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The LBC - 100% Sublime

THE LBC TOOK OFF WHEN LONG BEACH DUB ALL STARS BROKE UP IN 2002. LONG BEACH VETERAN, Q-BALL, RECRUITED NEW VOCALIST/GUITARIST MATT MYERS AND STARTED PERFORMING CONCERTS, PLAYING 100% SUBLIME MUSIC. AS POPULAR AS SUBLIME MUSIC IS, NO ONE WAS SURPRISED AT HOW FAST THE BAND TOOK OFF, SELLING OUT CROWDS UP TO 25,000 PEOPLE, AS WELL AS CLUBS AND SMALL VENUES.

Q-BALL WAS HALF OWNER AND BOOKER OF THE FAMOUS PUNK CLUB IN LONG BEACH CALLED FENDERS BALLROOM THROUGH THE 80S AND EARLY 90S. THIS IS WHERE Q-BALL AND BRADLEY MET. Q-BALL ALSO RAN ANOTHER CLUB IN HUNTINGTON BEACH, 5902 CLUB, WHERE HE ALSO SPENT TIME WITH BRADLEY. THESE WERE THE EARLY DAYS OF SUBLIME PERFORMING THE 40 OUNCE TO FREEDOM ALBUM.

THE LBC HAS TOURED THE WORLD, KEEPING BRADLEY'S MUSIC AND SPIRIT ALIVE. SHARING THE STAGE WITH GREAT BANDS LIKE BLUE OCTOBER, E-40, PEPPER, VANILLA ICE, RAMONES, TONE LOC, DIGITAL UNDERGROUND, THIRD WORLD, REGGAE ALLSTARS AND MORE. THEY HAVE ALSO PERFORMED AND SOLD OUT VENUES LIKE CAL EXPO IN SACRAMENTO, EL DORADO COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, X-FEST IN MODESTO (TWICE), THE RIO IN LAS VEGAS, EMPIRE BALLROOM IN LAS VEGAS, GREEN VALLEY RANCH CASINO IN LAS VEGAS, HARRY OS IN PARK CITY UTAH, TEAZERS IN SALT LAKE CITY UTAH, NOT TO MENTION ALL DIFFERENT ISLANDS OF HAWAII ( MAUI, HILO, KONA, HONOLULU), SIX FLAGS, GALAXY IN COSTA MESA, SMOKE-N-GROOVE FEST, CANYON CLUB, FAT CAT IN MODESTO AND HUNDREDS MORE.

IN THE EARLY 80S, Q-BALL AND OLD PARTNER, MONK, WERE THE STRENGTH BEHIND WORLD FAMOUS PUNK BAND SOCIAL DISTORTION, OWNING THE FIRST THREE SOCIAL-D RECORDS, MOMMYS LITTLE MONSTER, ANOTHER STATE OF MIND, AND 1945. Q-BALL LAUNCHED HIS RECORD LABEL, SELLING HIS FOR MILLION IN THE MID 80S. THIS LED TO MANY OTHER GREAT PUNK BANDS AND EARNED Q-BALL, GARY TOVAR AND MONK, THE CREDIT OF BEING THE PIONEERS, WHO PUT PUNK ON THE MAP IN SO-CAL.

IN THE PRESENT TIME, Q-BALL AND THE BOYS CONTINUE TO KEEP THE SUBLIME MUSIC ALIVE AROUND THE WORLD, TOURING THE U.S., ASIA, EUROPE AND MEXICO YEARLY, AND WITH ALL THE APPROVAL OF THE LATE BRADLEY NOWELLS FATHER, AND RIGHTFUL OWNER OF THE SUBLIME NAME, JIM NOWELL.