SUBLIME
Sublime was an American ska punk band from Long Beach, California, formed in 1988. Sublime released three studio albums, one live album, five compilation albums (one of which also contains never-before released material), three EPs, and one box set. Although their first two albums — 40oz. to Freedom (1992) and Robbin’ the Hood (1994) — were quite popular in the United States, Sublime did not experience major commercial success until 1996 with their self-titled third album, released two months after vocalist Bradley Nowell’s death, which peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard 200, and spawned the single “What I Got”, which remains the band’s only No. 1 hit single (on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart) in their musical career. As of 2009, the band has sold over 17 million albums worldwide, including about 10 million in the U.S. alone. (More from Wikipedia)
But Green Day is easy; everybody knows about them. When I tried to come up with other punk revival bands to talk about in this post, I started coming up short. The Wikipedia article mentions: “Green Day was widely credited, alongside fellow California punk bands Sublime, Bad Religion, the Offspring, and Rancid, with popularizing and reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the United States.” I really don’t know much about those four bands other than a few stray tracks, like the Offspring song “Self Esteem”.
(June 2017)
