Nick Hexum, singer and frontman for ska rock band 311, has many pursuits and has been busy pursuing all of them. In 2025 alone, he put out 3 EPs and a full album of largely unique music that employs his love of stringband music, Americana, and realized to play the pedal metal, mandolin, and banjo. In our current dialog, he spoke to us concerning the nostalgic half of this sort of music for him, how 311 continues to be his old flame and life’s work, and how he got here to cowl the Chappell Roan tune “California”. Nick and the bluegrass/punk band Water Tower are at present on the Nothing But The Truth Tour with a cease in Louisville on April 5, 2026 at Zanzabar.
Also, take a look at Water Tower’s new tune that options Nick Hexum referred to as “Dim Summers” and the duvet of Chappell Roan’s “California” beneath.
