Reggae and funk tinged quintet 311 touring this summer, releasing 14th album this fall.
Published: Aug. 13, 2024, 5:38 p.m.Released in 1995, “Down” is the sound of a band going from underground to mainstream without selling their musical souls. 311′s breakthrough hit elevated their rock-reggae-rap roots and road-hewn chops with supersonic production. Crucially, amid that era’s MTV-fueled alt-rock boom, the track was accompanied by a music video that looked just as good as “Down” sounded.
“Down” became a chart-topping rock hit and that album, produced by Ron Saint Germain, a studio wiz who’d worked with acts from Kraftwerk to Living Colour to Sonic Youth, went multiplatinum. The ‘95 self-titled LP birthed another smash, “All Mixed Up.” 311′s following albums contained hits like “Beautiful Disaster,” “Come Original,” “Flowing,” “You Wouldn’t Believe,” “I’ll Be Here Awile” and “Amber.
311 guitarist Mahoney’s wheelhouse was jam-bands like Grateful Dead and Phish. On bass, Willis was the band’s resident metalhead. Sexton’s drumming drew from hard-rock and jazz-fusion. Hexum says, “We have similar but also some different influence, and that’s where a band is good where everybody’s bringing a little bit something different.
After a few early indie releases, 311 relocated to Los Angeles and inked with Capricorn Records, the rebooted Southern rock label known for classic Allman Brothers releases. In addition to 311, Capricorn’s ‘90s roster included bands like jam-bands like“I think the good thing about signing to Capricorn,” Hexum says, “was they really understood what touring could do for a band. They realized we were a live-oriented band and so they guaranteed us two albums, which is pretty unusual.
Recently, some 30 years after breaking big, 311 released a vibrant new single. Titled “You’re Gonna Get It,” the track begins shifts between bong-hit ambience and metallic voltage. For a while now, 311 has turned to electronic inspirations, from dubstep to trap, to evolve their sound.
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