Downstairs (EP)

Downstairs is an EP by 311, which was recorded in Nick Hexum's basement in 1989, and is considered the band's first recording. It is an independent release without cover art. Almost nothing is known about this collectors item, and an original version of the EP is almost impossible to find. However, a copy of the EP can easily be found circulating in bootleg circles and tape trading communities. The Downstairs EP suffers from guitar so scratchy that the instrument produced an unintended grinding "ringing" sound so high-pitched that it distorted the sound of the tape upon recording. On this EP, "Right Now" is one of the songs most afflicted with the grinding, ringing guitar noise. Owners of original copies of the EP (not the bootleg version) report that the grinding, ringing guitar noise is in fact present on the original source material.[1] This cassette is no longer sold anywhere.

Downstairs EP
EP by
Released1989
Recorded1989
GenreAlternative rock
Rapcore
Funk rock
Length21:41
LabelWhat Have You Records
ProducerNick Hexum
311 chronology
Downstairs EP
(1989)
Dammit!
(1990)

Track listing

  1. "Feels So Good" 3:10
  2. "Right Now" 4:15
  3. "Fat Chance" 2:55
  4. "Unity" 3:02
  5. "Today My Love" 4:27
  6. "C.U.T.M." 3:52

References

  1. "311 fans' Journal". Community.livejournal.com. Retrieved 2012-02-14.


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