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PERPETRATORS of a low-rent, booze-swilling, knuckle-headed brand of frat-boy power-punk that makes Blink 182 look like Faust, it's difficult to find any positive angle on Floridians Less Than Jake.

SKA punksters Less Than Jake are digging deep into their wardrobes for seldom-worn overcoats and mothballed long trousers in preparation for a UK tour that just happens to coincide with our first cold snap of ...

Ska music is practically non-existent on a local level. But thata s changed a little thanks to St.

The members of Less Than Jake don't run from the past, they embrace it. Though the ska/punk movement that blossomed in the United States in the 1990s has withered, Less Than Jake remains true to its roots.

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Artist: Reel Big Fish A decade has passed since the late '90s, a time when fashion was finally crawling out of the grunge hole, Beverly Hills 90210 was still the hottest teen drama and ska was breaking into the ...

Peter "JR" Wasilewski, the saxophone player for punk/ska band Less Than Jake, made a girl cry.

Artist: Less Than Jake Lots of bands talk about going back to their roots. But for Florida ska-rockers Less Than Jake, their most recent return trip was more than just a figure of speech.

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Who: Less Than Jake with special guests Reel Big Fish, The Real Deal and The Scary Uncles What: Ska punk Where: Lock City Grand Theatre, 641 Queen Street East When: Thursday, September 25, 2008 Why: Less Than ...

LARUE NICKELSON One of Tampa Bay's preeminent musicians, guitarist Nickelson is a jazz guitar instructor at USF and has played with a roll call of top players.

Sixteen years spent jumping from one record label to the next have led Gainesville, Florida's Less Than Jake to the inevitable: their own record label, and with it, creative freedom.

Orange County punk veterans the Vandals traced their roots back to the earliest days of their local scene, but didn't really make much of an impact as recording artists until the '90s. By that time, their ...

Despite Less Than Jake's ska roots and happy-go-lucky back catalog , the Gainesville, Fla., combo's music has a mature and somewhat bleak turn on its new album, "GNV FLA." "It's realizing the end of the ...

Less Than Jake will take the sounds of ska punk across Canada come September, with a couple of homegrown talents in tow.

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"The music industry," declares Less than Jake drummer and lyricist Vinnie Fiorello, "is pointing toward bands becoming their own cottage industry.

Release Date: Jun 24, 2008 Label: Sleep It Off Records Genres: Punk-Pop, Punk Revival Number Of Tracks: 14 Very much a live album, GNV FLA sees Less Than Jake return to form with an exuberant and colorful ...

They've opened for Bon Jovi, but on this Friday night at Summerfest this ska band is headlining on the Harley Davidson stage.