History Music / Sublime

** After Bradley died, Louie Dog more or less became the Face of the Band and appeared in all their subsequent music videos. When Louie Dog died several years after Nowell, the family buried a vial of his ashes at Nowell’s grave, and scattered the rest at the same surf spot they scattered Bradley's. To this day, Sublime with Rome sells Louie Dog shirts at concerts.

* ThisTropeIsBleep: In "Let's Go Get Stoned", you hear "Saw you in the bathroom sucking someone else's dick", but an "Oh my goodness" sample is played over the "dick" part. Never mind the fact that you also hear uncensored N.W.A. samples on the same track a minute later.

** Subverted with "STP". Nope, it's not about the oil or StoneTemplePilots, but it stands for "Secret Tweeker Pad" (which is mentioned near the end of the song).

* ShoutOut: ''40 Oz. To Freedom'' has a song devoted to the BDP kingpin, "[[Music/KRSOne KRS-One]]".

* GenreShift: "Seed" oscillates between hardcore punk and a calmer reggae style.

Notable songs recorded by Sublime include:
* "Date Rape"
* "Badfish"
* "What I Got"
* "Santeria"
* "Wrong Way"
* "Doin' Time"

* ShoutOut: ''40 Oz. To Freedom'' has a song devoted to the BDP kingpin, "KRSOne".

** After Bradley died, Louie more or less became the FaceOfTheBand and appeared in all their subsequent music videos. When Louie Dog died several years after Nowell, the family buried a vial of his ashes at Nowell’s grave, and scattered the rest at the same surf spot they scattered Bradley's. To this day, the band, now dubbed Sublime with Rome, sells Louie Dog shirts at concerts.

* ABoyAndHisX: Bradley and Louie Dog. Bradley wrote a song "Lou Dog Went to the Moon". When Louie was stolen, Bradley was inconsolable. Literally, laid on his couch for about a week and cried. He sang "Lou Dog Went to the Moon" into his answering machine and finished the message begging for any information on his dog. There are several songs that mention Louie Dog, including: "Doin' Time", "Garden Grove"/"Garbage Grove", and "What I Got". Bradley missed Louie Dog so much he had flown to the East Coast on the original Warped Tour. After Bradley died, Louie more or less became the face of the band and appeared in all their subsequent music videos. When Louie Dog died, several years after Nowell, the family buried a vial of his ashes at Nowell’s grave and scattered the rest at the same surf spot they scattered Bradley's. To this day the band, now dubbed Sublime with Rome sells Louie Dog shirts at concerts.

* GenreShift: "Seed" and "STP" oscillate between hardcore punk and a calmer reggae style.

* NonAppearingTitle: Subverted with "STP". Nope, it's not about the oil or StoneTemplePilots, but it stands for "Secret Tweeker Pad" (which is mentioned near the end of the song).

* GenreShift: "Seed" oscillates between hardcore punk and a calmer reggae style.

* ListSong: Played with on ''40oz. to Freedom''. The band had producer Michael 'Miguel' Happoldt read off their thanks list for the album set to their "Thanx Dub"

** There was also a ''BehindTheMusic'' episode devoted to Sublime.

* SignatureSong: "Date Rape" was the original, but "What I Got" seems to be overtaking it as time goes on.

** "40 Oz. to Freedom" , which is about how some people need alcohol to feel better about themselves and life in general.

Sublime consisted of [[AuthorExistenceFailure the late]] [[FaceoftheBand Bradley Nowell]] on lead vocals and guitar, [[TheQuietOne Eric Wilson]] on bass guitar and sometimes keyboards, and Floyd “Bud” Gaugh on the drums, with a few of their friends appearing on multiple albums in various capacities. Most notably, [[HospitalHottie Dr Todd Foreman]], the saxophonist, "Field" Marshall Goodman (also known as Ras MG) providing DJ duties, occasional rap solos, and filled in as drummer during Bud Gaugh’s stint in rehab, Kelly Vargas, who also filled in on drums while Bud was unavailable, and Opie Ortiz, who not only sang on various albums, but was the band’s favorite tattooist, and behind most of the artwork on their albums. Oh, and [[TeamPet Louie]] [[ABoyandHisX Dog]], Bradley’s beloved Dalmatian, who frequently joined the band on stage.

