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Less Than Jake

Although formed in 1992 as a power pop trio with heavy punk leanings, Less Than Jake steadily transformed into a ska-inspired punk band with the addition of a horn section. Vocalist/guitarist Chris Demakes, bassist Shaun, and drummer/lyricist Vinnie Fiorello formed the first incarnation of the group, which took root in Gainesville, Florida. After Shaun became the group's roadie, however, he was replaced by bassist Roger Manganelli, who picked up the instrument just to join the band. During 1993-1994, the group added its first horn player, Jessica Mills, and soon after came trombone player Buddy Schaub. Right before their first tour, however, Schaub went to Europe with friends, so saxophonist Derron Nuhfer filled in for shows during his absence.

With various 7" releases under their belt, Less Than Jake debuted in 1994 with the album Pezcore, on Dill Records. Losers, Kings & Things We Don't Understand and Greased followed on No Idea, and the group signed with Capitol for its major-label debut, 1996's Losing Streak. The album was full of the band's wry, fast-paced brand of ska-punk anthems, producing such fan favorites as "Johnny Quest Thinks We're Sellouts" and "Jen Doesn't Like Me Anymore." Upon the album's completion, Jessica left to pursue teaching, and (ex-Slapstick trombonist) Pete came on board. Around this time, Fiorello also started his own record label, Fueled by Ramen, with friend John Janick. Hello Rockview followed in 1998, and spawned a minor college radio hit with "History of a Boring Town." In fall 2000, the band released Borders & Boundaries on Fat Wreck, as well as landing the opening spot on Bon Jovi's North American tour

Nuhfer left the band after the album's recording (and later went on to join Gunmoll), and Less Than Jake found his replacement in ex-Spring Heel Jack horn player Pete Wasilewski -- though to avoid any name confusion within the band, the second Pete was dubbed JR, and remained JR even after the first Pete decided to leave soon after the 2001 Warped Tour. Over the years, Less Than Jake issued more 7" and limited-edition vinyl releases than most people can keep track of, so the bandmembers compiled some of their favorite tracks on one record for 2002's Goodbye Blue and White, named in honor of their original tour van. Anthem followed in 2003 on Sire; B Is for B-Sides was issued a year later, comprised of tracks that didn't make it to Anthem's final cut. The DVD retrospective People's History of Less Than Jake appeared a month later. The four-song EP Absolution for Idiots and Addicts was released in April 2006, with their next full-length, In with the Out Crowd, following a month later. The latter album's slicker, more pop-oriented nature received mixed reactions from fans. In 2007, Less Than Jake announced that they had left Warner Bros.; a year later, the group formed the Sleep It Off label and released GNV FLA, an album loosely based on (and dedicated to) their hometown. Their ninth album, See the Light, arrived in the fall of 2013. Their fondness for the EP format saw them release the seven-track Sound the Alarm in 2017.

Studio Albums:

TitleYearTracks
See The Light 201313
Greetings And Salutations 201212
Hello Rockview Live 201114
GNV FLA 200814
In With The Out Crowd 200612
Anthem 200314
Borders And Boundaries 200115
Pezcore 200015
Hello Rockview 199814
Greased 19978
Losing Streak 199616

 Compilation Albums:

TitleYearTracks
B Is For B-Sides Remix 200510
B Is For B-Sides 200412
Goodbye Blue And White 200224

 Bootlegs:

TitleYearTracks
Live At The Area 4 Festival 200812

 Singles:

TitleYearTracks
G-Man Training Target19964

 Tracks:

