Had he not died of a heroin overdose in 1996, Bradley Nowell would have turned 50 later this month. Nowell who? That is an understandable reaction. Nowell fronted Sublime, a Southern California (SoCal ...

There are few places in America where the sun shines brighter than Los Angeles, especially in music. Artists blend the carefree atmosphere of genres like reggae and ska, bringing a relaxing charm to ...

The successful fusion of Sublime with Rome and The Offspring’s punk sounds proved that the two iterations of the genre rock hard live, please the ear and cut across generations. Both bands opened ...

Do you long for the golden age of pop-punk-with-horns otherwise known as the 1990s? Of course you do! Everybody loves the ’90s! Can you think of a better way to express your deepest nostalgia for the ...

What is it about the reggae scene that one shining star can dominate so many musicians’ worlds? For decades, you couldn’t talk about reggae or ska without Bob Marley’s name coming up in the ...

CLIFTON PARK >> One top notch tribute band is continuing a holiday tradition of playing an end-of-year show in the Capital Region. Each year, typically between Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve, ...

For Jakob Nowell, music is just a means to an end because what is important to him is storytelling. “I like going up on stage and I like to share the stories that move me or creep me out with an ...

Lately, I’ve been seeing vintage Sublime T-shirts all over the place. There’s no one kind of person who wears them. Maybe this guy scored it from an older sibling; maybe that girl dropped a few ...

What is Southern California’s more influential export: ska-punk band Sublime or craft beer? Well, craft beer brewers weren’t putting Mexican-style lagers into 40-ounce bottles until the surviving ...

If you’ve heard a ska band on the radio or live, Tazy Phyllipz probably had something to do with it. After helping bands like No Doubt and Sublime find their place on the musical map for more than 20 ...

It's funny how these tribute bands work sometimes. The California ska-punk trio Sublime only lasted about eight years, from 1988 to 1996, when singer-guitarist-songwriter Brad Nowell died of a heroin ...