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Check out this interview from Music Central. It includes quotes from Nick Himself, that you won't find anywhere else on the 'Net.



This came from an issue of Rolling Stone... its kinda... weird...

"It's the rhythm, stupid. Oh, and in No Doubt's case, a platinum-blond peach of a female singer, Gwen Stefani, who breaks up the asexual baggy-shorts-and- balloon-pants monotony of alt-nation guy rock (311 included). Both Tragic Kingdom and 311 are ear candy with good beats, not just bludgeon-by-numbers guitars, and both bands are remarkably adept at genre juggling. No Doubt have spry, white-suburban take on ska and Blondie-esque pop; 311 have a tight, sinewy ound that for all of its obvious Beasties-cum-Chili Peppers traits has a potent reggae undertow. So why snipe at either group for lack of depth? Because power ballads are irritating swill, and No Doubt's "Dont' Speak" is no exception (the high-pitched rippling in Stefani's voiice, more effective with fast songs and sunnier hooks, doesn't help). And you have to wonder about the substance beneath the sweat when 311 fire off lines like "I reserve the right to be as trite as I want." Hey its a free country."





An interview with P-nut from the March/April issue of Electric Ink magazine.


by: Murph of Sugar Ray






* = Sugar Ray
$ = P-Nut

* Some of the perks of having a song so popular that it annoys the shit out of people is that you get to do a lot things you normally wouldn't get to. Opening for 311 recently on their North American tour certainly felt like one of them. With "FLY" still in heavy rotation at pop radio, 311 offered us the opening slot on their six-week tour. We dog-piled at the chance, to say the least, and it was one of the best experiences Sugar Ray has ever had. * We had a bus, new equipment, a tour with 311, and all the Budweiser we could drink. It was perfect. What follows is a chat I had with P-NUT, 311's bassist, late one night after a gig, chatting up anything and everything that came up.

* Tell me how it all got started in Nebraska?

$ Nick knew Tim and Chad cause they went to school in the same area, and I knew SA before I'd met anybody, from my neighborhood, when I was about 15-years-old. Nick & Tim were in a band that Chad played in for a little bit, and SA and Chad were roommates at college, so I think we all just got together and played a sock-hop or something at our high school.

* What made you want to play bass?

$ I played the violin in the second grade, and I did that for a while, and after that, everybody in the neighborhood was playing guitar or drums, so it made sense to play bass. I learned "Anesthesia," the Metallica bass solo, when I was 14, and being able to learn that at such a young age made me want to play bass all the time.

* Who were your early influences?

$ Steve Harris, Cliff Burton, Mark King, Flea, and the teachers I had.

* You have a very original style of playing bass, technically as well as physically. Where did it come from?

$ The first show I ever saw was The Red Hot Chili Peppers, supporting Uplift Mofo Party Plan, and that was when they were at their wildest, and being in the pit, you know, I couldn't even find the words to describe the feeling and the energy. It definitely left an impression. And my favorite performers have always kind of been out-there and odd.

* As a bassist, how would you describe your relationship with guitarist Tim Mahoney?

$ It's really cool, you know, we trade off. Tim, over the years, has gotten more comfortable and better at soloing, so the more he does it, it's great to hear. I don't know my scales as well as I should, but I play percussive solos, and I think that's the fun way to do it. But I'm gonna write something pretty for the next album. (Laughs)

* If you had to play another instrument in a band, what would it be?

$ Drums.

* If you could open a store in a mall, what would it be?

$ A hobby shop with comic books, juggling paraphernalia, and esoteric books.

* What was the last book you read?

$ A biography on Sid Vicious called "El Sid."

* What was the last CD you bought?

$ A Thelonious Monk & Coltrane CD.

* What's the most expensive thing you've ever stolen?

$ I don't knowI wasn't a very good thief. I always got caught. (Laughs) This one time I broke into a house, I totally got busted. I was grounded for a month during summer. It sucked!

* Have you ever died in a dream?

$ Yeah.

* Do you think marijuana should be legalized?

$ Yes. (Big laughs)

* Do you believe in God?

$ No, I don't believe in God, but I do believe in the natural order of things, and I think that's what people mean when they say God.

* Do you believe in capital punishment?

$ Yes. But I think maybe they're doing too much of it in Texas.

* Ever dressed up as a girl for Halloween?

$ Yes. Twice. And I'll do it again Goddammit, you can't stop me!

* Ever thought about suicide?

$ Yeah, I think everybody does.

* Do you believe in extra-terrestrials?

$ Yes. There's no question.

* Who would win in a fight?
A gorilla or a grizzly bear?

$ (Pause) I don't know, probably a gorilla. They're definitely smarter. But if a bear got the gorilla, it'd be over. But I think the gorilla would last longer.

* SA or Nick?

$ (Laughs) I think Nick's stronger than SA, but SA's a crazy motherfucker!

* Terminator or Predator?

$ Terminator.

* Jason or Freddie?

$ Freddie.

* Puffy Combs or Pee Wee Herman?

$ Pee Wee.

* CHOOSE ONE:
Robert Deniro or Al Pacino?

$ Deniro.

* Pulp Fiction or Braveheart?

$ Pulp Fiction, even though I'm Scottish!

* Martin Scorsese or Stanley Kubrick?

$ Kubrick.

* Sushi or Steak?

$ Steak.

* Christianity or Buddhism?

$ Buddhism.

*Flea or Les Claypool?

$ That's tough. They both offer so many things. I guess, Les Claypool.

* Run DMC or Public Enemy?

$ Public Enemy.

* X-Files or The Twilight Zone?

$ The Twilight Zone.

* Snowboarding or skiing?

$ Snowboarding.

* '68 Chevy or '68 Cadillac?

$ '68 Cadillac.

* Corona or Budweiser?

$ Budweiser.

* Boxers or Briefs?

$ Boxer-Briefs. I got 'em on right now! That's all I wear.

* Microsoft or Macintosh?

$ Microsoft.

* Picasso or Salvador Dali?

$ Dali.

* Ernest Hemingway or Stephen King?

$ Stephen King.

* Last Question: With 5 players, build your all-time Lakers squad.

$ Kareem, Wilt, Magic, Shaq, (big laughs) that'd be a huge fucking team! And Kobe Bryant.







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Omaha. It used to take a surplus of energy to even think of one thing
that makes Omaha famous - well, that was until the band 311 signing a
record contract with the newly-reestablished Capricorn record label.

The famous idiotic first question from most fans is in regards to the
origin of the band's name. Aside from 311 supposedly being a police code
for indecent exposure, vocalist Nick Hexum revealed a more simple story:
"Really... there were three of us and then we added on and then one
more." The three would be Timothy Mahoney (guitar), Aaron Wills (bass,
later known by his nickname PNut) and Hexum, with additions being
co-vocalist S.A. Martinez and drummer Chad Sexton. Hexum, like the rest
of his band, knew he wanted to play music at an early age. Actually it
was simple piano lessons that led him to his life today. Sexton actually
found his love of drums in 3 Nebraska drum and bugle corps.

