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The band's line-up, unchanged until their consisted of Bradley Nowell (vocals and guitar), Eric Wilson (bass), Bud Gaugh (drums). Lou Dog, Nowell's dalmatian, who was the well known mascot of the band.
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Sublime played their first gig on the Fourth of July, 1988
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Nowell said, "You weren't supposed to be in there after 9 p.m., but we'd go in at 9:30 and stay until 5 in the morning. We'd just hide from the security guards. They never knew we were there. We managed to get $30,000 worth of studio time for free". 40oz. to Freedom sold 60,000 copies that year.
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the band co-headlined the nationwide Vans Warped Tour
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At age 28 Nowell (frontman) dies of a herion over dose shortly before the release of Sublime's self-titled album
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Sublime songs, "Santeria", "Wrong Way", "Doin' Time", and "April 29, 1992 (Miami)" were released to U.S. radio.
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Los Angeles Times article "Cautionary Concert in Rocker's Memory", Jerry Crowe quoted Tony Kanal as saying, "Obviously, it's going to be very emotional because you're there playing a show to commemorate a good friend who died and died for very wrong reasons. But you're also there to change things for the future and prevent stuff like that from ever happening again."
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performing their first big show with Rome at Cypress Hill's Smokeout Festival in October 2009 for 20,000 people
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Now performs together as Sublime with Rome, who released their debut album Yours Truly on July 12, 2011, 5 months later Gaugh announces his departure of the band
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it was announced that Sublime would be celebrating the 25th anniversary of their first show . On June 5th 2013 Sublime with Rome played a tribute concert for disesed member Bradley Nowell