Sublime

Sublime一支来自美国南加洲的乐队，1988年成立，他们的音乐风格融合了Reggae、SKA,Punk和hip hop.在这之前，我先要说说SKA这种音乐形式。SKA可以说是Reggae音乐的一个变种，它继承了Reggae的闲散与放松的特点，同时又加入了一些欢快的元素。
 
SKA的节奏比较鲜明，而且稳定。最初它是作为一种热舞音乐的形式出现的。这种音乐掌握起来比较容易，但真正做好不简单。由于节奏稳定，它很容易被人们所厌烦。很多SKA乐队由于缺乏创意，一直停留在二流乐队的阶段。Sublime在节奏变化与技巧运用上，比其他的乐队高明的多。但似乎SKA在音乐中的比重更大一些。
 
乐队由三名成员组成：Brad Nowell (主音吉他)，Bud Gaugh (鼓手)和Eric Wilson (低音吉他)。他们的成功带有一定的偶然性，但也有必然性。他们的作音乐的意识、感觉，以及从技术角度而言相较于其他同类乐队，都要好的多。
 
Formed in Long Beach, CA, in 1988 as a garage punk band, Sublime grew to fame in the mid-90s on the back of the Cali punk explosion engendered by Green Day and the Offspring, though Sublime mixed up their punk rage with reggae and ska influences. The band released just two albums during its first seven years, finally finding a hit with its self-titled third one. It was Sublimes last, however, as lead singer Brad Nowell died in May 1996, just two months before the albums release.
 
The trio which comprised Sublime — vocalist/guitarist Nowell, bassist Eric Wilson, and drummer Bud Gaugh — played their first gig on the 4th of July 1988 at a small Long Beach club (a show that sparked the infamous Peninsula Riot). The group began aggressively touring around the area with an increasingly substantial following, especially among the surf/skate beach crowd. After four years of concentrating strictly on live shows, Sublimes first album (40 Oz. to Freedom) was recorded in 1992. The LP was released on Skunk Records — the label formed by Nowell with Sublime manager Miguel — and sold at shows, but it really started to break when KROQ began playing the single Date Rape two years after its initial release.
 
Mostly due to the radio exposure, Sublime signed to MCA for 1994s Robbin the Hood, which revealed an experimental ethic more in keeping with cut-and-paste dub than the well-tuned rage of the Cali punk revival. The album performed well at college radio and set the stage for the breakout success of their self-titled third album. On May 25, 1996, however, Nowell was found in a San Francisco hotel room, dead of a heroin overdose. The band collapsed, but Sublime was still slated for a July release. On the strength of the alternative radio hit What I Got, the album was certified gold by the end of 1996. As Sublimes legend lived on, Wilson and Gaugh formed a new band called Long Beach Dub Allstars. There were also a number of posthumous Sublime releases, among them 1997s Second Hand Smoke, 1998s Stand by Your Van and Acoustic: Bradley Nowell & Friends, Greatest Hits in 1999, and Gold in 2005.