Sublime

The obligatory odds and sods collection for this short-lived band gathers up demos, outtakes and a few newly uncovered tracks. For the most part, superior versions of these songs appear on other albums, although "Don't Push" and the Gwen Stefani-assisted "Saw Red" remain stand-out tracks.

Few '90s showbiz tales are as bittersweet as Sublime's surfboards-to-riches saga. In 1996,
with the band on the brink of releasing its breakthrough third album, Sublime, its singer,
Brad Nowell, died of a heroin overdose; only after his death did these surf-punk slackers
from Long Beach, Calif., reach triple-platinum status. Adding insult to injury, groups like
Sugar Ray and Reel Big Fish followed the band up the charts with a similar mix of... More >