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Less Than Jake / Fall Out Boy / The Matches

live in San Francisco
2003
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Review by: coconutlounge
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Published on November 21st 2003

This show was the first on the Less Than Jake tour where Rufio was scheduled to play, but because of a death in the family they were off. I was happy. This show already had local favorites The Matches opening up so the need for a replacement seemed minimal. That being said, the replacement and opener was The Effection, a power-pop band out of the east bay. No one in the slowly filling venue really liked them, and they caught on to that very fast.

After a short set, the crowd grew larger and started trying to push their way up front for The Matches. Even if you don't like the Matches, they have a lot of energy. They played about 10 songs opening up with Dog-Eared Page, then going on to play December is For Cynics, Borderline Creep, Audio Blood, and finishing up with Sick Little Suicide. They were good, and the crowd seemed to enjoy them a lot.

The crowd settled down and Fall Out Boy came on. Their whole first song was played without any lights on. They sounded like New Found Glory, except not as catchy. There were three girls next to me who would shriek into my ears everytime they were pushed or when a new person started singing, or when someone played something remotely different on any instrument. They made me like Fall Out Boy even less.

Then the band everyone there had come to see: Less Than Jake. The people up front had become much more predominately male as opposed to the opening bands. After a short wait a huge Less Than Jake banner was unveiled and the crowd went crazy. Tons of confetti dropped town from the ceiling as the band jumped on and went into Welcome to the New South. Buddy, the trombone player, was out with a hurt wrist but they had Chris from the Bosstones fill in and he did a great job. After the first song i knew there was way too much pushing. So instead of having to concentrate on not falling down I moved about 30 feet back to the back of the first level into a sea of mosh pits. One of the highlights of Less Than Jake's set was Dopeman which was never one of my favorite songs, but was fun to see live. The mosh pits turned into skank pits and it was a fun time. They went on to play a wide variety of songs spanning from Laverne and Shirley from Losers Kings and People We Don't Understand to Anthem. My personal highlight of the night was the encore:The Brightest Bulb has Burned Out/Screws Fall Out. Chris came on and played the first part of the song with an acoustic guitar. It was a nice song, and a welcome rest for the audience. Suddenly the electric guitar blasts in and the room is filled with confetti and the rest of the band has jumped on stage. The mosh pits start up again and Less Than Jake finishes up a great set.

Less Than Jake's partial set. (not in the right order)

Welcome to the New South

Sobriety is Serious Business, and Business Isn't so Good

ASAOK

Laverne and Shirley

Just Like Frank

Dopeman

Shindo

How's My Driving Doug Hastings?

All My Best Friends are Metalheads

Motto

Look What Happened

Gainesville Rock City

Anchor

Plastic Cup Politics

Escape from the A-Bomb House

Ghosts of You and Me

Johny Quest Thinks We're Sellouts

Sugar in Your Gas Tank

Science of Selling Yourself Short

Scott Farcas Takes it on the Chin

History of a Boring Town

Where the Hell is Mike Sinkovich?

Bright Bulb Has Burned Out/Screws Fall Out

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 30, 2003 at 2:13 AM (EST)
My Score:

"I always considered the Maytals reggae."

Get "From the Roots" and you'll see what I mean...

-BSD

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 30, 2003 at 1:50 AM (EST)
My Score:

Less Than Jake is the epitomy of ska.

correction my friend, read below

Less Than Jake is the epitomy of suck.

Posted by notfeelingcreative on 2003-11-30 01:32:09
My Score:

I always considered the Maytals reggae.

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 29, 2003 at 11:30 PM (EST)
My Score:

Less Than Jake are one of my fav bands to see live. They are always full of energy and also put on a great show when ever you have a chance to see these guys i would go.

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 29, 2003 at 8:55 PM (EST)
My Score:

The Skatalites would be the epitomy of ska.

The Maytals would be the epitomy of ska.

The Riots would be the epitomy of ska.

