Few bands are qualified to represent the LBC quite like Sublime, the legendary punk and ska outfit who’s original members trace their lineage to the very first Warped Tour in 1995.
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Back in 1995, the Bradley Nowell-fronted group was touring in support of its first single, “Date Rape,” when they were asked to join the inaugural Warped Tour alongside No Doubt and future upstarts such as Deftones, Good Riddance, Lagwagon and Sick of It All. At one point, Sublime was eventually asked to leave the tour for a week due to the band’s dalmatian, Lou Dog, biting people.
“Basically, our daily regimen was wake up, drink, drink more, play, and then drink a lot more,” drummer Bud Gaugh told Time magazine at the time. “We’d call people names. Nobody got our sense of humor. Then we brought the dog out and he bit a few skaters, and that was the last straw.”
Fast forward 30 years, and Sublime is once again leading the pack, announced Wednesday (June 25) as a late-addition headliner for a relaunched Warped Tour stop in Long Beach, Calif., one of three total, July 26-27. Standing in for the late singer is son Jakob Nowell, who has performing alongside original band members Baugh and bassist Eric Wilson, who tells Billboard he’s “happy to be back on the Warped Tour again after all these years.”
GA and VIP tickets for Warped Tour Long Beach have sold out, and fans are encouraged to sign up for a waiting list for a shot at tickets.
Sublime is also playing Fear, Loathing and Sublime at the Dolby Live in Las Vegas on Aug. 14-15 with Pennywise, the Vandals and more. Vandals frontman Joseph Escalante is currently co-managing Sublime with music veteran Kevin Zinger.
“Wow, Warped tour!” Gaugh tells Billboard. “This has come full circle now with Sublime starting on the very first Warped, and now Warped is back together with Sublime at the center. Expect nothing less than utter chaos in Long Beach.”
