Offbeat Podcast: A 311 Podcast

Welcome back to the Offbeat Podcast! Today we welcome Kevin Joseph onto the show, the front man and leader of the Unity All Stars! Kevin talks about the history of his band, playing 311 parties on every cruise since the first one and many 311 Days! We also talk about possible future plans for upcoming 311 Day and Kevin goes into his history with the band and his experiences being in his band.

Welcome back to the Offbeat Podcast! Today we welcome a fellow Minnesota native, and finally another Slinky onto the show! After a quick news break about new international shows, we get into how Jenna got into the band at the young age of 6 with the song All Mixed Up. Jenna had a resurgence to the band around the time Mosaic has come out, and has been following them heavily ever since.

Welcome back to the Offbeat Podcast! Today we welcome one of the most renounced artists in the gig poster world, Dayne Henry! It was such an honor to have Dayne on the show, with his legendary work for 311 gig posters, pulling inspiration from 90s nostalgia by incorporating TMNT, X-men, Zelda, and other properties into his work. We talk about the inspiration behind some of these pieces, and how he...

Welcome back to the Offbeat Podcast! And welcome to our first episode of 311 trivia! Technical difficulties aside, this was a ton of fun, with some real tricky questions for 311 fans, along with some freebies of course. Thanks to everyone who played, and feel free to play along at home! And of course, it's finally that time, 311 Day has officially been announced! Stay tuned for our 311 plans a...

Welcome back to the offbeat podcast! We're on the road for 311's 2023 fall tour, join us on the tour kickoff show in Clive, IA, and in St. Louis, Omaha, and Kansas City. But not before showing off one of our fancy new intros, and talk about the upcoming 311 day announcement!

This comes from the Omaha Press Club Face on the Barroom floor event from 9/28 in Omaha. I was honored to be able to go, so I just knew I had to record it so I could upload it for our podcast listeners. Enjoy!!!

Welcome back to the offbeat podcast! We're finally here with our episode with Steve Ewing from The Urge. This was a long time coming, and after a little technical difficulties we finally were able to put it together! We talk with Steve about the early days of the urge, getting linked up with 311, and what the future holds for the urge. Steve also gives us a couple teases about upcoming shows a...

Welcome back to the offbeat podcast! Today we welcome Daniel (Meat Sacks, Spreadsheets) Schrader! Daniel was originally born in Nebraska, and was introduced to 311 in 1992, with his first show being at the Ranch Bowl! Daniel has seen 70+ 311 shows and tells us stories about seeing them a lot in Colorado, and setting up his famous Red Rocks Taco Bar for the tailgate!

Welcome back to the Offbeat Podcast! Today we welcome another Texas native, John Garcia. John talks to us about his 60+ shows, most of them being in Texas, and how he now travels extensively to see the country and sees the band all over the country as well. John also has a very extensive record collection, and he talks about how much music means to him.

Welcome back to another episode of the Offbeat Podcast! Today we welcome our 3rd Mike, and 4th New York guest, Mike Walls. Mike takes us through his long history with 311, over 40 shows, multiple 311 days and cruises. He also talks about his experience playing cover shows and getting the band to play Face in the Wind at Red Rocks.

Welcome back to the Offbeat Podcast! Today we welcome a fellow Brian, Mr. Brian Stazel, surprisingly, our first Colorado native. Brian talks about his experience seeing 80 shows, travelling all around the country, and meeting new and old friends at shows, the real 311 experience for him is meeting up with people. We also get a great outro by his furry companion, Guinness.

Welcome back to the Offbeat Podcast! Today we welcome a fellow Minnesotan, Courtney Guck! Courtney had quite the stories, and we even welcome for a short period, his wife Amy! Courtney tells us all about his extensive amount of shows last year, and his experience on the cruise this year. Even a quick story on how he got Jacob banned from PayPal.

We're back from Colorado! What an amazing weekend, in this episode we dive into everything that went down, all 3 epic nights of 311. The second half of the episode is dedicated to interviews with friends before the 311 shows.

