***Official Happy 311 Day Thread***********

[StratCY]

I feel like I got lucky when I started listening to 311 some 24 years at the age of 11. They have been rocking, touring and consistently putting out great music for the last 30+ years. My older brother let me listen to his 311 Blue Album tape, and one of the first CDs I ever bought was Transistor a year or so later.

Today 311 hosts a livestream that will cover that 1997 album in its entirety, and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't freaking ecstatic. It's still my favorite 311 album (and maybe personal top 5 all time), and now I literally work with transistors (well, CMOS models) every day. Needless to say 311 has had a measurable, non-zero, positive impact on my life.

Any other 311 fans out there? Are there any others that have had a single piece of art/music influence them in some way?

 

[coolerifyoudid]

It's great top-off-the-jeep summer music. "Sunset in July" is my catharsis.

I saw 311 at a small locale in Omaha early on and liked their style pretty much immediately. They have some stuff I don't care for, but every band does. I can normally put on a 311 album and let the whole thing play.

 

[KCy]

I love 311. Its one of the forgotten bands for me. Everyone once in a while I remember and put them on in garage and it always takes me back to highschool and college.

 

[JP4CY]

311, Sublime, Incubus, all great summer jams back in the day.

 

[Cy Hard]

Yes, that is all.

 

[Rabbuk]

I feel elderly now

 

[baagoe]

 

[GoCy]

Always been a huge fan since their first album came out. I saw them at People's bar in the mid- 90s. One of the best concerts I've been to, the place was electric and the band and crowd fed off of each other in such a small environment.

 

[Drew0311]

Love 311. I am a Dirty Heads fan also and was glad to hear on the Swim Team album that Nick Hexum did a song with them. I actually saw them play a lot around town when I was young before they got big.

 

[Gunnerclone]

Got the Transistor full play through live stream teed up for the projector tonight in the garage. Just waiting to see if they will play the hidden track at the beginning.

 

[kirk89gt]

I was along for ride early on for 311 (to this day, they remain one of my top 5 favorite bands - maybe even top 2-3). Saw them three times (2X in Va. and 1X in Omaha - small venue.....awesome). Always a great show. Started drifting after Soundsystem (spouse / kids / the usual) and I haven't bought another album since unfortunately (need to change that ASAP), as some of their great music has been in the last 20 years (which is wild to think about their longevity). Great memories for all of their music

 

[enisthemenace]

Haven’t listened to them in a while. Have a bit of their stuff on an old iPod somewhere. I do remember the first time I heard “Come Original”, which was my first exposure to them, i kind of grinned and said “well...what is this?”

 

[Gunnerclone]

Haven’t listened to them in a while. Have a bit of their stuff on an old iPod somewhere. I do remember the first time I heard “Come Original”, which was my first exposure to them, i kind of grinned and said “well...what is this?”

Come Original is one of my least favorite 311 tracks. Made for MTV. The rest of Soundsystem is underrated.

 

[AgronAlum]

It's great top-off-the-jeep summer music. "Sunset in July" is my catharsis.

I saw 311 at a small locale in Omaha early on and liked their style pretty much immediately. They have some stuff I don't care for, but every band does. I can normally put on a 311 album and let the whole thing play.

Back when I had a Jeep to take the top off of, 311s From Chaos album was a definite go to. God damn I miss that ****.

 

[enisthemenace]

Come Original is one of my least favorite 311 tracks. Made for MTV. The rest of Soundsystem is underrated.

I knew I’d get a response like this. I can’t change that it was my first exposure to them and it grabbed me. Had I not heard that song, I may not even know who 311 is.

 

[Gunnerclone]

I knew I’d get a response like this. I can’t change that it was my first exposure to them and it grabbed me. Had I not heard that song, I may not even know who 311 is.

Don’t get me wrong I love anything 311 does. It was probably a lot of peoples first exposure since it was a TRL staple for months.

 

[enisthemenace]

Don’t get me wrong I love anything 311 does. It was probably a lot of peoples first exposure since it was a TRL staple for months.

I heard it playing late one night at Lumpy’s while I pissed on the floor under the pool table.

 

[StratCY]

Got the Transistor full play through live stream teed up for the projector tonight in the garage. Just waiting to see if they will play the hidden track at the beginning.

Word on the street is it's a go. Considering they did the ESTD songs on their blue album livestream, I would imagine they do the hidden intro. Either way, celebrate appropriately, then repeat for the 311 day sequel in 40 days.

 

[StratCY]

Come Original is one of my least favorite 311 tracks. Made for MTV. The rest of Soundsystem is underrated.

Not a lie seen here. However, a bad 311 song is still a good song.

 

[Gunnerclone]

Word on the street is it's a go. Considering they did the ESTD songs on their blue album livestream, I would imagine they do the hidden intro. Either way, celebrate appropriately, then repeat for the 311 day sequel in 40 days.

I missed the blue album stream. Good info.