Downstairs (EP)

Downstairs is an independently released EP by 311, which was recorded in Nick Hexum's basement.

However, a copy of the EP can easily be found circulating in bootleg circles and tape trading communities.

The Downstairs EP suffers from guitar so scratchy that the instrument produced an unintended grinding "ringing" sound so high-pitched that it distorted the sound of the tape upon recording.

On this EP, "Right Now" is one of the songs most afflicted with the grinding, ringing guitar noise.

Owners of original copies of the EP (not the bootleg version) report that the grinding, ringing guitar noise is in fact present on the original source material.