Offbeat Podcast: A 311 Podcast

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 and new music from the urge! Thank you so much Steve for joining us, we had some great conversations!

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 store being revived soon, and Music getting a 30th anniversary remaster on vinyl.

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, Three Days Grace, and The Offspring. But not before we talk about 311 news...finally! 311 is hitting the road this fall, on a shorter tour almost exclusively in the midwest.