Nick Hexum (311)

Lead Singer Syndrome with Shane Told

Shane Told

Music, Music Commentary, Music Interviews

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Episode 219 - We have another LEGEND on the show this week! For over 30 years, 311 has been killing it with mainstream success and an amazing cult following as well. Lead singer Nick Hexum called Shane from his home to talk about the early days of dubbing tapes, moving by himself from Omaha to LA when he was only 17, and how great it would be to still own an island right about now. Also - Nick breaks down the stories behind the hits "Down", "Beautiful Disaster" and "Amber". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Oh, I, yeah. Oh hi!
0:23.0	What?
0:24.0	What? Oh, hi. What's up everyone? Welcome back to another episode of the podcast lead singer syndrome
0:46.7	I'm your host as always Shane told taking you into the backstage conversations that I have with other lead singers about what
0:56.0	it's like to do the thing and oh we got a good one today, man. I talked to a real rock star, a veteran.
1:07.2	Nick Hexham of 311, been doing it for almost 30 years. What an incredible career and really not a
1:18.4	typical career. They came out swinging, they had huge hits out of the gate, but they've turned that into an absolutely amazing cult following.
1:31.0	We talk about their consistency that they've managed to have,
1:34.8	headlining amphitheaters, doing cruises, having 311 day,
1:39.0	all this stuff that they do all the time, and
1:41.6	this was a very very cool conversation thank you for taking
1:47.0	time out of your very busy I'm sure schedule I don't know what you're up to. Maybe you're working. Maybe you're sitting around like me. Regardless, I hope you are staying safe doing the proper social distancing and maybe just maybe we're starting to
2:05.4	see a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel I don't know I don't know I'm
2:11.3	being optimistic anyway hey remember you can always get in touch with me if you're bored
2:17.0	Write me an email. I'm bored. I will read it lead singer syndrome at gmail dot com.
2:23.2	I read everything.
2:25.0	You can also add me on social media.
2:27.5	It is at Shane Told and you can have the podcast
2:30.7	at lead singer syndrome on Instagram or at lead singer sin
2:34.9	S. Y on Twitter and we are on Facebook. Yes, Facebook still a thing. In fact I want to thank everyone who tuned in to my live stream
2:46.5	that I did on the Silverstein Facebook last week. It was awesome. We had like, I't know 7,000 people watching me just in my living room playing a bunch of silverstein tunes
2:58.0	That was really really rad and fun, you know, it's it's weird to like be in my living room playing songs like I do all the time, but typically I'm just like fucking around. I don't really care. I'm not trying to do it well, you know, I'm sometimes changing the words to like Dick and
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