Don’t Tread on Me by 311

Don't Tread on Me, 311's eighth studio album, hit stores on August 16, 2005, on Volcano, with Ron Saint Germain producing. The Omaha band's lineup is the familiar one: Nick Hexum singing and playing guitar, SA Martinez as the second voice and turntablist, Tim Mahoney on lead guitar, P-Nut on bass and Chad Sexton on drums.

The title track went to radio in late July and set the tone, a sunny, muscular stomp with Hexum and Martinez trading lines over a thick, rubbery bottom end. "Speak Easy" and "Frolic Room" followed it out as singles. Nothing here tears up the 311 blueprint, but the playing is tight, the mood is easygoing and the hooks land where they should. Fans showed up on day one: the album bowed at number five on the Billboard 200, moving 91,000 copies in its first week.

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