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\n\tAlmost three decades after the release of their final album, a newly-active Sublime have revealed they\u2019re currently in the studio working on a new record.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe group, which disbanded in 1996 following the passing of frontman Bradley Nowell, found themselves active once again in late 2023 when it was reported<\/a> Nowell\u2019s son Jakob was fronting the group. Following live performances at the likes of the Coachella<\/a> Valley Music and Arts Festival in 2024, the group have now told Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a> the reformation is set to feature a new record.<\/p>\n \n\tThe 29-year-old explained that he had recently spent a week working with Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and producer John Feldmann penning tracks for the new album. Founding members Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh will reportedly join for recording sessions soon.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cTravis is an old-school fan and scholar of the Sublime catalog,\u201d Nowell said. \u201cThey feel like family members now too, man. There was that feeling from everyone that what we\u2019re doing here is something generational and special on an emotional, spiritual, familial level.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tIn a statement, Barker noted that the project was \u201cgoing to be really special,\u201d with the spirit of the group\u2019s late frontman still present within the band. \u201cBradley comes through his son Jakob,\u201d he added. \u201cChills every day in the studio when he sings and plays guitar.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tCynical fans who might be expecting the album to be a poor imitation of what was once was have also had their fears assuaged somewhat, with Nowell specifically noting that the plan isn\u2019t to create a modern, updated version of the band. \u201cNo, just more of a solid respect and homage to the works of Sublime,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n \n\tWilson and Gaugh co-founded Sublime with the late Bradley Nowell in 1988, with the group\u2019s first two albums \u2013 1992\u2019s 40oz. to Freedom<\/em> and 1994\u2019s Robbin\u2019 the Hood<\/em> \u2013 released on the independent Skunk Records label, which Nowell co-founded.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tNowell died of a heroin overdose in May 1996 at the age of 28, just two months before the release of their self-titled major label debut. The record would peak at No. 13 on the Billboard 200, while lead single \u201cWhat I Got\u201d would top the Alternative Airplay chart in August 1996. Their sole Hot 100 entry came by way of \u201cDoin\u2019 Time\u201d in December 1997, when it hit No. 87.<\/p>\n \n\tIn 2009, Wilson and Gaugh reunited under the Sublime name with vocalist Rome Ramirez. Use of the band\u2019s name was denied by the Nowell estate, leading to the creation of Sublime With Rome, which would continue with varying lineups until their official dissolution in 2024.<\/p>\n