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Gainesville, Florida (1992 – present)

Less Than Jake is a ska-punk band formed in 1992 in Gainesville, Florida. They were recently released from their contract with Warner Brothers. Their current line-up includes Chris (vocals, guitar), Roger (bass, vocals, guitar at certain live shows), Vinnie (drums, lyricist), Buddy (trombone, bass at certain live shows) and JR (saxophone). The band’s name derives from a dog Vinnie had while growing up, which was treated better than the rest of the family. It’s also a reference to the phrase “everything is jake,” which is an old phrase meaning everything is cool.

The band recently finished recording their latest studio album, In with the Out Crowd, which was released on May 23rd 2006, in 2 formats: CD, and a CD/DVD special edition, packaged to look like a college yearbook…

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Vinnie was previously the owner of the independent record label Fueled by Ramen, as well as a toy company called Wünderland War (formerly Monkey Vs. Robot). This label has signed bands such as Fall Out Boy, Punchline, The AKAs, Gym Class Heroes, Panic! At the Disco and Days Away. Roger, meanwhile, is in a second band, called Rehasher, for whom he composes lyrics and plays guitar. JR played sax on the last track of Off Key Melodies. JR works with a promoting company called the CT Mafia, as well as composing solo music. He contributed one track to the Drive-Thru compilation tribute to Bob Dylan, using the band name The Stay At Home Joneses (Roger sang backup for this track).

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Top Tracks

1	Look What Happened full track	1,340
2	All My Best Friends Are Metalheads full track	1,050
3	The Science of Selling Yourself Short	1,032
4	History of a boring town full track	696
5	Automatic full track	637
6	The Rest Of My Life	575
7	Plastic Cup Politics	571
8	Does The Lion City Still Roar? full track	545
9	Nervous in the Alley full track	536
10	Great American Sharpshooter full track	512
10	City Of Gainesville full track	512
10	Five State Drive full track	512
13	Last One Out of Liberty City full track	507
14	Motown Never Sounded So Good	493
15	The State Of Florida full track	483

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_likepapercuts wrote:
23 minutes ago

highlight of leeds festival, amazing. loads of classics and video filming! i love them.

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kittycatshirt wrote:
Thursday evening

there's anyone brazilian here? i'd like to ask about a possible show here... well, let me know! my email: alright_kitty@hotmail.com

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JanieVicious wrote:
Thursday afternoon

...i'd like to know who labeled them as "hardcore", "melodic hardcore", and "metal"...

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Dualcia wrote:
Sunday morning

" and we'll talk about leaving town, and we'll talk about leaving... " <3

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HedwigsInTheBox wrote:
Sunday morning

Elaboration?

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the_endcomplete wrote:
last week

i saw them two days ago in lancaster, and they were fucking assholes

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forestt wrote:
last week

I haven't listened to LTJ for years... Glad to see Hello Rockview is the most popular album, it's so fucking good.

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jerm17 wrote:
last week

the new album is really good

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Toffy-182 wrote:
last month

love it too. Rest Of My Life is great

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soundcheck wrote:
last month

Love the new album.

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Wh0128 wrote:
last month

Its been too long since I've listened to this awesome ska band. The bass in their songs is amazing!

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sHaNk-TH wrote:
last month

yeah in december i´m goin to see them again

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StewartIsMe wrote:
last month

can't wait for the UK tour you guys are playing on my 18th :D

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pezc0re wrote:
last month

the black & white photo is the best one.

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Conatz wrote:
last month

here's to just sick of this shit, but not giving a shit...

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Mc-Muffin wrote:
last month

My sister went saw them at Leeds, just to further my disappointment, and I heard of the great circle pit and vast range of classics.. Arg... <3 LTJ

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Gmizo wrote:
last month

Fuckin' best band ever!!! I just love LTJ!!!

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howsmydriving wrote:
last month

best band ever woo~~~~

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pib712 wrote:
last month

mc-muffin: you missed out. they said a couple of the songs were filmed for the dvd and there was a pretty epic circle pit...

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murih wrote:
last month

B is for b-sides....i love that album. its b-side songs thoug =D

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Oct 31 The Fest 7 No Idea Records, Gainesville, FL, United States
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