During high school in FL, I was a huge Sublime fan. Their music resonates well with 17yr old boys, fascinated with CA beach culture. South Florida has many beautiful beaches but the retiree culture down there is so different from the culture of Long Beach, Santa Cruz or Santa Barbara for that matter.
I never saw them play live because like my brief curiosity with Nirvana, the lead signer was already deceased before I ever heard his music.
Unbeknownst to me, in 2009 the surviving bandmates joined up with frontman Rome Martinez to form a reunion band called Sublime with Rome. I'd really like to see them play and they'll be performing in Santa Cruz 11/7-8, but unfortunately, those are work nights for me.
If anyone is able to get down for that (or even better, hit up the Oct. 10th Sao Paolo show), let me know how it goes.