The three with the one and the other one became a band officially in
1990. Their first show was in Omaha opening for hard core martyrs
Fugazi. The Washington based band helped set a standard in 311's career.
"They were against the commercialism of music. Fugazi got success by
their own rules. They controlled their careers and tried to keep it
about making music. They didn't depend on anyone to give them anything.
That's what we have tried to do," S.A. explains.

Hailing from such a Yee-hah state has its limiting aspects when it comes
to music. A small percentage of music listeners in a large metropolis
may be fans of a band like Fugazi. However, underground fans in a small
town can be surplus.

"When you are not from one of the big cities, you have to search for
your music," Martinez says. "The music on the radio tends to be very
general. As a result of looking for music, we found lots of different
types. All of it influenced the band. Word of mouth is a lot faster in
small communities. Some underground bands can get quite a following
because of it. We took that approach and we do everything we can to
maintain our underground status. It has worked for us so far."

311 mesh together the influences of everything from 24-7 Spyz and Bad
Brains, to Bob Marley and Nat King Cole to Fugazi. In 1993 their debut
album on Capricorn was pretty much ignored by mainstream audiences.
However, the alternative purists were being mainlined with the band's
hard rock-funk-rap-reggae hybrid.

The lack of commercial success failed to dampen the band's energy and
drive. The Rage Against the Machine set a precedent for heavy
alternative. "If our first album came out today it would be more of a
success," SA insists. "Because it was a bit ahead, we have had time to
grow. And our fan base has grown."

Grassroots was the follow up, seeing the band perfect their sound and
nurture that deep-rooted fan base through non-stop touring. Tracks from
Grassroots began popping up on college charts nation wide. "I look back
and I know we deserve everything we are getting now. We paid our dues,"
SA confirms "We feel we have earned all the things we have gotten. We
were touring seven months out of the year with four or five months off.
Now we have reached a point where we can rest. We can afford to take a
month or two off. But we are still touring all the time."

Talk about dues-paying. How's this: Capricorn pulled their tour support
right after the release of the first album - 311's response was to
finance their own tour. The band was driving around in an old
recreational vehicle borrowed from Chad's father. After tackling a steep
incline one day, the RV caught fire. The only door out of the vehicle
was surrounded by flames so the band jumped through the fire. All of
their equipment and possessions were lost, but at least no one was
injured, aside from some singed hair.

Then 311 headlined the WARP and Horde tours and released their
break-through album, appropriately entitled 311. It was immediately a
hit with alternative rock radio upon it's release. They even did a sold
out United States tour with Cypress Hill and opened for Kiss. 311 had
made it to the big leagues.

Success has not all been about the spoils of victory. In their hometown
311 has met with a lot of negative response. First, concerned parents
unsuccessfully tried to ban the band or their support of the National
Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML). 311 openly smokes
the drug and had placed a song on the organization's benefit album,
Hempilation.

The band's T-shirts were banned in Omaha area high schools because
schools board officials heard rumors that the band's name was a
numerically coded reference to the Klu Klux Klan (As K is the 11th
letter of the alphabet times 3 thus KKK). But with titles like "Guns
(are for Pussies)," who would dispute the band aim for a positive
message?

"We don't try to make message songs. We do believe in feeling positive
vibes. It all comes back to you. We want people to come to see our shows
or listen to our music and feel good. We are not afraid to make a
statement in a song and then stand behind it. That whole idea of the KKK
was ridiculous."

There is also that frequent trend in alt-rock circles to write off bands
that achieve mainstream success as sell-outs. There's that pride in
keeping your favorite cult alternative act underground. A band's music
is embraced as doctrine by the fans, while the band is surrounded by an
industry centered on album, merchandise, and ticket sales.

SA comments, "I remember the first time I saw REM. They came to Omaha on
the Reckoning tour. I saw them in the music hall. The next time they
came to town it was in the arena. They put on a great show. Any band
that I see and put on a great live show stays on of my favorites. But
then again Bad Brains and 24-7 Spyz haven't gone on to more successful
avenues. It's stupid to throw a band off because they meet popular. What
matters is if they do something for you. Are they good?"

Popularity has given 311 a chance to gain more control over 311. No more
promotional gimmicks from these guys. The band has established such a
strong underground following that, when it came time to make the third
album, the label did not even question their decisions. They've even saw
complete artistic freedom on their first video "Down", which went on to
top the MTV charts. 311 marks an introduction to one of the band's
heroes, producer Ron St. Germain. Germain is known for his work with Bad
Brains and the band were all big fans of Ron's. "We finally got the
producer we wanted," says S.A. "We had the choice and the control. We
had dreamed of Ron producing us for years. He definitely helped us
malice a record that clearly defines our sound."

311 are currently on album #4. Can they continue to break new musical
ground? "We do feel like some imagination has gone somewhere else. I
don't think the music on this album will touch the next one. It is going
back to the experimentation that got us where we are now. You never know
what direction we could go in. You all will be surprised."

Modern rock is overflowing with personalities indulging in their
self-importance and omniscience. A subject that should be touched upon,
since they say it's what's on the inside that counts. Some fans find it
somewhat surprising to find artists in touch with real life. It is with
this very attitude that 311 meets their fans, as equals.

"There are all these personas in music. People create themselves for
whatever reasons. they don't want to be bothered by fans. That's not our
style. Our fans don't bother us. They got us here. They are one in a
million and give us a lot of love." "Hey," SA laughs. "I think we are
pretty grounded."







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1996 Launch Issue No. 9 CD-ROM






Nick: To really accurately describe us you have to say like five words.
You know, you have to say reggae, rock, hip-hop, jazz, funk, you know,
and that still might be leaving some out.

P-Nut: Its a rock-based thing and that's where it starts from. It goes
in many different directions, but don't, don't call us an alternative
band. Call us THE alternative band, don't call us AN alternative band.

topic: Shooting Stars

P-Nut: We've proven our self out on the road. I think that's why our
support has come. And uh, with that kind of solid of a base, like a fan
base, we can pull, you know, a thousand people where ever we go. The
radio has to come behind that. That's how it happens... the kids know
about it, and then the radio, and Mtv, and kablamo!

Chad: We weren't THAT commercial, you know, to begin with. So, maybe
that's the wrong word, but we weren't... you couldn't fit us easily into
any radio category, really. So, I think, I don't want to say people,
maybe radio programs have finally caught up with us. But I think it was
just a different style of music that everybody had to take a while to
get used to.

topic: To Boldly Go...

