🎵 Sublime - April 29th 1992 REACTION

[@usernamesarelame]

Getting to see Sublime at a house party in the mid 90s still ranks as one of my best memories of all time.

[@frankgarcia1]

That's awesome

[@Omegaphats]

Say less bro, we all can only dream

[@saga1ism]

WOW 😣😳

[@brettbennett6899]

that's rad. just the point in time every house party was bangin sublime are some of my best memories looking back...

[@michaelkozma5929]

Hiya that’s seriously awesome, I am putting together a documentary on Sublime. I would love to interview you via webcam for a few minutes just to share your experience on seeing live if you are ever up for it.

[@nickkleiber8636]

40oz to Freedom is Gold from start to finish!!! Only band that can display all genres of music in one song!!

[@lindseystein9676]

It’s one of my favorite albums of all time. It’s so good.

[@sussychachi]

not really mr.bungle is more creative in terms of genre blending. sublime is amazing tho i love them.

[@stirl]

@@sussychachi I was just going to say this guy has clearly never heard Mr. Bungle!

[@1nation137]

This song is about the LA riots. He’s describing what was going down in Long Beach ca, where they are from. I was there and it was crazy right after they read the verdict on the Rodney king trail.

[@adamolsen78]

For sure.. I was born and raised in Long Beach.. we always say we are LA's step child.. it was a crazy time.. no matter what race you are.. if you are from LA county you definitely have love for Sublime.. they represent Long Beach and the love to the fullest

[@johnqpublic2718]

Thanks Captain obvi?

[@louiscirigliano5896]

I remember looking out my living room window watching the grocery store across the street being looted.

[@MC-zr7hl]

I was a little kid living in the valley and it was awesome because of the curfew. I was able to ride my bike right down the middle of the 118 🤣 definitely not awesome for most other people but I didn't know shit

[@jasonbaker-medlock8839]

I lived not too far from where the trial took place. It did get crazy. They closed my high school for a few days.

[@randykudijaroff482]

Bradley Nowell had more talent in his pinky fingers than most artist on the Billboard top 100. Serious shit! Salute!!

[@JasonReed]

Facts! Bradley was amazing at his craft. Gone too soon.

[@moleman1976]

You should check out "Caress Me Down" - it's an absolutely filthy song that sounds so, so good! My favorite song on the album!

[@DHFHades]

facts, the best song on there...especially if you speak spanish...lmao

[@dansexitstrategy5042]

This

[@matthewvillacci7113]

Great not the best .,get ready!! bad fish!!

[@butt3rz583]

Bradley Nowell's Sublime music is a reaction gold mine.

[@miketalbert2770]

Roots of Sublime kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWjSZqNrlshql5Y

[@Jaysun1]

I remember in the mid 90's I became friends with this guy at work. He only listened to straight up hip hop. Nothing else. I told him you gotta listen to these guys Sublime. He told me no way, I hate any type of rock. So I played a few songs in my car every day when we would head out for lunch. He bought the cd that weekend and couldn't stop talking about it. IMO one of the best albums of the 90's. Banger after banger.

[@katiemurray5862]

Sublime has a way of bringing humor to serious situations. Sublime is definitely one of my favorite bands and this is one of my top songs from them. Great reaction.....as usual Xoxo

[@calebclunie4001]

Transmutation Of Energy. Yes.

[@melod7670]

Keep in mind that Sublime didn't get big until their lead singer had already died, so they were struggling musicians when they wrote this.

[@jasonsmith4969]

Nah, they were big when he was alive.

[@robdaniel3211]

No they weren’t. We were like 100 strong at shows before he died. After, Gold Records and mainstream radio airplay.

[@Dog_will_hunt]

@@robdaniel3211 they weren't nationally huge, but they definitely were way bigger than 100 strong. They were doing some big shows. I saw them many times from 91 to 96. From backyards to standing on stage looking into a crowd of over a thousand people.

[@corrob]

i lived in rural Kentucky when this album came out, everyone had it, and loved it, they were bigger than they knew then.

[@BlindVeganRescue]

They were gonna be as big as Led Zeppelin.

[@richiemack82]

Sublime takes me right back to the 90s. Bradley's neighbor was a cop and he let him record the police radio for bit. According to what I read anyway.

[@michaelzarate6939]

That day me and my buddy John were driving down from the high desert in his Volkswagen beetle on our way to Huntington Beach to go surfing and stopped at my grandmother's to use the bathroom and get something to drink and found out that the riots had begun and my grandmother said you ain't going anywhere you're staying here, and that we sat down and watched the news and watched everything unfold and wondered why we could have really got hurt.

