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Greetings From Less Than Jake
''Greetings from Less Than Jake'' is an EP by American ska-punk band Less Than Jake, released on 20 June 2011 on Sleep It Off. Described as the band's "287th release," the EP was released to coincide with their appearance on the Warped Tour 2011, and was subsequently followed by ''Seasons Greetings from Less Than Jake'', in February 2012. In October 2012, the two EPs were combined to create the full-length album, '' Greetings and Salutations'' (2012). Background and recording ''Greetings from Less Than Jake'' was recorded at bassist and vocalist Roger Manganelli's home studio, The Moathouse, with Manganelli producing under the pseudonym, Roger Lima. Regarding the EP's recording sessions, trombonist Buddy Schaub noted, "Working on this record was a nice breath of fresh air for our band in that no one else was involved at all this time around. It’s been a long time since we’ve done a record with no outside involvement at all such as a producer or label schmooks tossing in thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Less Than Jake
Less Than Jake is an American ska punk band from Gainesville, Florida, formed in 1992. The band consists of Chris DeMakes (guitars, vocals), Roger Lima (bass, vocals), Matt Yonker (drums), Buddy Schaub (trombone), and Peter "JR" Wasilewski (saxophone). The group released its debut album, ''Pezcore'', in 1995, following a series of independent seven-inch single releases. The band's subsequent two studio albums, ''Losing Streak'' (1996) and ''Hello Rockview'' (1998), were released on major label, Capitol Records, leading to increased exposure. ''Borders and Boundaries'' was released in 2000 on Fat Wreck Chords. The band's fifth studio album ''Anthem (Less Than Jake album), Anthem'' (2003) was the group's most commercially successful to date, featuring the singles "She's Gonna Break Soon" and "The Science of Selling Yourself Short". In 2008 the band founded its own label, Sleep It Off Records, and released its seventh full-length album, ''GNV FLA''. The band has recently stated its p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warped Tour 2011
The Vans Warped Tour The Warped Tour was a traveling rock tour that toured the United States plus three or four stops in Canada annually each summer from 1995 until 2019. It was the largest traveling music festival in the United States and the longest-running touring ... was a summer music and extreme sports festival that toured annually from 1995 to 2019. The following is a comprehensive list of bands that performed on the tour throughout its history. References ;Citations ;Sources * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Warped Tour lineups by year Warped Tour Band attendance by year Warped Tours ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinnie Fiorello
Vincent "Vinnie" Fiorello (born June 24, 1974) is an American rock musician and businessman. He co-founded the ska punk band Less Than Jake in 1992, and was the band's drummer and lyricist until 2018. He also founded the record labels Fueled by Ramen, Sleep It Off Records, and Paper + Plastick, in addition to several local businesses in Gainesville, Florida. Biography Fiorello was born on June 24, 1974 in Rahway, New Jersey. He grew up in New Jersey but moved to Gainesville, Florida at age 16. Vinnie Fiorello and Chris DeMakes founded the band Less Than Jake while attending the University of Florida in 1992. Band members have told various media outlets different versions of the origin of the band's name. DeMakes has stated in interviews that the band's name came from Fiorello's family's pet parrot. His story claimed that the parrot would squawk during the band's practice sessions, leading to Fiorello's mother telling the band that they needed to stop playing because they were d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chord Progressions
In a musical composition, a chord progression or harmonic progression (informally chord changes, used as a plural) is a succession of chords. Chord progressions are the foundation of harmony in Western musical tradition from the common practice era of Classical music to the 21st century. Chord progressions are the foundation of Western popular music styles (e.g., pop music, rock music), traditional music, as well as genres such as blues and jazz. In these genres, chord progressions are the defining feature on which melody and rhythm are built. In tonal music, chord progressions have the function of either establishing or otherwise contradicting a tonality, the technical name for what is commonly understood as the " key" of a song or piece. Chord progressions, such as the common chord progression I–vi–ii–V, are usually expressed by Roman numerals in Classical music theory. In many styles of popular and traditional music, chord progressions are expressed using the name a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter "JR" Wasilewski
Less Than Jake is an American ska punk band from Gainesville, Florida, formed in 1992. The band consists of Chris DeMakes (guitars, vocals), Roger Lima (bass, vocals), Matt Yonker (drums), Buddy Schaub (trombone), and Peter "JR" Wasilewski (saxophone). The group released its debut album, ''Pezcore'', in 1995, following a series of independent seven-inch single releases. The band's subsequent two studio albums, ''Losing Streak'' (1996) and ''Hello Rockview'' (1998), were released on major label, Capitol Records, leading to increased exposure. ''Borders and Boundaries'' was released in 2000 on Fat Wreck Chords. The band's fifth studio album '' Anthem'' (2003) was the group's most commercially successful to date, featuring the singles "She's Gonna Break Soon" and "The Science of Selling Yourself Short". In 2008 the band founded its own label, Sleep It Off Records, and released its seventh full-length album, ''GNV FLA''. The band has recently stated its preference for EP releases, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy Schaub
Less Than Jake is an American ska punk band from Gainesville, Florida, formed in 1992. The band consists of Chris DeMakes (guitars, vocals), Roger Lima (bass, vocals), Matt Yonker (drums), Buddy Schaub (trombone), and Peter "JR" Wasilewski (saxophone). The group released its debut album, ''Pezcore'', in 1995, following a series of independent seven-inch single releases. The band's subsequent two studio albums, ''Losing Streak'' (1996) and ''Hello Rockview'' (1998), were released on major label, Capitol Records, leading to increased exposure. ''Borders and Boundaries'' was released in 2000 on Fat Wreck Chords. The band's fifth studio album ''Anthem'' (2003) was the group's most commercially successful to date, featuring the singles "She's Gonna Break Soon" and "The Science of Selling Yourself Short". In 2008 the band founded its own label, Sleep It Off Records, and released its seventh full-length album, ''GNV FLA''. The band has recently stated its preference for EP releases, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudonym
