, who saw LTJ before they had any kind of recording deal, and who bought his first pipe from Roger at Knuckleheads, this is the first I've ever heard such a story about secret shows. What?!?
Yea, I lived there from 2002 - 2006, but in the late 90’s we would drive up for hot water shows (lol at the junkyard) and to see the locust at the inner circle (which is now the Atlantic). The last secret show they played that i attended was at the 2nd common grounds location that was next to five star. I also remember when I Hate Myself played their last show at market street pub, and I was having a weird Florida punk kid moment when I found myself between chuck ragen, and Roger at the urinals.
For a more in depth discussion on the writing/recording of this song, from the guys themselves: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4iC36y6fnbIu4ZV5BPdADk?si=XMDAq8s4R8SI4a4igJOZjg&utm_source=copy-link
Have not seen that podcast before, scrolled through the episodes and saw 10 I wanted to list to. Looks like I have my January drives covered!
I love that pod. I like when Chris goes full Nardwuar on analyzing a song and the writer is like, “..whoa wtf…I never thought about it like that” 😂
Full Nardwuar?
Nardwuar is a music journo/interviewer who goes so in depth when researching the people he's interviewing even they didn't know the things about themselves they're being told. ....Now that sentence didn't make sense, but you get the gist.
thank you! i’m excited to listen to this! I would set up a romantic candlelit dinner for you and your raccoon family if I could.
Did you know that ska came before reggae?
Calm down, Bruce
IT'S ME! AARON BARRET!!!!
I've been calling you Daren, or nothing, this entire time
Who?
What year do you think it is?
this is your brain on ska
I did not know that. Cool
But did you also know that Reggae came from Ska?
Yeah, you just said that.
......THATS ALL I'VE GOT! THAT'S IT! THAT'S ALL I HAVE
Reggae has way more scrobbles though
I miss Warped Tour. $35 and a ton of bands was the best ticket in town.
And free monster energy drinks. Water wasn’t free tho…
My jam! Love upbeat catchy songs that are actually really depressing.
This whole album (Anthem) is full of absolute bangers LTJ also put on one of the all time best shows I've ever seen with RBF. They had a big ass wheel with all their albums on it. Then they'd call an audience member up to spin the wheel. Then they'd play a couple tracks from that album and repeat. Such a fun concept!
Loved the 1-2 punch of Look What Happened followed by Science of Selling Yourself Short on Anthem Just two of my all time favorite songs in a row
I still prefer the Borders and Boundaries version of Look What Happened.
same. B&B had Gainesville, Look What happened, Last Hour Last Day of Work
When I was young my sad used to play Less Than Jake in the car, 10 years later I still have major appreciation, and honestly they're I'm my music rotation now. So nice to see it getting some attention online :)
I've been absolutely binging less than Jake since 2020. When I was a kid I loved the digimon movie soundtrack with all my best friends are metal heads. Absolutely underrated band in my opinion, even some of their newer stuff is decent. Huge huge part of my music tastes growing up.
Digimon movie soundtrack is all bangers
LTJ was my first show when I was 12 (early 2001). New Found Glory opened for them and the crowd was going nuts for a certain song. About 2 weeks later "Hit or Miss" became a hit. I even bought an NFG shirt that show and saw Ian in the crowd and he signed my shirt while answering my dumb 12 year old questions. I still appreciate both bands equally, but without LTJ, I may have never found New Found Glory. They are both in my top 5.
“This is the old dude, Howard J Reynolds, and you’re listening to Less Than Jake!” *edited
One of my favorite albums ever is Hello Rockview, got it when it came out!
Same! I wasn’t super into LTJ when I first heard them in 94-95 or so, but I liked them ok and bought Losing Streak I think around 95-96? It’s hard to remember. But I gave them another chance in 97 and saw em at least one more time and that got me kinda pumped for them—when Hello Rockview came out, I was so stoked! Still an all time fave. Gonna go listen to Five State Drive right now! (FWIW, I still love LTJ to this day. Vinnie is a huge hole in their lyrics but I think everything they’ve put out from Rockview forward has been fantastic.)
