Archive for January, 2009

Album news!!

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

P-Nut posted this last night!! =D
1. I think we tracked 16 or 18 songs for the album, something like that
2. There are a number of songs that are four minutes or damn close
3. There are a number of musickal break/jam sections (which totally rule)
4. Chad’s in perfect form (as well as everyone else, it’s true)
5. [...]

Attention: People with 311 tattoos!

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

I just found out about this contest being run by 104.5 WRFF-FM in Philadelphia – check it out!
Got a band tattoo? Lyrics? Custom design of your favorite guitar? Send a pic of it in and you may score $500 if yours is voted the best of one of the following categories: Best Band/Artist Portrait, Best [...]

Tennessee (possibly Nashville) Spring Tour date!

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

Last night, P-Nut said on the 311bb, “electric factory would be fun, but, sadly I don’t think we’ll be coming up east in the spring, too cold, hehe. come to nashville, we’re going to rip em up nice and good.”
So, it sounded like Nashville was going to get a show, but then P-Nut’s mom said [...]

Spring Tour date – West Palm Beach, FL!

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

It looks like we have the first official Spring Tour date – Wednesday, April 29th, in West Palm Beach, FL! 311 will play the first night of SunFest, which takes place April 29 – May 3. View the official Web site HERE!
YAY! Hopefully this means more tour dates around the country for spring, and not [...]

Video of P-Nut from NAMM – 17 minutes long!

Monday, January 26th, 2009

Many, many thanks to Tony for taking this AWESOME video of P-Nut at NAMM! And thanks for uploading it and sharing it with all of us! It must have been incredibly memorable to see P-Nut just jamming out in front of a handful of people. =D
Tony doesn’t think P-Nut was necessarily playing parts of [...]

311 Day 2008 Audio / Video

Saturday, January 24th, 2009

This is kinda good news! P-Nut says:
“We didn’t record this show like we did ‘04 and ‘06, we did it a little bit stripped down. Because we thought we’d done the whole “let’s get the whole show on dvd thing,” we wanted to do something different. So it’s going to be a mixture of the [...]

Last day of recording today!!

Saturday, January 24th, 2009

WOOHOO!!! Awesomeness. Then on to mixing…I think they said Bob is gonna go back and do that in Hawaii. New album hopefully in mid-late April! Spring tour is supposed to start in mid-April!!!
Not too much longer now!!!

Fall Tour!! YEAAHHH!

Saturday, January 24th, 2009

P-Nut said:
“yes, we are planning on hitting the road mid april for a couple weeks, then again june through july big city stylee, and then once again out in the fall/winter to make sure that our people got a chance to see the new 311.
09 will rule
love is the law”
YESSS! Fall shows are the [...]

Photos and video from the NAMM Music Convention

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

The NAMM Music Convention, a music trade show for exhibitors and endorsers, took place in Anaheim, CA from January 15-18. Luckily, 311 fan Tony (a.k.a. T-Minus) attended the event and was able to get some photos of P-Nut and Tim! Click on a photo below to view the larger version. I believe there are more [...]

Nick got married!!

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

WOW…what a suprise!! Congratulations, Nick!! I can’t believe I’m posting this right now…I must admit my heart is absolutely broken, haha. =(
But enough about me, here is what Nick said today:
Greetings, friends! Happy New Year. We are putting the finishing touches on all the songs this week and are about to shift gears into mixing. [...]