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Sep 28, 2006

Mostly greater than Jake.

I got to see Less Than Jake this past summer at the Warped tour. It was 100+ degrees out in the middle of a airfield that used dirt as tarmac. The bulk of the tour consisted of bands that, sadly to say, more or less sounded the same. The only angst seemed to be derived by each band realizing that hair colors were all that separated them from each other. ( Notable exceptions include The Bouncing Souls, Joan Jett, Helmet and NOFX.)

Then there’s Less Than Jake who I had mostly forgotten about since “Hello Rockview.” In a day that had most singers trying to excite the crowd with the time worn “How’s everybody doin’?”, Less Than Jake (within the first two songs) offered a ‘piss off’ to another band that left the tour after getting insulted by NOFX or experiencing intra-band problems that had nothing to do with just getting insulted by NOFX. Either way, Less Than Jake states the obvious that it’s the height of stupidity to leave a tour that you helped promote and that people already bought non-refundable tickets to.

It was refreshing. And because of where it was said, it was the essence of punk. So I bought their album that day. Not surprisingly, it doesn’t suck.

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