Nick Hexum - 311 - NEW INTERVIEW - In Depth - Early Days - 2023 Making New Music - Shaquille O'Neal

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  • Опубліковано 30 кві 2023
  • In this episode of Tuna On Toast, Stryker catches up with 311 frontman Nick Hexum. Nick looks back at his band's early days, moving from Omaha to LA, why radio stations were initially hesitant to play 311, and how opening for Fugazi and Oingo Boingo impacted his career. Nick also recalls working with NBA superstar Shaquille O'Neal on the music video for "You Wouldn't Believe" -- and why Shaq threatened to sue the band! 311 has released 13 albums in their career spanning over 30 years, and Nick reveals that NEW MUSIC is on the way! He also details a scary RV fire in the band's early days that could have cost them their lives! Hear these stories and more on this episode of Tuna on Toast, then subscribe to the show and follow us on socials @tunaontoast

КОМЕНТАРІ • 104

  • @lonnycook5122
    @lonnycook5122 Рік тому +20

    Looooooooooove this soooooo much. This is why 311 has been my favorite band since 95 I go for the Hive ❤️💛💚🤞🏽💪🏽🤙🏽✌🏽👽🔥💨🦒🙏🏽

    • @robdubent
      @robdubent 11 місяців тому

      Since 93 babyyyy

    • @420killa
      @420killa 11 місяців тому

      silly rabbit

  • @rayc2680
    @rayc2680 4 місяці тому +4

    Seeing them live in the UK this summer.
    They have saved me at least once, through very dark times.
    I'm just grateful for them, now I know why fans cherish them.

  • @Rob_Cary
    @Rob_Cary Рік тому +13

    How does everyone in this band besides Tim Mahoney just not age? Best band in all the land! I'm glad my favorite member isn't taking that hiatus and we're getting new music!

    • @robdubent
      @robdubent 11 місяців тому +5

      Hey- Tim’s doin just fine my man. Ask SA

    • @Rob_Cary
      @Rob_Cary 9 місяців тому +3

      @@robdubent I'm sure he is. Showing more signs of aging doesn't mean doing badly

    • @SouthJerseyMatt
      @SouthJerseyMatt 4 місяці тому +1

      They didn’t drink or harddrug themselves into oblivion

    • @talesfromthemidwest
      @talesfromthemidwest 4 місяці тому +2

      Tim's fine he's just perma high.

  • @briancoemusic
    @briancoemusic Рік тому +13

    What a delight! 2 great people and a great chat!

  • @markwrenn5965
    @markwrenn5965 Рік тому +15

    311 is the greatest band of all time. Quite literally saved my life a time or two 😅 great interview!

    • @tsomen55
      @tsomen55 Рік тому +2

      I think we’ve all had a “beyond the gray sky” moment

    • @markwrenn5965
      @markwrenn5965 Рік тому +2

      @@tsomen55 my fav song 💚

    • @JesusIsRealJ1247
      @JesusIsRealJ1247 11 місяців тому

      Nah, that was just you. They were a distraction for the moment.

    • @markwrenn5965
      @markwrenn5965 11 місяців тому

      @@JesusIsRealJ1247 save some puss for the rest of us, hoss

    • @user-hk7hz9cn7v
      @user-hk7hz9cn7v 3 місяці тому

      @@JesusIsRealJ1247Shut up…

  • @f5garage401
    @f5garage401 11 місяців тому +2

    Best hexum interview I've seen

  • @pullitupjamie810
    @pullitupjamie810 Рік тому +8

    What a great guy, I love the Soundsystem album still.

  • @cryptothreevus
    @cryptothreevus Рік тому +4

    311 muh’fuckin’ rulez!!!

  • @vader123
    @vader123 Рік тому +11

    Great interview! Thanks Nick and Stryker! 311 forever

  • @garynrasbury4019
    @garynrasbury4019 Рік тому +4

    Amazing interview! Youve made so many Excitables happy for doing this ❤

  • @TwoEvilPillars
    @TwoEvilPillars 11 місяців тому +1

    I love 311 !! Great guys !!

