Music Review

Live (1998)

311
Reviewed by Matt Diehl | Nov 27, 1998
EW's GRADE
D-

Details Release Date: Nov 03, 1998; Lead Performance: 311; Genre: Rock

311 made their rep on the road: a concept impossible to fathom from their first, sludgily recorded live album Live. As well, the ersatz homeboy stage patter is even worse than the band's raps. Adding insult to injury, they throw in the requisite live-album cliché, the endless drum solo. The result gives funk-metal a bad name — if it could get any worse. D-

Originally posted Nov 27, 1998 Published in issue #460 Nov 27, 1998 Order article reprints

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