Today, we sit down with Noel Morris, from Nashville, TN. Noel hasn't been travelling to see the band much before 2017, but the small venue Nashville show is what got him back into the band. He talks a lot about his solo venture on the 2019 cruise, and how that really catapulted him into his fandom, and where he met a lot of close friends. Also we have some more news to talk about, with the 311...

Today we sit down with Troy Fonseca, lead singer of ...and the Hero Prevails. He talks to us about getting into 311 at a young age, even though he has a shorter show count he is a huge fan with some great stories. We get into his amazing story about meeting his idol, Nick Hexum, and how Nick even checked out his band. Troy also talks about his experiences opening up for bands such as Chevelle, Thr...

Welcome back to the Offbeat Podcast! We're doing something a little different today, as we don't have a guest on the show. Instead we both created a tier list for all 13 studio albums from 311 and ranked them. At the end, we combined forces and agreed upon an ultimate tier list, certified by the Offbeat Podcast.

Welcome back to the Offbeat Pod-Cast! After a short break, we're back! On this episode, we talk to our first couple, from the east coast Team Metcalf, Dakota and Nate. We dive into their past with 311, how they met, and how they eventually got married by P-nuts dad, Larry. We also talk about our concert plans for the year, and our hopes for a 311 fall tour.

On today's episode we interview our 3rd New York City resident, and our 2nd Mike! The one and only Mike McGlynn, or Mindspin Magic. Mike talks to us about his 70+ 311 shows, most of which have been in New York. He also talks to us about his inspiration behind some of his fan made creations, and dives into his long history with the band and some great personal stories of moments he's shared...

On today's episode we welcome our first slinky girl onto the show! Saralyn Bliss tells us her stories about being a 311 fan from New York City, and how her whole life changed after diving into being a super fan around 2011. Sara was one of the big contributors to the Unity Project, delivered to the band on 311 Day 2020, and she has a few different fan made 311 merch shops. She also tells us th...

Welcome back to another episode of the Offbeat Pod-Cast, where we're just going to be Creatures (For an Hour). On today's episode we bring on the one and only Mike Vicious, yes that's really his name. Mike fills us in on his long history with 311, as he is also from Omaha, Nebraska and still resides there. Mike has recently been on a musical journey trying to pursue his own career, and...

On this episode we play name that tune! With honorary guests Ammi, Breigh, and Brian. 32 songs were played on guitar and our brave contestants guessed with ease which 311 song was being played. We had a great time and can't wait to play again! Also on this episode, we did a surprise call in, another first for the show! Stick around to see who dropped in to say hello!

On todays episode of the Offbeat Pod-Cast, we sat down with the one and only Justin Fantasia, as he takes us through his long history of 311, specifically the old school days, and the wild experiences of the crowds back in those days. Translating that to now, Justin always tries to keep the energy alive at any 311 show he is at, while at the same time maintaining a positive and safe environment.

Welcome to our 311 Day Special! I took the time to get some special quick interviews while in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida waiting in line for the cruise warm up show. Today we have the one and only Znut on the show, as he goes through his experience being a young 311 fan, and being motivated by Pnut to play bass, to now playing in his own band within a short amount of time.

Here we are with the 2nd episode of the Offbeat Pod-Cast: a 311 Podcast. Where we're just going to be Creatures (For an Hour). Today we welcome to unofficial king of the unofficial poster game, Patrick Hodge. But first, we talk about the upcoming 311 cruise, and the merch that was released for that. On this episode we talk about Patrick's history with the band, and how the community has helped him...

Welcome to the first episode of the Offbeat Pod-Cast: a 311 Podcast. Where we're just gonna be Creatures (For An Hour). On our first episode we have a very special guest, the waffle king of the 311 Merch Exchange, Mr. Ricky Rappa. On this episode, we got to know some of Ricky's history with the band, and his ups and downs of his journey of over 50 shows over the course of 20+ years.