![]() ![]() Key track: "Use of Time," the album's contemplative centerpiece, which pivots between the band's signature reggae-lite sound and an impressive facsimile of Dark Side-era Pink Floyd. All of 311's muscles are flexed across Transistor's 21 tracks, from the tenacious punk-funk energy of "What Was I Thinking" and "Electricity" to the ambling psych reggae of "Inner Light Spectrum" and "Running." Even the haters can't deny that "Stealing Happy Hours" is a sleeper hit, now regarded as one of the band's best, thanks to heavy rotation toward the end of 311's marathon live sets. Aside from lead single "Beautiful Disaster," which adequately satisfied the thirst of alt-rock radio programmers, the rest of the record is basically one stellar deep cut after the next. So, in honor of 311 Day, we decided to dive into their discography, to figure out what's worth revisiting and what you should feel justified in avoiding.Ĭritics and new fans alike initially hated Transistor for its noodly ambition and failure to keep the party going after "Down" lit up the radio, but this sprawling, 64-minute epic has revealed itself over time to be 311's OK Computer. But any artist with that much staying power shouldn't be shrugged off so easily. Music snobs long ago dismissed 311 as a silly frat phenomenon. They even have their own holiday, observed, naturally, on March 11. Today, 311 isn't just a band but a lifestyle, selling branded vape pens and hosting Caribbean cruises for a devoted audience as fervent in their fandom as Phish heads and Dave Matthews acolytes. Somehow, they haven't just maintained, but thrived. When the band first emerged from the cornfields of Nebraska, busting rhymes over chunky-funky guitar riffs, no one would've put money on them surviving the '90s. Hard to believe, but we've been living with 311 for three decades now. In Canon Fodder, we revisit, re-evaluate and rank the discographies of music's most reviled artists, to answer a simple question: How bad are they really?īefore there was the Beyhive, there was the Bro Hive. ![]() By Matthew Singer and Pete Cottell Maat 3:02 pm PST ![]()
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