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Sublime
Sublime
American ska punk band
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Bud Gaugh
Bud Gaugh
American musician
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Sublime with Rome
Sublime with Rome
American reggae rock band
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Long Beach Dub Allstars
Long Beach Dub Allstars
American dub/ska rock band (formed 1997)
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Eric Wilson
Eric Wilson
American bass player
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Michael Happoldt
Michael Happoldt
American musician
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The Dirty Heads
The Dirty Heads
American reggae band
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Slightly Stoopid
Slightly Stoopid
American band
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The Ziggens
The Ziggens
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Long Beach Shortbus
Long Beach Shortbus
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Ballyhoo!
Ballyhoo!
American reggae rock band
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Skankin' Pickle
Skankin' Pickle
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Lou Reed
Lou Reed
American musician, recording artist, singer-songwriter (1942-2013)
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Andrew Wood
Andrew Wood
American musician and singer
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Mod Sun
Mod Sun
American writer
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The Movement
The Movement
American reggae band
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The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys
American rock band
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Josh Freese
Josh Freese
session musician
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Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson
American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer
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The Young Fresh Fellows
The Young Fresh Fellows
American rock group
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Mother Love Bone
Mother Love Bone
American rock band
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John Feldmann
John Feldmann
American musician
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Chuck Negron
Chuck Negron
American singer
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Humble Gods
Humble Gods
American punk rock band
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Night Ranger
Night Ranger
American rock band
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The Vandals
The Vandals
band
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Bruce Johnston
Bruce Johnston
American singer, musician
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Dennis Wilson
Dennis Wilson
American musician (1944-1983)
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Minutemen
Minutemen
punk rock band from San Pedro, California, USA
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Adolescents
Adolescents
American band
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The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
American rock band
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The Mamas & the Papas
The Mamas & the Papas
American folk rock vocal group
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Eyes Adrift
Eyes Adrift
American band
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Ted Nash
Ted Nash
American musician
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Nikki Sixx
Nikki Sixx
American musician
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Stone Gossard
Stone Gossard
American musician and songwriter
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John Cale
John Cale
Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer
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Art Alexakis
Art Alexakis
American musician
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The Famine
The Famine
American heavy metal band
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Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
American rock band
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Just-Ice
Just-Ice
Recording artist
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Anthony Kiedis
Anthony Kiedis
American singer
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Blind Melon
Blind Melon
American alternative rock band
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The Stooges
The Stooges
American punk rock band

Bradley James Nowell (February 22, 1968 – May 25, 1996) was an American musician and the lead singer and guitarist of the ska punk band Sublime.

Born and raised in Belmont Shore, Long Beach, California, Nowell developed an interest in music at a young age. His father took him on a trip to Jamaica during his childhood years, which exposed him to reggae and dancehall music; he then gained a strong interest in rock music once he learned how to play guitar. Nowell played in various bands until forming Sublime with bassist Eric Wilson and drummer Bud Gaugh, whom he had met while attending California State University at Long Beach. In his lifetime, Sublime released the albums 40oz. to Freedom and Robbin' the Hood to critical and commercial success.

Throughout the band's career, Nowell struggled with a worsening addiction to heroin. He eventually became sober after his son Jakob, with girlfriend Troy Dendekker, was born in May 1995, but relapsed and died of a heroin overdose in 1996 in a San Francisco hotel while Sublime was on tour. Sublime released their self-titled third album two months after Nowell's death, and has subsequently released several compilation albums featuring the hundreds of songs he recorded throughout his life. Nowell remains an influential figure of the 1990s alternative era in his legacy.