A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name (orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individual's own. Many pseudonym holders use pseudonyms because they wish to remain anonymous, but anonymity is difficult to achieve and often fraught with legal issues. Scope Pseudonyms include stage names, user names, ring names, pen names, aliases, superhero or villain identities and code names, gamer identifications, and regnal names of emperors, popes, and other monarchs. In some cases, it may also include nicknames. Historically, they have sometimes taken the form of anagrams, Graecisms, and Latinisations. Pseudonyms should not be confused with new names that replace old ones and become the individual's full-time name. Pseudonyms are "part-time" names, used only in certain contexts – to provide a more clear-cut separation between o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greetings And Salutations (Less Than Jake Album)
''Greetings & Salutations from Less Than Jake'' is a compilation album by American ska punk band Less Than Jake, released on October 15, 2012 in the UK and January 8, 2013 in the US. Produced by vocalist and bass guitarist Roger Manganelli, the album combines two previously released EPs, '' Greetings from Less Than Jake'' (2011) and '' Seasons Greetings from Less Than Jake'' (2012), along with two new tracks recorded during the same sessions ("Flag Holders Union" and "View from the Middle"). "Goodbye, Mr. Personality" was released as a single on August 22, 2012. Background and recording In the summer of 2011, Less Than Jake released a limited edition EP, entitled '' Greetings from Less Than Jake'', with a follow-up, '' Seasons Greetings from Less Than Jake'', arriving in early 2012. In October 2012, the band decided to combine the two to create a full-length album. The band's US label, Fat Wreck Chords stated, "Over the last year, Less Than Jake sold a couple of new EPs on tour. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ska-punk
Ska punk (also spelled ska-punk) is a fusion genre that mixes ska music and punk rock music together. (sometimes spelled skacore) is a subgenre of ska punk that mixes ska with hardcore punk. Early ska punk mixed both 2 Tone (music genre), 2 tone and ska with hardcore punk. Ska punk tends to feature brass instruments, especially Horn (instrument), horns such as trumpets, trombones and woodwind instruments like saxophones, making the genre distinct from other forms of punk rock. It is closely tied to third wave ska which reached its zenith in the mid-1990s. Before ska punk began, many ska bands and punk rock bands performed on the same bills together and performed to the same audiences. Some music groups from the late 1970s and early 1980s, such as the Clash, the Deadbeats, the Specials, the Beat (British band), the Beat, and Madness (band), Madness fused characteristics of punk rock and ska, but many of these were either punk bands playing an occasional ska-flavored song, or are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ska Punk
Ska punk (also spelled ska-punk) is a fusion genre that mixes ska music and punk rock music together. (sometimes spelled skacore) is a subgenre of ska punk that mixes ska with hardcore punk. Early ska punk mixed both 2 tone and ska with hardcore punk. Ska punk tends to feature brass instruments, especially horns such as trumpets, trombones and woodwind instruments like saxophones, making the genre distinct from other forms of punk rock. It is closely tied to third wave ska which reached its zenith in the mid-1990s. Before ska punk began, many ska bands and punk rock bands performed on the same bills together and performed to the same audiences. Some music groups from the late 1970s and early 1980s, such as the Clash, the Deadbeats, the Specials, the Beat, and Madness fused characteristics of punk rock and ska, but many of these were either punk bands playing an occasional ska-flavored song, or are usually considered 2-tone ska bands who played faster songs with a punk attit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seasons Greetings From Less Than Jake
''Seasons Greetings from Less Than Jake'' is an EP by American ska-punk band Less Than Jake, released on February 16, 2012 on Sleep It Off. Released in conjunction with the band's twentieth anniversary, the EP is a follow-up to the band's previous release, '' Greetings from Less Than Jake'' (2011). In October 2012, the two EPs were combined to create the full-length album, '' Greetings and Salutations'' (2012). Despite the EP's artwork and title, the band has stated that it is not a festive-themed release, noting, "This is no Christmas record. This is five brand new songs, written and recorded in the winter of late 2011 and very early 2012. This is a companion to our summer EP, ''Greetings From Less Than Jake''. Consider both groups of songs; the salt to the pepper, the peanut butter to the jelly, you get it right?" Track listing #"The New Auld Lang Syne" - 3:34 #"Younger Lungs" - 3:11 #"A Return to Headphones" - 2:48 #"Done and Dusted" - 3:12 #"Finer Points of Forgiveness" - 2:3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV/EP
''TV/EP'' is an EP by Less Than Jake. Apart from re-masters of their earlier albums, this EP is the second Less Than Jake release to be distributed by their own label Sleep It Off Records, following 2008's full-length album ''GNV FLA ''GNV FLA'' is the seventh studio album by American rock band Less Than Jake, released on June 24, 2008 on their own label Sleep It Off Records. Following the poor reception to their sixth studio album ''In with the Out Crowd'' (2006), the band ...''. The recording consists of covers of TV theme songs and product jingles. The album was released as a CD and digital download on October 12, 2010. A few weeks prior to the release date, a video of the band's version of the '' Animaniacs'' theme song was released on their official website as a teaser to EP. Each song is tracklisted on the album, not by the title of the actual song being covered, but by a succession of tracks titled "Channel 1", "Channel 2", etc. "Channel 4" contains a reference to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
