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Less Than Jake 3:20 Rise Stage
Less Than Jake are from Gainesville, Florida, and are one of the defining bands of the third-wave ska-punk era. Their music combines fast pop-punk guitars, prominent horns, huge choruses, and a lot of humor. Fans of Reel Big Fish, Goldfinger, NOFX, Streetlight Manifesto, and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones will immediately understand the appeal. Live, they’re ridiculously fun. Expect horns, jumping, crowd participation, jokes, sing-alongs, and a band that seems determined to make the audience have a good time. If you like ska-punk even a little bit, this is a dangerous band to “just catch one song” from—you’ll probably stay.
Public Image Ltd 4:05 Riot Stage
Public Image Ltd. (PiL) are from London, England, and were formed by former Sex Pistols vocalist John Lydon after the Pistols broke up. Their music is far more experimental than the Sex Pistols, drawing from post-punk, dub, funk, electronic music, and avant-garde rock. Fans of Wire, Gang of Four, The Pop Group, Killing Joke, and early Talking Heads should investigate them. Live, PiL are more cerebral and atmospheric than a traditional punk show, with Lydon’s distinctive personality dominating the performance. If the Sex Pistols represent punk’s explosive birth, PiL represents what happened when someone asked, “Okay, but what if we make this weird?”