I started listening to Sublime when I was around 17 - I have the distinct memory of a friend driving me in his beat-up Nissan Micra (I think we were going kick-boxing - seemed like a good idea at the time, think I went twice) and sticking the album 40oz to Freedom on the stereo and stating I was going to love it, he was right.
Sublime are a Ska-Punk band from Long Beach, California. Their lead singer died of heroin overdose long before I got into them. They have a cult type following but have a big influence on many subsequents bands and scenes. The album 40oz to Freedom is one of the highest selling independently released albums of all time.
I do have a bit of a weakness for Ska - it makes me happy, I like the fact that it came from Jamaica, goes 2 Tone in England before then picking up in West Coast America - all very clearly Ska influenced but all clearly very different.
Stanley Franc
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40oz To Freedom

Lets start with the album title track - '40z to Freedom', just sets the scene for the general Sublime vibe, ska verses, kick in the distortion for the choruses.
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Ebin

Check out the wicked bass line intro, so damn smooth. Great story but alas, its all nonsense https://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/sublime-the-strange-tale-of-ebin/
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What I Got

Probably the most well known Sublime song - a 2 chord classic, happy upbeat fun stuff. Works great as an acoustic cover.
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Doin' Time

'Doin' Time' - I love this song, great groove, breakbeat sampled type drums - recently covered by Lana Del Ray (great cover version!)
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April 29th, 1992

The Los Angeles riots told through song, paints such the clear picture without being trite - having tried to write songs like this myself is really, really difficult to do well.
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Date Rape

Bonus song: Date Rape - title says it all really.
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