Nick: When people ask me what the album next stuff is going to sound
like, I say it's going to be outer space dubbed music. It will be
similar to 311, but we're just... it's just what we're getting into.
It's more um, trippy production, and you know, just trying to change the
vocabulary with which we... I mean there still going to be songs,
there's still going to be melodies and stuff, probably more melodies
than in the past.

P-Nut: Since we have done a tour and an album for the uh, for 3 years
previous to this album and this tour and everything, um, we're really
ready to make a new one. So we're just going to let this one go as it is
and start concentrating on our new album because that's what we do.

topic: Nightmare Gig

P-Nut: I kicked a girl once on stage and she was really mad and nobody
caught her. That was probably the worse thing I have ever done on stage.
And I knew her, that even makes it worse. If it was some anonymous
person, you know, you could just walk away, but she was like 'Why's you
do that to me!' (laughs). I felt really bad.

Chad: P-Nut throwing up probably. Yeah, P-Nut throwing up. I'm not
sure... I don't know what show that was (laughs). It was just uh, over,
you know, he's getting over-worked. And so he just had to get it out in
some other way besides chunking.

topic: Dream Gig

P-Nut: I'd really love to play with Frank, uh, Frank Black to a very,
very large degree. Because I think what he has done to music is, is
influence, you know uh, an infinite amount of bands, you couldn't even
name it all.

Chad: Primus, I'd like to play with them. Uh, Beastie Boys, I'd probably
like to play with them. And uh, Kiss, probably, who we're going to play
with. But that was another of those bands that I never thought we were
going to play with.

topic: Trivial Pursuit

Nick: Well here's a little piece of 311 trivia... in our band there's
like, everything happens to be divided along me and Tim and Chad are the
west-siders. We were, we went to the same high school. And P-Nut and SA
are the south-siders. And they are the ones that... they're both left
handed, they both have nicknames, and they're both total slobs (laughs).

P-Nut: The dumbest thing I ever did, um, being in this band was, we were
doing an interview with a Japanese magazine and they were asking us what
(laughs), what we were, uh, what we would say to all the Japanese kids
that, you know, um, were thinking about being in a band, or were
thinking about 311 or something related to it, somehow. And I said, uh,
I said 'Watch out cuz we're taller than you', just out of nowhere. I
can't believe that. I, I'd felt so bad, I (?) every time I think about
it. I also laugh a little because I know it was so wrong of me.

topic: More Than A Woman

Chad: If I was a woman, I'd go straight to the mirror, probably. I don't
know.

P-Nut: I'd go under the pier and I'd run into the sailors and I'd become
a mattress, probably. I'd like to try it out.

topic: Digable Planet

P-Nut: My favorite planet is probably Mars because that's what my, um,
what is it?... uh, the astrological... that's my planet, that I'm
aligned with, supposedly, if you read those kinds of literature
(laughs).

Nick: My favorite planet, um... I've always been partial to Saturn. I
don't know why, I just... I remember I did a report on Saturn once in
like the 4th grade, and the rings, and just has a different look to
it... unusual.







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Omaha World-Herald (February)


Los Angeles




"What's in a name?"

Ask Nick Hexum, and the lead vocalist and songwriter for 311 will give
you a straight answer, which wasn't always the case.

"We used to tell people that three minutes and 11 seconds was the
perfect length for a song," Hexum said. "We used to say it meant three
plus one plus one, which was true."

"And P-Nut said it was the total every time he ate at Taco Bell."

As 311 became more popular, questions about the moniker rivaled the
riddle of the Sphinx. Hexum and his mates - Omaha natives Chad Sexton,
Tim Mahoney, Aaron "Pnut" Wills and Doug "SA" Martinez - rarely divulged
that P-Nut came up with the name and that it refers to the code for a
police call for indecent exposure.

The band was known as the Fish Hippos until the spring of 1990, when
Hexum said he wanted a change.
"I wasn't going to be in a band with that name. I just wanted a boring
name," Hexum said.

The band has been anything but boring - 311 has moved from being an
obscure buzz band from Nebraska to being an industry buzz-word. It's
synonymous with an all-frills, party-hardy musical approach. To legions
of fans cast to cast, 311 is No. 1.

"They're huge," said Diana D'Amato, a music programmer at the
influential rock giant KROQ-FM in Los Angeles. "They are a great
sounding, fun band. And it's not only their style, it's their look."

Now in their mid-20's, the boys who left Omaha, guitar cases filled with
hopes and funky riffs, are now men basking in the warmth of Hollywood
stardom.

Five years after moving into a cramped, three-bedroom house in Van Nuys,
Calif., 311 has sold enough CD's to pay the bills and then some. The
band's latest recording, the self-titled "311", has been certified
double platinum (2 million units sold), and it's home video, "Enlarged
to Show Detail," has been a fixture on the Top 10 sales chart.

"In the entertainment industry, there is a potential to make a lot of
money and potential to struggle," Martinez said. "It's a gamble and we
took a gamble."

Hexum, Martinez, Sexton and Mahoney live within a mile of each other in
the hills of Laurel Canyon, not far from P-Nut's digs in West Hollywood,
off the Sunset Strip.

"We were a family when we lived together," said Martinez, who lives in a
rustic, 1920's duplex filled with antique furnishings and contemporary
artwork. "Things will never be the same, but it's nice that we have
different places."

Last fall, Hexum became the group's first homeowner when he purchased a
tri-level Spanish villa with a million-dollar view.

"Rent's a waste of money and I want something solid," Hexum said,
relaxing on a couch in his modest, but tastefully decorated living room
while his 4-month-old puppies, a miniature Pinscher and a Doberman,
played cat and mouse.

"I'll always have this place. I'm going to pay it off as quick as I can
just so that I know, if all else fails, if I lose my vocal chords and my
hands, I'll have this house and my dogs."

Don't mistake Hexum's backup plan as a sign of waning confidence. The
outspoken leader never has doubted his band's ability to take its act
beyond the bars and clubs of Omaha. From the start, 311's brew of funk,
rap reggae and alt-rock was infectious.

"I always felt: 'Why not me?'" Hexum said. "I've always thought that you
can really control your destiny. I think the truly talented, gifted,
hard-working people will always get their comeuppance at some level. I
can't say what I thought my exact degree of success would have been, but
I always batted for the stands.

On the streets, on the airwaves, in the clubs, in record stores, and in
at least one of Los Angeles' two National Basketball Association locker
rooms, 311 ranks high among the city's most recognizable bands.

While standing in line for admission into December's Metallica and Korn
concert in Los Angeles, Martinez was besieged by female admirers. One
young woman told him she caught a water bottle he had thrown to her
during a show.

"I think that it's funny that people know me and 311," Martinez said. "I
never take those things seriously because I know there are other bands
who are bigger than us."

