Sublime started out back in 1988 where the group formerly called the The Juice Bro's changed their name to Sublime when they added singer and songwriter Bradley Nowell. The band mixed the tones of Reggae, Ska and Punk music into a musical blend that can only be referred to as Sublime.

Using quick, up-tempo beats and captivating DJ cuts the group performed at many local establishments in the Long Beach area during that time. Sublime was a band that loved sampling and playing cover songs as well. This can be seen in their many Bob Marley and Punk band covers used in their songs.

The musically brilliant team of Brad Nowell, Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh put together a magical mix of sounds and lyrics to produce a sound that future generations would follow for years to come. Not only did they produce, publish and perform their songs but they also sold many of their albums themselves after signing up with Skunk Records in 1992 due to lack of a distributor. In fact, the band sold a large amount of their albums out of the back of their van to get more local fans and to sustain themselves as musicians.

It was during this time when the classic 40 Oz. to Freedom album, which contains such hits as "40 Oz. To Freedom", "Badfish", "Right Back", "Rivers of Babylon", "DJs", "Ebin", "Don't Push", "Lets Go Get Stoned", "Smoke 2 Joints", "Date Rape","Waiting For My Ruca" and a Grateful Dead cover of "Scarlet Begonias". This album showed the first signs of the amount of creativity that the band possessed.

Two years after 40 Oz. to Freedom, the band released the cult classic Robbin the Hood. This record included many cuts which included the work of one Raleigh Theodore Sakers who could be classified as an insane old man.

Titles on this album include the classic "Greatest Hits", "Boss DJ", "Pool Shark", "STP", "Steppin Razor", "Cisco Kid", and a duet with Gwen Stephani called "Saw Red". Much of the recording of this album took place in a Long Beach crack house.

When they signed up with MCA records the label not only re-issued their older albums but also set the band to work on their new album, which would be the bands Self titled album. Sadly, on May 25, 1996, Bradley James Nowell passes away from an heroin overdose. He never got to see the accumulation of the bands work set into motion or how big the band will actually become.

The self-titled album Sublime is what really got the world beyond California to notice this band. Included tracks on this awesome album are "What I Got", "Santeria", "Wrong Way", "Garden Grove", "Same in the End", "Doin Time", "Burritos", "Under My Voodoo", and "April 29, 1992".   The album hit number one in the charts that year as the world both mourned and celebrated the band.

Sublime would go on to release a handful of other works after Brads death including an acoustic album entitled Bradley Nowell and Friends. This was a set of acoustic tracks released by the band that featured Brad singing Bob Marley covers and acoustic versions of songs like "Wrong Way", "Pool Shark", and "Saw Red".

Also included on this album are rare mixes of "What Happened" and "Mary" as well as some unreleased songs like "Freeway time in L.A. County Jail" and "Foolish Fool". The group also released a Gold Album and a Greatest Hits Album.

In addition to those albums Second Hand Smoke also graced store shelves in 1997. Hits from this collection include "Get Out", "New Realization", "Slow Ride", "Superstar Punani", "Romeo", "Had a Dat" and "What's really going wrong".

Following that record up was their 1998 release of Stand By Your Van. A collection of various live tracks that the group recorded at their shows. The "Don't Push", "Greatest Hits", "S.T.P", "Pool Shark" and "Ebin" tracks highlight this album.

In 2005, Look At All The Love We Found - A Tribute To Sublime is released. On this humbling album several musicians cover a variety of Sublime's song. Featured artists on this album include Jack Johnson, No Doubt, Pennywise, Los Lobos, Fishbone and G. Love each performing a tribute to a song by Sublime. In addition to the tribute album Sublime has also had a variety of tribute bands as well including Badfish and WrongWay just to name a few.

In 2006, the ultimate collection of Sublime's work is released. In this humongous set there are three CD's and one DVD and a book commemorating the life and music of the band. This collection is simply titled Everything Under the Sun.The CD's contain never before released tracks such as "I'm Not A Loser", "Perfect World", "Johnny Too Bad", "Shame in Dem Game", "Angelo", "Mic Control", "Farther I Go", "Youth Are Getting Restless", "House of Suffering", "Great Stone", "Prophet", "89 Vision", "Sweet Little Rosie", "Just Another Day", "Prince of Sin", "At It Again", "Real Situation" and a remixed version of "Doin' Time" which featured artist Snoop Dogg.

The DVD features the bands music videos and interviews of the people who were involved with Sublime's life. The book is a collage of pictures showcasing the band and fans of the band  and features the band playing at various shows, newspaper clippings of various related events and images of letters written to the band concerning copyright use.

After Sublime broke up, the band took a different direction in the music world. Working in several different music projects. First they formed the Long Beach Dub Allstars in 1997 and released two albums. The first was called Right Back and the second being Wonders of the World. The band disbanded after the second album was produced and the remaining members of sublime went their separate ways in 2002.

Eric Wilson went on to form Longbeach Shortbus with the singer of the Allstars. The band later broke up in 2007 and now Eric plays in two bands, Stonewing and an Iggy Pop cover band called The STyMiES.

Bud Gaugh also continued his career by playing drums with former Nirvana Guitarist Krist Novaselic and Curt Kirkwood formerly of the Meat Puppets in a band called Eyes Adrift. After that band disbanded he continued playing with Kirkwood in a band called Volcano. Currently he plays in surfer band Del Mar which was founded in 2006.

Sublime was more than just a band with with a following. It was the definition of surfer culture of the time. People love and continue to love this band, this band who released more albums after they broke up than when they were together.  Their much brought people together with their music and their one love attitude. While the band is no longer together, their music will live on forever in the hearts and in the minds of all those this band has reached through their amazing music.