Archive - Mar 2, 2009

Two nights ago, former drummer Bud Gaugh and bassist Eric Wilson, of the famed 90's punk/ska/reggae/etc. group Sublime, reunited with a new singer to perform the songs Bradley Nowell helped make famous before his untimely death in 1996. While I still have mixed feelings on this reunion, sans an original key member, it is most definitely huge news in the world of music. Sublime have influenced so many bands that are currently making rounds on the circuit – Jack Johnson, Slightly Stoopid, Spearhead, No Doubt, G. Love, Blackalicious, Ozomatli, Pennywise and several other groups have been known to cover their songs regularly. Moreover, I was heavily influenced by Sublime – they made me fall in love with many different genres of music and helped me to spread my wings outside of the closed punk and ska box that I was stuck in throughout my early teens. No, it's not Bradley up there belting away his tunes (the new guy's name is Rome), but it is still the original music makers, dusting off their songs and keeping them alive.

Someone posted a few videos of the performance, which unfortunately have horrible sound. Still, for those of you who have read this far and are still excited, I recommend spending the next ten minutes watching these.

Check out the video for "What I Got" after the jump