Sublime with Rome Touring Coming

Here are the dates:

• April 20 The Palladium Los Angeles, CA
• April 23 Fox Theatre Oakland, CA
• April 26 The Fillmore Denver, CO
• April 28 The Riviera Theatre Chicago, IL
• May 1 Roseland Ballroom New York, NY
• May 5 Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA

Rome News Keeps Coming

Budz TV just posted this new interview with Rome, talking about the Smoke-Out Festival experience. Sublime with Rome has also just launched it new MySpace page. CLICK the PIC to check it out!

BREAKING NEWS - SUBLIME

The Pier has received breaking news direct from Sublime's Manager.

The Pier will be conducting an interview shortly to find out the answers that everyone is dying to know (what's the dilly with Recording and Tour Plans). A new website and MySpace will be launching soon but for now you can either tune into our own Sublime Blog or Their New Facebook Page Here. We will keep everyone updated with more news as soon as it is available to us.

Sublime with Rome Surprise Appearance

Sublime with Rome surprised all with a set at KROQ's Almost Acoustic Xmas last night. The band blasted through such classics as Badfish, What I Got and more. Including the new song Panic. Check out this fan video of the track below. Holy s@#t Bud is just ripping it on the drums!

Sublime With Rome at Smoke Out Bootleg

You can download the whole set list from that day RIGHT HERE. This is some very high quality audio!

Sublime with Rome at the Smokeout

Judge Ruling in Favor of Nowell Estate

CLICK HERE to read the latest regarding Bud and Eric's use of the band name Sublime. Based on the Smoke Out audience response hopefully Eric, Bud and Rome will continue to perform together, regardless of what name.

Q&A with Bud

Q&A with Sublime founding member/drummer Bud Gaugh:

When did you decide to reform?
We don’t see this as a reformation or a reunion—it’s a celebration. We’re celebrating the music that Eric and I made with our brother Brad. We’re celebrating the songs and celebrating his memory and sharing that experience with our fans, friends and families. Eric and I have wanted to do something like this for a long time.

So why the wait?
It’s taken us both a long time to deal with losing Brad. We were all kids when we started Sublime and Brad was more than just a bandmate—he was a brother and a friend. So playing these songs brings back a lot of memories—great memories. But they can also be painful memories because we loved him and miss him so much. Thirteen years have passed but that doesn’t make it hurt any less. When Eric and I started talking about doing this, we realized that embracing the music could be a huge step toward healing and moving forward. And there are so many people out there that never got a chance to see Sublime live, so what better way to honor Brad than by introducing him to a new generation of fans.

You’ve got a new singer named Rome—tell us about him.
Rome is a great kid and a great talent. It’s funny, Eric came to me and basically repeated the exact same words that he said when he introduced me to Brad. He was like, “Hey, you’ve got to meet this kid. He’s got a platinum voice and plays the guitar like a mo-fo!” Word-for-word, it was almost the same description and it really caught me off-guard. But after meeting Rome and hearing him sing and play, I was like, wow, this guy is awesome.

There are some people out there that say this can’t be Sublime without Brad.
I can understand that. No one can or will ever replace Brad and that's not what we're going for. But this is and always has been a band—our band—and the addition of Rome allows our music to live on and hopefully be a positive force in people’s lives. But Brad was and always will be part of Sublime.

What kind of feedback have you gotten from fans after announcing plans to re-form?
It’s been pretty positive. We did an unannounced show a few months ago and the audience went nuts. We’ve had people come to rehearsals and they’re blown away. Yesterday someone showed me a Facebook page called “We Want Sublime,” which is a movement started by fans that want us to succeed and that’s awesome. Their love and support means a lot to us and we really appreciate it. At the end of the day, it’s all about the music and those people are true fans.

You’re playing the Smokeout Festival on Oct. 24. Can audiences expect to hear some new material?
They’ll experience a set with songs from all stages of Sublime’s career. They’ll hear songs that were never performed live with Sublime prior to ’96 and they might also hear something brand new.

And what are your plans beyond that?
It’d be great to get back into the studio and make some new music. It’d be great to tour again. But we’re taking it a step at a time and as long as each step feels good, then we’ll keep on going. One major project under development that we’re psyched about is code-named “Brad’s House.” The idea is to provide free addiction recovery service to underprivileged teens in Brad’s honor. The entire Sublime family was devastated by Brad’s loss and we would like to help prevent that from happening to others. The band has agreed to allocate proceeds to get this started. We’ll begin with one facility but our hope is that we can get other bands and organizations to join us and we can eventually scale it all across the country.

What do you think Brad would say about your decision to move forward?
I think he’d be stoked because he wanted our music to live forever. Brad, Eric and I formed the band out of our love for the art. It was always about the music and nothing else. We were doing things musically that a lot of people told us was wrong, but we always did what felt right. I think that’s why our fans have always felt an emotional connection with us.

Sublime with Rome at Smoke Out

One of the better fan videos from the pit currently online, check out Get Ready below:

More Sublime News

News keeps flooding in regarding Sublime with Rome. Both the Nowell Estate and Bud and Eric have released seperate press releases today regarding the use of the Sublime name.

You can check out the band performing Date Rape on KROQ in the video below.

Fletcher from Pennywise gives his 2 cents on Sublime

Fletcher of Pennywise speaks on upcoming SUBLIME performance

Rock The Bells | MySpace Video

New Sublime MySpace

You can check out Sublime's new MySpace RIGHT HERE. Eric, Bud and Rome also just appeared on KROQ. The band was interviewed and did acoustic performances of Date Rape and What I Got.

B Real of Cypress Hill Speaks on Sublime @ Smokeout

Sublime on KROQ

Listen out for a new interview with Bud, Eric and Rome at KROQ this Friday at 8am (PST). Should be interesting to say the least.

See Sublime Live

Sublime plays its first official reunion show Saturday Oct 24th....The Pier will be there with photo coverage of the event.