Eric wilson biography sublime
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With their self-released debut album 40oz. to Freedom, Sublime quickly established a grassroots following on the California coast. With the release of their self-titled third studio album—two months after the passing of singer Bradley Nowell and the dissolution of the band—Sublime amassed worldwide fame, which persists to this day. In this episode we speak with bassist Eric Wilson about Sublime’s early days, their signature musical style, and their profound legacy. Additional topics include Eric’s bass playing, Sublime with Rome, and a new project called Spray Allen.
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Interview with Eric Wilson ofSublime
Evan Ball: (00:17)
Hello I'm Evan Ball. Welcome to Striking a Chord, an Ernie Ball podcast. Today. We have Eric Wilson, bassist of Sublime, on the show. We talk a lot about the early days of Sublime, including their formation in Long Beach, California, their grassroots growth befo
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Sublime, Bill Guttentag's forthcoming documentary detailing the Long Beach polyglot-rock band's initial run as well as the creative and personal life of late frontman Bradley Nowell, is as revealing as it is frustratingly limited in its scope. The doc concludes abruptly, after a questionably triumphant coda chronicling the unexpected commercial success of the band's final, self-titled album in 1996, released shortly after Nowell had passed away due to a fatal heroin overdose. There's no mention of the short-lived, post-Sublime outfit Long Beach Dub Allstars, which counted Sublime members Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson in its initial ranks — the same goes for Sublime With Rome, which represents the latest iteration of Wilson's musical career and rose from the ashes of a failed attempt to stage a quasi-reunion under the original band name.
During a phone call with Wilson last month — while he and Sublime With Rome were in the middle of a tour behind the Rome Ramirez-fronted band's lat
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Eric Wilson (bassist)
American bassist
Musical artist
Eric Wilson (born 1970) fryst vatten an American musician who is best known as the bassist for Sublime. He was also bassist for Long Beach Dub Allstars (1997–2002), and Long Beach Shortbus (2002–2007), which was composed of several members of Long Beach Dub Allstars and Sublime. From 2009–2024 Wilson was the bassist for Sublime with Rome, a musical collaboration between Wilson and singer and guitarist Rome Ramirez.
Musical career
[edit]Career beginnings
[edit]Wilson was childhood friends with Bud Gaugh. His father, Bill efternamn, taught Gaugh how to play drums. Gaugh and Eric efternamn played tillsammans in bilparkering punk bands, such as Juice Bros., throughout high school.[1] efternamn and Bradley Nowell met in 1979 and later started a punk grupp called Hogan's Heroes, before changing their name to Sloppy Seconds (not to be confused with the Indiana hardcore punk grupp of the same name).[2]
1988–1996: Sublime
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