The Rock Dose

Badfish, Living In The (Sub)Lime Light

by Scott on September 1st, 2008

I almost went to see these guys last year, but the venue was too damn far away for me to drive out to see a tribute band, even though I’m a huge fan of Sublime. However generic you may think Sublime is, with the reggae overtones mixed with ska, punk, and hard rock, you have to admit that it’s cool and fun music.

A friend of mine introduced me to Sublime in the late 90’s. He liked the song Santeria, but hated the rest of the CD (Self Titled album, Gasoline Alley, whatever you want to call it) and gave it to me. To this day he still hates the cd and I still like it. from there I bought Second Hand Smoke, 40 oz To Freedom and Robin The Hood. I like Bradley Nowell’s voice, the reggae bits and pieces (even though I’m not a Reggae fan) and I’ve liked some old school punk in the past. Not to mention I just like the music all together. Unfortunately as a Rock and Metal fan, too many times are frat boys associated with Sublime and most of them have not listened to anything more than their self titled debut for the obvious singles.

So it’s no surprise that a tribute band to such a successful band would be successful themselves. But I don’t think they ever knew just how successful they would be. How many tribute bands can say that they wrangled $1.4 million in tour receipts? This one did last year. I suppose it’s easy when a band that was just barely breaking on to the mainstream rock scene had an unfortunate demise with the death of their singer/guitar player. Sublime was about to explode in to popularity when Bradley Nowell Overdosed on heroine, an addiction he had struggled with for a long time.

So now if you want to see Sublime and enjoy their music live, the best you’re going to get is Badfish. And from what I hear, It’s a great show. You can check out their tour schedule below.

Aug 26 2008    8:00P Newport Blues Cafe-21+    Newport, Rhode Island
Aug 27 2008    8:00P Wolf Den at Mohegan Sun Casino-21+    Uncasville, Connecticut
Aug 28 2008    7:00P Crazy Donkey-all ages    Farmingdale, New York
Aug 29 2008    9:00P Surf Club-21+    Ortley Beach, New Jersey
Aug 30 2008    9:00P Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn-all ages    Brooklyn, New York
Aug 31 2008    8:00P Higher Ground-All Ages    Burlington, Vermont
Sep 2 2008    7:00P The Opera House-All Ages    Toronto, Ontario
Sep 3 2008    8:00P Town Ballroom-all ages    Buffalo, New York
Sep 4 2008    7:00P Penn State Beaver Campus-all ages FREE SHOW    Monaca-Near Pittsburgh area, Pennsylvania
Sep 5 2008    8:00P Croc Rock-all ages    Allentown, Pennsylvania
Sep 6 2008    8:00P Showcase Live-all ages    Foxboro, Massachusetts
Sep 25 2008    7:00P Stage on Court Street-All Ages-BYOB!    Athens, Ohio
Sep 26 2008    8:00P Bogarts - all ages    Cincinnati, Ohio
Sep 27 2008    8:00P Nleson Ledges Quarry Park-all ages    Nelson Ledges, Ohio
Sep 28 2008    8:00P The Intersection -all ages    Grand Rapids, Michigan
Sep 30 2008    8:00P The Rave-all ages    Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Oct 1 2008    8:00P Majestic Theatre-all ages    Madison, Wisconsin
Oct 2 2008    8:00P Val-Air Ballroom- all ages    West Des Moines, Iowa
Oct 3 2008    8:00P Sokol Auditorium-all ages    Omaha, Nebraska
Oct 4 2008    8:00P Crossroads- all ages    Kansas City, Missouri
Oct 6 2008    8:00P Blue Note-All Ages    Columbia, Missouri
Oct 8 2008    8:00P Canopy Club-18+    Urbana, Illinois
Oct 9 2008    8:00P Copper Dragon-19+    Carbondale, Illinois
Oct 10 2008    8:00P Pop’s-all ages    Sauget, Illinois
Oct 11 2008    8:00P Fuel Room at Austin’s -21+    Libertyville, Illinois
Oct 12 2008    8:00P House of Blues Chicago-all ages    Chicago, Illinois
Oct 31 2008    8:00P Music Farm-all ages    Charleston, South Carolina
Nov 1 2008    8:00P House of Blues Myrtle Beach-All Ages    Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Nov 2 2008    8:00P Stages-all ages    Hilton Head, South Carolina
Nov 4 2008    8:00P Freebird Live- all ages    Jacksonville Beach, Florida
Nov 5 2008    8:00P Mojo Room-all ages    Port Saint Lucie, Florida
Nov 6 2008    8:00P Revolution Live-all ages    Ft Lauderdale, Florida
Nov 7 2008    9:00P Jannus Landing-all ages    St Pete, Florida
Nov 8 2008    8:00P House of Blues-Orlando-all ages    Orlando, Florida
Nov 10 2008    9:00P The Venue-18+    Gainesville, Florida
Nov 13 2008    8:00P Cats Cradle-all ages    Carrboro, North Carolina
Nov 14 2008    8:00P Amos Southend-All Ages    Charlotte, North Carolina
Nov 15 2008    8:00P Variety Playhouse-All Ages    Atlanta, Georgia
Nov 16 2008    8:00P Orange Peel -16+    Asheville, North Carolina
Dec 19 2008    8:00P Electric Factory-All Ages    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 21 2008    8:00P Northern Lights-all ages    Clifton Park, New York
Dec 27 2008    8:00P Toads Place - all ages    New Haven, Connecticut
Jan 21 2009    8:00P House of Blues-New Orleans-18+    New Orleans
Jan 22 2009    8:00P Varsity Theatre-18+    Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Jan 23 2009    8:00P House of Blues Dallas-All Ages    Dallas, Texas
Jan 24 2009    8:00P TBA -Houston-All Ages    Houston, Texas
Jan 25 2009    8:00P Emo’s-All Ages    Austin, Texas
Jan 29 2009    8:00P Rialto-All Ages    Tucson, Arizona
Jan 30 2009    8:00P Marquee Theatre-All Ages    Tempe, Arizona
Jan 31 2009    8:00P House of Blues-Las Vegas - All Ages    Las Vegas, Nevada
Feb 3 2009    8:00P Catalyst-All Ages    Santa Cruz, California
Feb 4 2009    8:00P Downtown Brew-All Ages    San Luis Obispo, California
Feb 5 2009    8:00P House of Blues-Anaheim -All Ages    Anaheim, California
Feb 6 2009    8:00P Key Club- 15+    LA, California
Feb 7 2009    8:00P House of Blues-San Diego -All Ages    San Diego, California

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