TitleAlbum
107 Losing Streak
1989 Borders And Boundaries
3 Quarts Drunk Pezcore
9th At Pine Losing Streak
A Return To Headphones Greetings And Salutations
A Short History Lesson See The Light
A Still Life Franchise In With The Out Crowd
A.S.A.O.K. B Is For B-Sides
A.S.A.O.K. Warped Tour 2003 Compilation
Abandon Ship GNV FLA
All My Best Friends Are Metalheads Hello Rockview
All My Best Friends Are Metalheads Skate Without The "Te": Ska! Volume 1
All My Best Friends Are Metalheads (Live) Live At The Area 4 Festival
All My Best Friends Are Metalheads (Live) Hello Rockview Live
All My Friends Are Metalheads (Acoustic) Acoustic Songs Collection
Al's War Hello Rockview
Al's War (Live) Hello Rockview Live
Al's War (Live) Live At The Area 4 Festival
American Idle See The Light
Anchor Short Music For Short People
Anti-Christ Goodbye Blue And White
Ask The Magic 8 Ball Losing Streak
Automatic Losing Streak
Automatic (Live) Bootleg A Bootleg, You Cut Out The Middleman: Live In Las Vegas
Automatic (Live) Live From Uranus
Bad Scene And A Basement Show Borders And Boundaries
Beauty School Dropout Greased
Best Wishes To Your Black Lung Anthem
Big Pezcore
Big (Live) Bootleg A Bootleg, You Cut Out The Middleman: Live In Las Vegas
Big Crash Hello Rockview
Big Crash (Live) Hello Rockview Live
Bigger Picture Borders And Boundaries
Black Coffee Pezcore
Bless The Cracks See The Light
Blindsided Pezcore
Blue Moon Greased
Bomb Drop Sound The Alarm E.P.
Boomtown Pezcore
Bridge And Tunnel Authority B Is For B-Sides
Bridge And Tunnel Authority (Remix) B Is For B-Sides Remix
Call To Arms Sound The Alarm E.P.
Can't Yell Any Loude Seasons Greetings From Less Than Jake
Can't Yell Any Louder Greetings From Less Than Jake
Can't Yell Any Louder Greetings And Salutations
Channel 1 (Leave It All To Me) T.V. E.P.
Channel 10 (Theme song To Spongebob Squarepants) T.V. E.P.
Channel 11 (In The Street) T.V. E.P.
Channel 12 (Oscar Mayer Weiners Jingle) T.V. E.P.
Channel 13 (Love And Marriage) T.V. E.P.
Channel 14 (Toys "R" Us Jingle) T.V. E.P.
Channel 15" (Making Our Dreams Come True) T.V. E.P.
Channel 16 (FreeCreditScore.com Pirate-Themed Restaurant Jingle) T.V. E.P.
Channel 2 (Hungry Hungry Hippos Jingle) T.V. E.P.
Channel 3 (Theme Song To Animaniacs) T.V. E.P.
Channel 4 (McDonalds' Jingle For The Big Mac) T.V. E.P.
Channel 5 (Theme Song To Diff'rent Strokes) T.V. E.P.
Channel 6 (Boss Of Me) T.V. E.P.
Channel 7 (General Mills' Pac-Man Breakfast Cereal Jingle) T.V. E.P.
Channel 8 (Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!) T.V. E.P.
Channel 9 (Kit Kat jingle) T.V. E.P.
Cheese Goodbye Blue And White
City Of Gainesville GNV FLA
Conviction Notice GNV FLA
Conviction Notice (Acoustic) Acoustic Songs Collection
Conviction Notice (Live) Live At The Area 4 Festival
Danny Says Hello Rockview
Danny Says (Live) Hello Rockview Live
Descant Goodbye Blue And White
Devil In My D.N.A. GNV FLA
Do The Math Warped Tour 2014 Compilation
Do The Math See The Light
Does The Lion City Still Roar (Acoustic) Acoustic Songs Collection
Does The Lion City Still Roar? GNV FLA
Done And Dusted Greetings And Salutations
Don't Fall Asleep On The Subway In With The Out Crowd
Dopeman Losing Streak
Downbeat Pezcore
Econolodged (Live) Live From Uranus
Escape From The A-Bomb House Anthem
Evil Has no Boundaries Goodbye Blue And White
Faction Fat Music Volume VI: Uncontrollable Fatulence
