I fell in love with the upbeat classic ska jams “Date Rape,” with its combination of the blaring horns and at once serious and humorous lyrics. The band was like nothing I had ever heard before. At that point, the only time I had heard bass on the forefront like that was in the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Sublime’s rhythm section of bassist Eric Wilson and drummer Bud Gaugh was also a force to be reckoned with. Between his high-pitched angelic moans, deep ad-libbed grunts, and volatile punk attack, every word out of his mouth exuded passion and emotion. It was so smooth and soothing with such wide range. For me, Sublime was one of the greatest bands of all time.īrad Nowell’s voice struck me first. “Oh, Sublime is great,” he told me, and we threw it in the cart.
I was at a Best Buy with my dad, preparing for a road trip from New Orleans to Houston, when I came across their Greatest Hits album on the shelves.
I was young, broke, and probably suffering from ADD, so it wasn’t until a year or two later that I actually got the chance to really experience Sublime. Sublime became larger than life in my mind, something special on a level with Bob Marley and the Wailers. I assumed that meant he probably liked to smoke two joints in the morning and perhaps another two at night, but I knew he meant more. “Dude, I live my life by Sublime,” he said.
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At 13, I made a comment in gym class about a Sublime T-shirt worn by some older kid with a head full of dreadlocks, cut-off jean shorts, and a tattered pair of Vans. I can still remember the first time the name “Sublime” made its way to a permanent home in my impressionable seventh grade brain. OffBeat intern Patrick Rulh is one of those people who found Sublime crucial. Sublime gets no respect except from the people who love them, of whom there are many.
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