sublime. the worst? i mean THE WORST???

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the teenage boys rock thread inspired this thought. could sublime be the worst band ever? i mean the most unredeeming heap of kak ever performed by a human being and put on disc and somehow sold to millions of dolts world wide (i hear they like this even in europe...) i mean really of all bands EVER not to even have one smidgen of maybe even a little kitsch, yuk yuk value?

let me list the ways of suckdom:
-fake white boy rasta act
-singer dies of overdose, what was his name again?
-SKA! SKA! white trash SKA!
-vague political morays about anarchism and rioting in the streets
-constant references to people and characters in their scene... "livin' with lou-dog is the only way to stay sane"
-writing totally rancid songs like "date rape" but still managing to capture the hearts of chicks worldwide
i mean do i even need to make this list?

or am i missing some crucial tenet to their limitless appeal? do white kids from the suburbs just like to pretend they now what's going on out there in the streets, in the hard life? is that why this shit sells? because kids want to "smoke to joints" like sublime?
don't getme wrong, i love my trash, but i just can't wrap my head around anything related to sublime. refute or agree. WORST BAND EVER. remember: they're not rock. they're not reggae. they're not rap. they try to do all three. they occupy their own universe of musical blandness. am i wrong? AM I WRONG??? and remember i want this as a gravestone!!!! sublime = death of man's hope for rock EVER again!

― jack dee, Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:23 (twenty years ago)

They fuckin' sucked, alright, but I'm sure there were worse.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:25 (twenty years ago)

I still like "Wrong Way," "Santeria," and a half a dozen songs off the big-hit album. They're too harmless to inspire this hate.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:26 (twenty years ago)

Don't start a ry-ot, man

― 'Twan (miccio), Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:26 (twenty years ago)

Taking Sides: Sublime vs. Blind Melon

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:28 (twenty years ago)

I get the idea you might have missed the point of the song "Date Rape". It's not an endorsement of it, ya know?

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:29 (twenty years ago)

"They're too harmless to inspire this hate." this is where you are wrong. it's the harmlessness that inspires the hate...the utter blah! isn't that man's lowest moment? blaaaaaaaaaah

― jack dee, Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:29 (twenty years ago)

Sublime were not a very good band though, but as my Alex in crime points out there are other bands who were far worse.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:30 (twenty years ago)

no i get the point of that song alex... it's the nature of the annoying cautionary tale for uppermiddle class...

― jack dee, Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:31 (twenty years ago)

Sublime never made me want to cut my ears off in the same way that...I dunno...fuckin' Limp Bizkit or the Kottonmouth Kings or Creed did/do.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:31 (twenty years ago)

i mean, WORST ever?

i never *really* liked them, never bought a CD by them, but Dave Matthews strikes me as much worse (as the wonderful DMB thread illustrates)

the blah-ness isn't entirely their fault. it's the fans, a lot of whom had no real imagination to look beyond two sublime albums and bob marley's Legend before they started shitty faux rock/reagge garage bands that played many of the shit high school partys of my youth. surely that isn't entirely the bands fault.

― JD from CDepot, Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:32 (twenty years ago)

give me names!!! goddamit! who is worse? i think you miss my drift... its the fact that sublime EXISTS! not even how bad they are...look what a cultural thermometer they are! jjjjjeeeeezus!

― jack dee, Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:32 (twenty years ago)

Thermometer?

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:33 (twenty years ago)

ok maybe i could settle a tie for DMB and sublime. abercrombie and fitch vs. faux "rock" tude with reggae politico roots.,,,,... need i say more

― jack dee, Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:33 (twenty years ago)

"Jailhouse" is a pretty good tune. a couple of others are also catchy. there are definitely worse bands.

311 are worse than both DMB and Sublime.

― gear (gear), Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:34 (twenty years ago)

did Brad Nowell fuck your mom, jack?

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:35 (twenty years ago)

Are you implying that Jack is Brad Nowell's illegitimate son, Alfred?

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:37 (twenty years ago)

Are you implying that Jack is Brad Nowell's illegitimate son, Alfred?

"Nooo...that's not true...that's IMPOSSIBLE!"

http://iolarte.tripod.com/magmito/muertevad.JPG

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:40 (twenty years ago)

I never really listened to or liked Sublime, but I still remember how the trombone solo from "Wrong Way" and the beat from "Santeria" go (though I didn't remember the song names until Alfred's post), so that's something.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:41 (twenty years ago)

They sucked for all the above reasons but I really don't know if they were any worse than any of the other mid/late nineties ska/pop punk bands around.

