ARCHIVE: 1995 – 1996

5/26/1995

Empire Ballroom in Costa Mesa CA

5/27/1995

Earl Warren Fairgrounds in Santa Barbara CA

Santa Barbara Memorial Jam
Line-up consisted of X, No Doubt, Korn and more

6/3/1995

Fiddler’s Green in Englewood CO

KTCL’s Big Adventure 
Line-up consisted of 311, Adam Ant, the Samples, Pretty & Twisted, Face to Face, Incubus, Phunk Junkeez, No Use for a Name, Butt Trumpet, God Lives Underwater, Skiploader, Mudsharks, Ohio’s Ass Ponys, Sick and Hippie Werewolves, Lord of Word, the Christines, the Disciples of Bass

6/22/1995

First International Tour

311 travel abroad in Europe with Shootyz Groove

6/22/1995

Loughborough University in Leicestershire, England

w/ Shootyz Groove

7/11/1995

311 (Blue Album) Release

311 release their third self-titled album

For more details on The Blue Album, visit here

7/17/1995

Don’t Stay Home music video

311 release their first music video for the Blue Album

Directed by Mark Kohr in Long Island, NY

7/25/1995

Graffiti Showcase
in Pittsburgh PA

At this show, SA forgot the encore.
Nick called upon their manager Adam Raspler to stand-in.

8/8/1995

Milk Bar in Jacksonville, FL

w/ Phunk Junkeez

8/24/1995

Trees in Dallas, TX

311 rock the club Trees in Dallas

8/27/1995

Clinton Lake in Lawrence KS

Jayhawk Music Festival
Line-up included 311, Reverend Horton Heat, Tripping Daisys, The Urge, Grither, Shallow, Stick, Common Ground,
The Freddy Jones Band, Green Apple Quick Step

9/9/1995

Aksarben in Omaha, NE

Edgefest
Line-up consisted of 311, Phunk Junkeez, The Urge,
the Nixons, Violet Femmes, Shovelhead,
Heroes and Villains, Secret Skin, God Lives Underwater

More footage on Trout Tunes

9/18/1995

IMU Main Lounge in Iowa City IA

w/ No Doubt

9/20/1995

Shank Hall in Milwaukee, WI

w/ No Doubt

10/31/1995

Georgia Theatre in Athens, GA

Halloween Show
w/ The Urge

Nick says, “Dressed up punk rock for that Halloween show Purple hair. I remember pushing a safety pin through my ear.”

11/19/1995

Bogart’s in Cincinnati OH

12/30/1995

First Show in Canada

Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Canada
Side note: I can’t quite recall, but I believe Lenny Kravitz had to cancel this show. 311 performed.

1/2/1996

All Mixed Up single release

All Mixed Up was actually released as a single twice. After Down became a hit, Capricorn decided to re-release
All Mixed Up.

1/27/1996

Mesa Ampitheater in Mesa AZ

Footage from this show was aired on local station on Laarr’s

2/6/1996

All Mixed Up music video

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

2/6 – 2/7/1996

9:30 Club in Washington DC

w/ Cypress Hill and The Pharacyde

2/8/1996

Michaels in Glen Burnie MD

w/ Shootyz Groove

Feburary & March 1996

Temples of Boom Tour

311 join Cypress Hill and Pharcyde on the
Temples of Boom Tour

5/15/1996

Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis MN

w/ Shootyz Groove

5/22/1996

CentralPlex in Baton Rouge LA

w/ No Doubt, Shootyz Groove

5/26/1996

Millenium Center in Winston-Salem NC

w/ Shootyz Groove

5/27/1996

Strawberry Banks in Hampton VA

w/ Shootyz Groove

6/3/1996

The Strand in Providence, RI

w/ Shootyz Groove, No Doubt

6/7/1996

Mancuso Auditorium in Omaha, NE

w/ No Doubt, The Urge

6/8/1996

Sandstone Amphitheatre in Bonner Springs KS

w/ No Doubt, The Urge

6/15/1996

KROQ Weenie Roast in Los Angeles, CA &
Red Rocks in Morrison, CO

311 pulled double duty. They performed at KROQ Weenie Roast, jumped on a plane to Denver and performed Red Rocks the same night.

