After suffering through creepy groomer culture of hair metal from hollywood, and then the gloomy kys grunge from the far left pacific northwest. America stepped forth with high energy High T rap rock from the heartland. 1995's 311 s/t was the palette cleanser that purified the music industry of the angsty slop of the Reagan erahttps://youtu.be/NoDsJAiseGg?si=460Gvj53O6j4PkZahttps://youtu.be/lYBIRHi5-o8?si=jLzBgz0q2xup6eKxhttps://youtu.be/JjTjtJDZomw?si=PkWHpnhn2CCqv7iZ
>>131417695They're one of the cringiest bands of all time, and you should feel bad about yourself for thinking otherwise.
>>131417695They're one of the most based bands of all time, and you should feel awesome about yourself for thinking this.
I only know "dont tread on me" and their cover of a The Cure song..
>>131417695woah, Amber is the color of your energy, wooah
>>131417966That's such a weird swath of 311 to be familiar with.
I used to think Transistor was the greatest, most original and exciting album of the 90s.Then I got a little older and broadened my horizons. Now I think Transistor is the greatest thing ever made by humans. Seriously, go in blind. Start from track 1 (hehe) and just let it go.
>>131417695https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fsiw_jn99qg
>>131417834Yes
311 activated my MKULTRA and I got a DUI
>>131417695311 is good what is bad about it besides posturing for your discord buddies ??
peaked at grassroots (which is genuinely good btw)
>>131417695I liked that they weren't moping or crying about anything. They were just jamming out and emphasizing PMA. They accidentally invented NuMetal with "Hydroponic", which isn't even one of the top 5 songs on that album.I don't know if kids can understand the impact they had on the scene, turning on the radio and MTV (this is pre Spotify/Napster) and it's all Nirvana/Pearl Jam "I wish I could eat your cancer" "JEREMY SPOKEN!!!!" whiney shit. Pop punk and ska were ushered in simply because people were over that.IDK why people pretend like 311 were lames or something, maybe they're just too Midwest earnest for the coastal elites?
311. sugar ray, sublime, no doubt, maybe......maybe even some incubus in therethat is 2000s white trash rock core
>>131423108and slightly stoopid and the kottonmouth muthafuckin kings
>>131423108>>131423166That's like the Spotify take. 311 is somewhere between Rush and Jane's Addiction, like a power prog or prog alternative. People get the image confused with the music.https://youtu.be/A5d69kQsKzo?si=eBSZCOadTgIj1kUg
Saw them live. They were the headliner at the festival. Came on last. We left after a couple of songs. They were weak & lame. So many better acts earlier in the day.
>>131418470https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfS-TxD8vpQ one of their best songs from that album.
2 good songs
>>131423357Saw them live with Incubus opening in 2000.
>>131423379Me too, goated lineup. I also saw Hoobastank open for 311 and Linkin Park on different tours respectively. Not as good as Incubus but it was fun.
>>131423337With respect, I don't like either of those bands and I own a lot of 311 CD's.Transistor is probably as proggy as they get.
311
>>131423108lol yeah, and some one hit wonders like crazy town butterfly, lit my own worst enemy, len steal my sunshine fit that vibe too>>131423337Idk about that but Beautiful Disaster was pretty sick I'll give you that
>>131423519The thing about a good prog band is they never quite stop progressing, so that it moves into uncharted territory that might seem more universal. I'm thinking like Invisible Touch and how Rolling Stone magazine types miss that its a true prog record.As for 311, you could call Amber progressive in a certain light. Their heavy run like that was Transistor - From Chaos (Soundsystem was produced by Padgham!), but yeah nothing saying you have to like those other bands, just that they're slippery genre-wise.Check out "Sometimes Jacks Rule The Realm" for a real trad prog turn.
>>131424879The guy from Crazy Town literally copied John Frusciante's guitar in Pretty Little Ditty.
