311 Biography

311
Affectionately known as the Blue Album, 311’s self-titled album became the first to go platinum and crossed the barrier into multi-platinum.

311 became the bands first album to reach the Top 10 charts, with Down becoming #1 on the singles charts.

This opened many doors for 311, including talk show appearances, international touring, and fulfilling the band’s dream of performing at Red Rocks.

Words From The Band

“We decided to call our new release 311 because we fill it’s the best example of who we are as a band, and how we’ve evolved into a whole. The life-affirming element that came out of the RV Fire is that we realized all we really needed was what we still had: the songs in our heads and each other.” Nick Hexum, 1995, Capricorn Press Release.

RADIO SINGLES / MUSIC VIDEOS:

Directed by Mark Kohr in Long Island, NY. 1995.

Directed by Dante Ariola and Jay Papke on a handball court and in the Wall Street and SOHO districts of New York City, NY. Feb 1996.

Directed by Josh Taft at a soundstage in Los Angeles, CA. 1996.

Watch this EPK sent out to promote the album for an unique look into this time period.

B-Sides:
Included in playlist up top. There were several songs recorded for this album that did not make the cut.

Let The Cards Fall
Juan Bond
Tribute
Outside
Firewater
Next
Gap

Some appeared on an EP released with ETSD in 1996.
Later, all of these tracks appear on Archive, the 4-disc boxset 311 released in celebration of their 25 anniversary.