Not many, says former University of Nebraska-Lincoln basketball player
Eric Piatkowski. A third-year player with the Los Angeles Clippers,
Piatkowski raved about 311 before a recent game.

"I like the lead singer Nick, and I like the bass," Piatkowski said.
"All their songs have really good bass."

An all-time favorite of Piatkowski's is the CD "311".

"The CD had a place in my car's changer for a few months. The CDs I have
don't usually get that.

Ari Green, a skateboarder taking a break at a storefront along Los
Angeles' Melrose Avenue, was quick to give his opinion of 311 one lazy
afternoon.

"I don't like them."

Any particular reason?

"They're too popular," Green said, matter-of-factly. "They're not like
other bands, when you hear one of their songs on the radio all the time.
You hear *all* of their songs *all* of the time. I guess they've got a
lot of good songs."

Two songs in particular, "Down" and "All Mixed Up," helped make 311 a
mainstream force last year after receiving substantial airplay on MTV
and on rock and pop radio stations.

"I think 'All Mixed Up' is funky and happenin,'" said Susan Guralnik, a
sales clerk at the Tower Records Store on Sunset Boulevard in West
Hollywood. "To me, their music is the black rap scene meeting the
contemporary white rock scene. It makes me feel happy and optimistic
instead of depressed.

At the Guitar Center, a West Hollywood music store frequented by rock
heavies and once Hexum's place of employment, receptionist Jerry
Martinez said 311's music is "my kind of music. They're great. Their
music is awesome. They're talented musicians," he said. "I've seen them
at clubs and their music is groovy. You have a good time and you forget
about stuff. They're not boring."

Even the band's name stopped being boring last year when it caused a
controversy in Omaha. It became rumored that the band's name was
associated with the Ku Klux Klan because three times the 11th letter of
the alphabet spells KKK. The rumor floated around for a couple of years
until some students at Westside High School complained to school
officials. Although the band's members said publicly they had no
association with white supremacists, Westside banned 311 T-shirts at the
school.

The KKK controversy had a paradoxical impact on 311's notoriety. Major
publications such as Rolling Stone and Spin magazine and USA Today
suddenly became interested in following the band's career. Ditto for
MTV.

"In less than a week, it was everywhere," band member Doug Martinez
said. "It gave the media a spot to work from...but it says something
else about the sensational aspect of the low-brow journalism of certain
media. Do people not have anything better to do with their time? What
makes me mad is that some people are going to believe that (KKK rumor)."

311 plans to make a final statement regarding the rumor. The band has
written 29 songs for its fourth CD on the Capricorn-Mercury label and
one song's title uses an obscenity when mentioning the KKK.

During a private practice last month at the Cole Rehearsal Studio in
Hollywood, 311 previewed the anti-KKK song - a driving, smoldering
guitar-rock piece - and two others, "No Control" and "To the Future."
Although the band smoothly charged through each piece, there was an
unmistakable feeling of pressure associated with creating new music.

"We're just starting to feel the pressure," said Adam Raspler, 311's
manager. "Right now, we have to plan the (next) tour and we need set-up
time. We can't have the timing fall apart, and they realize that. But we
try not to push them too hard to perform because they are not going to
accomplish anything if you do."

The band plans to begin recording March 11 -- that is, 3-11.

"Musically we are going to be tight and we are going to sound good,"
predicted drummer Sexton.

Hexum has plans for that sound.

"I would like to make our music more listenable. I want us to develop,"
he said.

"Music," 311's major label debut from 1992, proved the band was capable
of going in multiple music directions. On its next albums, "Grassroots"
and "311," the group has shown a willingness to cut back on harder rap
influences in favor of more melodic grooves.

"I think there might be more of a jazz influence on this album," Hexum
said. "There's a lot of jazziness on 'Grassroots,' and people have been
encouraging me to develop that."

The new record will be produced by the band's longtime sound engineer,
Scott Ralston, who has worked with Gene Simmons of "Kiss" and Rick James
of "Super Freak" fame. Sexton said the band feels comfortable with
Ralston's direction, even though he will be the third producer the band
has had in four albums.

"A band that's been around for so long, they know exactly what they are
doing," KROQ's Ms. D'Amato said. "They have a completely organic
following."

Even during its Omaha days, 311 built a fan base that seemed to
appreciate the band's lack of predictability, although some in the local
music community didn't understand what 311 was trying to accomplish by
being so unorthodox.

"I was real determined not to blend in," Hexum said. "I didn't want to
be in a band no one paid attention to, but some people in Omaha wouldn't
understand that. We had to create a vibe and excitement level."

As an eighth-grader, Hexum had his first experience with a little too
much vibe and excitement at the old Arbor Heights Junior High School. At
a talent show, he fronted a band that played the song, "Kansas City,"
followed by a tribute to Clash, a new-wave punk band.

During what was supposed to be an encore, Hexum said, the school's music
teacher became offended, rushed to the stage and pulled the plug on the
amplifiers. The offending song was the Clash's "Should I Stay or Should
I Go Straight to Hell?"

Years later, Hexum's question was whether he should stay in Omaha or go
straight to Los Angeles. Having spent time in the West Coast city twice,
Hexum was determined to make the third move his last in late 1991 after
311 starting attracting major label interest.

"People in Omaha knew that we were, at least, noteworthy but that wasn't
going to get us anywhere because there were no big labels there," Hexum
said. "But we were definitely shaped by the Omaha vibe. We definitely
have a Midwestern sensibility to us."

And 311 calls Nebraska its home at every opportunity.

Band members often wear Omaha or UNL athletic gear during concerts. At
Christmas, the Cornhusker athletic department sent the band a card and a
box full of sweatshirts and a Tommie Frazier jersey, which Martinez won
in a game of rock-scissors-paper.

"I'm always going to be a Nebraska fan," Martinez said. "In my opinion,
no other sport can touch Nebraska football.

Spoken like a true Nebraskan with an eye on being No. 1.



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Prodigy Chat with Nick and P-Nut



Roy Trakin (Speaker) Welcome to the Rant & Roll Auditorium. Tonight's guests are 311 members Nicholas Hexum and P-Nut.... The subject is fame and rock success, its benefits, its detriments, how it changes you... how you maintain credibility in the maw of the commercial beast that is modern-day popular music. 311 certainly seem like their feet are on the ground... but even the best of bands can be burnt out by MTV overexposure... And that's just the starting point... So ask your questions.. We'll get to everyone...

Roy Trakin (Speaker) Welcome, everyone... We've got Nick Hexum, P-Nut and 311 guitarist Tim Mahoney in the auditorium... And we're gonna be talking about the price of success and how you keep your credibility even while making it in rock & roll... So let's go... Thanks for being here guys...

