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I dont know if anyone will want to add this but Chris said, in late 2005 that this album would be the last, as they are breaking up.

What are you talking about??? It does'nt look like they would.Chriscool334 17:29, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm removing the link on Monkey Vs. Robot; it appears to be pointing to a different "Monkey Vs. Robot" - a musician in Vermont. If anyone has any info on it, suggest created a new article Monkey Vs. Robot (toy company) with it? - user:taskforce

To answer the kid below: Well Dude They have a sax and several other horn players so what are you trying to prove?

I think he's talking about how the article says (or use too, I'm not sure that it still does) that they are unique for having those instruments, which isn't true at all as they are a ska band. Although to the guy below, no, ska doesn't nessisarilly need horns. It just generally does have them.


Sorry, maybe I'm being slightly dumb here but I thought the wole point of being a Ska band was that someone played a sax and/or similar instruments - that's what sets it apart from other music, no?

Selphie 12:05, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC) **

-- Completely wrong. This is WIKIPEDIA. Go look at the ska article and see how wrong you are.

to above person: chill. to above-er person, yeah he's right though. horns are not necessary at all. ska is about off rhythms and lots of other stuff, see ska Philmcl 15:41, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Wasn't there a song (Ghost of You and Me) feat. in a NHL game?

It seems that LTJ songs can be found in many different soundtracks. Due to this, I'm going to combine all of the contributions into a paragraph. Wanderer 21:06, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)


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[edit] Howie J. Reynolds

No mention of Howie J. Reynolds?? He was an iconic part/act/guy in the early days of the band. I went to shows and loved to hear him 'tell his stories' (i.e. rant?). I ran into him after one of the early albums came out, and he was pretty unhappy that he didn't get anything from being recorded...(must have been Loosing Streak). It might be nice to have a little section about him, since he is part of LTJ's history... OJGanesh 19:31, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Improving This Article

Alright, here's a few things that can be added to make this a better article - I'll be working on some of it, but I am going to need some help.

  • A picture of the band. Nice to know we know their names, but a visual would really help.
  • More information about tours, contributions within the ska punk community (Ska Against Racism, anybody?), and chart positions.
  • Articles for the albums (and do we know if the album Hello Rockview is a story album or concept album of some kind? The comic book layout of the lyric leaflet makes it seem that way).
  • More citations.

LTJ is a really cool band - I think they deserve a decent Wikipedia article. :) Wanderer 21:23, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)

matt churchley: hello rockview is a story album theve toured over the years with bands like: ALL, DECENDANTS, TEEN IDOLS, ALLISTER, FRENZAL RHOMB, THE AKAS, CAPDOWN, BOUNCING SOULS, GOLDFINGER, REEL BIG FISH, mest and many others. its chris semakes not demakes sorry,lol. rodger has a side project called rehasher, the vynils that make up losers, kings and things we dont understand are: pez kings, making fun of things we dont understand, smoke spot and unglued. the song help save the youth of america from exploding was featured in the film drive me crazy, theres just a few things seens as they are my most favourite band of all time.

um actually it IS demakes so stop your lol's and anyway, i don't really think they would want their last names. oh well i'm going to make a section on past members--Haberdasher 07:37, 20 August 2005 (UTC)


Needs an updated picture of the band --Z2000 00:32, 19 November 2005 (UTC)


I put all of the discography into tables to make it neater (though you did not request it), I added a stub article for "Live From Uranus", but we need a UK chart position for the "Rest of my Life" single and for "The Science of Selling Yourself Short" single. And some US chart positions would be nice, too guys ;) --Snbritishfreak 14:41, August 22 2006 (GMT)


I removed the "fact" that the guys have "every Pez dispenser ever made". This is incorrect. There are several dispensers that have only one known example -- I am acquainted with some of those owners, and so I am certain that none of the LTJ members own them. PxT 20:41, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Band's name

Is this story credible? Aside from anything else, it would be a huge coincidence, given the reasonably common phrase "everything's Jake", meaning "everything's fine". --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 08:42, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Yes, it is true. On a side note, I have never encountered "Everything's Jake" before! Rlove 13:02, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
Try Googling — you'll find about 1,700-1,800 uses of that precise phrase ([1]), including the film Everything's Jake, of which I don't think I'd heard before); there are probably variants. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 09:06, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Check out their official website. The dog was 80 pounds, thus everything in the house was "less than jake." Story here = wrong!

[edit] Ska Punk - Accurate?

A quick look at the band's myspace shows they don't even consider themselves this anymore. Also, their new album is devoid of upchords and horn lines. I propose chaning the genre to the side and saying something akin to the No Doubt and Smash Mouth pages (originally third-wave ska but etc etc.) --Mathew Allen

[edit] Copy-Edit

I saw this was marked for copy-editing, so I jumped on that. Does anyone think I made any mistakes? I would also suggest that the "miscellaneous info" section is a bit bloated in my opinion, but I didn't want to offend anyone by removing stuff. Philmcl 15:40, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Touring with Reel Big Fish?

Does anyone have any official sources (besides AbsolutePunk.net) confirming that LTJ are touring with Reel Big Fish?

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