<![CDATA[311 Compare Themselves To Grateful Dead, U2, Phish, Your Mom - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[311 Compare Themselves To Grateful Dead, U2, Phish, Your Mom - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:18:30 EDT Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:18:30 EDT http://idolator.com/397990/311-compare-themselves-to-grateful-dead-u2-phish-your-mom <![CDATA[311 Compare Themselves To Grateful Dead, U2, Phish, Your Mom]]> http://idolator.com/397990/311-compare-themselves-to-grateful-dead-u2-phish-your-mom#c6555320 Thanks for pointing out how much they suck on so many different levels. I thought I was the only one who loathed their "funk rock".

antistar2000

]]> 33:397990:c6555320 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:18:30 EDT <![CDATA[311 Compare Themselves To Grateful Dead, U2, Phish, Your Mom]]> http://idolator.com/397990/311-compare-themselves-to-grateful-dead-u2-phish-your-mom#c6553107 @GhostOfDuane: I was going to post some sort of an anti-311 rant but you've summed them up quite nicely: "wuss-ska"

cheesebubble

]]> 33:397990:c6553107 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:55:27 EDT <![CDATA[311 Compare Themselves To Grateful Dead, U2, Phish, Your Mom]]> http://idolator.com/397990/311-compare-themselves-to-grateful-dead-u2-phish-your-mom#c6552573 As someone raised on modern rock radio in the early 90s (as opposed to someone who said "what the hell is this crap?" and dove into the indie scene) I really can't hate too much on 311. I hated what they stood for and the people who loved them (see also: DMB), but, with time, my feelings toward them have mellowed and I can even enjoy a few of their catchy songs (see also: DMB).

Having said that... "Love Song" is possibly the greatest abomination ever committed to a movie soundtrack.

Halfwit

]]> 33:397990:c6552573 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:08:57 EDT <![CDATA[311 Compare Themselves To Grateful Dead, U2, Phish, Your Mom]]> http://idolator.com/397990/311-compare-themselves-to-grateful-dead-u2-phish-your-mom#c6548906 This leaves me perplexed. I think some guy put "My Stony Baby" on a mix tape for me in high school. This bands cheeseball basslines (and really, their sound as a whole) makes me want to set my stereo on fire for ever having tainted with that crap.

If I still had the stereo.
Or the mix tape.


sambamalicious

]]> 33:397990:c6548906 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:16:31 EDT <![CDATA[311 Compare Themselves To Grateful Dead, U2, Phish, Your Mom]]> http://idolator.com/397990/311-compare-themselves-to-grateful-dead-u2-phish-your-mom#c6547291 Ghost of Duane - I thought Maggot Brain pretty much defined "funk rock" for all time.

What's really depressing about 311 for me is how much Dub Trio's last album and set reminded me of those fuckwads. So sad to see a good band go wrong.

Clevertrousers

]]> 33:397990:c6547291 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:20:18 EDT <![CDATA[311 Compare Themselves To Grateful Dead, U2, Phish, Your Mom]]> http://idolator.com/397990/311-compare-themselves-to-grateful-dead-u2-phish-your-mom#c6545143 The incessant guitar on "Down" makes me want to die. It NEVER STOPS. It's like the girl from The Ring.

Lucas Jensen

]]> 33:397990:c6545143 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:05:18 EDT <![CDATA[311 Compare Themselves To Grateful Dead, U2, Phish, Your Mom]]> http://idolator.com/397990/311-compare-themselves-to-grateful-dead-u2-phish-your-mom#c6545003 @GhostOfDuane - My friend from Omaha says that "311" there is like "420" everywhere else. I'm not sure why they need their own number.

311 never really offended me before, but that "Last Straw" vid made we want to chop my ears off.

skweetis

]]> 33:397990:c6545003 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:59:31 EDT <![CDATA[311 Compare Themselves To Grateful Dead, U2, Phish, Your Mom]]> http://idolator.com/397990/311-compare-themselves-to-grateful-dead-u2-phish-your-mom#c6544913 I wrote some pretty disparaging things about 'em in an alt-weekly preview several years ago, and a bunch of young ex-frat/nu-yuppie dudes who came into my buddy's bar for a liquid lunch read the piece and spent some time deciding whether or not to drive over to the paper's office and kick my ass. Apparently, more Clamato bloody marys won out.

ravisharnell

]]> 33:397990:c6544913 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:54:42 EDT <![CDATA[311 Compare Themselves To Grateful Dead, U2, Phish, Your Mom]]> http://idolator.com/397990/311-compare-themselves-to-grateful-dead-u2-phish-your-mom#c6543059 Just to be clear, 2/3 of those bands aren't still together. And in terms of status and accomplishment, each of those three has played to crowds hundreds of thousands deep, had hit singles (well, not Phish), lasted several decades, and all without ever needing their drummer (or, drummers) to call attention to all that great success to MTV.

Also, note to MTV - 311 is not funk rock. I don't really know what funk rock is and the wiki [en.wikipedia.org] hardly clears things up. Jimi Hendrix was a funk rocker? Wasn't he just a rocker who played some funky guitar? The only folks I can think of that actually fit the funk rock bill are Les Claypool and Funkadelic. Isn't 311 just straight up wuss-ska? I haven't listened to them since I was told in middle school that 311 is a KKK reference (no regrets).

GhostOfDuane

]]> 33:397990:c6543059 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:47:16 EDT <![CDATA[311 Compare Themselves To Grateful Dead, U2, Phish, Your Mom]]> http://idolator.com/397990/311-compare-themselves-to-grateful-dead-u2-phish-your-mom#c6542422 @Anthony Miccio: Really all his "not comparing" caveat does is calm fans who'd be worried that the band was planning to stop sounding like a special ed Bad Brains.

Anthony Miccio

]]> 33:397990:c6542422 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:22:06 EDT <![CDATA[311 Compare Themselves To Grateful Dead, U2, Phish, Your Mom]]> http://idolator.com/397990/311-compare-themselves-to-grateful-dead-u2-phish-your-mom#c6542239 @Hubert Cumberdale: the thing is, how is he NOT comparing 311 to the bands if he's comparing their level of "status and accomplishment?" What doesn't fall into "status and accomplishment?" Artistic merit?

Anthony Miccio

]]> 33:397990:c6542239 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:13:35 EDT <![CDATA[311 Compare Themselves To Grateful Dead, U2, Phish, Your Mom]]> http://idolator.com/397990/311-compare-themselves-to-grateful-dead-u2-phish-your-mom#c6541244 "And I'm not comparing us to these bands, but just in the level of status and accomplishment, and that they're still together."

Makes sense. As for "comparing", although he announced he is not, I can't say this really bothers me. All he's done is admitted they've released more crap than humanly possible, they still tour and they still have a butt-load of fans who enjoy their music. Big deal, and go them.

At least they haven't reached the level of smug self-importance that U2 have managed to pull off.

Hubert Cumberdale

]]> 33:397990:c6541244 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:33:28 EDT <![CDATA[311 Compare Themselves To Grateful Dead, U2, Phish, Your Mom]]> http://idolator.com/397990/311-compare-themselves-to-grateful-dead-u2-phish-your-mom#c6540835 Some things never change.

Only if Mark McGrath stops staring at a stain on the wall enough to record a YouTube complaint back later today.

NedRaggett

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