Once they launched into "Beautiful Disaster," though, it was pretty obvious we were listening (but still not watching thanks, beer line from hell) to 311. I couldn't tell if it was 311 because like said bro, I'd skipped out on the opener, too. He just didn't know it was 311 because alas, they were opening with one of their newer songs "Transistor." And that bro wasn't wrong, either. It's the opener."īut a few notes in, it became apparent that no sir, it wasn't Green, the opening band - it was 311. The bro in front of me said to his friend, "Eh, don't rush, man. While I don't doubt there are plenty of devoted 311 fans out there, that still does not account for the majority who were at Friday night's show.Įxhibit A: I was in line for beer (which stretched longer than any beer line should stretch, ever) when the band first took the stage well after 9 p.m. Everyone stands around drinking beer and talking shit while front man Nick Hexum waves his mike wildly at the crowd, but no one responds because they're waiting for a song they do know. They are touring as if they are still a relevant band, playing obscure - and also very bad - songs no one's heard of. Most people (aside from the hardcore fans) would assume a 311 show would be composed of the band's more popular tracks - even that terrible "Amber" song - but alas, they are not.Īnd here's what happens when a band like 311 plays but nobody knows what the hell they're singing: nothing. It would almost be all right if 311 were touring as a nostalgia band, playing their old hits and reliving their glory years just for the hell of it, but they're not. Yes, I mean terrible. When every song you record, and every album you release, sounds just like some bad karaoke ripoff of your own self-titled album, 311 - the one that brought us "Down" and "All Mixed Up" - it's time to stop. And while this band hasn't been able to make an album worth listening to in more than a decade, they are still touring and playing all the new songs off the newer albums anyway. But that time was - say it with me - the '90s, my friends. Yes, at some point the music 311 made was interesting and kind of refreshing. Plenty of you may disagree with that assessment, but it's true. And while they don't appear to be aware of it, that time for 311 is now. There comes a point in every band's life when it's time to bow out gracefully.
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