Sublime had only three full studio albums, ''40oz. to Freedom'', ''Robbin’ the Hood'', and ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Sublime]]'', before Bradley Nowell’s overdose and death from heroin. The third, final, and most successful album was released less than two months after Bradley’s death. According to TheOtherWiki The Self-Titled album eventually went 5x Platinum in the U.S., with over 5 million copies sold in the U.S. alone.

* ListSong: played with on ''40oz. to Freedom''. The band had producer Michael 'Miguel' Happoldt read off their thanks list for the album set to their "Thanx Dub"

** You could also say this about "40 Oz. to Freedom" , which is about how some people need alcohol to feel better about themselves and life in general.

* {{Rockumentary}}: ''Stories, Tales, Lies, and Exaggerations''. Produced following Nowell's death. Showed clips from live shows and stories about the band from members, friends, family members, and other bands who toured with Sublime.

* SignatureSong: "Date Rape" was the original, "What I Got" seems to be overtaking it as time goes on.

-> "Because you're down with the band that they call Sublime, right?\\

->"Let me tell you about a girl I know, had a drink about a hour ago"\\

** You could also say this about "40 Oz. to Freedom" , which is about how some people need alcohol to feel better about themselves and life in general. Although YMMV, this song also has a lot of MisaimedFandom attached to it.

-- ''Romeo'' off 'Second Hand Smoke'

-- Opening line to Sublime's first hit "Date Rape"

Known for their combination of laid back surfer attitude and punk mentality, the band called Sublime is very hard to pin down. Any song can be a delightful mash up of punk, hip-hop, and reggae, with lyrics that make you laugh even as you think, [[RefugeinAudacity "Did he really just say that?"]] before switching to sobering reality about drug use, life in the ghetto, and sexually transmitted diseases. Although Sublime became popular as apart of the Third Wave of {{Ska}} and often toured with SkaPunk bands, Sublime only released a handful of actual SkaPunk songs, and were more influenced by reggae than ska music.

Sublime had only three full studio albums, ''40oz. to Freedom'', ''Robbin’ the Hood'', and ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Sublime]]'', before Bradley Nowell’s overdose and death from heroin. The third, final, and most successful album was released less than two months after Bradley’s death. According to {{The Other Wiki}} The Self-Titled album eventually went 5x Platinum in the U.S., with over 5 million copies sold in the U.S. alone.

!!Tropes Include:

* LyricalDissonance: Not quite as much as [[ReelBigFish some ska punk bands]], but it's certainly there. Notably the song "Wrong Way". It's funky, upbeat song about twelve-year-old prostitute.
** Also worth noting is "Burritos", a fast-paced, happy ska tune about being bored.
*** You could also say this about "40 Oz. to Freedom" , which is about how some people need alcohol to feel better about themselves and life in general. Although YMMV, this song also has a lot of MisaimedFandom attached to it.

* OdeToIntoxication: Much of their work, including "Smoke Two Joints", "Legalize It", and "Get Ready"

* SignatureSong: "Date Rape" was the original, "What I Got" seems to be over taking it as time goes on.

* TextlessAlbumCover: Played with on the self-titled album. It's picture of Bradley Nowell's back, where he had had the word "Sublime" tattooed across his shoulders.
* WhatDidIDoLastNight: The song "What Happened" opens with the lines: wake up in the morning/clock says half past one/i have no sunglasses as i step into the sun/there's no recollection/of the evil things i've done/my head feels like i must have had some fun

-> "Because your down with the band that they call Sublime, right?\\