In the Summer of 1996  the Ska-punk-reggae trio from Long Beach California were on top of the charts.  Their self-titled album would gain them worldwide airplay, and has since gone five-times Multi-platinum.  With their main stream success came heartbreak, just 2 weeks prior to the release of the album,  lead singer Bradley Nowell died from a heroin overdose.  He had a long been battling heroin addiction, Nowell attempted detoxification and drug rehabilitation several times, but such treatments usually had short-lived success.  With no front-man, the remaining members decided they could no longer continue on as Sublime without Brad.

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