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Less Than Jake

Less Than Jake is a ska-punk band formed in 1992 in Gainesville, Florida. They were recently released from their contract with Warner Brothers. Their current line-up includes Chris (vocals, guitar), Roger (bass, vocals, guitar at certain live shows), Vinnie (drums, lyricist), Buddy (trombone, bass at certain live shows) and JR (saxophone). The band's name derives from a dog Vinnie had while growing up, which was treated better than the rest of the family. It's also a reference to the phrase "everything is jake," which is an old phrase meaning everything is cool.

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Left

Leftover Crack is an American Ska Punk band formed in 1999, following the breakup of the ska punk band Choking Victim. Primarily playing an amalgam of ska punk, and death metal with anarchist lyrics, they classify themselves as "Crack Rock Steady." The band is currently signed to Fat Wreck Chords for CD releases, and Alternative Tentacles for vinyl releases. The band consists of Stza Crack (vocals), Ezra Kire (guitar, vocals), Brad Logan (guitar), Alec Baillie (bass guitar), and Ara Babajian (drums). Leftover Crack are typically associated with Morning Glory, and INDK.

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Jaya the Cat

Originating from Boston and currently based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Jaya the Cat play an uncompromising and original mix of reggae, punk rock and ska music. Founded through a mutual love of 60’s and 70’s dub and punk by three friends (Geoff Lagadec - vocals/guitar, Dave Smith - guitar/vocals and Ben Murphy - bass), Jaya The Cat create songs ranging from booze fueled anthems to chilled out dance tracks to outright political commentary.

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Chewing on Tinfoil

Chewing on Tinfoil are 5 piece ska/punk band from Dublin, Ireland.
We have a 6 song acoustic EP and a 17 song album available for free download through our website, just click the thing that look like album artwork!
http://www.chewingontinfoil.net We have a new EP, "Shaving", out on August 22nd. It can be bought at our release gig in The Pint on Eden Quay, Dublin, or through our online webstore from that date on:
http://chewingontinfoil.bigcartel.com You can listen to a new song from the EP online on our myspace, facebook, or tumblr pages!

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Authority Zero

Authority Zero is a punk rock band from Mesa, Arizona. The band has punk rock and reggae influences, with Bad Religion, Pennywise, and Sublime as heavy influences for the band. There is also an obvious spanish/portuguese influence in the band's music. The band's latest album, entitled 12:34 was released on January 30, 2007. The track "Courage" has been released as a single. The band recently toured with Rehab on the "Lack of Luxury" 2007 tour. This album is the final one featuring Jeremy Wood on bass, leaving in November 2006 due to personal differences within the band.

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Detonate

Detonate were a ska-core band from Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas. They started by various members of defunct Dallas ska bands and released two full-length albums: Television (2007) and Undead (2008). The band broke up after returning from the summer tour in 2008. Both Detonate ablums are availabe free for download on:
http://www.myspace.com/detonateska

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My Own Religion

My Own Religion are a three piece, ska-metal-core punk band from Glasgow/Edinburgh Scotland. The band first formed in 2001 and spent two years playing gigs across Scotland, alongside bands such as Leftover Crack, Antimaniax, Big D and the Kids Table, The foamers, Five Knuckle and The Filaments, among others, embarking on the Buckfest tour with bretheren band Misled Youth, before spontaneously imploding in the later months of 2003.

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