But first things first! Sublime was founded in 1988 in Long Beach, California by Bradley Nowell (vocals and guitar), Bud Gaugh (drums) and Eric Wilson (bass guitar). Their music is a mix of Ska, Punk, Reggae, Hip Hop and Rock. Sublime achieved their breakthrough with their third and last album also called "Sublime". Recording had been finished in early 1996 and the album was released on 30th July 1996. Unfortunately Bradley Nowell died of a heroin overdose on May 25, 1996 at the Oceanview Motel in San Francisco. So he had not the fortune to witness the amazing success of their album - "Sublime" managed to earn five-times platinum; being sold over 10 million times worldwide! I first got in touch with Sublime relatively late in spring 2001 during my student exchange to Grand Junction, Colorado. My favourite tune is "What I Got" (took me quite some time to get around Malaysian censorship - access on youtube and MTV were denied for this video):
Did you figure out the censorship reason? No? Me neither! Maybe they don't like dalmatians over here (pelicans I could have understood - but that's a different story).
The reunion took place on 28th February this year in Nevada. Bradley Nowell was replaced by a relatively unknown singer named "Rome". The reactions of Sublime fans are mixed: some see it as an outrage and pure commercialisation of the band name, while others developed a liking to it. However, it is not clear yet, if the reunion was a one-off or if there will be a permanent resurrection of Sublime as a band.
Ach, zensieren die Malayen auch so krass? In Deutschland wollen sie ja jetzt auch anfangen mit (Kinder)Pornos zu zensieren.. Als ob das helfen würde gegen den Dreck. Und in Malaysia und China kann man sich ja bestimmt mit Proxys oder TOR aushelfen, wa? ;)
ReplyDeleteSublime gefällt mir gut, find ich aber eher chillig als rockig/punkig :)
Schau dir hier mal Lifestyle Magazine an, da werden schon harmlose Tatoos überklebt. Und ins Kino brauch man gar nicht erst zu gehen. Aber es gibt ja Gott sei Dank den DVD-Laden um die Ecke; der hat die Filme meist eh vor dem offiziellen Release Date :-)
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