Roy Trakin (Speaker) Wow... we've got a lot of questions coming in and we'll try to get to you all.. so bear with us.... First of all, guys, my question is, has success changed things at all? And, if so, how?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) things have changed for sure

Roy Trakin (Speaker) For the better or worse, Nick?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) We're more comfortable now so we can branch out musically without worries

Nick Hexum (Speaker) that's better to me

Roy Trakin (Speaker) P-Nut in the house as well... Welcome, Mr. Nut and thanks for being with us...

P-Nut (Speaker) how the hell are you?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) word

Roy Trakin (Speaker) You guys have always been pretty much a people's band... Worked hard for everything you got.... Do you see it as a problem getting all these new fans from MTV? Do you worry about overexposure?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) The only worry would be if we made a crappy album

MrPhunkieman (Prodigy Member) Just got the "Enlarged To Show Detail" video, Just wanted to say That you guys seem to be the nicest guys in the world. Even live your awesome. Saw you with The Urge and No Doubt at Mancuso Hall in Omaha. Never moshed and had more fun in my life. Thanks for putting on a great show.

Nick Hexum (Speaker) I think, the bigger the party the better

Nick Hexum (Speaker) That was a fun show

Nick Hexum (Speaker) thanks

Roy Trakin (Speaker) P-Nut... How do you feel after your first experience with the major label success? Did you always feel this is what it would be like?

P-Nut (Speaker) we love a good show as much as the fans

z e r0b o y (Prodigy Member) Do you think that chick from No Doubt is hot? I bet both of you were hitting on her constantly.

MrPhunkieman (Prodigy Member) how do you feel that Prodigy called Down "Drown" in the info box... I think that's hillarious.. Good job P*!

Nick Hexum (Speaker) easy big guy

P-Nut (Speaker) the feeling is a little more dreamy than i thought when i was a kid

Roy Trakin (Speaker) That was a typo, Mr. Phunkieman.... Let he who is without sin cast the first stone... at my copy editing...

Nick Hexum (Speaker) ha

Munky 15 (Prodigy Member) There's a kid in my class, Andrew, who's a real big fan of yours, and it was his 16th birthday recently, could you wish him a happy birthday

Nick Hexum (Speaker) happy bday andrew

Nick Hexum (Speaker) smoke a phatty

P-Nut (Speaker) this is p-nut and i want everyone to have a happy whatever

Nick Hexum (Speaker) just kidding

Roy Trakin (Speaker) That was nice, Nick... Whaddya guys think this is... request radio?

Roy Trakin (Speaker) How do we know that's really you, P-Nut?

vinyl unity (Prodigy Member) Nick...how come you don't have the eyebrow ring anymore? ~Jen

P-Nut (Speaker) can't you smell me

vinyl unity (Prodigy Member) P-Nnut, I really appreciate your mom doing the Hive and all that stuff. She's really nice. Do you, or any other member miss family when on tour? ~Jen !

Nick Hexum (Speaker) I kept looking at it

Nick Hexum (Speaker) so it had to go (the eyebrow ring)

Nick Hexum (Speaker) yes Glenn

Roy Trakin (Speaker) When did you guys feel the turning point in terms of acceptance? Was it all at once or a gradual thing? How big a turning point was the KROQ show you played with Kiss?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) Joan rules

P-Nut (Speaker) of course, when you spend nine months inside someone you tend to get a little close

P-Nut (Speaker) nick rules

Nick Hexum (Speaker) We were happy before the buzz bin

Nick Hexum (Speaker) but then it got crazy

Nick Hexum (Speaker) the kiss show was ok

Roy Trakin (Speaker) Do you feel the effects an MTV has? That must be weird... all of a sudden, for a tight-knit group like you... all these new-found fans...

P-Nut (Speaker) it was a gradual thing, even though everything seemed to happen at once from the fan standpoint

Roy Trakin (Speaker) How much different is it being with Mercury than just Capricorn?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) It's more wierd for the kids that complain about trendy people at school all the sudden being down

P-Nut (Speaker) more flex to the muscle

Nick Hexum (Speaker) I can relate

Nick Hexum (Speaker) Mercury is a good label

primus200 (Prodigy Member) Does 311 have a web site? If so what is there web address?

P-Nut (Speaker) capricorn is a good label, hi guys

Nick Hexum (Speaker) Has anyone noticed the astrological connection between our two labels?

P-Nut (Speaker) that's new to me nick

P-Nut (Speaker) and cool

Nick Hexum (Speaker) we're getting a web site going soon

Nick Hexum (Speaker) it's gonna be phat

Roy Trakin (Speaker) Yeah, good point... Hey, what's you guys' take on that whole thing with the Omaha school system banning your T-shirts because 311 is supposed a code word for the Ku Klux Klan?

P-Nut (Speaker) and it's going to be large

Nick Hexum (Speaker) That's just a huge mistake

SPIT GIRL (Prodigy Member) whats the best part about being in a band?? Do u get laid alot?? Are u guys stoned?? Will u answer all my questions?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) I hope it will go away

Nick Hexum (Speaker) The best part about being in a band is the enjoyment of playing music

Roy Trakin (Speaker) What does 311 stand for? The police code for drunk and disorderly or something?

jXx kHiK jXx (Prodigy Member) Hey, good evenin'! It's nice to see someone kEwL on Prodigy. I really like your sounds. How do you guys get the ideas of how to mix the melodies? Especially in the song "Down", which of course is my fave.

Nick Hexum (Speaker) Everything else is overrated

P-Nut (Speaker) #1 attention, #2 by my lovly girlfriend,yes #3 always stoned #4 yes,

Nick Hexum (Speaker) 311 means 5 friends making music

Roy Trakin (Speaker) Hey, you guys must have been overjoyed that the medical marijuana initiative passed... Have you been getting prescriptions for your glaucoma lately?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) the melodies happen naturally

Nick Hexum (Speaker) No but I know people that have

P-Nut (Speaker) you spell well

DA BEST 311 (Prodigy Member) P-Nut and Nick ever since i found out about you guys I have wondered what 311 means i would really like to know because my friends are always asking me and I say iI dont know Thanx Again

SPIT GIRL (Prodigy Member) Why do u guys do this?!? u know your gonna get swamped with questions and s**t. If I were u I wouldnt do it unless I had time answer 2500 questions. By the way my favorite song by u is ALL MIXED UP. That song rules. How much money do u guys make?? Are your parents happy about the songs you have produced??

Nick Hexum (Speaker) It started from a ticket for indecent exposure

Nick Hexum (Speaker) omaha police code that's the real story

Nick Hexum (Speaker) The mystery is over

twift2 (Prodigy Member) I AM WONDERING IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON PUTTING OUT ANY MORE VIDEOS? I HOPE NOT, I KNOW YOU HAVE TO MAKE A LIVING AND IT'S A GREAT WAY TO GET YOUR MUSIC TO BE HEARD. BUT I CAN'T STAND HOW PEOPLE WHO LISTEN TO GIN BLOSSOMS AND BUSH NOW WEAR 311 SHIRTS AND LOVE THE BAND!!!!!! BAN MTV.