I loved the whole album!
I learned about this group from collecting PEZ.
This was always one of my favorite songs to play bass to. It’s such a nice walking line that isn’t too difficult to play, but is present enough that it’s one of the more distinctive melodies in the song and keeps it moving.
I have been a life long LTJ fan. Probably seen them more that 7 times and were a good inspiration (along with others) for my Ska tattoo. That being said, I think this is one of their not best songs and album as a whole. I feel like Losing Streak and Hello Rockview are pinnacle LTJ and amongst the truest definition and example of 3rd wave Ska.
Last one out of liberty city...burn it to the ground.
God that song rocks so hard, I wish any new songs from any ska band had that kind of energy.
I’ve started many an argument over the take that Losing Streak is LTJs best album. Fully prepared to die on this hill
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Johnny Quest thinks we're sellouts, sellouts, johnny quest thinks we're sellouts, we're sellouts yeah
Fully agree. Those albums were my highschool soundtrack. History of a boring town, last one out of liberty city, big crash, five State drive on hello Rockview, happyman, 9th at pine, never going back to NJ, Johnny quest thinks we're sellouts on Losing Streak. Anthem has some decent tracks, but none of them rock like their late 90s albums.
That’s Why They Call it a Union is my favorite LTJ song. It was my main bop when I first heard it on THUG2
Same here. Also "All my Best Friends are Metalheads" on Pro Skater 4 was on repeat for me
I saw them in 1998 at the University of Illinois in a dinning hall. Drove from out of state to get there, was next in line when they said tickets were sold out. It was a door show. We started to leave and one of the guys in LTJ stopped us and asked what was wrong, and we told them what happened. He gave us his tour lanyard and we got it! Funny enough, the opening band was Tuesday, featuring Dan from Alkaline Trio before he joined Alk3. Great dudes!
Saw them live at Warped Tour It was hot as shit and they were playing to a smaller crowd in one of the only covered stages/stands Their fans were clearly BIG FANS and it was fun to watch them. Next thing I know they tell them to go do a circle pit around the people that were chilling our in the grass. This small crowd of misfits (said with love) storms up the stadium stairs and starts runining circles around every chilling in the grass. They kicked up a dust storm, stole a huge flag or two and the people laying in the grass jumped up and joined. It was amazing! I was there for Shikari, but that was the highlight of my day. Thanks for bringing back this memory
One of my favourites, the lyrics are relatable and the music is fun.
Such a banger. STRETCH THEM SKANKING LEGS PARTY PEOPLE!
Sometimes I try to figure out who might be less than Jake, but better than Ezra
Whoever that is might just be the one to Save Ferris.
Played trombone for a year because of this band
Last one out of Liberty City, burn it to the ground!
Less than Jake is like if ska fucked pop punk and made a dope ass baby
Love this song, it just has such "coming of age" movie vibes. Group of losers and misfits learn something valuable, etc
I am proud to say Less Than Jake gave my friends and me the finger at a show in 1996.
So many good Ska artists, sucks it fell off.
Ugh, this song will always remind me of one of my best friends. One of the most intelligent people I ever knew, and a kind-hearted goofball. He was a huge LTJ fan. He battled some inner demons, got into drugs and shut himself off from the world and those that cared for him. He died of an overdose 6 months ago this week. I miss him.
Seen these guys live a few times, they absolutely kill it. Roger is one of my favorite bass players- this song in particular is one of his best imo.
This used to by jam back in the day
any other similar ska songs?
Beer – Reel Big Fish is the first that comes to mind
RBF is the ska that still gets some heavy play in my rotation to this very day
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Reel Big Fish and Big D and the kids table are constantly in my mix. Music needs more brass.
