#Less Than Jake

[cdeeznutzz]

CD Finds - March 2024

I’m STOKED w my haul this month!!! I bagged some really good CDs which I'm SO happy ab like the “Helena” single by My Chemical Romance, I’ve been wanting it for AGES!!!! :D Since I'm currently on half term and will continue to be for the first week of April, I'm hoping to do loads of charity shopping and hopefully getting other cool CDs to showcase next month!

Which of these CDs is your favourite?

[xx-emowarz-xx]

[hotsodax]

Found this while I was looking through some archived versions of falloutboyrock.com from like 2004 on The Wayback Machine

source: x

[mincegore]

Any ska punk recs? Been getting into the genre lately and I'm on the hunt for some deep cuts

Sweet! Some deep cuts, huh? I'll recommend you a few albums than link some individual songs I enjoy as well.

Less than jake - Pezcore

Choking Victim- No Gods/No Managers [1999]

Who Is, This Is? - Album by Voodoo Glow Skulls

Operation Ivy - Energy (1991)

Losers, Kings, and Things We Don't Understand - Album by Less Than Jake (<- this is a compilation album of 4 of some of their first EPs ever, some of their best stuff in here imo).

if you’d like listening to some deep old cuts from a big-name musician in the scene:

Gimp - Smiles For Macavity

CATCH 22 - Rules of the Game (1997)

aaand then some individual songs I enjoy, all of these bands are great too!

Ska Sucks

Big D and the Kid's Table : Wailing Paddle

Tired Bones

Don Juan

Additionally, if you want stuff on the punkier, crustier side, I definitely recommend some "Crack Rock Steady" bands. They have a very unique ska fusion sound that I love, mainly prioritizing ska-style basslines over all else. Some bands off the top of my head would include:

Positive Junk, No Cash, The Stupid Stupid Henchmen, The Infested, Gang Control, Corrupt Vision, Atrocity Solution, and many more if you look around enough.

You'll definitely be seeing these guys around on this blog. Couldn't recommend them enough if that's your deal :)

[adaycalledx]

where are the ska discord servers and why am I not in them

[internetdecay]

NEW PATCHES IN OUR SHOP!!

Hey Korn and other Nu Metal fans, we just listed some new patches in our shop! Seeing how popular our normal Korn patch is, we messed around with some different variants :) As well as some new ska patches. Ska punk fans, pick it up!! 🏁

If you like these or are interested in our other patches (as well as hats, pouches, and more to come ;)), check out our Depop!

(depop.com/rescuedrejects)

[rastronomicals]

4:31 PM EDT June 12, 2024:

Less Than Jake - "All My Best Friends Are Metalheads" From the album Hello Rockview (October 6, 1998)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

[unchartedmusings]

I’ve heard people say ska is annoying or weird and I can perhaps understand and appreciate that not everyone has the same taste in music or can help the things they find irritating.

Personally, I think it is some of the greatest music in the world. Take it as an exaggeration or as my wholehearted view on the matter, it’s probably both.

As far as the music itself, it combines the cathartic expression for views on politics, small towns, anarchy, and all the things that unite people of all backgrounds in a pit. Combine that release of emotion with the rhythms of reggae and skas island origins, rhythms that tap into some primordial part of your system that relaxes you into a hypnotic sway to a familiar beat. If you weren’t a dancer before you are now shocked at your body’s ability to dance a solid two step.

What I’m saying is with ska it is scientifically possible to dance away the depression and aggression. This listener will never turn a blind eye to music that makes my hips move and curses the current state of the world.

Then you have the people it attracts, like the older guys in shorts, flip flops tattoos with a beer in the back of the room bobbing their heads up and down to the riddims of their youth and the soundtracks they’ve lived their lives to. You have the the ska fashionistas. There is the zoot suiters, the riot girls in mod skirts, piercings, and blunt bangs, the skinny tie fedora crowd, the folks that just came from their day jobs and look like every day unsuspecting skankers. Punkers of all ages, and some little punks starting out their vests and finding their final evolution. This pit of people will shove you, elbow you, man handle you, and will pick you up if you fall, dance with you, sing your favorite lyrics so hard you end up with a shot voice that makes everyone obnoxiously go “Someone had a good time last night.” It’s like fuck off, but yes I did thanks for asking.

Ska hold some of my favorite memories.

The first time I played pro skater and NEEDED to know the entire soundtrack and base my personality off if it. Being slightly bummed by the realization that I wasn’t even riding the 3rd wave of ska but more like its last ripples.

The time I listed to mighty mighty bosstones (rip) in my headphones while I rode the swings at the county fair as the sun was setting. The combination of posicore lyrics and Birds Eye view of the small town I needed escaping from altering my brain forever.

The time I got punched really hard at Warped Tour skanking my little heart out in a bikini top, the shortest shorts I could find and my favorite vans. A first nose bleed in a pit with street light manifestos horns going off in the background was a bittersweet accomplishment.

Finding such humor or joy in the lyrics of some of the silliest songs when I couldn’t find it in other places. Especially when I needed that joy to just get out of bed that day or to make my life tolerable for 2:15 seconds more.

Anyways, more ska in the world, please. ❤️

[hi-eichlers]

Hi (IM SCREAMIN out now! edition)

LISTEN: https://open.spotify.com/album/1hzIOLKJCGmhylv0DJ5zzG?si=1p1nFiB5QeunzCxXXsd5bA

[josephlikesmusic]

Anthem - Less than Jake (2003)

Anthem is album that I feel often get's overshadowed by Less than Jake's much more popular Hello Rockview, yet when I do make the time to relisten I find Anthem to be equally enjoyable. While the album started to shift away from the horn-heavy sound of the band's previous albums, Less than Jake didn't lose their ability to write extremely catchy hits.

The Ghosts of Me and You and Best Wishes to Your Black Lung were songs that brought me back to when I first discovered the band a few years ago, and while I hadn't listened to either song for a few years, they were just as catchy and put the same smile on my face that they had during my first listen. Even the songs I have continued to listen to regularly, such as Plastic Cup Politics and The Science of Selling Yourself Short, continue to get me moving and grooving no matter how much I listen. I love the vocal performances of Roger Lima and Chris DeMakes throughout the album. Roger easily has one of my favorite voices in ska, even in punk music as a whole, so I love that he really got to shine on songs like The Science of Selling Yourself Short. While I would never complain about more horns on a ska album, I do like the simpler ska-rock style of Anthem, which really allows for both singers to shine.

While I do wish such a great album didn't end on a cover song, I have little to nothing to complain about while listening to Anthem. It's not the most significant or complicated album released, but it still puts a smile on my face the entire runtime. I haven't done a full listen of this album in a few years, so many songs gave me instant nostalgia for my mid-teen years when I first started to discover ska and ska-punk, two genres that really formed my music taste today. Less than Jake continues to be one of my favorite bands, and I hope to have the chance to see them live in concert again sometime soon.

[svetzzi]

punkin up my cap for the summer

[punkrockmixtapes]

Less Than Jake "Broken Words"

[jaredisnothere]

Less Than Jake, Strung Out, & The Raging Nathans in Cincinnati last night, stopping through on Less Than Jake's anniversary run for Hello Rock view (and all timer of a record of there ever was one). Photos by me. Thanks for looking.

[whoa-where-did-the-pancakes-go]

I told my dad that my favorite Less Than Jake song is History Of A Boring Town and he said "hmm. That tells me a lot about you." I mean. Yeah but you don't have to say it. Come on dude.

[jakeabel]

less than jake, fall out boy - split sampler (2003)