  • @Leilafart
    @Leilafart Рік тому +2

    311 3 311!! 🎉 ❤❤ I’m excited for this interview

  • @KipArmadillo
    @KipArmadillo Рік тому +3

    Evolver is excellent and an underrated piece of their catalogue.

    • @rayc2680
      @rayc2680 4 місяці тому

      Don't Tread On Me is a close second.

  • @rowdystaudi
    @rowdystaudi Рік тому +1

    Excellent interview Stryker!
    311 still brings it harder than ever after all of these years! Have had so much fun at their shows/events, and spreading their music and positivity
    cant wait to hear their new stuff!

  • @jrjubach
    @jrjubach Рік тому +3

    Wonderful interview, cover to cover.

  • @jiveworm
    @jiveworm Рік тому +3

    Danny Elfman and 311 are my all time favorites so that show would have been mind-blowing. Too bad I was like 13 at the time and on the other side of the country. I've met Nick twice and both times my brain just froze and I couldn't think of what to say 🤦‍♂️. But i did get a pic with the band on the Mosaic tour 🤘.

  • @NickZrockandroll
    @NickZrockandroll 11 місяців тому

    Thanks Nick and Stryker. I drummed for Mary's Danish in those days. Thanks for remembering us, and the fun days!

  • @user-hk7hz9cn7v
    @user-hk7hz9cn7v 3 місяці тому

    311 has been around (the same five guys album after album and tour after tour) realistically my entire life. I was born in 86 so it’s pretty much been one of the constant parts of my life on this planet. And they’re still going! First band I ever learned to play on bass and guitar, first band I ever attached myself to and first band I ever resonated with musically

  • @carstereobandits
    @carstereobandits 11 місяців тому +2

    Dud hasn't aged what the hell

  • @philbadelphia
    @philbadelphia 5 місяців тому +1

    Ted Stryker once again an outstanding interview, at time inspirational, emotional,humourous and motivational! Love this

    • @TunaonToastwithStryker
      @TunaonToastwithStryker  5 місяців тому +1

      thank you so much for the nice words and taking the tine to watch!

  • @J57music
    @J57music Рік тому +2

    Awesome checking it out now

  • @JCMMA555
    @JCMMA555 Рік тому +2

    Stay positive and Love your Life!

  • @martyBigMwebb311
    @martyBigMwebb311 Рік тому +1

    Thank you! This was awesome!!

  • @drewskkiiii
    @drewskkiiii Рік тому +2

    Love this interview!!!!!!!!!

  • @BubbaShango
    @BubbaShango Рік тому +3

    Epic interview!!

  • @ahill9477
    @ahill9477 Рік тому +2

    He looks pretty damn good for 53.

  • @apoplexiamusic
    @apoplexiamusic 2 місяці тому

    Just starting to watch and i just gotta say, i love Tucson. I’m from Montreal, Canada and i’ve been there twice for the gem & mineral shows and it’s mostly very nice. It’s sad that there is a lot of poverty there though.

  • @gilliem8991
    @gilliem8991 Рік тому +1

    I’m a big fan of 311 …but the time Nick took his time for us to take a picture with me and my cousin was awesome thanks nick! 311 3 3 11

  • @kimdixson3566
    @kimdixson3566 Рік тому +1

    That's what we need to hear 👍

  • @igtr4074
    @igtr4074 Рік тому +1

    Great stuff! 👽

  • @jeremymiller3800
    @jeremymiller3800 10 місяців тому

    Excellent interview.

  • @Revoltmetal420
    @Revoltmetal420 Рік тому +1

    Very nice gold nuggets of new stories, the bass player from the Cure is in the Love Song video, the Shaq helicopter messing up the acoustic set,lol. Dat interview is dope.🤘

  • @archhereticone
    @archhereticone 11 місяців тому

    We need another hour of this

  • @charlieredeemed
    @charlieredeemed 7 місяців тому

    Watching from Tempe, Arizona! God Bless! 🌵

  • @user-kh5bo5ru3i
    @user-kh5bo5ru3i Рік тому +1

    If y'all ain't doing a tour this summer, y'all should release new music 311

  • @larrydavid4924
    @larrydavid4924 Рік тому +2

    Please play Seems Uncertain live again .. and My Stoney Baby is one the best tunes

    • @Rob_Cary
      @Rob_Cary Рік тому

      Those two are great sleepers. I consider places that the mind goes the worst of all the feldy songs tho haha I wasn't expecting him to say that one. I just finished working on a guitar/bass cover for tune in and I think that should be a more well known sleeper. Pnuts parts in the bridge were actually kinda tough! I was hoping he'd bring transistor up in general.