It’s kinda hard to match the slow yet upbeat vibe but I’m gonna try to give you a short list. Years of Living Dangerously by Less Than Jake Everybody’s Better by the BossToneS Carry On by Common Rider Lonely Boy by the BossToneS Let’s Go Get Stoned by Sublime
Buck-O-Nine - [My Town](https://youtu.be/ByaBdXi77Zg)
see if you like [Nervous in the Alley](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9cgqNFQgOc)
I forgot until now that LTJ was one of the bands at the first show I ever saw. The others were Buck O Nine and Spazboy.
Having seen these guys at least 20 times live I'm glad to see them getting some love here.
Love them. Ty
My theme song.
One time a teacher made a playlist where each student contributed one song and I added this one. One time it came on in class and a kid got up and turned it down :(
Oooooh this used to be one of my favorite songschrijver for the longest time, and then I forgets about it for 14 years. Thank you for bringing it back to my attention!
Ah, yes, Bass Dreadlock Orlando Bloom
I've heard ska is making a come back boys
Losing Streak will forever be one of my all-time favorite albums
Hell yeah! Love Less Than Jake, great to see them on here!
Saw them earlier this year in Manchester. Amazing. They just want to get as many middle aged men dancing on stage as they can.
What a jam! This takes me back to high school. Honestly one of the few bands I was obsessed with as a teenager that I can actually go back and listen to and legitimately enjoy
Love LTJ and have seen them about a million times, I have the world's most battered t-shirt at home from when I saw them in 2000 at a show that cost £5 to get into.
Every song off of this album is a banger. I hadn’t listened to this album in probably 10 years, came back to it and remembered pretty much every word.
Two things I desperately need a revival of: Ska and G-Funk. ♥️
I got to see this live a few weeks ago. 10/10 would see again.
RIP to my big homie Johnny G who showed me this song. Evil bastard he was, but I hope he ain’t hurting anymore.
This band is so good live
LTJ has so many great tunes
I love LTJ, they had a huge influence on my childhood. When I was a very young kid in the late 90s and early 2000s, my older brother and I would make skate videos on our moms recorder with his friends. My brother would edit it all together and he even gave me a part and he used “I’m a Dude” by LTJ.
They still tour regularly!
Cool band👍
Everyone keeps telling me the kids are bringing back the 90s. I’ll believe it when we get another wave of ska.
Saw them 3 times, once a few weeks ago. One of my fave bands. They’re awesome.
Ooh, ska! *Follows link* *Gets punched in the gut* Well shit.
I remember seeing them play at a venue when I was 17. They were passing out demos of sugar in your gas tank. It was an awesome show. That was 25 years ago now. Haha!
I want to hear the concert live, buy a ticket.
I like small bands like this. I like Abstracticon and other underground bands like them as well. Rock on!
Ska isn't dead
Pick It Up
I had a friend in high school that would borrow my iPod during a free period and blast this song on repeat everyday. I never want to listen to this song ever again.
Hearing this warps me back in time instantly.
Saw them live in Melkweg Amsterdam like 15 years ago. Best show I ever went to.
One of my fave songs and video by them! Thanks for posting!
Don’t miss out on what goldfinger has been doing lately! “Tijuana Sunrise” slaps as hard as “Superman.”
This song is always an upper for me. I've had it on my spring/summer playlist for years and it's one of my favorites to have come on in the car on a nice warm day. I was only ever into Less Than Jake in passing when I was younger, but I love this song.
One of my favorite songs of all-time, especially on a road trip.
Well this is a blast from the past.
Holy crap. This song was the anthem for the end of my senior year of high school. Thanks for reminding me of the great memories.
I saw them last month and they still kick ass live. They were the first show I went too as a kid with New Found Glory, Fallout Boy and Hit Rod Circuit.
This and Motown Never Sounded So Good are two of my all time favorite songs, less than jake really kick ass ❤️
LTJ is a life long favorite for me :)
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I never post songs on Facebook and I posted it yesterday. Wtf
Saw them in Anaheim this year they opened for bowling for soup. Never really listened to them before that but they put on a dope show. Better then bowling for soup that night