311 TRANSISTOR TATOO TV

'The Continuous Life' is about an out-of-body experience S.A. Producer Scott Ralston can be heard saying 'There is just no denying it, that was it' at the end of 'Galaxy.' 'Old Funk' and 'Space Funk' are both downloadable at 311's official website. ('Music critics, music critics,' 'from these grassroots we can breathe anywhere,' 'renegade sound system, 311, 'You're a transistor') Until the release of From Chaos, 'Transistor' had the acclaim of having mentioned the name of every 311 album in its lyrics. The track is now known as the 'Transistor Intro'. When performed correctly, you will hear the studio version of an instrumental commonly used as an opener to 311's live concerts during this era. Rewind until -1:43, then release the button, and let the track play.

You will be rewinding the track into negative digits. Play track 1, then hold down the 'back' button on your CD player. There is a secret track before the first song, 'Transistor'. Outtakes from this album are 'Earth People', 'Clone Me', 'MTA', 'Grifters', 'The Quickening', 'Everything', 'Writer's Block Party', 'Space Funk', 'Old Funk', 'To The Future' and '(White Man) in Hammersmith Palais'. This further explains Nick Hexum's lyric 'this song started as a rant against haters, but that'd be giving into the instigators'. 'Electricity' was originally called 'F*** the KKK'. The 11th track 'No Control' has no relation to the Bad Religion song No Control from their 1989 album of the same name. 'Transistor' was originally intended to be a double-album, but was condensed to 21 tracks on one CD. 'Beautiful Disaster', 'Prisoner', and 'Transistor' were released as singles. The 'Prisoner' video involves the band playing in a courtroom. The 'Beautiful Disaster' video shows the band playing live in a venue with some of the scenes involving the audience entering and exiting the venue and cheering them on.

311 TRANSISTOR TATOO TV

The music video for 'Transistor' involves the band playing on TV in a CGI-animated rotating cube with some famous places & buildings in the background and some scenes feature the band members spinning around in a room as well.

'F*** the KKK' - Early demo for Electricityġ997 'Transistor' Mainstream Rock Tracks 31ġ997 'Beautiful Disaster' Modern Rock Tracks 21

'White Man In Hammersmith Palais' (Strummer) - 3:52 (Appears on Burning London: The Clash Tribute Album) 'Space Funk' - 2:35 (Available via 311's website) 'Old Funk' - 2:43 (Available via 311's website) 'Starshines' (Sexton Hexum/Martinez) - 2:36 'Creature Feature' (Wills Martinez) - 2:38 'No Control' (Hexum Hexum/Martinez) - 3:09 'The Continuous Life' (Sexton Martinez) - 3:30 'Inner Light Spectrum' (Sexton/Martinez Martinez) - 3:41 'Transistor' (Music: Sexton Lyrics: Hexum/Martinez) - 3:02 'Transistor Intro' - 1:36 (pregap hidden track) It is the band's most experimental album to date. The album was certified Platinum, having sold over 1 million copies. Transistor is the fourth studio album by 311.

311 transistor tatoo