they should rename SubLAME aand no one would sue…

The music of my youth is back!

sublime…over rated over played stoner act that ran its course.

Fucking decent band, not sure if Brad would be cool with it but hey, the music they made is bigger than petty arguments. Hope they come to NZ!

If you want to parade around as a band to make a little cash great but make some new music. If these two were such a large part of sublime how come the couldn’t write another hit song. Tweekers and junkies living off the fat. Now that there is less fat let’s call ourselves sublime because no one cares about the dub allstars or shortbus they should just to live band kareoke and let everyone be the singer

Fuck yes.

Nothing sublime about that performance- Sounds bloody awful.
They should have stuck to calling them selves Long Beach Dub Allstars

It should be up the the artists (Bud/Eric) and not lawyers and even family members of Brad. I was at the show and Brad would have been proud. SUBLIME killed it!!! This will be the one of the biggest band for some time to come. Eric and Bud didn’t miss a beat and Rome had the crowd mesmerized.

I was there and they sounded AMAZING. Long live Sublime, fuck the haters.

although sublime is not anything like sublime without bradley they should be able to keep the name. there’s no way bud and eric could get that kind of exposure off of using a different name. everyone understands the group is much different, and not the same now. but come one…i mean, come on…

Not sure how I feel about it. Yeah, Bud and Eric should be able to play Sublime songs if they want to. But as Sublime? not so sure about it.

I mean, if Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic recruited some random guy from Seattle and went and played a show as Nirvana, people would be absolutely out of their minds pissed about it.

Brad, like Kurt, was the main creator in his band. He wrote, sang, and played all the guitars on their songs. Bud and Eric are just sidemen to him. So…kinda weird if you ask me.

I now anxiously await the NIRVANA reunion/reformation.

I love Sublime oh so much <3

look sublime sounded great i was front row but they need to put a little showmanship into the gig we want a show not just music we need more passion if im gonna pay to see them

I’d throw a brick at a new Nirvana frontman!

wow, hadn’t heard about this yet. youtube clip sounded pretty decent, couple of mistakes. ill give them the benefit of the doubt as long as they come up with some new songs. lou dawg!

A lot of people are making the comparison between Sublime & Nirvana. And there are a lot of similarities, none musically but in terms of what Brad and Kurt’s death meant to people and how the music they created remains a part of people’s lives Sublime and Nirvana are not that far apart. I grew up in Oregon listening to both and hold Bradley Kowell as a song writer and artist in the highest regard. Like Kurt Cobain he lived and breathed the music he created, it was a true extension of his soul as a human being and as an artist. So why dose a Sublime “reunion” not bother me when a Nirvana reformation would be music sacrilege? It’s because Sublime in its essence is a party band. A band you sing along with, drink to, smoke to, while hanging out with your best friends. Your physical participation in the music of Sublime was Sublime’s mission all along. So if Eric Wilson and Bud Gauge want to continue that mission 13 years after the death of Brad under the Sublime name. I say go for it. I’ll buy a ticket, chill in the sun, drink some beers, and sing along with every word. I can’t wait.

most of you people are just losers and bitter , brad was awesome but the three of them are sublime not just brad .. and as far as writing brad borrowed alot of his tunes from70s and 80s danchehall stars, so as far as im concern game on ! 13 years to find that little fat boy who rocks !!! get your paper eric and bud!!! brad would deff be happy that you guys are doing what you know!!!