They were probably the most popular band in my final year at school so I was forced to hear them a lot then, hated it then and ever since. No idea how they gained more attention than their peers, maybe just cause the singer died?

― Bn1 (Bn1), Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:41 (twenty years ago)

I will admit that Sugar Ray's a much better band.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:41 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, Sublime are annoying, although I can understand how somebody could find it appealing without losing all hope of being a human being that deserves to exist.

Certainly anything involving Rob Thomas (of Matchbox 20 fame) is far worse. That's basically giving up.

― Gukbe (lokar), Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:42 (twenty years ago)

Certainly anything involving Rob Thomas (of Matchbox 20 fame) is far worse. That's basically giving up.

You obviously haven't acknowledged the greatness of "Unwell" and "Lonely No More."

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:45 (twenty years ago)

yeah, i always liked "Unwell".

jack dee, where are you from?

― JD from CDepot, Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:47 (twenty years ago)

give me names!!! goddamit! who is worse?

311
Creed
Limp Bizkit
Kottonmouth Kings
Korn
Fuel
Nickelback
Seven Mary Three
Puddle of Mudd
Godsmack
Matchbox Twenty
etc.
etc.
etc.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:48 (twenty years ago)

you seem to know an awful lot about sublime

― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:48 (twenty years ago)

"Date Rape" is probably an amusing novelty to some, but like anyone needs to hear it again now that Kelly Osbourne's "Don't Touch Me When I'm Sleeping" has rendered it COMPLETELY obsolete.

― edward o (edwardo), Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:49 (twenty years ago)

I think Sublime were actually pretty rich. They definitely had that amazing ability to "give their songs a zip code," to paraphrase Tom Waits. Maybe you just don't like the zip code they conjured? Where Beck or his handlers try to cram it down your throat that Beck is the "product of L.A.'s smorgasboard of multi-cultural reference points" or whatever, Sublime genuinely seemed like that - for better or for worse. All the references to men selling oranges on freeway offramps; the casual and smart use of Mexican slang and Span(gl)ish, playing with class and race in unique ways.

Search "Waiting for My Ruca." That's a great song.

― Mugged Outside the Jabberjaw, 1993 (Bent Over at the Arclight), Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:50 (twenty years ago)

who is worse?

are the Long Beach Dub All-Stars worse?

I think it's a bit cruel to still be mean to Sublime. Isn't dying of an OD on heroin and leaving a child fatherless enough punishment?

― Gukbe (lokar), Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:50 (twenty years ago)

But then again, you will find that on the aforementioned Dave Matthews thread I also have stated that I like them.

― Mugged Outside the Jabberjaw, 1993 (Bent Over at the Arclight), Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:51 (twenty years ago)

Alex OTM, Creed/Nickelback/Puddle of Mudd represents a much darker nadir than Sublime.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:51 (twenty years ago)

I think I might download "Santeria", actually.

"...I ain't got no crystal ball, well I had a million dollars but I...I spent it all!"

It's not so bad, really.

― Gukbe (lokar), Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:52 (twenty years ago)

311 are worse than both DMB and Sublime.

yes

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:56 (twenty years ago)

hey you're back!

― gear (gear), Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:59 (twenty years ago)

I'm afraid I cannot allow Puddle Of Mudd to be lumped in with Creed and Nickelback. PoM gave us the glorious, ridiculous pop glory of "She Hates Me", and aren't generally as LUMPENLY awful as the other two, though they usually are awful.

― edward o (edwardo), Thursday, 17 November 2005 01:03 (twenty years ago)

Whilst I'm not much of a fan of the NME, I do remember their fantastic review for "She Hates Me" as being, "and now we see why." Obvious, but quality.

― Gukbe (lokar), Thursday, 17 November 2005 01:06 (twenty years ago)

Psychefunkapus are way worse

― dan bunnybrain (dan bunnybrain), Thursday, 17 November 2005 01:16 (twenty years ago)

By my count Puddle Of Mudd have made several tolerable glimpses into the word of post-grunge aggro straight white men, Creed has made two and Nickelback has made one. I believe PoM has been helped by the singer's psychosis, which adds a certain vulnerability.

