The documentary does not focus on the glitz and glamour of a rock and roll life. It is a hard hitting account of how drugs devastated Sublime, the life of Bradley Nowell, and even the vocalist’s son. Sublimes lead singer and guitarist Bradley Nowell died of a heroin overdose in 1996, just two months before the band made it big with their third album. The Long Way Back is a new documentary from one of Nowell’s lifelong friends. We’ll be sure to pass those along once they’re announced.Īnd if you’re just not sure how you feel about Sublime 2.0, take a gander at the band’s recent performance at the SmokeOut Festival 2009. Sublime Documentary Focuses on Hope & Healing for Opioid Addiction. And speaking of using the name, the band has already scheduled some 150 dates. With legal action avoided, it seems the Nowell family can stop worrying about Nowell’s wishes being honored, and the new band can use some of the notoriety and avoid any further legal smackdown. For their part, drummer Bud Gaugh and bassist. If you use heroin today, dont add to the death count today is all I ask :) That goes for all drugs Stay safe and live life to the fullest 42 comments. On their first album with the band, Rome Ramirez displays plenty of easy-going vocal attitude with a distinct Jamaican flavor, backed up with crisp, in-the-pocket guitar work. My hero Bradley Nowell best known as the lead singer of Sublime pre sublime with rome (theyre alright but theyre no sublime) died today years ago from a heroin overdose. During the early morning hours of May 25, 1996, 28-year-old singer and guitarist Bradley Nowell dialled Troy’s phone, his wife of precisely one week and the mother of his 11-month-old son Jakob, who answered the phone. Thirteen years after the passing of front man Bradley Nowell, Sublime returns with a new lead singer and a spruced-up sound. Nowell’s family, including his father and Nowell’s wife and son, were in favor of Wilson and Gaugh continuing to play in Nowell’s memory, just not under said name. Bradley Nowell, the frontman of the rock band Sublime, died of a heroin overdose 20 years ago today. If you remember, prior his death, Nowell had trademarked the Sublime name.
As the OC Weekly blog (via ) recently reported, it appears as if the two remaining original members, bassist Eric Wilson and drummer Bud Gaugh, will now continue on with new singer Rome Ramirez under a slightly modified moniker: Sublime With Rome. Last we heard of the OC legend that is Sublime, they were engaged in legal warfare with the family of deceased frontman Bradley Nowell over the use of the band name.