Oh for fucks sake, if you were there than you have no doubt- Sublime is fucking back and while Brad cannot ever be “replaced,” his two best friends and bandmates have EVERY RIGHT to continue on, in fact, it was his selfish drug abuse that derailed Sublime in the first place before they could enjoy the fruits of their labor. To all the haters- you have no idea what the Nowell’s have done to Bud and Eric throughout the years so if you truly love Sublime you’ll shut your ignorant faces.

really it’s only 1/2 of Sublime, not 2/3; I’m guessing the chances are pretty slim that Lou dog is still around =(

No Lou Dog died a few years after Brad. I couldn’t agree more beeper
I grew up listening to Sublime and saw them live 3 times. I will take this “new Sublime” and love every minute of it. I am pretty sure that Brad would have wanted Bud and Eric to do this. I think Brads’ family are being really selfish about the whole thing. Who are they to say that Sublime should have died with Brad? I am glad the guys fought for this and won! Now lets all pray before bed tonight that they actually do a tour.

Uh, spare me the AC/DC comparisons and save that for Alice In Chains who carried on with their principle songwriter.

Eric and Bud are 2/3? Yeah, OK, and Kurt was only 1/3 of Nirvana despite writing 100% of the music.

How pathetic. Go to hell Bud and Eric.

front and center for the show, they killed it….i understand where the family is coming from but this is about the fans! the place was packed, everyone was in the mood and the band played on!!!!

Sublime are extremely over rated to begin with. But i agree with the people who are semi FOR this….If the remaining band members want to keep playing the music let them. If bringing in a new singer offends you then just don’t go to the concerts. It’s as simple as that.

Rome … mix in the H bomb … you know … to breed creativity.

I’m a huge Sublime fan, and I actually think the new guy sounded pretty good, but just don’t call the band “Sublime” – how hard is that? ESPECIALLY, considering Brad registered the name under a copyright! The Sublime/Nirvana comparisons are dead on… To call a band the same name without the principal songwriter and voice is total bullshit. They should just do something like “The Greatful Dead” vs. “The Dead,” and people would still go see them.

Rosie you are so blind… it sucks that you have to put labels on things because otherwise you’d be able to enjoy the music for the music, not fucking politics. Sublime has every right to be up on stage and I’m sure Brad was lookin’ down havin’ a great time

I love it – “if you were there you’d agree they sounded amazing”.

I’m sure they did sound amazing – playing BRAD’S SONGS!!!! Call it something else!

I hope they lose the name and have to give their entire performance fee to Brad’s estate. What sleazy pricks.

i’ve never been able to see sublime. i had no idea this happened and i was born a year after nowell died. but about nirvana, if krist noveselic and dave grohl got together with someone else, i’d probably die. they just wouldn’t be nirvana anymore. because if grohl and noveselic get back together, kurt won’t be there to perform with them.

Brad was looking up!

Id have to say, if we did reform, we could do Bon Jovi songs….

Rome still needs to find his niche. “Sublime” sound more like the cover-band “Badfish” right now. Once he injects some of his own style & personality into the songs, it should be all good…providing they change the name (Sublime + Rome works for me)

How many of AC/DC’s hits did Bon Scott write?

Didn’t Bradley write everything for Sublime?

I love Sublime, they’re music is not over-rated, although the sad fact is that any time a lead singer dies there is a spike in the media attention and statements like “oh, yah, those guys are soooo over rated.” Fcock-off

Call it whatever, just keep playing it!

99.999% of Sumblime fans never got to experience the music live.

Say what you will, but Eric Wilson can play the fuck out of that bass. They sounded just as tight as ever, and the new guy sounded quite a bit like Brad. I’d go see them.

the badfish tribute band sounds better and im a diehard sublime fan with tattoos and shit this isn’t right

i have appeared to the music culture to spread the word that music should be enjoyed completely devoid of childish politics. if a company loses it’s founder, it carries on. if a team loses it’s coach, it carries on. the majority of true musicians are rebelious in spirit, and therefore could not care less about these sessions of bickering and complaint. enjoy your halloween season. p.s, boo!

At least Brad will never see that I sold out big time.

LOL the song is called “Get Ready” not “Crazy Fool”. LoL you could tell the writer does not know about Sublime.