A bunch of jackasses jumping around 40 years too late is not the epitomy of ska.

-BSD

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 29, 2003 at 5:33 PM (EST)
My Score:

Ugh, one of my friends loves Fall Out Boy. Fucking horrible band..

Less Than Jake however, I am quite partial to.

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 28, 2003 at 9:14 PM (EST)
My Score:

Less Than Jake is the epitomy of ska. These guys get a room skankin like ive never seen. Narly Narly stuff. Keep it good and pick up all the change off the floor.

Posted by notfeelingcreative on 2003-11-28 00:23:44
My Score:

tjmoney, you should've gone to the suicide machines, A7X cancelled and a lot of people threw shit at school for heros! But, Jason from TSm had strep throat and I think I caught it, so you were probably better off not going.

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 27, 2003 at 2:11 AM (EST)
My Score:

I actually think the Matches suck more then LTJ!

Posted by TJmoney on 2003-11-24 23:06:47
My Score:

ohh yeah http://www.strung-out.com is now updated and looks extremely badass

Posted by TJmoney on 2003-11-24 23:06:11
My Score:

less than jake played dopeman!! I thought they never played that...LTJ always changes up their sets which is pretty cool...I missed the Suicide Machines show tonight...they tour with poopoo bands...4 bands I really don't like and TSM...especially school for heroes..bleh....how about a LTJ, TSM, and a STRUNG OUT tour!!

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 23, 2003 at 11:48 PM (EST)
My Score:

I was at the same show and I too have to say how much the encore just blew me away. LTJ is the greatest live band on the fuckin planet.

Posted by ally on 2003-11-23 00:05:17
My Score:

less than jake fucking rocks. they continue to be one of the best shows to go see, the pits are great. fall out boy was good live. (nothing compared to ltj)

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 22, 2003 at 8:00 PM (EST)
My Score:

The matches suck!!!

Posted by stratmanx on 2003-11-22 19:17:54
My Score:

I saw this show in Seattle, but with Yellowcard. Fucking awesome show. Less Than Jake is still going strong.

Posted by notfeelingcreative on 2003-11-22 11:16:56
My Score:

They used to play "Mike Sinkovich" all the fucking time! I think they deleted it from the stelist for a while after "Hello Rockview", but during all of the tours behind "Losing Streak" they played it every time I saw em!

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 21, 2003 at 6:46 PM (EST)
My Score:

damn, when I saw them they didn't play Mike Sinkovich. I've always wanted to see them play that song.

-irish_joo-

Posted by SockMonkeyRiot on 2003-11-21 17:05:31
My Score:

Goddamnit they played both Doug Hastings and Scott Farcas.

Posted by superdude on 2003-11-21 15:30:12
My Score:

This review wsa good, but here's how I would make it better:

1. Was it better than the show at the Apple store?

2. If Jake's so good, how come we don't hear more about him.

3. There should be a band called Jake.

4. What the heck is going on with Kid Rock and Pamela Anderson anyway?

5. I'd buy Jake's album

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 21, 2003 at 3:13 PM (EST)
My Score:

This tour was incredible . . . I couldn't believe all the crazy stuff LTJ pulled out from their back-catalog! Suffice to say I was very impressed.

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 21, 2003 at 3:09 PM (EST)
My Score:

LTJ has so many old good songs. They need to play those instead of this new garbage.

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 21, 2003 at 2:48 PM (EST)
My Score:

i fucking hate the matches. i'd rather rip my ears off and stick them up my ass than to ever hear that band ever again.

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 21, 2003 at 2:41 PM (EST)
My Score:

do they not play "jen" anymore?

Posted by notfeelingcreative on 2003-11-21 14:34:52
My Score:

Thank you, you have convinced me to go to see ltj if they make it back to Orlando. After their warped tour set, i was afraid they'd completely abandoned "pezcore" and "Loser Kings..."!

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 21, 2003 at 2:22 PM (EST)
My Score:

Ska!