Faction Borders And Boundaries
Fall Apart In With The Out Crowd
Finer Points Of Forgiveness Greetings And Salutations
Five State Drive Hello Rockview
Five State Drive (Live) Hello Rockview Live
Flag Holder's Union Greetings And Salutations
Freeze Frame Goodbye Blue And White
Gainesville Rock City Kerrang!: The Album 2
Gainesville Rock City Pick It Up!: Ska in The '90s
Gainesville Rock City Rock Sound Volume 20
Gainesville Rock City Metal Hammer Issue 80
Gainesville Rock City Wrecktrospective: Twenty Years...And Counting!
Gainesville Rock City Borders And Boundaries
Gainesville Rock City (Live) Live At The Area 4 Festival
Ghosts Of You And Me (Acoustic) Acoustic Songs Collection
Give Me Something To Believe In See The Light
Golden Age Of My Negative Ways GNV FLA
Good Enough See The Light
Good Enough Summer Breeze 2013
Good Enough Fat Music Volume VIII: Going Nowhere Fat
Good Sign Sound The Alarm E.P.
Goodbye In Gasoline B Is For B-Sides
Goodbye In Gasoline (Remix) B Is For B-Sides Remix
Goodbye Mr. Personality Greetings From Less Than Jake
Goodbye Mr. Personality Greetings And Salutations
Goodbye, Mr. Personality Seasons Greetings From Less Than Jake
Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer A Punk And Ska Christmas Gone Wrong
Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer Goodbye Blue And White
Greased Lightnin' Greased
Great American Sharpshooter Hello Rockview
Great American Sharpshooter (Live) Live At The Area 4 Festival
Great American Sharpshooter (Live) Hello Rockview Live
Growing Up On A Couch Pezcore
Hamburger Bop Goodbye Blue And White
Handshake Meet Pokerface GNV FLA
Happy Days G-Man Training Target
Happyman Losing Streak
Happyman/9th At Pine (Live) Bootleg A Bootleg, You Cut Out The Middleman: Live In Las Vegas
Harvey Wallbanger Greetings And Salutations
Harvey Wallbanger Seasons Greetings From Less Than Jake
Harvey Wallbanger Greetings From Less Than Jake
Hell Looks A Lot Like L.A. Borders And Boundaries
Help Me Save The Youth Of America From Exploding Hello Rockview
Help Save The Youth Of America From Exploding (Live) Hello Rockview Live
History Of A Boring Town Hello Rockview
History of a Boring Town (Acoustic) Acoustic Songs Collection
History Of A Boring Town (Live) Hello Rockview Live
Hopeless Case In With The Out Crowd
Hopelessly Devoted To You Greased
Hows My Driving Doug Hastings (Acoustic) Acoustic Songs Collection
How's My Driving Doug Hastings? Losing Streak
How's My Driving Doug Hastings? (Live) Goodbye Blue And White
How's My Driving Doug Hastings? (Live) Live From Uranus
Hungry Like The Wolf Split
I Think I Love You Goodbye Blue And White
In-Dependence Day In With The Out Crowd
Is This Thing On? Borders And Boundaries
Jay Frenzal B Is For B-Sides
Jay Frenzal (Remix) B Is For B-Sides Remix
Jen (Live) Bootleg A Bootleg, You Cut Out The Middleman: Live In Las Vegas
Jen Doesn't Like Me Anymore Losing Streak
John The Baptist Bones See The Light
Johnny Quest Thinks We're Sellouts Spawn Of Skarmageddon
Johnny Quest Thinks We're Sellouts Losing Streak
Johnny Quest Thinks We're Sellouts (Live) Bootleg A Bootleg, You Cut Out The Middleman: Live In Las Vegas
Johnny Quest Thinks We're Sellouts (Live) Goodbye Blue And White
Johnny Quest Thinks We're Sellouts (Live) Live At The Area 4 Festival
Jump See The Light
Just Like Frank Losing Streak
Just Like Frank (Live) Live From Uranus
K.R.O.Q. Song Goodbye Blue And White