I love how this article asks what 22 year-olds think about Sublime getting back on stage without Brad Nowell. If I’m not mistaken, weren’t they only like 9 years-old when Brad died? How important of a band could they have been? Asking someone in his or her early to mid-30s would have been a better idea.

no it isnt right for them to have a new singer b/c it wouldnt be the same and would sound like shit

Brad couldn’t stay in the game, he was a selfish addict. He couldn’t beat it back and live his life. Bands continue on all the time w/ new members, why should these guys be any different?

big ups to alex well put man

When a lead singer is replaced it is FRAUD to continue on… this stuff must end. PLEASE no more temptations, four tops, etc. I am ok with Paul Rogers & the Queen Band if they would have said “Queen Band” instead of “Queen”… please stop this nonsense… YOU ARE NOT SUBLIME… YOU ARE FRAUDS… START A NEW BAND… if you can’t start a new band and make it successful, you are crap…

Are you people kidding me? From all of this you would think the Beatles got back together without Lennon. Sure, Sublime was a cool band but they were a three member band and the guy who is missing is the guitarist/song writter/singer. It not the same band without him, period. It’s not Sublime, just the bassist and drummer. If they had written the songs together that is one thing. Then they could go out and play as Sublime and there would be no arguements about it. The only reason they were allowed to play under the Sublime name, which Nowell owned the trademark to and now his estate does, is because the court date has not come up yet which will decide the fate of the name Sublime. The court will most likley side with the estate. Legally the estate owns the name, plain and simple. The band now has a singer. This doesn’t mean they have a song writter. Considering the fact that the other members of Sublime never came out with any great new songs over the past 13 years it shows where the songs came from. I’m not putting down the other two members. Don’t get me wrong. It’s just to call themselves Sublime when the core of the band is gone is just a bit wrong. I hope they continue to play but just under a new name.

Frankly that performance was better than most sublime performances I attended. Brad & the boys were usually pretty screwed up by the time they arrived at a gig, usually 2 hours late.
I say take the party on the road. I agree. Sublime was a party band.

I was at Smokeout 2009 San Bernardino and Sublime rocked the house, as well did the other bands. It was a great two day festival.

A true Sublime fan wouldn’t stand for this. Brad wrote the songs. Brad was the band. If you dont think so, consider this…where are all the great songs? It’s been 13 years, you’d think if these guys were such a big part of the band they would have done this before and made some new music. But they can’t. Because Brad WAS the band. Just like Nirvana without Kurt, the band should be put to rest. Don’t get it twisted, this is a disgusting cash grab, not an homage.It’s not a “tribute” when you use the name to line your pockets. As for this band “killing it”? Kids, you never saw Brad in concert. He was an amazing singer and basically created a genre of music. Brad had more talent in his little finger than these guys have all together. R.I.P. Brad.

Sublime cd’s credit all 3 members with song writing, so 1 man did not create this….Those guys put in some hard work, and time has passed….Bradley loved his band and to think he would have a hard time with this is the about the stupidest thought you could have. Along with the Nirvana and Ac/Dc comparisons……Sublime’s back and the haters can suck it!!!

22 years old….wow he’s young

who cares about any of it? lame then lame now

lame….this is so disrespectful to bradley. just call it long beach dub allstars…

They didnt sound bad…its just not SUBLIME like we remember it, without Bradley

Sublime is one of my favorite bands and it just isn’t the same without bradly. his singing style was one of the reasons the band was so unique and why i like the so much. hes hard to replace so this new guy has his work cut out for him

you guys are a bunch of fucking haters, you really think brad would have wanted bud and eric to never play as sublime? yes he was a musical genious but he died, of a overdose which he caused, why should the other two be shit out of luck? PLAY ON!

and the guy (steef) who said true sublime fans wouldnt stand for this, i think its great and have been listening to sublime for 16 years, they are one of my favorite bands or am i not a true fan, cause your approval is so important to me so please let me know, you said brad had more talent in his little finger than the other two? your an idiot

I was there and the show was awesome. I thought Rome did great. Yeah I was worried it wouldn’t be great, but when they started to play it was amazing. All of you haters suck. If you actually heard the show you wouldn’t be so negative about it. So happy to see Sublime come back. They will make new music and I am sure it will be awesome!!!!!!! By the way I am a true fan, have been listening to Sublime forever and I still loved the show. Can’t wait to see them play again!!!!