― 'Twan (miccio), Thursday, 17 November 2005 01:17 (twenty years ago)

http://www.artistdirect.com/Images/Sources/AMGCOVERS/music/cover200/dre600/e666/e66678wbhar.jpg

― dan bunnybrain (dan bunnybrain), Thursday, 17 November 2005 01:18 (twenty years ago)

I keep forgetting Sublime was even a band. So I guess that doesn't make them the worst band ever .. but maybe one of the most forgettable bands ever.

― D.I.Y. C.R.E.E.P. (dave225.3), Thursday, 17 November 2005 01:20 (twenty years ago)

Sublime has a song about going to Garden Grove, so that's something in my book. I definitely agree with the Tom Waits "zip code" thing mentioned upthread.

― kickitcricket (kickitcricket), Thursday, 17 November 2005 01:27 (twenty years ago)

Who the hell are the Kottonmouth Kings?

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Thursday, 17 November 2005 01:28 (twenty years ago)

This is because you have implausibly low standards.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 17 November 2005 01:51 (twenty years ago)

ihttp://www.kansaiscene.com/2004_04/images/live_kottonmouthKings.jpg

these are the Kottonmouth Kings.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 17 November 2005 01:52 (twenty years ago)

Sublime has a song about going to Garden Grove, so that's something in my book.

Yes, but so do the Mountain Goats, a far superior prospect.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 17 November 2005 01:54 (twenty years ago)

Fun haters.

― Sundar (sundar), Thursday, 17 November 2005 03:12 (twenty years ago)

I haven't heard of that band, Sundar. Are they really worse than Sublime?

(actually, I think it's a pretty great idea for a band name)

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Thursday, 17 November 2005 03:18 (twenty years ago)

So we're all agreed then? 311 = the worst?

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Thursday, 17 November 2005 03:19 (twenty years ago)

I'm fine with that.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 17 November 2005 03:19 (twenty years ago)

the next step down from a shitty band? a tribute to the shitty band:

http://www.badfish.com/

― amon (eman), Thursday, 17 November 2005 03:25 (twenty years ago)

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Oh crimeny! If knowing that Sublime were crap makes me gay then HELLO, SAILOR!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 19 February 2006 21:45 (nineteen years ago)

i would just like to say that i most deffinitly agree with lou dog. You guys are fucking assholes. Sublime was the shit and still is. They were all about chillin and haveing a good time. much farther up someone said somthing about how all they sang about was rioting and anarchy. well you guys must be fucking retarded. the one song about rioting was about the rodny king riots and that was a crucial time in our history. im sorry if you would rather hear about big booty hoes then a song that means somthing. and i dont beleive that i have ever heard a sublime song that was about anarchy. get your shit straight before you talk shit about it. stop being douche bags. i think i know what your problem is. you guys need to get laid. you are all 30 year old virgins that have nothing better to do than talk shit about a good band. go get some ass and chill the fuck out.

― Fal Fal J, Sunday, 19 February 2006 22:00 (nineteen years ago)

the one song about rioting was about the rodny king riots and that was a crucial time in our history. im sorry if you would rather hear about big booty hoes then a song that means somthing.

I'm glad that we had Sublime to highlight the importance of the Rodney King riots for us - clearly those ppl that write "big booty hoes" songs needed someone to explain it to them.

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Sunday, 19 February 2006 22:15 (nineteen years ago)

go get some ass and chill the fuck out

but wouldn't that make us faggets?

― midi sanskrit (sanskrit), Sunday, 19 February 2006 23:23 (nineteen years ago)

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS but with 40s

― corey c (shock of daylight), Monday, 20 February 2006 00:43 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...

you guys are all fucking losers. get some fucking lives. sublime was such a tight band. what kind of music do you fags like? polka? country? obviously some gay shit like that. fucking homos.

― ryan l, Saturday, 1 April 2006 18:45 (nineteen years ago)

klezmer

― charltonlido (gareth), Saturday, 1 April 2006 18:48 (nineteen years ago)

Showtunes.

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Saturday, 1 April 2006 18:52 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, if we are not soooooo into Sublime then we MUST be listening to something REALLY bad! Come on, let's get real, there are a trillion bands out there that leave Sublime in the dust.

― xgurggleglgllg (xgurggleglgllg), Saturday, 1 April 2006 18:55 (nineteen years ago)

what kind of music do you fags like? polka? country? obviously some gay shit like that. fucking homos.