Kehoe Borders And Boundaries
Krazy Glue Losing Streak
Landmines And Landslides In With The Out Crowd
Last Hour Of The Last Day At Work Borders And Boundaries
Last One Out Of Liberty City Hello Rockview
Last One Out Of Liberty City (Live) Live At The Area 4 Festival
Last One Out Of Liberty City (Live) Hello Rockview Live
Last Rites To Sleepless Nights B Is For B-Sides
Last Rites To Sleepless Nights (Remix) B Is For B-Sides Remix
Laverne And Shirley (Live) Goodbye Blue And White
Laverne And Shirley (Live) Bootleg A Bootleg, You Cut Out The Middleman: Live In Las Vegas
Let Her Go In With The Out Crowd
Life Led Out Loud Seasons Greetings From Less Than Jake
Life Led Out Loud Greetings From Less Than Jake
Life Led Out Loud Greetings And Salutations
Liquor Store Mail Order Is Fun
Liquor Store (Live) Bootleg A Bootleg, You Cut Out The Middleman: Live In Las Vegas
Liquor Store (Live) Live From Uranus
Lockdown Losing Streak
Lockdown (Live) Bootleg A Bootleg, You Cut Out The Middleman: Live In Las Vegas
Lockdown (Live) Live From Uranus
Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee Greased
Look What Happened Anthem
Look What Happened Borders And Boundaries
Look What Happened (Acoustic Version 2) Acoustic Songs Collection
Look What Happened (Acoustic) Acoustic Songs Collection
Look What Happened (Live) Live At The Area 4 Festival
Losing Streak Goodbye Blue And White
Magnetic North Borders And Boundaries
Malachi Richter's Liquor's Quicker GNV FLA
Malt Liquor Tastes Better When You've Got Problems Borders And Boundaries
Mississippi Mud Goodbye Blue And White
Mixology Of Tom Collins Goodbye Blue And White
Modern World Goodbye Blue And White
Mostly Memories In With The Out Crowd
Motown Never Sounded So Good Anthem
Motto Hello Rockview
Motto (Live) Hello Rockview Live
Mr. Chevy Celebrity Borders And Boundaries
My Money Is On The Long Shot See The Light
My Very Own Flag Pezcore
National Anthem B Is For B-Sides
National Anthem (Remix) B Is For B-Sides Remix
Nervous In The Alley Hello Rockview
Nervous In The Alley (Live) Hello Rockview Live
Never Going Back To New Jersey Losing Streak
Never Going Back To New Jersey (Live) Live From Uranus
Nine-One-One To Anyone B Is For B-Sides
Nine-One-One To Anyone (Remix) B Is For B-Sides Remix
Oldest Trick In The Book Greetings From Less Than Jake
Oldest Trick In The Book Seasons Greetings From Less Than Jake
Oldest Trick In The Book Greetings And Salutations
One Last Cigarette Pezcore
Out Of The Crowd Split
Overrated (Everything Is) In With The Out Crowd
P.S. Shock The World In With The Out Crowd
Pete Jackson Is Getting Married Borders And Boundaries
Plastic Cup Politics Anthem
Plastic Cup Politics (Live) Live At The Area 4 Festival
Portrait (Acoustic) Acoustic Songs Collection
Portrait Of A Cigarette Smoker At 19 B Is For B-Sides
Portrait Of A Cigarette Smoker At 19 (Remix) B Is For B-Sides Remix
Process Pezcore
Richard Allen George…No, It's Just Cheez Hello Rockview
Richard Allen George…No, It's Just Cheez (Live) Hello Rockview Live
Robo Pezcore
Robots One, Humans Zero B Is For B-Sides
Robots One, Humans Zero (Remix) B Is For B-Sides Remix
Rock 'N Roll Pizzeria Goodbye Blue And White
Rock 'N Roll Pizzeria Losing Streak
Rock 'N Roll Pizzeria (Live) Bootleg A Bootleg, You Cut Out The Middleman: Live In Las Vegas
Scott Farcas Takes It On The Chin Goodbye Blue And White
