The band combined blisteringly fast punk rock, third wave ska (then at its peak popularity) and dub rhythms delivered with a devil-may-care attitude. At the time, their mix of influences sounded like nothing else. Two months later, their self-titled album was released, and iconic singles “Santeria” and “Wrong Way” hit alt-rock radio stations across the country. No staff remain from its original incarnation, but the receptionist confirmed to SFGATE that guests still come to the motel and ask specifically to stay in room 132, where Nowell died sleeping next to the band's drummer, Bud Gaugh.Īlthough it was the end of newly recorded Sublime material, it was only the beginning of the band’s legacy. The motel still stands, albeit under new management and the name The SeaScape Inn. Just hours before, 25 years ago today, the band’s singer and guitarist Bradley Nowell was found dead of a heroin overdose at the age of 28 at the Oceanview Motel in the Outer Sunset. to Freedom” was recorded secretly in 1991 in overnight sessions at the California State University Dominguez Hills campus studio and released in relative obscurity, until several years later, when KROQ began playing the single “Date Rape.” “Robbin’ the Hood” came out in 1994, an even more lo-fi release featuring guest vocals from a young Gwen Stefani.īuzz was building around the band, and a day after the Petaluma concert, they were scheduled to play a sold-out show to 3,000 San Franciscans at Maritime Hall, a venue that operated at 450 Harrison St. At the time, Sublime had only released two albums.
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