P-Nut (Speaker) our parents are all very pleased with our accomplishments

Nick Hexum (Speaker) What about people that can't attend shows for some reason?

Roy Trakin (Speaker) What do you guys think of Pearl Jam's strategy? Are they cheating their fans or preventing overexposure? And haven't people lost interest because they don't go out to talk to the press and sgtuff like that?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) I don't think we have many gin blossom fans wearing our shirts

Nick Hexum (Speaker) PJ rocks

eklads (Prodigy Member) 2 years ago, would you have ever thought that you'd be this big?

P-Nut (Speaker) yeah, we come from a town that didn't get many shows and mtv was the only way to find out about something without buying it

Nick Hexum (Speaker) I did.

Roy Trakin (Speaker) Is this what you guys want? Do you want to get bigger and bigger until yo have no place to go but down?

P-Nut (Speaker) heck, i'm slow

Nick Hexum (Speaker) We just want to make music

Roy Trakin (Speaker) P-Nut.. what are you typing with two fingers?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) Can we talk about music

P-Nut (Speaker) hey roy watch your tone

Nick Hexum (Speaker) f**k marketing

Moderator (Speaker) WHo are your three biggest musical influences?

Roy Trakin (Speaker) You got that out quick enough, Mr. P...

Nick Hexum (Speaker) The Clash, The Smiths, Bob Marley

Nick Hexum (Speaker) boom

P-Nut (Speaker) i have better thing to do than type all day

Nick Hexum (Speaker) like what?

P-Nut (Speaker) stink

Roy Trakin (Speaker) I guess the key is to maintain your focus while all around you are doing their jobs...

Starrgirl311 (Prodigy Member) Do you think it was harder getting started (on a bigger scale), coming from Omaha?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) pnut was braggin up his typing skills today

Nick Hexum (Speaker) ha

P-Nut (Speaker) i love you nick your creamy

Roy Trakin (Speaker) You should have followed your parents' advice and taken typing in school like I did P-Nut... In the cyberworld, this is how people will be communication...

Nick Hexum (Speaker) Omaha is a great place to grow up and start a band no question

P-Nut (Speaker) the only thing hard about coming from omaha was having to explain

Roy Trakin (Speaker) Then why did you move to L.A.?

Munky 15 (Prodigy Member) What group or band would you most like to go on tour with?

Haywood (Prodigy Member) I saw you in Sioux city which is about an hour and a half away from Omaha, and I'm sure that you already knew that;but how often do you actually come back to your home town?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) Korn, Urge, No Doubt, Pharcyde

P-Nut (Speaker) i did take a course, i need to get back on it

P-Nut (Speaker) we go to omaha about twice a year

Nick Hexum (Speaker) There are no labels in Omaha

Nick Hexum (Speaker) we had to move

zer0boy (Prodigy Member) ï|l øFirst thing I have to know... 311... that's the police code for exposing yourself or whatever, isnt it?l|ï

Nick Hexum (Speaker) it didn't end up helping, ironicly

Roy Trakin (Speaker) Geez, are we still on that topic?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) yes

P-Nut (Speaker) next

Nick Hexum (Speaker) we got signed off of Omaha demos and an Omaha show

Roy Trakin (Speaker) Nick, P-Nut... isn't there too much separation in music today? Don't you feel you could break through to a black audience if given the chance?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) maybe

Nick Hexum (Speaker) who knows

P-Nut (Speaker) that would be a dream come true

Nick Hexum (Speaker) music is the universal language

MAGNIFICENT7 (Prodigy Member) what was you guys big break

Nick Hexum (Speaker) I heard were hitting in Central America

Nick Hexum (Speaker) no big break here

Nick Hexum (Speaker) just 500 shows

hindulovegod (Prodigy Member) I'm in a band right now and jsut wanted to now how you guys survived? It's a real pain to do somthing different because it seems at first nobody wants to hear it which means no shows. Where we're at, they hardly even play you guys on the radio (such a shame)

Nick Hexum (Speaker) Hang in there kid

Nick Hexum (Speaker) that's all I can say

DEWEY 42 (Prodigy Member) what was your favorite part of makeing the music video for "DOWN"

Roy Trakin (Speaker) I mean, 311 made it the old-fashioned way.... purely through the music, which is cool... I can see Nick feels that's what it's still about, but when you get to this level of visibility, doesn't it become about something else?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) stick to your guns and keep growing

P-Nut (Speaker) persistence is the key, uniqueness is good too

Nick Hexum (Speaker) The levitation in Down was fun

Nick Hexum (Speaker) and scary

P-Nut (Speaker) music is #1

DA BEST 311 (Prodigy Member) Yes I Just Wanted To Say that 311 Rocks And Is THe Best Band In The World Thanx!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

xgirl311 (Prodigy Member) The new "Enlarged to Show Detail Video" is super cool!!!! How do you all feel abbout the finished product?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) Thanks

Nick Hexum (Speaker) It's very funny

Nick Hexum (Speaker) Pnut and Chad are hillarious

P-Nut (Speaker) we like the video , watch it every night

Munky 15 (Prodigy Member) Why do you like Les Paul guitars so much

Roy Trakin (Speaker) A lot of people want to know about touring plans and the next record... Doesn't that make up 99.9% of what everyone wants to know?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) I no longer play les pauls

P-Nut (Speaker) is that munky from KORN

Nick Hexum (Speaker) Our tour is to far off now

SPIT GIRL (Prodigy Member) Nick do u consider your self cute??

AddieWaddie (Prodigy Member)

So Nick How did it feel when you first saw the video for "Down" on Mtv?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) f**k no

Nick Hexum (Speaker) stoked

TooI (Prodigy Member) Tim and Nick--your guitar parts in some songs almost have a hardcore sound...do you guys play in dropped-d very much, and are you influenced by any hardcore bands?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) It felt stoky

xgirl311 (Prodigy Member) Hey Nick, In the "Enlarged" video it shows you getting your eyebrow pierced whenever Tim is getting his nipples done.....Tim still has his nipple rings, what happened to your eyebrow one?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) No we tune regular

Nick Hexum (Speaker) I love Nofx pennywise descendents bad brains

Nick Hexum (Speaker) pnut has his tongue pierced

Munky 15 (Prodigy Member) P-Nut what kind of gear and/or bass do you use?

P-Nut (Speaker) i play warwick basses and swr amps

zer0boy (Prodigy Member) do either of you listen to green day? do you respect their (great) work or do you think they suck like most people do now...