Scott Farcas Takes It On The Chin Hello Rockview
Scott Farcas Takes It On The Chin (Live) Hello Rockview Live
Settling Son GNV FLA
She's Gona Break Soon Teenage Dirtbags
She's Gonna Break Soon Skate To Hell: The Extreme Skate Rock Collection
She's Gonna Break Soon Anthem
Shindo Losing Streak
Shindo (Live) Bootleg A Bootleg, You Cut Out The Middleman: Live In Las Vegas
Shindo (Live) Live From Uranus
Short Fuse Burning Anthem
Short On Ideas Pezcore
Shotgun Pezcore
Showbiz? Science? Who Cares? B Is For B-Sides
Showbiz? Science? Who Cares? (Remix) B Is For B-Sides Remix
Sleep It Off B Is For B-Sides
Sleep It Off (Acoustic) Acoustic Songs Collection
Sleep It Off (Remix) B Is For B-Sides Remix
Sobriety Is A Serious Business And Business Isn't So Good B Is For B-Sides
Son Of Dick Goodbye Blue And White
SoundCheck Misfits Of Ska
Soundtrack Of My Life In With The Out Crowd
Soundtrack of Our Lives (Acoustic) Acoustic Songs Collection
Suburban Myth Borders And Boundaries
Suburban Myth (Acoustic) Acoustic Songs Collection
Sugar In Your Gas Tank Losing Streak
Sugar In Your Gas Tank (Live) Bootleg A Bootleg, You Cut Out The Middleman: Live In Las Vegas
Sugar In Your Gas Tank (Live) Goodbye Blue And White
Summer Nights Greased
Summon Monsters GNV FLA
Summon Monsters (Live) Live At The Area 4 Festival
Sunstroke Greetings From…Paper + Plastick
Sunstroke See The Light
Surrender Anthem
Teenager In Love Goodbye Blue And White
Teenager In Love Burgerama
That's Why They Call It A Union Anthem
The Brightest Bulb Has Burned Out Rock Against Bush Volume 1
The Brightest Bulb Has Burned Out/Screws Fall Out Anthem
The Dukes Of Hazzard G-Man Training Target
The Ghosts Of Me And You Anthem
The Ghosts Of Me And You (Live) Live At The Area 4 Festival
The Jeffersons G-Man Training Target
The Life Of The Party Has Left The Building GNV FLA
The Loudest Songs See The Light
The New Auld Lang Syne Greetings And Salutations
The Reflex Goodbye Blue And White
The Rest Of My Life In With The Out Crowd
The Science Of Selling Yourself Short Anthem
The Science Of Selling Yourself Short (Live) Live At The Area 4 Festival
The Sit Around Ska Against Racism
The Space They Can't Touch GNV FLA
The State Of Florida GNV FLA
The Troubles See The Light
The Upwards War And The Down Turned Cycle Anthem
Theme Song For H. Street Hello Rockview
Theme Song For H. Street (Live) Hello Rockview Live
Things Change Sound The Alarm E.P.
This One Is Going To Leave A Bruise GNV FLA
Three's Company G-Man Training Target
Throw The Brick Pezcore
Time And A Half On 2nd Avenue And 6th Street (Live) Live From Uranus
Time And A Half/Econolodged (Live) Bootleg A Bootleg, You Cut Out The Middleman: Live In Las Vegas
View From The Middle Greetings And Salutations
We Go Together Ska Sucks
We Go Together Greased
Weekends All Year Long See The Light
Welcome To My Life Sound The Alarm E.P.
Welcome To The New South Anthem
Welcome To The New South (Acoustic) Acoustic Songs Collection
We're Not Gonna Take It Goodbye Blue And White
We're Not Gonna Take It Metalliska: A Ska Tribute to 80s Metal
We're Not Gonna Take It (Live) Bootleg A Bootleg, You Cut Out The Middleman: Live In Las Vegas
Whatever The Weather Sound The Alarm E.P.
Where In The Hell Is Mike Sinkovich? Pezcore
Years Of Living Dangerously Sound The Alarm E.P.
Younger Lungs Greetings And Salutations
Your Love Goodbye Blue And White
You're The One That I Want Greased