311 consists of Chad Sexton (drums, percussion), Nick Hexum (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Sa Martinez (vocals, turntables), Tim Mahoney (lead guitar), P-nut (bass guitar).
311 (pronounced "three eleven") is a band that formed in late 1988 in Omaha, Nebraska as a rapcore/ punk rock/ reggae group.
The members of 311 are Nick Hexum (lead vocals, guitar), Douglas Vincent "SA" Martinez (vocals, turntable, programming), Aaron Wills (a.k.a. P-Nut) (bass), Tim Mahoney (lead guitar), and Chad Sexton (drums). All five of the members grew up in Omaha in the 1970s.
311 has enjoyed commercial persistance stemming from its rabid fan base. Since their self-titled album in 1995, all but one of their album's (the exception being Live (311 album)) have been in the top 15 of the Billboard Top 200 and have nineteen singles pick up radio airplay since "Do You Right" in 1993, five of those songs being top 3 hits on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.
In 1990 and 1991, 311 released three records on their own independent record label, What Have You Records. These records, titled Dammit!, Hydroponic, and Unity, and alongside their energetic live shows, launched their career in the mid-west, after which they moved out to California in an attempt to be signed onto a major record label.
Their first CD, Music was released in 1993 and eventually went gold. The following year, they released their second album, Grassroots. Their biggest selling CD was their self-titled release 311 in 1995 (also known as The Blue Album) which went triple-platinum, and also found mainstream success with the singles "Down" and " All Mixed Up".
In the following years, 311 kept their strong radio success going. 1997's Transistor debuted at number 4 on Billboard Album Charts. Transistor is known as a fan-favorite throughout the 311 community, and sports popular tracks such as "Beautiful Disaster", "Transistor", and "Prisoner".