Hello Rockview

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Hello Rockview
Studio album by Less Than Jake
Released	October 6, 1998
Recorded	Grand Master Studios in Hollywood
Genre	Ska Punk
Length	37:54
Label	Capitol
Producer(s)	Steve Kravac
Professional reviews
All Music Guide [1]
Less Than Jake chronology
Greased (1996)	Hello Rockview (1998)	Borders & Boundaries (2000)

Hello Rockview is the second major album written by ska punk band Less Than Jake. It was released on October 6, 1998, and is the second and final album of theirs on Capitol Records. (However, Borders & Boundaries was meant to be released on Capitol.)

[edit] Track listing

1. "Last One Out of Liberty City" – 2:01
2. "Help Save the Youth of America from Exploding" – 2:54
3. "All My Best Friends Are Metalheads" – 3:31
4. "Five State Drive" – 2:49
5. "Nervous in the Alley" – 2:54
6. "Motto" – 3:14
7. "History of a Boring Town" – 3:22
8. "Great American Sharpshooter" – 1:28
9. "Danny Says" – 2:51
10. "Big Crash" – 2:43
11. "Theme Song for H Street" – 2:44
12. "Richard Allen George... no, it's just Cheez" – 1:45
13. "Scott Farcas Takes it on the Chin" – 2:34
14. "Al's War" – 3:04

[edit] Miscellanea

• During the recording of this record, trombonist Buddy Schaub was in a bicycle accident and was said to look "like Rocky did in one of those movies after he lost a fight".
• In the two years between Losing Streak and this album, the band went through two touring vans.
• The finger-tapping guitar solo in "Help Save the Youth of America from Exploding" was a tribute from guitarist Chris Demakes to his favorite Mötley Crüe record.
• "All My Best Friends Are Metalheads" was featured in the videogame Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 and the movie Digimon: The Movie. It was also the lone video from this album.
• Though never made into a video single, the album's song "History of a Boring Town" received a decent amount of radio airtime and made its way to #39 on the Billboard Top 40.
• "Great American Sharpshooter" is dedicated to band friends "Kirk and John".
• "H Street" was a house in which drummer Vinnie Fiorello stayed for two years, and then wrote the song "Theme Song for H Street" about that house.
• "Richard Allen George... no, it's just Cheez" is dedicated to band friend "Rich", who does in fact have a cheese tattoo, loves the band Fear, and sometimes refuses to respond to any name but "Cheez". The chant at the end of the song was recorded on May 5 when 61 fans decided to chant about their moustaches to celebrate what they called "Cinco de Moustache" on the Ska Against Racism tour.
• Both "Richard Allen George...No, It's Just Cheez" and "Scott Farcas Takes It On The Chin" appeared on various 7" vinyl releases
• Trombonist Pete Anna joined the band during the recording of this album.
• The album was dedicated to the memory of "Niki Wood".
• The CD booklet for Hello Rockview contains a comic book (stylistically similar to Dick Tracy), the words to which are a reordered version of the lyrics from every song on the album.
• Hello Rockview was re-released as a double album with Losing Streak in 2000.
• Steve Vance, who made the cover art, also did the artwork for the song 'The Ghosts of Me and You' on Anthem.