  • @duganred
    @duganred Рік тому +5

    Mosaic is definitely the best 311 release since Evolver. Those first 6 records speak for themselves.

    • @bafmd
      @bafmd Рік тому +1

      Since Evolver...
      Don't Tread on Me is a fantastic album full of love songs.
      Uplifter is only redeemed from it's B-Sides (Sun Come Through and Get Down are top tier, imo). I seriously blame Bob Rock.
      Universal Pulse has some quality jams on it.
      Stereolithic is my personal favorite since Evolver.
      Mosaic is quality 311.
      Voyager is 50/50 for me. The whole Crossfire/Heist issue. I prefer the Ralston tracks.
      👌🤘

    • @duganred
      @duganred Рік тому +3

      @@bafmd Mosaic and Stereolithic definitely separate from the pack. DTOM demo leaks turned that album sideways (strong B-sides, tho) the Bob Rock experience sucked. He normalized them. Universal Pulse was better than Uplifter, but the album was too short to rank high. Uplifter had a few songs I still dig, but the bulk was way too cheesy lyrically for me (again, solid b-sides) Voyager had the copyright issues you mentioned and that turned me off

    • @Rob_Cary
      @Rob_Cary Рік тому

      They shoulda redone universal pulse with a production that knows what they're doing. It often gets grouped in with uplifter due to both having bad production but universal pulse was the bands reinvigoration after dtom and uplifter. It sounds like Bob Rock didn't even mix or master it.

  • @donnix1192
    @donnix1192 Рік тому +6

    I love 311, representing Omaha. Chad Sexton is a great drummer, he was in the drumline for the Nighriders Drum and Bugle Corps back in the day.

    • @TheJanamp
      @TheJanamp Рік тому

      Sky Ryders. 🙂

    • @ryanzee311
      @ryanzee311 Рік тому

      And now he's maga trash who ruined 311's legacy and turned them into a joke

    • @jeffthehotelguy89
      @jeffthehotelguy89 Рік тому

      Don how are you

    • @donnix1192
      @donnix1192 Рік тому +1

      @@jeffthehotelguy89I’m ok, how are you??…..

    • @jeffthehotelguy89
      @jeffthehotelguy89 Рік тому

      @@donnix1192 living in omaha

  • @Davidjon1946
    @Davidjon1946 3 місяці тому +2

    Nick i never age hexum

  • @CaseyDarwin
    @CaseyDarwin 8 місяців тому +1

    I always wondered how they felt about the 2011 Japanese tsunami.

  • @georgehennen
    @georgehennen 9 місяців тому

    Listen to their greatest hits daily

  • @springer90
    @springer90 Рік тому

    Unity album from 1991 is 🔥🔥!

  • @matthewjcowley
    @matthewjcowley Рік тому

    When are they coming to Sydney Australia

  • @jeffthehotelguy89
    @jeffthehotelguy89 2 місяці тому

    I grew up in omaha

  • @SpartanPridePod
    @SpartanPridePod Рік тому +1

    RV fire is a funny story but it was really serious. I think Nick said he's still got some marks from it and barely got out w/out major burns

  • @rayplaysgames_RPG
    @rayplaysgames_RPG 7 місяців тому

    Would be sick to see 311 on rogan with doug

  • @michaelspurk2051
    @michaelspurk2051 8 місяців тому +1

    Aries WHat UP

  • @jaredroever1475
    @jaredroever1475 3 місяці тому

    311 gots the Herb

  • @cyroth
    @cyroth 9 місяців тому

    21:30
    "My bro's and I were driving
    The RV bleeding flames
    Us leaping through fire surviving
    Zoned with no home, there was fire all on it
    Um let me have my life, I want it"

  • @ryuujikinuzaki4523
    @ryuujikinuzaki4523 Рік тому +1

    Hey dj Stryker would you want to review your game burnout takedown 3

  • @kevinjones-strum2thebeatmu152
    @kevinjones-strum2thebeatmu152 11 місяців тому

    Hey Nick, I have an idea for the next album. You should hide one phrase from old albums in each of the new songs. What do you think?

