Nick Hexum of 311 talks Americana music, Fitness, and Chappell Roan on WFPK

Nick Hexumsinger and frontman for ska rock band 311you may have many pursuits and you may have been busy pursuing all of them. In 2025 alone, I’ve put out 3 EPs and to full album of principally 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 type of music for him, how 311 continues to be his past love and life’s work, and how he got here to cowl the Chappell Roan track “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, try Water Tower’s new track that options Nick Hexum known as “Dim Summers” and the quilt of Chappell Roan’s “California” under.