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A band that is too lazy and has done too much drugs to make songs with actual structure to them. Known to play songs that last up to 45 minutes long, usually consisting of the same guitar and drum beat for the whole time.

Members of jam bands usually try to dress wacky and act like they're individuals but in reality they more than likely almost joined an unreconigzed fraternity once.

You can usually see these "musicians" living in their parents houses for the rest of their lives so laced up on acid they actually think they're rockstars because a few drunk people told them they sounded good at a local downtown bar.
Yo dude, did you hear that jamband, Forman? Jeremy Wall from Spyro Gyro said they were awesome, so they have to be awesome!!!
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Someone who is fun, and full of positive spirit. A great person all around.
Jamanda donated her paycheck to the orphanage.
Jamanda by Steve12345678 May 1, 2011
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Jamhandler 

A word used by idiotic wastes-of-life intended to mean 'a hard man', when in actuality to most people it would appear to be somebody who specialises in fondling fruit preserve.
Lewis Peake: yee dnt mess pal hahaha i no sum rite grippers ye wt u gna do???? haha i dnt mess about me lad ye uno it rite wt u gna do u scrawni lil tit

Me: What?

Lewis Peake: DNT MESS UNO ME LAD YEEE

Me: Sorry pal, I don't know who you are or what it is you think I have done.

Lewis Peake: it funny tht lad cos I NO SUM RITE JAMHANDLERS yee

Me: All I know is you're are a colossal dick head. Or don't you quite understand that? Would you like me to simplify?
In a short sentence: Go fuck yourself.
noun. A rock band whose performances include long, unscripted, meandering segments which experiment with structure and sound. Jam bands typically play very long sets whose playlists are only vaguely defined by lists of "songs." Jam band fans often heighten their musical experience by taking hallucinogenic drugs or by smoking pot. Examples include the Dead, moe., Phish, Widespread Panic, String Cheese Incident.
moe. is a jam band.

Q. What did the Deadhead say after the acid wore off?

A. This band sucks!
jam band by Mike Roynhertz August 20, 2004
hey Marshie, dave matthews is not a jam band.
umphrey's mcgee, disco biscuits, karl denson's tiny universe
jam band by russ May 8, 2005
Man, that dude sure is a jamhandle.
Jamhandle by Captaincavecat March 30, 2017
Music to make your bones jitter and your hips shake. Music to make your feet move and your head sway. Music to make your beard and mind grow. A jam band manages to deliver a sense of freedom to the crowd. Jam bands free lance and improv. all while staying with each other and feeding off each others experimental energy. In a jam bands set, you'll find peices of the core song they started with, blended for your delight with a variety of instrumental solo's and always amazing percussion. jam Bands can be appreciated not only by people on drugs, but also by people who just dig music and the phases it grows through. (trust me though it's better when your high as cheese) Bands include Phish, Grateful Dead, String Cheese Incident Widespread Panic, The Allman Brothers Band,Moe, The Big Wu and other music that hints towards these areas of music.
Hey you, why do you like Jam Bands, it just sounds like noise? wheres the catchy chorus?

Hey, simple human, because in a world where most peoples spirits are being tugged from them and hidden behind bills and death, it's nice to get sucked into a spiral of warmth and energy that can make me foget i'm human for a while. Just relax and smoke this. Oh, and the catcy chorus is coming after Jerry rips it for another 10 minutes. (past tense - sorry brother, thanks for the tunes)
jam band by twinkle moslemendo January 5, 2009
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This designation comes from Reddit, where so many stories of bad wedding behavior indicated a need to communicate expectations for the wedding behavior of attendees.
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Blexas has been cited as possible in the upcoming decades, but only if Democrats continue to win the Hispanic vote in bigger margins.
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Democrat 2: Well uh, Blexas!
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"Did you check out the briefcake in courtroom C?"
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