311's Stoney Rock (High Times)

Starting with thir debut album, music in 1992, which featured the weed anthem's "Hydroponic" and "My Stoney Baby,"and continuing with their memorable contribution to the first Hempilation album (a cover of human rights'"Who's Got the Herb"), 311 placed themselves on the front lines in the battle to overturn America's six decades of senceless marijuana prohibition.

Clutching a huge spliff before their nov 21 show, bassist and designated band spokesman P-Nut noted," This is a total dream come true.i'm thinking of all the friends back home that would kill to be here. It's nice to play on a festival with steel pulse, them being legends and us being reggae fans all around."

Touring europe to promote their seventh album, From Chaos (Volcano), P-Nut claimed to be so tired he spent the day in the hotel playing video games instead of visiting coffeeshops. Asked to explain 311's longevity , he said, "We're not afraid to experiment with ideas and challenge each other as musicians and individuals. As time goes on, the more we listen to drum & bass and harder rock like system of a down and try to fuse those two,which are things that we have dealt with before, but to an even more extreme."

311's performance was a crowning acheivement for one of the era's great stoner bands.they smoked spliffs and raged with unusual intensity. Lead singers/rappers Nick Hexum and SA Martinez traded vocals, bouncing around the stage as P-Nut hopped on one leg thumping his bass, guitarist Tim Mahoney blasted solos and drummer Chad Sexton shifted rhythms from hard rock to hip hop to reggae.
Afterwards,drenched in sweat, P-Nut commented, "I think we hurt some people. This is another fantastic notch on the belt, thanks to High Times."

"It was definatly the stoniest crowd we ever played for," Sexton said as he inhaled a foot-long torpedo filled with high grade dutch pot and nepalese hash. "And SA got high on stage." Martinez is the only band member who doesn't smoke.

"Everyone was kind of on the same wavelength," Mahoney smiled. "I was high going into the show. We got SA and some other people up to our same level eventually.it's good to see a couple of the non-smokers light up a little."

Who's got the herb? 311