Martinez was contemplating breaking up with his then girlfriend.
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* "Creature Feature" was written at a time when S.A. * "Stealing Happy Hours" contains the lyric "You make me feel like Hank Chinaski, In war all the time war war all the time." This is referring to Charles Bukowski's alter ego Hank Chinaski also paying homage to Bukowski's "". * "The Continuous Life" is about an out-of-body experience S.A. * Producer Scott Ralston can be heard saying "There is just no denying it, that was it" at the end of "Galaxy." *"Old Funk" and "Space Funk" are both downloadable at 311's official website. (" Music critics, music critics," "from these grassroots we can breathe anywhere," "renegade sound system, 311, "You're a transistor") * Until the release of From Chaos, "Transistor" had the acclaim of having mentioned the name of every 311 album in its lyrics. The track is now known as the "Transistor Intro".
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When performed correctly, you will hear the studio version of an instrumental commonly used as an opener to 311's live concerts during this era. Rewind until -1:43, then release the button, and let the track play. You will be rewinding the track into negative digits. Play track 1, then hold down the 'back' button on your CD player. *There is a secret track before the first song, "Transistor". *Outtakes from this album are "Earth People", "Clone Me", "MTA", "Grifters", "The Quickening", "Everything", "Writer's Block Party", "Space Funk", "Old Funk", "To The Future" and "(White Man) in Hammersmith Palais". This further explains Nick Hexum's lyric "this song started as a rant against haters, but that'd be giving into the instigators". *"Electricity" was originally called "Fuck the KKK". *The 11th track "No Control" has no relation to the Bad Religion song No Control from their 1989 album of the same name. * "Transistor" was originally intended to be a double-album, but was condensed to 21 tracks on one CD. *"Beautiful Disaster", "Prisoner", and "Transistor" were released as singles. *"Fuck the KKK" - Early demo for Electricity *"White Man In Hammersmith Palais" (Strummer) - 3:52 (Appears on "") *"Space Funk" - 2:35 (Available via 311's website) *"Old Funk" - 2:43 (Available via 311's website) # "Borders" (Sexton Hexum/Martinez) - 2:45 # "Starshines" (Sexton Hexum/Martinez) - 2:36 # "Creature Feature" (Wills Martinez) - 2:38 # "No Control" (Hexum Hexum/Martinez) - 3:09 # "The Continuous Life" (Sexton Martinez) - 3:30 # "Jupiter" (Sexton Hexum/Martinez) - 2:45 # "Inner Light Spectrum" (Sexton/Martinez Martinez) - 3:41 # "Prisoner" (Hexum Hexum/Martinez) - 2:50 # "Transistor" (Music: Sexton Lyrics: Hexum/Martinez) - 3:02