Less Than Jake's Summer Circus Was a Smorgasbord of Ska: Photos

Ska punk legends Less Than Jake brought their filthy chaos to Dallas Wednesday night with their Summer Circus Tour, and it was utter madness .

The Dallas ska scene, although not immense, was out in full force at The Studio at The Bomb Factory . Less Than Jake stands as one of the defining bands of third-wave ska alongside other favorites The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Reel Big Fish. The third wave is defined by blending off-beat rhythms of traditional ska and speeding it up to almost a punk-like fervor, and follows the first two waves, the first out of Jamaica and the second out of the U.K.

The circus kicked off with Catbite out of Philadelphia. The youngest of the bands, although not new to the scene, brought Brittany Luna's powerhouse vocals. The Suicide Machines came next and pum