Marshall Goodman, aka “Bradley’s on the microphone with Ras MG,” first met Brad Nowell of Sublime when he was about 14-years-old. Brad was in a band with Marshall’s older sister, Ruth, who was known all around Long Beach as a great saxophonist. The band was called Sloppy Seconds and it also featured Eric Wilson on […]
After trailblazing the reggae-rock genre for over 3 decades, Sublime’s Eric Wilson has formed a new band in a 4-piece rock group by the name of Spray Allen. They have released their debut single and music video for the song, “Stay Clean”. Spray Allen is not another reggae-rock band you’ll hear the God of Thunder […]
Record Store Day 2021 will be one for the books on June 12 & July 17th as the Reggae-Rock community will celebrate new vinyl drops & re-issues courtesy of Sublime, Slightly Stoopid, Dirty Heads and Pepper.
Could you imagine making plans with your friends to go see Incubus play with Sublime? Well it happened, twice in 1995 and back then it was Incubus opening up for Sublime. Incubus founder & drummer José Pasillas dishes to The Pier on the experience.
Dan Sheehan, the Co-Owner, Producer & Talent Buyer of the largest reggae festival in the United States, California Roots Music & Arts Festival, participated in a Ask Me Anything session on Reddit. We found some interesting questions, replies & insight, most of which we spotlight in our recap.
For those not familiar, LAW is a 4-piece rock band out of Long Beach, CA featuring vocalist Jakob Nowell, son of the late Brad Nowell who fronted Sublime. But this is no Sublime reincarnation as Jakob looks to set his own path with the debut of his bands new record, There and Back Again, on […]
On November 23rd, Record Store Day will be participating in the Black Friday shenanigans with some exclusive offers that you can only pick up at your local (participating) record store. I personally view Record Store Day as Sublime Christmas because of the new, limited edition goodies they release for the fans each and every year.
Sublime discovering Slightly Stoopid as teenagers in the mid-90’s is the script inspirational movies are made of. The way Stoopid continues to pay homage to their early mentors and long time collaborators makes for a great second act to such a script as Slightly Stoopid’s Miles Doughty dishes to The Pier.
