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Bradley James Nowell (February 22, 1968 – May 25, 1996) was an American musician and the lead singer of the band Sublime. [ 1 ] Born and raised in Belmont Shore, Long Beach, California , Nowell developed an interest in music at a young age.
The track serves as an after-the-fact reminder of Nowell's struggle with heroin, and was reportedly informed by the slang term "Badfish" and his struggle to resist trying the drug. MTV and radio stations refused to play the song prior to Nowell's overdose in 1996, but "Badfish" later became one of the band's most popular songs, and is one of ...
Formed in 1988, [1] the band's original lineup consisted of Bradley Nowell (vocals and guitar), Eric Wilson (bass), and Bud Gaugh (drums). Lou Dog, Nowell's dalmatian, was the mascot of the band. Nowell died of a heroin overdose in 1996, resulting in the band's breakup.
That’s because singer-songwriter-guitarist Bradley Nowell died of a heroin overdose in May 1996, two months before the Long Beach, Ca., natives released their self-titled third album. Despite ...
[1] Nowell's addiction worsened over the course of 1995–96; on May 25, 1996, Nowell died at age 28 in a San Francisco hotel room of a heroin overdose. According to one report, Gaugh had raided Nowell's stash and shot up while he was away; he awoke hours later beside the deceased Nowell in bed.
A version of this article originally appeared in the January 1997 issue of SPIN. On the 25th anniversary of Bradley Nowell's death, we're republishing the story here. The smog blows east from the ...
Bradley Nowell died in San Francisco in 1996 of an overdose at age 28, just two months before Sublime’s now-iconic self-titled album was released. Following Bradley Nowell’s death, Sublime as ...
Nowell was born on June 25, 1995, at St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, California. [2] He is the son of Bradley Nowell, the founding guitarist and vocalist of Sublime, and Troy Dendekker. Jakob was 11 months old when his father died of a heroin overdose in 1996. [1]