Band Of The Week: Less Than Jake
Slight Band History:
Less Than Jake was formed in 1992, This band consists of Chris DeMakes (vocals, guitar),Roger Lima (vocals, bass), Vinnie Fiorello (drums, lyrics), Peter "JR" Wasilewski (saxophone) and Buddy Schaub (trombone). Their album "Anthem"(2003) was their most commercially success and the band has their own label since 2008 "Sleep It Off Records". Before being Less Than Jake while being in high school, vocalist and guitarist Chris DeMakes, bassist Shaun Grief (Shaun Grief would eventually be Less Than Jake's roadie) and drummer Vinnie Fiorello had a local band called " Good Grief". Good Grief broke up when Chris DeMakes went to University of Florida. Vinnie Fiorello would go to the University of Florida on the weekends to meet with Chris to write songs. Eventually Vinne moved to University of Florida as well. When Chris and Vinnie were reunited they started thinking what to name the band and on July 13 of 1992 Less Than Jake was born. Having influence with the band "Snuff" the band decided they wanted to add a horn section. Formed as a power pop trio with punk influence, Less Than Jake has transformed into a ska-inspired punk band with the addition of the horn section.
Details:
Genre: Ska Punk, Pop Punk, Punk Rock, Reggae
Location: Gainesville, Florida, United States.
Activity: 1992- present
Name Origin: (found two different origins)
1. The name comes from Vinnie Firorello's dog "Jake" that was treated better than every one in the family thus the name being "Less Than Jake". In some places it says it is a bird and not a dog. (I think is a dog)
2. Reference to the phrase "Everything is Jake"which is an old phrase meaning "Everything is Cool".
Albums:
- Pezcore (1995)
- Losing Streak (1996)
- Hello Rockview (1998)
- Borders & Boundaries (2000)
- Anthem (2003)
- In With The Out Crowd (2006)
- GNV FLA (2008)
- See The Light (2013)
- Sound The Alarm(2017)
Fun Facts About Less Than Jake:
1. They have two songs featured in two Tony Hawk games, That's Why They Call It The Union in Tony Hawk Underground 2 and All My Bestfriends Are Metalheads in Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4.
2. Chris has been recording his own solo music while not working with Less Than Jake. He is a guest vocalist on the 2010 album The Seven Degrees Of Stephen Egerton by Descendents guitarist Stephen Egerton.
3. Vinnie Owns a toy company called Wünderland War.
Personal Opinion:
Like most of my favorite bands I heard them for the first time in a Tony Hawk game. The first song I heard and knew from them was "That's why they call it a union" on THUG2 because even though i heard "All my bestfriends are metalheads" first on THP4 i didn't knew it was them. Saying that, like most songs from those games I liked them a lot, heard all of those songs countless times and when I got older and noticed that "All my bestfiends are metalheads" was Less Than Jake as well, I decided to go look for more of their songs, already liked two probably was going to like more and did. So, if you like ska or punk you'll like this band and if you liked the punk/rock soundtrack from Tony Hawk games you'll definitely will like them. So check them out.
If you find this band interesting and want to see more check them out!
http://www.lessthanjake.com/
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEbDEIgU9q5kzhE3rZtnFNQ
https://twitter.com/LessThanJake
If you think I've missed something, disagree, agree or wanna add anything, comment!
-Skullky
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