[@SwolllenGoat]

brads slowly growing smile as bradley tells us about his participation in some anarchy is funny as hell SUBLIME is pure gold, no bad songs and simply timeless

[@CharlesDunkley]

My favorite Sublime song. I love their take on that riot, presenting it in all its variations, from comedy, to rage, to opportunity. One of those moments in a society when a breaking point is reached, and breached. Everyone listening to this song can come away from it with whatever their own internal ideological view happens to be about what went down.

[@t.c.bramblett617]

First time I heard it it hit perfectly. The line about the guitar and PA, he is explicit about how "this is your entertainment, but it came from our suffering" implying the audience from the very beginning ("tell me where were you? While you were watching your TV") is implicit, perfectly said. Best song on an album that is packed with bangers

[@grimmfm6239]

Possibly the most underrated band ever. So many hits so different.

[@SearlesHernandez]

Sublime!!! 1992 Los Angeles riots...🤙 RIP Brad and Lou Dog

[@JudeauChop]

Oh man, it hadn't occurred to me about Lou dog... now I'm bummed out. :( RIP Bradley

[@saga1ism]

Ahh Lou Dog!! 😢

[@diveplane05]

Lou Dog was the best!

[@LongieR8er]

Love Lou 🐶

[@mikemikemike6451]

Livin with Lou dog's the only way to stay sane

[@agangemi85]

Lex "I love the bass" Mr. Eric Wilson definitely lays down an unmistakable groove!

[@NuCkInFuTs1]

And Eric Wilson will be bangin out there!! Lol

[@Prebound_]

This group was special. They appealed to everyone.

[@saga1ism]

My first trip to California I went to visit my cousins in LA. We walked thru Venice Beach and I stopped to listen to a Bleach Blonde haired dude singing Bob Marley and punk Rock on the boardwalk. I lost my cousins for an hour... 💥 Bradley had me hooked... RIP Legends.. Bradley & LouDog

[@lagronemikal]

I heard this in '96 and was shocked when he said "Tuscaloosa, Alabama" lol. It's my hometown and where I live. Sublime used to play a club called The Chukker here back in the day so they showed us love. There's a pic of them at The Chukker in Tuscaloosa in the CD flap for 40 Oz to Freedom (or Robbin' the Hood? One of 'em).

[@selder03]

This song is amazing. Growing up in LA, when the riots happened, we stood on our roof, we could see the smoke in the distance.

[@johnstjohn6658]

I lived in the IE and we drove to South Central to visit my cousins the first night. It was crazy on the streets but we didn't feel threatened.

[@timothymatthews1054]

Love SUBLIME, just took my 21 yr old daughter to a SUBLIME cover band that's been touring for 20+ yrs. Excellent music ❤️

[@scoops420]

Hearing this on cassette in 1992 when I was 9 opened my eyes to how fucked things were. Here in 2022 nothing has changed

[@Sixfootswells66]

This track wasn't released until 1996

[@pthor6265]

I was working in Compton, laying carpet for a black family on that day. I was 22 at the time and we did see some shit, but not while we were working. They were nice to us. We never felt any threat anywhere in the neighborhood. It was just a few blocks burning.

[@internetidentity3917]

You can laugh 😆 They mix it with dark situations - it’s like gallows humor.

[@theghostofthomasjenkins9643]

100%. that's just like "wrong way" and "date rape."

[@michaelkozma5929]

Nowell was playing on a different level in the 1990s. Certified Genius on paper no joke, IQ of over 140 even by age 11. Cross pollinated over 5 genres together in one band, easily one of the most musically diverse bands in all of music history. We’re lucky to have him even if for only a short time.. gone to soon. RIP in Heaven 🙏 Sublime.

[@Trippze]

my all time fave band, but he didnt have 140 iq at 11 lmao

[@michaelkozma5929]

@@Trippze Well you can take that up with Orange County M.G.M Mentally Gifted Minors program and inquire with them. It's stated in his Biography book by his own teacher. To even to be eligible to get into the program you had to have a minimum IQ of 140. I'm just relaying the information that was written.

