They have sold over seventeen million records. They are also still very popular, with their music appearing in a variety of media soundtracks. The band’s sound has often been synonymous with that of California. However, over the years they have proven to be massively influential, with many punk and ska bands citing them as an influence to this day. Sublime were a band who were tragically short-lived with their career being over before it had even really began. After he passed away, the band decided to split, feeling that he was irreplaceable. ![]() When the album became a success many of the band’s fans were not even aware of the singer’s death. The album was the band’s most commercially successful and contained several successful singles including “What I Got” which topped the Modern Rock Chart. Sublime began recording their third and final self-titled album in 1996 which they competed before Nowell’s death. After performing on the 1995 Warped Tour, which they were taken off from due to their unruly behaviour, they were pressured into recording their third album. After being signed to the Gasoline Alley label they released their second album in 1994 titled Robbin the Hood which was more experimental than the first album, mixing up a lot of different styles but it was a commercial failure. It initially had a limited run and was only sold at the band’s shows but by the time of the band’s split four years later it had sold over 209,000 copies. ![]() ![]() They released their debut album in 1992 titled 40 oz To Freedom. They split up in 1996 after Nowel died of a heroin overdose. Their line-up, which consisted of guitarist and vocalist Bradley Nowell, bassist Eric Wilson and drummer Bud Gaugh, remained unchanged throughout their career. They were formed in 1988 in Long Beach, California. With our top ten Sublime songs we are looking at one of the most seminal bands of the nineties ska punk movement. Photo: Manningmbd, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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