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Anyone listen to Less Than Jake?!

Of course! Who wouldn't?

Fun fact - I got a free single, may have been on tape, even, probably in 1998 from them, because they were trying hard to get radio play (and publicity) on the college radio station I worked at.

Listened to it a few times, didn't think it was that great. Just another OC pop ska band, I think (may have been SD). But heard a few tracks a month or two ago on Tidal, and their music has actually kind of held up, granted, with some nostalgia. Still prefer Goldfinger, the Skeletones, DFL, Vandals, Offspring, and NOFX. But LTJ has a special place, thanks to a free single.

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CensorThis 2y ago

NOFX for sure.

Goldfinger, loved them.

Though, No one has held up better than LTJ.

Still rocking. Live shows are sick because everyone there knows their songs.

They’re from Gainesville, FL I think.

What station were you at?

Sedj 2y ago

This was in California, although entirely possible they were out of Gainesville. That actually rings true, and some areas of Florida had an interesting ska scene. I was assuming SoCal because their sound is pretty similar to what was coming out of there at the time, but that also explains why I didn't see them live. I've been to far more live shows than I can count, have live sound engineering experience as a sometimes paying hobby. And I grew up as a gutterpunk. (With a heathy interest in industrial music as well)

I don't know if I'd want to see them live now. NOFX released something s few years ago that was just dark, like suicides. Yeah, some thing are best left to memories of youthful prime.

CensorThis 2y ago

Show was a run through of hello rockview.

Absolutely rocked.

Great energy.

90% of crowd knew every lyric.

Worth it.

Sedj 2y ago

OK, that was all from memory. Fact-checking it with Wikipedia (ymmv) today, there was a single released from Hello Rockview, "History of a Boring Town", in 1998. And there is a direct mention of college radio in the Wikipedia article as well: "The band spawned a minor college radio hit with "History of a Boring Town"" - well, that was done by handing out tons of free singles to college radio DJs.

Still, that was some pretty fucking accurate memory for 25 years in the past, for some band I wasn't even into.