[@Trippze]

@@michaelkozma5929 wow insane

[@michaelkozma5929]

@@Trippze yeah i wasn't kidding bro lol. Here is the only interview on the internet of him in a calm state to speak his mind on things other than music. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHbMkoKufrhsq8U You think Janis Joplin, Hendrix, Beatles, Cobain, etc were gifted and smart?.. This guy was on their level of Genius too, maybe even more. I've never heard a rockstar in my life talk so fluently about historical facts like that. Unfortunately he was a highly impulsive person and it got the better of him. He even quit heroin cold turkey after he got married, had a kid, and bought their house in Long Beach. He bought his last bag of dope in Chicago after a show, 2 days later he overdosed in his San Fransisco beach side hotel room May 28th 1996 after their last show in Peteluma California. The entertainment world really doesn't know what they lost... they forgot about him but remembered Cobain and everybody else for some reason. I'm creating a Documentary on Sublime for all the fans on youtube to release this 2022.

[@AtomixIGN]

The LAPD is an interesting organization. Back in the day -I mean the 1920s, 30s, 40s, 50s - it was the Mafia. If you went there to swing big, the cops that shot you, cut you up, and stole the evidence would be assigned to "find the real killer" That had an impact for generations. It was The Way. The media portrayed it vividly and then acted shocked when it was real. The LA Riots of 1992 started on April 29th. They ended on May 4th. 3 days after Rodney King asked "Cant we all just get along" and Reginald Denny was smashed in the head with a cinderblock on live TV. I If the song helps you remember the date - that great. History aside its still and always will be a bop.

[@Kaddywompous]

Amen. Those riots were decades in the making.

[@GhostlyEcheveria]

I haven't listened to this song since I was a teenager. I still remember all the words. Also, you are allowed to laugh. It was the 90's. People used humor to cope with the less pleasant aspects of life. People didn't take themselves so seriously. I also really like Lex's take on the subject matter. She gets it.

[@crypt0dood605]

Sublime is and always will be magical. Rock, reggae, ska, hip hop, punk. Masterful blending of so many different music genres and they made it their own. There's not a band out there like them. RIP Bradley.

[@ajbailey01]

Finally!!! Some more Sublime!!! Bradley Nowell is a legend!!

[@eljoelo2459]

This is a serious song talking about the issues we're still facing today. Bradley saw this way back then,

[@lizzienowakowski7376]

I love this song. It hits real every time I hear it! I loved your reactions!

[@jamalsampson9389]

Yo! I actually never heard this song before. I gotta say, the instrumentals are actually really good. I like it! Great upload.

[@scottstewart5784]

me either, neither

[@justinatest9456]

Sublime - 40 oz To Freedom, and their self-titled album that followed are both absolute summertime classics. Dripping in style and character. If the sun's out put them on and enjoy your summer!

[@jamalsampson9389]

@@justinatest9456; I completely agree! Thanks.

[@justinatest9456]

@@jamalsampson9389 It's just a three-piece band, the guitar player also sings, and they bring in DJs and lots of samples, since you said you liked the instrumentals. A great band and I hope you dig it. Check out Summertime to see how smooth they can be. Enjoy bro! Your summer just got better!

[@jamalsampson9389]

@@justinatest9456; Cool! I'll check it out.

[@Omegaphats]

Full Circle! My first video watching you guys was Sublime "Santeria " Today, you guys still the only reaction yt page I follow!

[@stich21]

same, I'm always looking for Sublime reactions and liked them so kept watching.

[@Omegaphats]

@@stich21 this album is a classic! I'm waiting on a Phish reaction lol

[@yaze3316]

Alex Hefner, and Jamel do great reactions as well. Brad and Lex bring a diverse perception that really opens up other views for me, and Lex is so upbeat its contagious.

[@andrewriedel835]

My favorite band. Glad you listened

[@wbishop1330]

Be cool if u guys did something 4 Cinco de Mayo 🇲🇽 Los Lobos "La Bamba" Selena "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" or "Como la Flor" live from Astrodome Los Lonely Boys "Heaven" Rodrigo y Gabriela "Tamacun" Kid Frost "La Raza" Lighter Shade of Brown "On A Sunday Afternoon" or "Hey DJ" OR "Latin Active" 🤘💀✌❤

[@Californyuhh]

Omg. Yes

[@MrCheeesee]

La raza slaps to this day.

[@leocobra5271]

Chicano Power

[@bradleyflinn3421]

Shout out to a Brad from a Brad honoring a Brad!

[@wsn0009]

I always remembered that date from Ice Cube's song 'Wicked'. Didn't know about this song...

[@All-Fur-Coat_No-Trousers]

Oh my God dude, my dad fucking loved this track- this whole album. We jammed this mother all the time, lifting weights, smokin down, chilling shooting the breeze. I miss my dad like no other when I hear Sublime

[@svenbardos6637]

Could you do a video about how this journey through music changed you? What are your favorite songs now? What do you think about metal, punk rock, etc, ? That would be awesome!

