Hello Rockview by Less Than Jake

Hello Rockview, Less Than Jake's third studio album, hit stores on October 6, 1998, the Gainesville crew's second and last go-round with Capitol. They cut it at home, at Mirror Image Studios in Gainesville, Florida, with Howard Benson producing, and trombonist Pete Anna joined mid-session, lining up alongside Buddy Schaub's trombone and Derron Nuhfer's sax in a horn section that blasts like a pep band on a sugar rush. Chris DeMakes sings and slashes at his guitar, and Vinnie Fiorello, who writes the words, drives the whole thing at skate-park tempo.

This is ska-punk with a power-pop sweet tooth, tossed off with the band's trademark goofball humor and never sitting still long enough to get sappy. "History of a Boring Town" and "All My Best Friends Are Metalheads" went out as singles, the first reaching 39 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks. The album is dedicated to the memory of Niki Wood.

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