In fact, few 311 songs sustain a groove like this. There’s about five different choruses in the thing, which isn’t that different from other 311 songs, except all of these fit seamlessly and do continue to top one another, with Hexum and Martinez piling onto the song’s signature scratch-funk riff delicately while toasting around it dexterously, like a good boxer, without overpowering the groove. It’s even got a jazzy- Aerosmith guitar solo in the middle that doesn’t sound out of place.įollowing the catchy breakthrough hit “Down,” it was “All Mixed Up” that truly gave 311 a charting pop song to be proud of. If that sounds like a juxtaposition that won’t work very well, you’re not wrong, but perhaps due to law of averages, Transistor contains a handful of the band’s absolute best songs ever nonetheless, and should you peruse all 21 tracks 20 years later, the perfectly enjoyable and sticky “Running” is the hidden gem among the pile of ideas and riffs that never truly made it to the finish line. At 21 tracks, these wildly eclectic purveyors of mildly metallic funk were finally permitted to run wild with their expansive record collections, which must be loaded with Lee “Scratch” Perry and King Tubby because they’re easily the most dub-obsessed hard rock band since Bad Brains (whose “Leaving Babylon” they’d go on to cover in 1999).
^ "Beautiful Disaster" did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 35 on the Active Rock chart.^ "Transistor" did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 23 on the Active Rock chart.^ "All Mixed Up" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 36 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart.^ "Down" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 37 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart.Music videos List of music videos, showing year released and directorsĭante Ariola, Anthony Artiaga, and Jay Papke Lifestyle Communities Pavilion: Columbus, OH: "-" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.ģ11 Pow Wow Festival: Transistor Full Album Set: 08/06/11: Live Oaks, FLĬharter One Pavilion at Northerly Island: Chicago, IL: 7/14/11 The title track from Don't Tread on Me was released as a single and peaked at number two on the Alternative Songs chart. Uplifter went to number three, the highest chart position of any 311 album. The band's next four studio albums, Don't Tread on Me (2005), Uplifter (2009), Universal Pulse (2011), and Stereolithic (2014), all peaked in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 as well. A single from Greatest Hits '93-'03, " Love Song", became 311's second single to top the Alternative Songs chart. The band's 2004 compilation album Greatest Hits '93-'03 also peaked in the top 10. Soundsystem was released in 1999, From Chaos was released in 2001, and Evolver was released in 2003 all three studio albums peaked in the top 10 of the Billboard 200. It peaked at number four on the Billboard 200 and went platinum. After that, 311 released the studio album Transistor in 1997.
The single " Down" reached number one on the Alternative Songs chart, and the single " All Mixed Up" reached number four. It peaked at number 12 on the Billboard 200. The band's 1995 studio album 311 went three times platinum in the United States to become their best-selling album. Their next two studio albums, 1993's Music and 1994's Grassroots, both appeared on the Top Heatseekers chart. Their first two studio albums, 1990's Dammit! and 1991's Unity, did not chart. The comprehensive discography of 311, a rock band, originally from Omaha, Nebraska, consists of thirteen studio albums, one live album, twenty-four live concerts released via Live311 four compilation albums, five extended plays, thirty-three singles, and seven video albums. 311 performing in Austin, Texas on August 14, 2011.
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