[@alohafromthe3033]

This 👆

[@madmod]

You should try sublime saw red. They did it with gwen stefani as well as acoustic

[@ShaunHensley]

Yeah the concert with Gwen is a must

[@madmod]

@@ShaunHensley So much energy lol

[@itmightbme]

Yay!!!! Such a great band ❤

[@caseyhart9916]

All of the police radio samples in this track were real, Bradley's aunt recorded them from her police scanner.

[@drewcliff82]

This whole album is so solid. Literally all great songs. 👍

[@amymeyers8090]

Crazy time in LA, very scary. This song feels like what that time was like; dark, dirty and in your face.

[@lilramborambo4399]

😆😆🤣😆😆😆 Lex was lovin' that shit!!! I just loved watching Lex get down.... Sublime is one of the greatest bands of all time there music tells true shit... I used to watch them play many years ago in Chico California when they where just kid's, it's to bad what happened to Brad... But there music lives on and it crosses over to all cultures... I'm glad you guy's did some Sublime and Lex you are smokin hot 🔥🔥🔥 girl😁👍🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Coachdoug4life]

RIP BRADLEY AND LOU DOG. Eric Wilson is an amazing bassist.

[@matthewclark1785]

I always heard it as “wanna let it burn”, not “water let it burn”…now I don’t know what to think

[@emcsquared8681]

It’s not “water let it burn” whomever did the lyrics fucked up. You were correct

[@stich21]

wanna let it burn

[@lobo3928]

Def wanna let it burn

[@kasiaseubert]

Sublime is always putting humor in their songs

[@sikksotoo]

I was a freshman in high school in Central Phoenix. We had an organized walkout and discussed the situation with teachers moderating.

[@dubbinmusic]

Too bad they didn't have Twitter back then, you could have hashtagged the F out of that situation...

[@sikksotoo]

@@dubbinmusic We had no riots at school. I'm glad there was no Twitter.

[@NuCkInFuTs1]

Sublime has sooo many good tracks!! Garden Grove, Doin' Time, 40 Ounces To Freedom, Get Ready, Jailhouse, Pawn Shop, Bad Fish, Waiting For My Ruca

[@DAVIDFromIOWA]

Hey, Lex, that bit toward the end…very well put. I mean, you don’t need me to tell you that when I’m certain you already know, but, figured I’d let it be known that I concur 🤘

[@markdriscoll8119]

That was the night of the Rodney King riots. It was a crazy few days

[@tomsklanka9436]

Sublime is an amazing band, one of the few bands where I can listen to every song, and every song could be a hit

[@travisbeckner6849]

Their song "Caress Me Down" has to be next

[@LibertarianJRT]

This is song is a banger. Sublime is so good. Lex is right about art immitating life. The frustration of events are memoralized in this track.

[@Sim_racer_40oz]

Great song 👍 it was a scary time!!!

[@RonRezendes]

The darkest of So Cal days brought to you by a So Cal band that has its own vibe! Thank you!

[@machstem6390]

Him and the homies absolutely did everything in this song. Brad was a wild ass dude.

[@OutrageousAspect]

Yall are on it.. and Brad I'm with you the let it burn part is my favorite

[@angelariebli4843]

I was a senior in high school, in San Diego, when this happened. And then I was in LA a year later and saw all the burned out buildings. It was a crazy time!

[@steveo6631]

I always wondered if the first lyric "April 26, 1992" was a mistake or planned error from the real riot date and title April 29, 1992.....

[@wheelmanstan]

his songs are so fkn amazing, so much depth, what a loss

[@AdamF90]

The head of the LAPD at the time I believe was the same man that founded D.A.R.E. but they were considered one of the most corrupt police forces in the country at the time. So he tried to appear like a good guy even though by waging War on Drugs they used battering rams to break into innocent peoples’ homes. I forget the guys name. In the movie Menace II Society there is a scene where in the main character’s bedroom there is a graffitti art poster of the guy

[@LongieR8er]

Police Chief was Daryl Gates…..biggest POS ever

[@QuinnCloudz]

Loved this reaction video!!

[@askabourgo]

They were Punk in the true meaning of the word, nothing would keep them from doing what they want. The music was their own, combining different styles making Sublime way ahead of it's time. The touring and the shows were often pure chaos. And there's no word to describe Bradley's unique voice and guitar. R.I.P. Brad R.I.P. Lou Dog

[@BundyBundeswehr]

Her freckles and smile are Gorgeous! Glad she liked my band from LBC heart

[@nonplayerzealot4]

The 92 LA Riots were somethin else, man. Remember watching footage in class that week.