Nick Hexum (Speaker) I don't have there albums but the rocked live

Nick Hexum (Speaker) we did a show with em

P-Nut (Speaker) shorty

Garbage13 (Prodigy Member) Have you ever been sexually harrased?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) right now

Garbage13 (Prodigy Member) Have you ever been at a really cool concertt that you'll never forget

Nick Hexum (Speaker) many

Nick Hexum (Speaker) pantera

Nick Hexum (Speaker) rage

P-Nut (Speaker) i saw ween open up for beck two weeks ago

vinyl unity (Prodigy Member) Nick, what's your hair like now? ~Jen!

Nick Hexum (Speaker) de la soul

Nick Hexum (Speaker) short and blond

SPIELBERG2 (Prodigy Member) Nick...let's face it... you're pretty cute! Has your new found fame made you a bit more self-conscious?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) Thanks errrrrr yeah lets talk about somthing else

O ZeroCool O (Prodigy Member) post mine NOW!

Nick Hexum (Speaker) now

Robert 17 SF (Prodigy Member) Hey guys. How's it going? I am going to you concert on DEC. 11 in SAN FRANCISCO and I was wondering what kind of show I am going to be in for?

TooI (Prodigy Member) You guys had a huge undergound base before your 311 album became recognized as "radio-friendly"...are you worried you will lose your "original" fans who claim you've "sold-out"?

P-Nut (Speaker) sweaty

Nick Hexum (Speaker) Sweaty funky

primus200 (Prodigy Member) Is 311 coming out with a new album soon?

WWWWWWWWWWBW (Prodigy Member) Hello i am Brandon, From hillside a subburb of chicago, i was wondering, on the ablub 311,311 the 12 track dlmd, the song is about abuse. but who is the song writen about,please tell the story,

Nick Hexum (Speaker) our album is not radio friendly

P-Nut (Speaker) hey were not radio freindly they had to change to us

jXx kHiK jXx (Prodigy Member) I've just got to say that you guys rule, I mean who else can mix music like you? I've never seen a better band as far as tunes go..

XtwiggyX (Prodigy Member) I am straight-edge and darn proud... i've noticed a lot more kids getting into the scene... how do you guys feel about the sXe-vegan thing?

P-Nut (Speaker) vegen is cool with us

TVR (Prodigy Member) Which do you prefer? Playing in front of an audience in a festival type setting or in the more intimate confines of a club?

P-Nut (Speaker) i like being able to play both

Nick Hexum (Speaker) I like both

Moderator (Speaker) Nick Hexum what other bands, before us were all over the radio with dancehall reggae mixed with punk?

P-Nut (Speaker) nick you and me are thinking the same i love it

Nick Hexum (Speaker) a big PA and moniter system rocks

primus200 (Prodigy Member) Where can I find out information on getting shirts, hats, stickers, etc....?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) Adam?

Mage Merik (Prodigy Member) I WENT TO YOUR MTV ROK THE VOTE SHOW, IT RULED, DID YOU VOTE?? DO YOU THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TOO?

P-Nut (Speaker) 1-4027313110

zRickets (Prodigy Member) do you guys think that putting your music on MTV makes you look bad or good

Nick Hexum (Speaker) whooo Clinton!

P-Nut (Speaker) yes vote

Nick Hexum (Speaker) If are video looks bad then it's bad

Nick Hexum (Speaker) it's just a different medium

Nick Hexum (Speaker) I accept video

Nick Hexum (Speaker) If you don't that's cool.. don't watch

P-Nut (Speaker) if you were on an island..

Cwazygirl (Prodigy Member) What inspired you to do the song "All Mixed Up"?

Roy Trakin (Speaker) I want to tell you guys... This is the best Rant & Roll crowd we've had yet.... More than 462 questions logged.... You guys must hve an incredible grass roots following...

Nick Hexum (Speaker) I kept rethinking everything

P-Nut (Speaker) thanks for the stats roy

Roy Trakin (Speaker) Excuse me, we just went over the 500 mark to break Mel Ott's record...

jXx kHiK jXx (Prodigy Member) Are you working on a new album? If so what kind of music should we expect?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) So I kept telling myself to trust my instincts

P-Nut (Speaker) new album is going to make you crazy with joy

Nick Hexum (Speaker) The new album will be on some old next, future tip

BIG VAMPIRE1 (Prodigy Member) You guys rule!

Roy Trakin (Speaker) With alternative over... what do you guys think will be the next big thing? Some combo of ambient, trip-hop, rap and funk-metal, perhaps? Sounds like you guys...

Nick Hexum (Speaker) you rule

Nick Hexum (Speaker) combination music is where it's at

P-Nut (Speaker) roy my good man you got it

Nick Hexum (Speaker) I love trip hop

Roy Trakin (Speaker) Do you still believe in the power of rock & roll to change society? Or is that some old hippie canard?

P-Nut (Speaker) music changes everything

Nick Hexum (Speaker) Art is a great communication that can bring change

Nick Hexum (Speaker) Or at least some fun

Nick Hexum (Speaker) both are good

Roy Trakin (Speaker) How do you feel about communicating with your fans in this manner?

xgirl311 (Prodigy Member) Do you guys have an all time favorite performance? The first time I saw you in Austin (at Liberty Lunch) was probably my favorite 311 show, but New Orleans ran a close second!!!!

P-Nut (Speaker) very hands on

Nick Hexum (Speaker) i want 311 shows to be short vacation

StarkyLuvOne (Prodigy Member) I had a hard time finding your album a few months ago. Some places had it in the number section, others had it before "A", in the "T" section and behind the "Z" section. Do you think this affected sales? Now the stores keep it in the top ten section.

Nick Hexum (Speaker) We love the south

P-Nut (Speaker) new orleans is one of the best

SA PNUT 311 (Prodigy Member) p-nut ..... shut the acid between your toes and get high what enspired you to say that

Nick Hexum (Speaker) I spend two hours a day online

P-Nut (Speaker) if you know you're looking for

Nick Hexum (Speaker) acid

Nick Hexum (Speaker) shut it

P-Nut (Speaker) acid has a special place between my toes

Nick Hexum (Speaker) so does funk

Roy Trakin (Speaker) Do you guys do psychedelics?

DarknesQueen (Prodigy Member) Why is your name P-Nut?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) not lately..got any?

P-Nut (Speaker) got any

P-Nut (Speaker) nick i love you

Nick Hexum (Speaker) beat you

Mage Merik (Prodigy Member) uhhhhh.. I'm a skater that went too the warped tour and i was skating, did you notice the skating while you were onstage?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) i love you too

Nick Hexum (Speaker) Yeah it was fresh

Roy Trakin (Speaker) These guys are on one wavelength... Is that how the band works?

