2007-05-29 05:10:37 · 10 answers · asked by Andy 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television ➔ Drama
its the police code for indecent exposure
The name actually came from a skinny dipping incident when Jim Watson, the band's former guitarist, was charged with indecent exposure by the Omaha Police Department and was escorted home handcuffed and naked. The police code which appeared on the citation was "311". Nick Hexum has said:
2007-05-29 05:12:40 · answer #1 · answered by Decrot 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jim Watson 311
2016-11-14 10:03:36 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
311 Band Wiki
2016-12-26 18:57:28 · answer #3 · answered by efird 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
311 was formed in late 1989 by four friends; Nick Hexum, Chad Sexton, Aaron Wills, and Jim Watson. Chad and Jim began playing all over Omaha in bars and pubs as the "Fish Hippos" while trying to convince Nick to come back from Germany and join the band to open a show for Fugazi. Nick agreed but wanted to change the band's name from the "Fish Hippos". Meanwhile P-Nut had been performing solo in talent shows and such under the name '311', making fun of Jim Watson for getting arrested and ticketed for indecent exposure in a hot tub in Omaha. The code violation on the ticket was '311', so the name was suggested to Nick, he loved it, and thus 311 was born.
2007-05-29 05:15:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first time I heard of this band A LONG TIME AGO I was told that it was a racist name. being an alphabetical code for KKK. K is the eleveth letter in the alphabet and 3 k's is kkk.
However the real version of the story is that 311 is the police code for indecent exposure in California.
2007-05-29 05:14:32 · answer #5 · answered by musicbby 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
P-Nut had been performing solo in talent shows and such under the name '311', making fun of Jim Watson for getting arrested and ticketed for indecent exposure in a hot tub in Omaha. The code violation on the ticket was '311', so the name was suggested to Nick, he loved it, and thus 311 was born.
2007-05-29 05:16:15 · answer #6 · answered by creillyrun2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
311 — Named after the police code for indecent exposure in Omaha, Nebraska after a skinny-dipping incident. It was erroneously thought to be a reference to the Ku Klux Klan's abbreviation, KKK, being three of the 11th letter of the alphabet.[5]
2007-05-29 05:16:00 · answer #7 · answered by bonnie g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the lead guitarist got a police citation for skinny dipping and the violation was a number "311." No joke! they got in trouble for the suppossed racist meaning, but it's a bunch of crap somebody stirred up on their own assumptions
2016-03-19 01:33:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
my brother is a huge fand of 311 and he says its like 3letters and the 11th letter in the alphabet is k and he said it meant the KKK's
i'm not sure if it's right but i'm giving all that i know=]
2007-05-29 05:15:07 · answer #9 · answered by luckyduckling688 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Snopes covered this one because there is an urban legend to it.
http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/311.asp
2007-05-29 05:13:01 · answer #10 · answered by A.Mercer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