Fame and Misfortune Luck works in strange ways. In 1994 when sublime’s first cd “40oz to Freedom” starting getting play on L.A.’s KROQ, Bradley Nowell never knew just how much fame he would achieve. Bradley was your typical surf-rat from south Cali. He got his first guitar at 12. He grew up listening to punk bands like the Circle Jerks, the Ramones, and the Misfits. Sublime consisted of Bradley Nowell, Floyd “Bud” Gough, and …showed first 75 words of 843 total…

…showed last 75 words of 843 total…army ironically used battering rams made out of wood from the forest. In the same way, Bradley was doomed to his fate. As he said once, one day he was going to lose the war, and he did. It’s said that ending a paper on a quote is always a good idea, so this paper will end with this. “Life is too short so love the one you’ve got” – Bradley James Nowell (1968-1996)