Essay About Brad Nowell Goal And Band Of The 90S

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Sublime
Sublime was a band of the 90s who played their first gig back in
the summer of l988. This performance that started the famous
Peninsula Riot of Long Beach, CA during the 4th of July. This band
was once the average garage band that every kid wants to be in. But
they changed from backyard beer buddies, into a great musicians.
Sublime began recording in early 1992 when they joined up with Long
Beachs local studio Skunk Records where they recorded they
incredible CD, 40oz to Freedom. The CD has sold 30,000 CDs
without Distributor. The CDs were sold out of the back of trunks in
the band members cars. The bands new release, Robbin The Hood,
sold over 2,000 CDs in less than two weeks. This CD was a great mix
of new and different sounds. Both records were made for under
10,000 dollars. Sublime is not just a band, but a perfect example of
any beach dumb in CA.
Sublime is more of a mood and an attitude that applies to every
skater, surfer and snowboarder out there. The instant hit single, Date
Rape , blew up huge real quick. But the band once described
themselves, “were not a one-off, blow-up all at once kind of band.
Our goal is to create a long career of catalog pieces and a loyal and
constantly growing fan base.” The tragic death of the singer,
songwriter and guitarist, Brad Nowell goal got cut short.. But not
before sublime which also included Bud Gaugh the drummer and
Eric Wilson the bassist, recorded a a great variety of music. The story
of Sublime is full of sad, strange twists, but this is the strangest, Since
Brad Nowell overdosed before his band became a big hit, before he
had a chance to become a big rock star, his death has been oddly
forgotten and it feels like he is still there playing and singing. Bradley
Nowell died on May 25, 1996, in a San Francisco hotel room, after
shooting up some heroin that was much too potent for his body to
handle. His death occurred seven days after his wedding to Troy
Denkker, whod given birth to their son, Jakob, 11 months before the
release of Sublime, the album that would make his band famous. By
April 1997, a little less than a year after Nowells OD, Sublime had
entered Billboards Top 20, and the albums first single, the smooth,
and grooving song What I Got, went to Number 1 on the Modern
Rock chart. And that was only the beginning. Throughout 1997,
Sublime produced hit after hit, and the album has sold more than 2
million copies to date. The big hit was the reggae sounding song
Santeria. Then came the ska, Wrong Way, and finally the dance club
favorite, Doin time, which Nowell constructed around the same
melody another song Summertime. Eighteen months after Nowells
death, Sublime sold about 40,000 records every week, in November,
MCA released Second-Hand Smoke, a collection of early songs.
The band that is no longer