311 still ‘just trying to channel some good vibrations’

The band 311 doesn’t believe in taking summer vacations.Summer, in fact, is when they go to work.For the 18th straight year, the genre-bending band originating from Omaha and now based in Los Angeles is taking its Unity Tour out for a summer spin, including a stop Saturday at USANA Amphitheatre in West Valley City.Guitarist Tim Mahoney told The Tribune in a phone interview that while the group has discussed eventually abandoning its moratorium on touring in the other seasons, right now it