There are some compelling arguments here, i have seen Sublime a few times, even before Brad died, in LB. The first time I saw them was in 89, it was probably the best show i ever saw (and the only time i saw Eric smiling, a rare oppurtunity), in this dude’s backyard, pretty wild, towards the end the shows weren’t great, it was more comical because of how banged up Brad was

this is a great thing, and they have new music, they played a ne song at the smokeout, and it was classic Sublime

Bud and Eric have said quite a few times in the last weeks how they are going on as Sublime w/Rome, this show was not billed that way due to the promoter

Some people need to do their due dilligence before hating on Bud and Eric so much, they are hands down one of the best rhthym sections ever, especially because of playing whil Brad was banged up, they had to spontaneously switch things up so much, but they never lost a beat, and often kept Brad from sounding quite terrible

Give it a chance

This could only help sales of their back catalog, and yet Brad’s family (who stand to benefit from this) went to court to stop it. They must know better than us fans what Brad would want when it comes to the Sublime name. Hopefully respect for Brad and his family wins out and the next time they take the stage, it’s under a new name.

I can understand half of Sublime’s fans angry over this reform(with a new singer),since it’s already happened with Alice In Chains and The Doors(in regards of their members couldn’t being able to move on without their band,in spite of their deceased singers)whether or not the fans accepted it,for it’s no surprise to learn that Sublime has reformed,regardless of there being another singer fronting the band.

Nirvana,on the other hand,couldn’t move on without Kurt Cobain,since he was the main focus and force of that very band and both Kris and Dave feel very happy and comfortable where they’re currently at(in their post-Nirvana lives).

I went to go see them @ SmokeOut – they were the only real reason I went & I would’ve paid the $200 even if it was just them and one opening act in a little venue. I’m stoked to see them reformed!! I just hope they can keep it together and bring us some new tunes. =)

Totally should have stuck to calling themselves Long Beach Dub All Stars, and performed Sublime songs as such.

I’m totally not into them using the same name. It’s that simple to change it maybe to “Sublime with Rome” or something. If Bradley said in is own words that the name dies if he isn’t in the band, I seriously DOUBT he’d be cool with this. Change the name and keep on playing the music. it sounds good, but just not the same as I remember it.

That was a statement made by the family of Brad not Brad himself. It wasn’t in any will or in statements every made by Brad. I think this is selfishness by the Nowell family. The courts deemed that Bud and Eric own just as much right to the name and music as Brad did. I am a singer and song writer and Bradley Nowell was the best at what he did. There will never and I repeat never be another Brad but to say that it is a misjustice for Bud and Eric to continue the name with a guy that sounds pretty damn good is ridiculois to say the least. I watched an interview the other day where Brad said his best buds(Bud and Erics’) happiness was one of the most important things in his life. So, to say he wouldn’t want this reunion is a retarded comment. For the comment above that Sublime was stoner music that ran it’s course is one of the dumbest comments I have ever read. I met a 12 y/o kid just last week that said his favorite band is Sublime. I know white, blacks , mexicans that adore Sublimes music. So to say the least Sublimes music is a viable today as it was in the 90’s.

Who care what Brad, or Kurt or any of them dead rockers would think. They are DEAD! They can’t do anything!!!! Not going to hurt their feelings any. If they really loved the music they would not have killed themselves!!!! Dumb Fuckers!

i was at the show and rome is legit. he’s no bradley, but he is talented. i read that they’re already working on new songs under the name sublime and that rome is purposely trying to follow bradley’s style. it was a great show and sublime is a great band. all the haters above who say sublime is lame should fuck off and die, or just go jam to their Creed CD’s.