-- ryan l
Ok, you got me. Musique concrète recorded in bathhouses.

― jimnaseum (jimnaseum), Saturday, 1 April 2006 18:57 (nineteen years ago)

HOW DARE YOU call my Pansy Division records gay?!

― Telephonething (Telephonething), Saturday, 1 April 2006 18:58 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, that was CLASSIC man!!

― xgurggleglgllg (xgurggleglgllg), Saturday, 1 April 2006 19:26 (nineteen years ago)

...... I'm pretty darn certain that Johnny Cash was straight too.

― xgurggleglgllg (xgurggleglgllg), Saturday, 1 April 2006 19:31 (nineteen years ago)

pet shop boys, saint etienne, kylie, etc. now let's all give ryan a handjob.

― gear (gear), Saturday, 1 April 2006 19:31 (nineteen years ago)

I think it's a bit cruel to still be mean to Sublime. Isn't dying of an OD on heroin and leaving a child fatherless enough punishment?

It's a punishment that the CHILD didn't deserve. In fact, the child undergoes a multitude of punishments, while Brad's corpse gets humped by millions and flogged by millions of others. The child will eventually know this, as well as know that a) his father was a stupid junky, b) his father brought about much unwanted sex and beerbongery, and c) he will never have a real father. So, uh, yeah, talking bad about Brad Nowell is perfectly justified, in my opinion.

(I never could stand Sublime)

― trees (treesessplode), Saturday, 1 April 2006 22:16 (nineteen years ago)

i never had a problem with sublime. i only saw the videos though. i could see their appeal. i just saw an ad on t.v. for some comp called buzz ballads(??maybe) and they showed a clip of staind and i visibly shuddered at the sight of the staind dude.

― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 1 April 2006 22:22 (nineteen years ago)

Buzz Ballads track-listing:

1. Lightning Crashes - Live
2. Champagne Supernova - Oasis
3. If You Could Only See - Tonic
4. Glycerine - Bush
5. Doll Parts - Hole
6. Santeria - Sublime
7. Hemorrhage (In My Hands) - Fuel
8. A Long December - Counting Crows
9. Counting Blue Cars - Dishwalla
10. Linger - Cranberries
11. Hanging By A Moment - Lifehouse
12. Soul Asylum - Runaway Train
13. Til I Hear It From You - Gin Blossoms
14. Here's To The Night - Eve 6
15. What Do I Have To Do? - Stabbing Westward
16. Out Of My Head - Fastball
Disc: 2
1. It's Been A While - Staind
2. Jumper - Third Eye Blind
3. Waisting My Time - Default
4. Everything You Want - Vertical Horizon
5. Sex & Candy - Marcy Playground
6. Far Behind - Candlebox
7. The Freshman - Verve Pipe
8. Take A Picture - Filter
9. What It's Like - Everlast
10. Something's Always Wrong - Toad The Wet Sprocket
11. World I Know - Collective Soul
12. Desperately Waiting - Better Than Ezra
13. Angry Johnny - Poe
14. Save Me - Remy Zero
15. Easy - Faith No More
16. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Tori Amos

― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 1 April 2006 22:24 (nineteen years ago)

16. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Tori Amos

Jesus wept.

― Rodney's motives are beyond the comprehension of men (R. J. Greene), Sunday, 2 April 2006 08:40 (nineteen years ago)

omg that comp is awesome. the sound of alternative one-hit burnout collapsing into itself. no goo goo dolls though.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Sunday, 2 April 2006 15:34 (nineteen years ago)

buy it now before Clinton Era Nostalgia really kicks in

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Sunday, 2 April 2006 15:51 (nineteen years ago)

Sublime is what I always considered the best possible case for frat music: This is a combination of what the fratboys listen to, and it's never going to be any better than this.

311, on the other hand, I always considered as Sublime's evil twin, making the worst possible case for frat music.

