Music
A quartet originally from Omaha and now living in Los Angeles, 311 finally broke ground in 1996 after years of struggle with the head-banging psychedelic hip-hop of “Down” from its third best-selling album, “311.”
Sept. 27, 1997
Nothing like the threat of airplay on MTV or radio to spoil a perfectly good music career.
June 15, 1996
Reel to Real, an aspiring San Diego jazz/pop band, joins the list of local musicians investing sizable sums in self-produced compact discs in an effort to land distribution deals or recording contracts.
Jan. 15, 1991
Entertainment & Arts
The initial step toward organization of a major umbrella group and clearinghouse for the promotion of new music has been taken with the formation of a not-for-profit corporation, initially called New Music Los Angeles (NMLA).
Sept. 17, 1989
The members of 311 had been living in Los Angeles for a couple of months, sampling the local music scene, when a big-time record label expressed interest in signing them.
July 29, 1994
** 311 “Transistor” Capricorn
Aug. 8, 1997
Bit Player
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April 5, 2007
When it is a question of performing arts preference, Orange County’s taste runs decidedly away from “high culture” items such as opera, dance and classical music and more to Broadway plays.
Nov. 26, 1988
Allegations that singers’ voices were electronically amplified in Opera Pacific’s January production of “Aida” seem to have been put to rest by the California Arts Council, but the controversy has still cost the Costa Mesa-based organization about $19,000 in state grant money.
Dec. 16, 1988
Downset isn’t exactly the most inventive group of angry young men to step on stage in recent years, but that doesn’t mean their music isn’t heartfelt.
March 3, 1997