Seriously, who actually even cares that Sublime is playing shows again except for some college kid back in 1996. They are a party band that made no lasting contribution to rock and roll. In fact, if they made any contribution at all, it was to spawn a bunch of other even worse stoner copycat bands.

Bradley did NOT write all the songs. Look up your favorite Sublime songs at bmi.com You’ll find that “wrong way”, “santeria”, “what I got” and bunch of other songs are co-written by all three. Eric and Bud are NOT just “musicians”. They are artists as well in that they created new music that withstood the test of time. That is not a knock on Bradley at all. The “magic” Brad, Eric and Bud had are undeniable and if Eric and Bud feel that they can re-create the “magic” with Rome, then have at it. Who knows, the best of Sublime could be ahead of them. Wouldn’t that be amazing?

Those of you who are bitching about Sublime carrying on without Brad-CRY YOURSELF A RIVER, BUILD YOURSELF A BRIDGE, AND GET THE FUCK OVER IT! SERIOUSLY! Band break up, bands change personnel, bands reform with new personnel-it happens all the time. I agree with
mis information cop 100%-you never know, this could be a good thing.

Sublimate…?

Sublime was the greatest of all time. ALL TIME (kanye reference )

But seriously, they should change their name out of respect for Brad. Brad built Sumblime from the bottom up. Its disrespectful to grab the name and try to grasp Sublime fans. If they think they are good musicians, they should be able to get just as many fans with a different name.

I can’t wait for new songs with a Sublime vibe though!

im a big fan and couldnt be more happy!!! sure its diiferent with out brad but he made the decision that ultimately killed him. Sublime is a band not one person and im glad to see that band coming back around. Its funny how everyone loves a dead rock star. shure fire way to become a legend.

the songs are about reppin set, the party and gettin some. Long Beach Dub Allstars were the guys who added vocals and other instruments to Sublime albums, not Eric and Buds backup plan. Sublime is Brad, Bud, Eric. Alot of the songs were straight bitten off old dancehall… and true fans don’t care..let the party roll on. The guys should get to use the name. I think Sublime should come play at our next LONG BEACH ROLLER DERBY fundraiser, rep up the LBC set.

Sublime has a shitload of songs that everyone loves to hear, and can’t help but sing along when they hear them. They kicked ass at the smokeout!! Ive seen Sublime with Brad in victorville, and Rome really delivered the Sublime energy! Long live Sublime…..FUCK THE HATERS!!!!

Just change the name! I have no problem w/Bud and Eric playing Sublime songs under a different name. If they were such big parts of Sublime, they will have as much success regardless.

Point is, Sublime isn’t Sublime without Brad, and trying to perform under the name is bullshit; for what? So people can come across the “new” Sublime and act like they’ve been die-hard fans since day one?

As long as the fans love it than let the music play!

Im a huge Sublime fan and have been for almost 7 years now. Being only 21 years old and living on the east coast, i never got to see them live. But ive been waiting for this for fucking ever. Honestly, i dont give a fuck what their name is…whether its sublime or the hairy vaginas, SUBLIME FANS WILL GO AND SEE THEM NO MATTER WHAT! There should be no debate…who gives a fuck what their called, music is music and the name means nothing.To quote the late great Bradley Nowell, “Good music is good music, and that should be enough for anybody…

Alex said it perfectly. I will be going to see them too. I remember first listening to Sublime when I was 10 driving around with my older sister (Im 21 now)..thinking man, I love this music. Mind you I was 10. Needless to say though, I have grown up loving this group and although I never had the chance to see them or know them when Brad was alive, I think this is a great opportunity for people like me. Ive always wished I could have seen Sublime and although circumstances are different, this is the closest I will ever get. ^^Kevin. “Good music is good music” and thats enough for me The name, lets not worry about it… let the music play on.