Nick always tells this story of Red Rocks. “When moving from Omaha to Los Angeles, the band stopped at Red Rocks Ampitheater. During the day, the venue is open for visiting. They walked the venue, stood on the stage and said, ‘One day we’re gonna fucking rock this place.'”
This is the day that dream came true.

6/22/1996

Hollywood Paladium in
Los Angeles CA

w/ Voodoo Glow Skulls, The Urge

7/9/1996

Down single release

The single that broke the band into the mainstream.
Down reached #1 Alternative / #19 Rock / #37 Hot 100 radio

7/13/1996

Down music video

Directed by Josh Taft in Los Angeles, CA.

7/27/1996

Madison Square Gardens, NYC

311 open for KISS

7/28/1996

Coney Island High in NYC

Nick said at the time, “It’s nice to play a show like this where the crowd is right there with you. We owe our success to the fans and when we can do something like this we jump at the chance.”

8/1/1996

Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View CA

Kamp Kome
Line-up consisted of 311, Magnapop, Goldfinger, Goo Goo Dolls, Dishwalla, Seven Mary Three, No Doubt, Filter, Beck, Local H, Smashmouth, Soda, Salmon, Poe, Sprung Monkey, No Use for a Name, Gravity Kills

8/6 – 8/11/1996

Warped Tour 1996

311 join Warped Tour 1996
Line- up consisted of 311, Fishbone, CIV,
Pennywise, NoFX and more

8/9/1996

Cocoa Expo in Cocoa FL 

311 rocking Warped Tour 1996
Line- up consisted of 311, Fishbone, CIV,
Pennywise, NoFX and more

8/13/1996

Hospitality Point in San Diego

MTV’s Choose or Lose 1996
This festival was designed to promote young people to vote

8/14/1996

Austin Music Hall in Austin, TX

w/ Mr Miranga

8/21/1996

Metropol in Pittsburgh PA

w/ The Urge

8/22/1996

New York Nights in Rochester NY

Opener unknown

8/23/1996

First TV Appearance

311 make their first national TV debut on 
Late Night With Conan O’Brien

8/24 – 9/1/1996

HORDE Festival 1996

311 join Horde Festival
Line up consisted of Blue Traveller, Lenny Kravitz,
Rusted Roots, Tragically Hip and more

8/25/1996

Pavilion at Stone Ridge in Washington DC

Horde Festival
Line up consisted of Blue Traveller, Lenny Kravitz,
Rusted Roots, Tragically Hip and more

9/1/1996

Coral Sky Amphitheatre in
West Palm Beach FL

Final day of HORDE
John Popper joined 311 during their set to play harmonica on Taiyed. Note: Nick Hexum later appeared in Lenny Kravitz set to play tambourine on a cover of ‘Superstitious’

9/11/1996

Electric Ballroom in Philadelphia PA 

w/ Deftones, The Urge

9/13/1996

TV Appearance

311 make an Late Show With David Letterman
Nick said his was one of the moments he knew
the band was going to ‘make it’

9/15/1996

Stone Pony Landing in
Asbury Park NJ

w/ Deftones

9/25/1996

Fox Theatre in Boulder CO

9/28/1996

Compton Terrace in Chandler AZ

Edgefest
Line-up consisted on  w/ Goldfinger, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Cake, The Urge, Phunk Junkeez and more

Steve Ewing of The Urge joined 311
onstage during Fuck The Bullshit

9/29/1996

 Bren Center in Irvine CA 

11/5/1996

ETSD

Their first video release, 311’s Enlarged To Show Detail (ETSD) ended up going Certified Platinum

For more details on ETSD, visit here

12/11 – 12/12/1996

Warfield Theatre in San Francisco CA

Opener unknown

12/13/1996

Opium Den in Los Angeles CA

Opener unknown

12/14/1996

Universal Amphitheatre in
Los Angeles CA

KROQ Almost Acoutic Festival
Line-up consisted of Bush, Presidents of the United States of America, Beck, Orbital, Cake, Eels, Republica,
The Wallflowers, Lenny Kravitz, Foo Fighters, Alanis Morissette, No Doubt, Radiohead, Garbage