Sublime consists of Bradly James (lead vocals/guitarist), Bud Gaugh (drummer), Eric Wilson (bassist), Lou Dog (vocals).
Sublime was a garage punk, ska band from Long Beach, California, playing a mix of reggae and dub, ska, punk, and hip hop. The band consisted of three members: Brad Nowell ( vocals and guitar), Bud Gaugh ( drums), and Eric Wilson ( bass guitar).
From 1988 through the mid 1990s, Sublime toured heavily throughout southern California and garnered a substantial following of surfers and skater punks. The band sold their initial recordings at live shows—eventually including their first full-length album 40 Oz. to Freedom. Released on the band's own Skunk Records, 40 Oz. to Freedom featured several songs that would go on to become fan favorites, as well as a selection of covers indicating Sublime's varied influences— The Grateful Dead, KRS One, The Descendents, Bad Religion, Toots and the Maytals, Bob Marley. Their second album, Robbin' the Hood, was recorded in 1994. It consisted of a few fully developed songs along with instrumentals, tape dubs and various rantings of the manic Raleigh Theodore Sakers. Sublime became a college radio favorite, and the song " Date Rape" made its way onto the playlist of Los Angeles radio station KROQ. This airplay caught the attention of MCA, which signed Sublime to record a proper follow-up to 40 Oz. to Freedom.
On May 25, 1996, just two months before Sublime, their self-titled third album and major label debut, was to be released, vocalist Brad Nowell died from a heroin overdose after a gig in Petaluma, California. However, the first single, " What I Got," enjoyed huge success and the album ultimately went five times platinum. A handful of posthumous releases followed. Remaining bandmates Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson continued to perform together with the Long Beach Dub Allstars until 2002. Gaugh then left to drum for Eyes Adrift and Wilson now plays bass with second-generation Allstars lineup Long Beach Shortbus.
