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311 hails from the midwest city of Omaha, Nebraska, which they make references to in a few of their songs, notably "Omaha Stylee," "F*** the Bull****," and "Random." They formed in the early 90's and are comprised of Nick Hexum on lead vocals and guitar, Doug "SA" Martinez on vocals, P-Nut on bass, Tim Mahoney on lead guitar and Chad Sexton on drums. Their name comes from the police code in Omaha for indecent exposure, stemming from an incident when a member of Hexum's former band was caught skinny-dipping. The band released three albums on their own before getting a record deal with Capricorn Records. Their subsiquent album entitled "Music" in 1993 took a few songs from the earlier recordings. During touring for "Music," the band's bus burst into flames. Luckily for us all, no one was hurt, but all of their possessions and equipment was destroyed and had to play the next show in Kansas City with borrowed gear. The...