Press Pass with 311

This week's Press Pass takes a look at the genre-blending band 311 and their legion of faithful followers. Their regular tours have been a mainstay of the summer concert scene, which led drummer Chad Sexton to compare themselves to the Grateful Dead. Accurate description or overly ambitious? One thing's for sure, 311 hasn't released an album in nearly four years and they still pack them in.

That next album will drop in early 2009, but fans eager to sneak a listen of the new songs won't be hearing them on this tour, according to my interview with bassist Aaron "P-Nut" Wills. You can find out why, by reading on here.