Bradley James Nowell
"Sublime is a hodgepodge of all types of bands I have been into since I was a kid
Not like I mix it all up on purpose but more like it's a subsoncious type of thing
As a younge kid I was heavily into hard core punk, like the circle jerks and black
flag, then I first heard the ska sound bands like the selector and the specials
I thought that this was the best music I had ever heard! Then came the rub a dub
a dub style of dance hall reggae music which I've never been able to get out of
my head ever since! A little later I was into run DMC and the whole NWA sound
I was blown away when I heard groups like BDP and KRS-one mixing rap and reggae.
It was devastating. Without really trying I now seem to put a dance hall style
lyric melody over much of my attempts at writing other types of music.
"The bottom line is I love good music and I try to shy away from all these lables
that people think are so necessary to slap on music. It seems like people get afraid
of a certain music if they can't pigeonhole it to their satisfaction. They will
be up all night trying to slap a label on sublime. Good music is good music,
and that should be enough for anybody."
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