P-Nut (Speaker) how can you miss the skating if you're on the warped tour

Nick Hexum (Speaker) totally

P-Nut (Speaker) yes

JENR5367 (Prodigy Member) Do you wear boxers or briefs?

eklads (Prodigy Member) How are your love lives?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) I learned one of chad songs in 3 minutes today

Nick Hexum (Speaker) dead

Nick Hexum (Speaker) boxers for support

P-Nut (Speaker) i am lovly in love

Roy Trakin (Speaker) Dead to love lives?

WWWcruiser (Prodigy Member) Nick, how do you do gin-sang, cause you talk about it in your lyrics. I know it's a Chinese herb, but can you get high from it or somethin?

P-Nut (Speaker) cleaner

Nick Hexum (Speaker) not a drug, but a herb

XtwiggyX (Prodigy Member) hey guys... i was wondering how you got together...

Nick Hexum (Speaker) Homies from Omaha on a mission

P-Nut (Speaker) any extraterrestrials out there

StarkyLuvOne (Prodigy Member) Nick Hexum (Speaker) Has anyone noticed the astrological connection between our two labels? Is that why the CD looks the way it does?

King guido (Prodigy Member) In your oppinion, what's better to smoke out of, a bowl, or a bong?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) It's all a glorious coincidence

Nick Hexum (Speaker) syncronysity

P-Nut (Speaker) variety

SPIT GIRL (Prodigy Member) Do u guys ever think about all the fans you have?? I would be totally syked. Atleast u know youll always have a place to go!! So.....Do u like being in the spot light?? What am i saying!! im chatting with 311 here!! ill have something to tell chriss and matt and christa tomorrow!!!!!!!! u guys are so cool. u reggins have to come to md

DA BEST 311 (Prodigy Member) 311 why do you guys but some sort of alien stuff on your CDs Thanx I love You Guys

Nick Hexum (Speaker) serrendipidy

Agent0range (Prodigy Member) Why the hell would 311 be on Prodigy?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) Thanks!!1

P-Nut (Speaker) spit girl's excited

Nick Hexum (Speaker) It's all about communication, bro

Roy Trakin (Speaker) Why don't you make Spit Girl's day and send her a private e-mail?

xgirl311 (Prodigy Member) Hey Nick, I heard that you were starting a clothes line. Info?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) I can't keep up on my email anymore

P-Nut (Speaker) agentorange should be asking that question to himself

XtwiggyX (Prodigy Member) I heard Gwen from NoDoubt was a 'witch' from someone else who toured with them... all lies or truth? any opinion?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) Yes I am making a few shirts, that I can't find

Roy Trakin (Speaker) Every 311 fan seems to know the name is shorthand for indecent exposure... It's entered apocrypha by now...

Nick Hexum (Speaker) Gwen is a wonderful person

P-Nut (Speaker) gwen is a sweetheart

ROMEO 15 (Prodigy Member) YOU KNOW THAT THIS WILL PASS SO JUST GET OFF OF YOUR ASS (ALL MIXED UP IS SOME KICK ASS S**T)

XtwiggyX (Prodigy Member) NIck, you are the man of my dreams... (as i bat an eyelash)..

DA BEST 311 (Prodigy Member) 311 I think You Guys Should Be Played Alot More On MTV And On The Radio Im Getting Sick Of Hearin Like Bush On All The Time I Want To Get All Mixed Up And Listen To 311!!!!!

Nick Hexum (Speaker) thanks!!!!!

P-Nut (Speaker) thank you

eklads (Prodigy Member) Do any of you or have any of you ever had a problem with drugs?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) I don't care for bush either

StarkyLuvOne (Prodigy Member) In Random, who is Sound Boy?? Thats my fav song.

Nick Hexum (Speaker) uh

xPerplexYx (Prodigy Member) Will there be another single off the 311 self titiled album? If so, what??

Nick Hexum (Speaker) pass the bong

Nick Hexum (Speaker) no more singles

Raspberrie (Prodigy Member) You guys ever heard of KNDD, 107.7 The End? We love you up here in Seattle!!

P-Nut (Speaker) say no to coke

Lone Locust (Prodigy Member) What clubs did you guys play when you first started out in Omaha? I'm just curious since I live there. (Unfortunately......)

Nick Hexum (Speaker) we're not trying to run it into the ground

Nick Hexum (Speaker) ranch bowl

P-Nut (Speaker) we don't keep up on radio stations but we love seattle

vinyl unity (Prodigy Member) Nick....is it true that you have e-mail? ~Jen

Nick Hexum (Speaker) or raunch bowl as it's called

Roy Trakin (Speaker) Ever think of working with some of these new guys like Tricky, Chemical Bros., Dust Bros., et. al?

P-Nut (Speaker) free bowling

Nick Hexum (Speaker) yes

Nick Hexum (Speaker) yes

Roy Trakin (Speaker) Any ideas on who the next producer might be? Would you work with St. Germain again?

Starrgirl311 (Prodigy Member) Coming from Omaha (By the way, I live in Omaha!!), how did it change you when you moved to L.A.?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) Adam, get my ass on the guest list for the Chem bros show tomorrow

P-Nut (Speaker) was it chemical that did paul's boutique

Nick Hexum (Speaker) noooooo

Nick Hexum (Speaker) duh

Roy Trakin (Speaker) Dust Bros. did Paul's Boutique and Beck's Odelay...

P-Nut (Speaker) thank you

Silverbox (Prodigy Member) Hi

Roy Trakin (Speaker) Those two records are genius.... aren't they?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) LA made us more tan from basketball

Mobster 77 (Prodigy Member) You guys rock..........You think you will be around in the years to come or die out like most cool bands who get famous fast on one album?????

Roy Trakin (Speaker) I don't think you ever answered the question about L.A. Why did you move here? For your career?

Nick Hexum (Speaker) I think we will die out when we die

P-Nut (Speaker) mobster you're asking a loaded question

Nick Hexum (Speaker) blam blam

MrPhunkieman (Prodigy Member) Hydroponic, Firewater, and Freakout have to be my 3 favorite 311 songs...

Nick Hexum (Speaker) my dog is on my lap

Nick Hexum (Speaker) thanks

Agent0range (Prodigy Member) I never liked your music....

Nick Hexum (Speaker) I like gap

JENR5367 (Prodigy Member) Will you give me free tickets to one of your shows, please?

P-Nut (Speaker) agent get out

eklads (Prodigy Member) What would you be doing if you weren't in the music business?

tORd MaN (Prodigy Member) Nick are you talking to me?

P-Nut (Speaker) sippin on gin and juice

WWWcruiser (Prodigy Member) Nick, are you ever going to release that c.d. before Music, called Unity???

Nick Hexum (Speaker) I would be the new leader of the branch davidians



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