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Sunday, 2 April 2006 16:36 (nineteen years ago)

1. Lightning Crashes - Live

HER PLACENTA FALLS TO THE FLOOR

― Tiki Theater Xymposium (Bent Over at the Arclight), Sunday, 2 April 2006 17:32 (nineteen years ago)

i like sublime

― shredding repis on the gnar gnar rad (chaki), Sunday, 2 April 2006 20:29 (nineteen years ago)

i like bright copper kittens tied up with string

― Telephonething (Telephonething), Sunday, 2 April 2006 20:39 (nineteen years ago)

FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I CANNOT REMEMBER...SOMETHING, SOMETHING..WE WERE MERELY FRESH-MEN

― latebloomer: a power and finesse vocalist (latebloomer), Sunday, 2 April 2006 20:48 (nineteen years ago)

WE LIVE IN A WHEEL, WHERE EVERYONE STEALS....^$^%^#@%#@%#@%@ STRAWBERRY FIELDS

― latebloomer: a power and finesse vocalist (latebloomer), Sunday, 2 April 2006 20:51 (nineteen years ago)

alien workshop t-shirts, doctor seuss hats

― latebloomer: a power and finesse vocalist (latebloomer), Sunday, 2 April 2006 20:55 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...

Brad Nowell wasn't as technically gifted as other guitarists like Vai, Satriani but what do you expect for ska? Ska is meant to be fun music, lighthearted music. If each song of their's was a 10 minute shred fest then that would be a different matter. But it's not. It's ska. They were however, a very tight band, and I don't get why everyone are dissing them? Personally I agree with ryan 1 to a certain extent. Although using 3 swear words plus fag and gay, when I very much doubt that the other writers here are is just stupid.

If you buy a ska record, you expect lighthearted humourous music. Therefore why diss Sublime when they do just that.

And the person who doesn't feel remoted sorry, pleased even, for Nowell's child is a complete wanker.

― blackholesun, Wednesday, 3 May 2006 13:12 (nineteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

'If you lived (and surfed) in Orange County or San Diego, you wouldn't find Sublime so harmless. Worst band ever. Easily.'

Based on what I'm reading, I'm picturing the Kevin Volchok character on 'The O.C.' as the distillation of this hated fan base.

― Carlos Keith (Buck_Wilde), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 19:10 (nineteen years ago)

I AM OBSESSED WITH SUBLIME!!

― Knicky, Wednesday, 17 May 2006 19:38 (nineteen years ago)

you guys are fuckin gay loosers.

― billstevejim (billstevejim), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 20:06 (nineteen years ago)

That "buzz ballads" can't be for real. I love 90's rock and I wouldn't be caught dead buying that thing.

― billstevejim (billstevejim), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 20:08 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...

sorry guys, you missed the point! they were not that great of a BAND MUSICALLY, but they didnt take sh## from ANYONE! they had FUN! it got noticed, it wasn't that great so they put it on vinyl Themselves and started Their own Worldwide Distributing Business! (Skunk Records)... not so dumb now, eh? UNlike most bands... they KEPT ALL THEIR PROFITS!
anyone that KNEW THEM knew this...
They laughed at the fame! They didnt even need a label to make it HUGE! -no MCA, no RCA, No B.S!- they skateboarded and surfed, so what? EVERYBODY thats cool does that- what bugs me are the kids half my age getting tattoo's of the Sunface, or wearing skater shirts and they dont even skateboard!

You guys totally missed the meaning of this band... turn it up and drive slow threw your neighborhood and laugh at old people! -thats what it was meant for!-

you young kids want REAL MUSIC- try Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Etc...

― tara govichek (Sublimey), Saturday, 1 July 2006 19:59 (nineteen years ago)

turn it up and drive slow threw your neighborhood and laugh at old people! -thats what it was meant for!-

uh, is this your idea of fun? because it seems stupidly cruel and lame to me.

― trees (treesessplode), Saturday, 1 July 2006 21:06 (nineteen years ago)

they skateboarded and surfed, so what? EVERYBODY thats cool does that-
they skateboarded and surfed, so what? EVERYBODY thats cool does that-
they skateboarded and surfed, so what? EVERYBODY thats cool does that-
they skateboarded and surfed, so what? EVERYBODY thats cool does that-
they skateboarded and surfed, so what? EVERYBODY thats cool does that-
they skateboarded and surfed, so what? EVERYBODY thats cool does that-
they skateboarded and surfed, so what? EVERYBODY thats cool does that-
they skateboarded and surfed, so what? EVERYBODY thats cool does that-

― Marmot 4-Tay: forth-coming, my child. forth-coming most righteous champion (mar, Saturday, 1 July 2006 21:09 (nineteen years ago)

...cant you just FEEL the sarcasm in those BOLD letters!

