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One of rock s rising stars never saw how beloved his music would become. On May 25, 1996, Sublime singer Bradley Nowell was found dead in his motel room - just two months before his band s breakthrough self-titled album was released. Nowell had grown up in a musical household. Even though his father made a living as a builder, the patriarch was an amateur guitarist, known to play tunes at family get-togethers. Meanwhile, Nowell’s mother was a piano player and classically trained flautist. So, it was little surprise when little Brad started showing interest in making music of his own. In 1988 he formed Sublime alongside bassist and childhood friend Eric Wilson and drummer Bud Gaugh. Blending punk, ska and reggae influences, the trio made a name for itself in Long Beach, Calif. s music scene. The group became intrinsically intertwined with the SoCal surf culture, playing to hundreds of people at local house parties - and regularly having those gigs broken up by the cops. The

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