BRADLEY NOWELL TRIBUTE

Bradley James Nowell (February 22, 1968 May 25, 1996) was an American musician who served as lead singer and guitarist of the popular genre transcendent band Sublime. He died at 28 from a heroin overdose shortly before the release of Sublime's self-titled major label debut.

In 1988, Nowell founded Sublime with bassist Eric Wilson and drummer Bud Gaugh, whom he had met while attending Cal State Long Beach. Sublime eventually became one of the most popular bands in Southern California. Specifically, they were the most popular band on the campus of Cal State Long Beach, where they often played at parties and bars in exchange for alcohol.

In 1989 Nowell and Michael "Miguel" Happoldt created Skunk Records, the label for which Sublime's early recordings were produced and distributed. Skunk Records was named for Sublime's combination Ska and Punk genre, and the names of the two were fused into "Skunk". The band's demo tapes were later sold at shows and local record stores. A few years later, Sublime produced its first studio recording, which resulted in the popular cassette tape called Jah Won't Pay the Bills and released it in 1991.

As Nowell prepared to tour with the new material, he found that Gaugh was battling a drug problem. Gaugh soon decided to check himself into a drug rehabilitation center. Rather than tour without Gaugh, the trio decided to focus on recording their music in the studio.

In 1992, 40 Oz. to Freedom was released. Drummers Marshall Goodman and Kelly Vargas temporarily covered for Gaugh. Sixty-thousand copies were distributed and sold from the trunk of Nowell's car. Despite growing popularity in Southern California, Sublime still had not landed a record deal with a major label. (Around this same timeframe, Nowell teamed up with longtime friend Gwen Stefani, of fellow Southern California ska band No Doubt, to record the single "Saw Red". The single was eventually released on Sublime's Robbin' the Hood album.)

Frustrated by rejection of the major record companies, Nowell descended into a two-year heroin "experiment". Nowell claimed that his heroin use was justified, claiming it aided his artistic creativity, thereby increasing the likelihood that his material would attract the attention of a major label.

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• AND
• EXAGGERATIONS
• SAW
• RED

[ZombieGreaser501]

name of song? im embarrassed to ask since ive been listing to sublime since i was like 8 but this song is way sick

[drumboyringo94]

@ZombieGreaser501 The First Song Is SEED And Then The Second Song Is Santeria.

[MrAranda27]

Wow some people are pathetic lol niggaz btfuu

[SuperPookiebear69]

fucking fags making fun of him for that

[sylicone221]

worm food hehehehee...

[ProTuner06]

Look at the immature people on here acting like an ass because he didn't know the name of a song from a band they like. Grow up people.

[ProTuner06]

@shadeshiest22 Ummm....they had fame well before 96. I know. I grew up with these guys' music.

[greengoboy9]

SEED

[SAMxFAINO]

@ZombieGreaser501 fag

[jessethemaggot]

how the fuck dont you know those song dumbass

[TheVanityDollx]

i cried.. :( R.I.P Brad<3

[jmlfh02]

"seed" idiot!