  • @MPerry-dg1me
    @MPerry-dg1me 7 місяців тому

    Would love to click like, but its at 311

  • @blackjetband1985
    @blackjetband1985 Рік тому +2

    I wonder what the deal is with P-Nut then? Last I heard he was quitting 311, now they are talking about recording and writing new music?

    • @jamesvela8727
      @jamesvela8727 Рік тому +1

      I read between the lines on this. Nick wants to make new music. The rest of the band might need more convincing. That's what I got.

    • @bafmd
      @bafmd Рік тому

      I never heard "quit", but take a break.

    • @dabz___
      @dabz___ Рік тому

      Changed his mind

    • @Rob_Cary
      @Rob_Cary Рік тому

      He was taking a break but now he isn't. Despite the talk of how it had to do with Chad, Chad walked back his regretful tweet a week later. I don't think it had anything to do with it. Out of all the speculations that were floating around out there, the most believable one to me was that he was not liking how much they had been going to outside writers lately. Who knows though. Just glad he's stickin around!

  • @caticosmo
    @caticosmo Рік тому +1

    I just want to know why 311 don't have world tour, they only play in the USA

    • @ronniecardenas817
      @ronniecardenas817 Рік тому +1

      Darn, I heard a member (most likely nick) mention why and I can’t remember. Could be a budget thing. I’m sure it’s in an interview from the last 10 years.

    • @caticosmo
      @caticosmo Рік тому

      @@ronniecardenas817 there s a lot of festivals here in south america, all the bands come.
      I think is more like they dont care. Wich is sad because i love them

    • @MPerry-dg1me
      @MPerry-dg1me 7 місяців тому

      ​@@caticosmoI'd think 311 believes they don't have enough worldwide fans to do a tour again outside states

  • @CamFanOf311
    @CamFanOf311 Рік тому +1

    He’s 6’3’’

    • @bafmd
      @bafmd Рік тому +2

      and like Muhammad Ali, he floats like a butterfly but stings like poison ivy.

    • @Rob_Cary
      @Rob_Cary Рік тому

      Some of the lyrics on that blue album lol I still love it tho

  • @my_sideproject3815
    @my_sideproject3815 Рік тому +1

    Nick is so damn high here.

  • @seancrowley1065
    @seancrowley1065 11 місяців тому

    To remember that he was wearing a checkered shirt tells you that he's a bottom/catcher.

    • @drstewart
      @drstewart 7 місяців тому

      Speaking from personal experience are ya?

  • @rayplaysgames_RPG
    @rayplaysgames_RPG 7 місяців тому

    For a guy hosting a music podcast, you think hed know how to say fugazi 😂

  • @rupman27isback
    @rupman27isback Рік тому +2

    Get some indie garage rock musicians to interview please.

  • @captainshiner42
    @captainshiner42 Рік тому

    You guys had me right up until the "NFT" thing. Sorry. Not falling for these right wing ponzi schemes.

    • @Rob_Cary
      @Rob_Cary Рік тому +2

      "Right wing ponzi scheme" is a great way to describe the entire Trump presidency haha.

    • @captainshiner42
      @captainshiner42 Рік тому

      @@Rob_Cary Exactamundo!

  • @fuckyougeorgebush
    @fuckyougeorgebush 8 місяців тому +1

    Evolver was one of the most important albums to happen in my life. It came out the year I graduated from high school so I was cutting ties with a lot of people I'd never see again and becoming my true self. It also came out when a lot of important 9/11 truth stuff was happening and the lyrics just resonated with me. Had I not discovered the lies of 9/11 I probably would have gone along with the lies of covid and everything else they throw at us.