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311 transistor2/10/2024 ![]() 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. Twenty one songs may seem like a long record but as they take you on this journey, their intentions become very clear. Originally intended to be a double cd, the band decided on releasing it as one disc as a treat for the fans. ![]() “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. The release of Transistor is their signature album. They made the music they wanted to make, and if fans were with it or against it, so be it. 311 had already made it, and used that opportunity to make their own Sgt. This track tells a story of battling to get. At that time, radio and MTV were kings, and if you didn’t have airplay there, you would never make it. Ed Sheeran sings about missing his former partner and learning important life lessons in the process on Punchline. These are the songs that many bands create and never release because of timidness. 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”. ![]() 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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