[@MCRisbetter]

Sublime really does make the best music RIP Bradley Nowell

[@Bobbles86]

I was a kid during the Rodney King riots. I lived in North Hollywood in the rougher side of town. I remember some people in our apartment complex suddenly had new and expensive stuff haha

[@davidslate2005]

I was 20yo during the riot and had just signed up for the USN a month earlier. My MEPS was in LA and was burned up. So for my entire enlistment my paperwork was scorched and smelled like smoke. I'm just glad most of the paperwork was saved.

[@troywalkertheprogressivean8433]

Very impressed with what lex had to say here

[@clovislazar3457]

I love this song! I was hoping you'd react to it 😁 Always thought it was awesome by telling a first person story and powerful message.

[@danreed5171]

Brad it is NEVER inappropriate to laugh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NEVER

[@joeyricefried9621]

My sister used to listen to this when I was a kid. Classic

[@ShaunHensley]

"I saw her when she came out she was getting some peppers" I still remember where I was when this riot started

[@chrisadams4502]

*Pampers...as in diapers. Common mistake so I'm not trying to hate, just helping.

[@mikeslover8065]

Sublime.... by far one of my favorites.

[@marckusel5602]

I owned a bar in Long Beach during this. Scary does not begin to tell the story.

[@Heptagonalghost]

You're right Lex, art reflecting life 🔥

[@jeffreyletourneau299]

This is some of the best music of my 60 years

[@dantoth3199]

Such a great song, its ok to laugh Brad. "SMOKE FROM ALL AROUND!"

[@xXaoZz]

One of my favorite songs by them

[@chosengirl2000]

That was on my 16th birthday...when to school near lb...man seeing the national guard go down your street and fires everywhere. So surreal.

[@saltydroog854]

Sublime is raw AF. Aside from the fact that it's good music in a ska/Reggae/rock/rap sense, they tell stories about their very real, very F%$#ed up lives. Life in Long Beach in the early 90s was wild.

[@mcjake22]

One of my all time favorites

[@charlestwisted9890]

"It's not in the paper, it's on the wall" is pure facts.

[@Miller_Time]

Legend has it that Bradley actually played that stolen guitar till he passed

[@MikeB12800]

That’s KRS-One sample. Brad was a huge fan!

[@CharlesBreonFishing]

“They’re making art of life” hits sublime right on the head. They used humor and happy music to tell a dark story of violence and addiction. Check out deeper cuts. Pool shark,pawn shop, same in the end.

[@sca88]

I saw Sublime a couple times before Bradley died. They played a lot better when they didn't drink a lot of the free beer they got at the venues they played.

[@Dog_will_hunt]

100%. I saw more bad sublime shows than good ones.

[@nofrenz2065]

I grew up with Brad and Gwen...awesome times..party on!

[@RodneyIgnacio]

Wow great reactions, and Brad stopped at the perfect time midway. Listen to "Date Rape" next. Another banger!

[@evi1ways]

"wrong way" is another Sublime sone that is told from a lense of cruel reality but Bradely was able to make you accept it and follow the narrative rather than be stunned at the situation.

[@TheRealUncensoredTravelGuide]

It's history. Let it burn ❤️‍🔥. It happened and I'm jealous I wasn't of age to be there.

[@DocRobert]

This shit can be intense and funny at the same time. That tension makes it hit harder. Makes it something to think about. Love.

[@ToyutahLifein]

That's another one that sounds like a soundtrack. Every song is good on it. Basic pentatonic scale, but he used emotions on it with great lyrics... and drums!!!

[@BKLYN_TZU]

This was the funny take on 4/29/92 then there was ice cubes song "Black Korea" that clearly inspired O-Dog scene in the Korean store.from Menace II Society

[@xrentonx]

Blend of punk, ska, reggae, dub, and hiphop. Great song

[@lizs.5046]

Check out Caress Me Down by Sublime

[@eximusic]

Despite the lyrics of the song, by the second day the LA riots were completely racially divided and there weren't any white people rioting with black people. Bradley didn't go to south LA that's for sure. The looting was a little more mixed depending on the area. Poor people needed clothing and other items. Crazy time.

[@MN12warbird]

Lol ppl thought this was just lyrics, growing up as a teen during all this 😂 i took it as matter of fact. I need to go back to cali to visit venice beach. Last time was 2011 and stayed at the venice hostel right on the corner by the sign

[@vegasandrew589]

Going to the Sublime show in 2 weeks at Mandalay Bay Beach!