― tara govichek (Sublimey), Sunday, 2 July 2006 00:20 (nineteen years ago)

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uh, is this your idea of fun? because it seems stupidly cruel and lame to me.

NO, but some think that punk/ska kids are stupid or lame... and as one as a kid growing up, i was cruel and lame at times... its part of learning...
this is about a band... they made their place in history and some are still jealouse about it... it was over, OVER a decade ago! so why rip on it now? let it (and Brad) R.I.P.

― tara govichek (Sublimey), Sunday, 2 July 2006 00:27 (nineteen years ago)

The music world runs on mediocre bands. I don't blame the bands for that, but when idolizatioin is thrust upon such a band, of course they take the brunt of my agression.

The word "Sublime" has permanently been grafted onto a composite image of every California pothead to walk the planet, and their faces always have these arrogant stoner smiles that drive me crazy.

Sure it was ten years ago, but the shrine is well maintained. Starting to see red now, need to leave thread.

― cosmo vitelli (cosmo vitelli), Sunday, 2 July 2006 04:47 (nineteen years ago)

dude yr so jealouse!

― Marmot 4-Tay: forth-coming, my child. forth-coming most righteous champion (mar, Sunday, 2 July 2006 04:48 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.giantmicrobes.com/images/doll/louse.jpg

― Marmot 4-Tay: forth-coming, my child. forth-coming most righteous champion (mar, Sunday, 2 July 2006 04:51 (nineteen years ago)

Ah, the incredibly dull sport of bashing bands out of general criticisms favour...Sublime are actually, if you allow yourself to neglect the public image one has of them and their fanbase, one of the few naturally eclectic, organically different bands out there. Apart from the fact that their singer and bass players both brought a very versatile approach to their playing their sound was also truly unique, ska being only one of their facettes, which they actually only sparingly employed...most of the time they played a strange rock-reggae hybrid.
as for infectious grooves, they had the funk, nevermind the talking lizards...

― mark scherrer (Applejack), Monday, 3 July 2006 21:41 (nineteen years ago)

What is a "facette"? Is it some kind of French bathroom fixture?

― Telephonething (Telephonething), Monday, 3 July 2006 22:33 (nineteen years ago)

alright, you got me, i'm a "Foreigner". Actually, i played guitar in that band.

― Mark Scherrer (Applejack), Tuesday, 4 July 2006 14:37 (nineteen years ago)

I basically like them, or at least their album with the hits on it (though not as much as I like Foreigner, admittedly.) It's better than any album I've ever heard by My Bloody Valentine, Bjork, Iron Maiden, Tori Amos, Pantera, They Might be Giants, Tupac Shakur, Belle and Sebastian, Dashboard Confessional, or Ween (for starters; honestly, there are thousands of bands they're better than; these are just random examples off the top of my head. Please ignore them.)

― xhuxk (xheddy), Tuesday, 4 July 2006 16:01 (nineteen years ago)

that list seems strangely calculated to offend a wide range of ILX tastes (although i should add i have no particular love for anyone on it, and i share your bafflement at tupac)

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, 4 July 2006 18:02 (nineteen years ago)

Nah, it's just my usual list; that I don't care for those bands shouldn't come as news to anybody here. If I'd put more calculation into it, it would have been a lot more interesting, trust me.

― xhuxk (xheddy), Tuesday, 4 July 2006 18:05 (nineteen years ago)

it's hard to pigeonhole a man who hates iron maiden AND bjork

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, 4 July 2006 18:11 (nineteen years ago)

I doubt I'm alone in that.(But for starters, I should've included the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who I've always hated, and who Sublime kinda remind me of regardless. That would've made a lot more sense.)

― xhuxk (xheddy), Tuesday, 4 July 2006 18:20 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

A few weeks after Nowell's death, fellow Southern California band No Doubt headlined a "cautionary" benefit concert in tribute to Nowell. Nowell's widow and the various bands who performed wanted to make it clear that they were not glamorizing the way that Nowell died, but that they wanted to celebrate his life as well as establish a college fund for his year-old son, Jakob.

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 00:00 (seventeen years ago)

"What I Got" is top summer jam material. At least the version in the video. The version I hear on the radio sux. Kinda weird that there are two versions of it.

― The Reverend, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 01:02 (seventeen years ago)

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