![]() He is credited with writing or co-writing nine tracks on the album, and his percussion and production is one of the many aspects that gives 311 their distinct sound. “Jupiter” contains the very literal, yet affective lyrics: “Sometimes the only thing that saves you/Think of bad things luck never gave you/And although your true love has just left you/Well, at least your mother kept you/Yes she did.” The song also features the head-nodding snare drum of Chad Sexton, one of the best drummers in the business. ![]() They made the music they wanted to make, and if fans were with it or against it, so be it. Stereolithic (stylized as STER30L1TH1C) is the eleventh studio album by the American rock band 311, released on March 11, 2014.It is the bands first fully independent studio album release since 1991s Unity. 311 had already made it, and used that opportunity to make their own Sgt. At that time, radio and MTV were kings, and if you didn’t have airplay there, you would never make it. These are the songs that many bands create and never release because of timidness. This track tells a story of battling to get. The eerie “Light Years” and “Creature Feature”, the finger-plucking of bassist Aaron “P-Nut” Wills on “What Was I Thinking?”, or maybe just listening to the absolute mind-numbing guitar solo of guitarist Tim Mahoney on “Use Of Time”. Ed Sheeran sings about missing his former partner and learning important life lessons in the process on Punchline. It’s the deep cuts that you play over and over again, trying to catch the meaning. This song showed another side of the band and was perhaps the catalyst for the odd, dark, and mysterious lyricism found throughout the rest of the album.īut the singles aren’t what make Transistor great. ![]() The honest song written by lead singer Nick Hexum is full of heavy riffs, dueling guitar solos, and, at the time, their heaviest lyrics, at least on a single. However, the third single, “Beautiful Disaster”, with one of the most recognizable intros of any song, may be 311’s greatest hit to date. The opening titular track, which would also be their lead single, did well on radio, and the video received MTV airplay (as did “Prisoner”).
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