![]() But it’s not just that, it reminds me of someone very special an dear to my heart. Whenever I lose myself in the chaos that is life, I stop and look at my arm an take a deep breathe, an I know that everything will be alright. There are a lot of songs that mean a great deal to John but the one that really hits home is “Jupiter.” “Stay Positive & Love Your Life”, I have a half sleeve tattoo on my arm with that lyric on it. I was so overjoyed with happiness, with my girl wrapped in my arms, the two of us singing along, I realized where I was. It was at the ending of the song with it’s trippy bass solo S.A sing’s the lyric, “Come on yeah it will be alright, an we’re gonna take a ride I don’t know if will come back” I bursted into tears. Before 311 went into their Transistor Set on the last night, before taking a short break they had closed their first set with the song, “And A Ways To Go”. We are friends for life, that’s what 311 does, they connect you to other’s. All the people I met at Pow Wow I still talk to this day. We all helped each other out the entire weekend. If someone needed anything there was always somebody in our group to help, an not even in our group, there was just someone at the festival that would reach out an help, the 311 nation was alive an kicking. What was really cool to me was camping out in the woods an meeting/forming a family of excitables. ![]() “The Pow Wow experience for me was beyond incredible, so much so that driving back home I could not help but cry. So his total he says is a lot of shows! Favorite so far has been Pow Wow, with an honorable mention going to the cruise. #311 transistor all b sides plus#He does know that he’s never missed a tour since 1999, plus he’s been to three 311 Day events, a cruise, and Pow Wow. He was around 18 when he started to save the concert ticket stubs. In the song “Running”, I always find myself humming along to P-NUT’S bass line in that track, I can’t help it, it’s so good.” John also said one of the beautiful things about their music is that there is always a lyric of theirs that will fit any situation at any point in your life.Īn exact number John does not have in regards to amount of shows he’s seen. They all stand out on their own, they all have a voice. Another aspect is that you can take apart one of their songs an strictly listen to one band member. I started noticing that the most when I came across a lot their B-SIDE tracks. You can pin point which song comes from what album by the sound of his snare, it’s seriously incredible. “That piccolo snare on Chad’s kit was so legit. John took the CD out and discovered it was Soundsystem and that the song was “Freeze Time.” It was at that moment he became an excitable! He then dove deeper and deeper into their catalog of music, inevitably falling more in love. ![]() ![]() The song was so catchy I could not help myself but keep listening over an over again dancing around my room pretending like I already knew the lyrics.” After that awesome guitar intro the song got really heavy with these cool swells, and DJ scratch’s, that turned into (after listening back a million times) “ARE YOU READY FOR 311?” I was instantly hooked. He had left the CD in the stereo an I took it upon myself to keep playing back the 1st track on the album. “I remember him playing a certain song that had this really heavy guitar sound with this really cool CHUG rhythm in the intro that caught my attention. The two shared a room and one day before Tommy left for work he had been playing a particular song. His older brother Tommy, 12 at the time, was really into the band. The year 1999 is where John’s story begins. Start the week of right and read the story of John Katchisin! Hello again friends and fans of 311!! Welcome to the next edition of the 311 fan spotlight. ![]()
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