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  • Smoke 2 Joints - jacked (stolen) from The Toyes (see above)
  • B. (Brent) Dowe and F. (Trevor) McNaughton - wrote Rivers of Babylon (see above)
  • Happoldt - Miguel's family
  • Nowell - Bradley's family
  • Wilson - Eric's family
  • all the Players - simply people that played an instrument on the album
  • Kelly Vargas - old drummer for Sublime (and Slightly Stoopid)
  • LBP - Long Beach Possie
  • World Famous Juice Bros - The Juice Brothers - a punk band consisting of Bud, Eric, Marshal, Scummy and Opie
  • Field Marshal Goodman - Ras MG
  • Floyd-I - Bud Gaugh
  • Bad Religion - and...
  • The Descendants - two (awesome!) bands Sublime played with and covered
  • George Hurley - drummer for The Minutemen and Firehose
  • Mike Watt - front man from The Minutemen and many other bands
  • All thoes flops - as mentioned in Get Out
  • Toby Dog - Eric's dog (RIP)
  • Louie Dog - Brad's dog (RIP)
  • Matt Dog - was Bud's dog until it went blind and got hit by a car, may he rest in peace
  • James Brown - duh
  • The BSM - ?
  • Miles Davis - no explanation needed I hope
  • Ken The All Night Rocker - Kenneth Ramsey. The parapalegic punk rocker who fronted the band, KTANR. He also wrote songs for Flipside. He has since passed away in 2006.
  • South Side part and Catherine -?
  • Eno and Shelly, and their baby - Eno was a friend of the band, he was also mentioned in the song DJs on this album. The two are married and have since moved to Texas.
  • Jimi Hendrix - duh
  • Beer - that beverage we all love so much ;)
  • Sonic Lizard - band
  • The Rapemen - was a band fronted by Steve Albini in the late 80s
  • Bob Marley - King of Reggae
  • Bob Dobbs - fictional founder of the Church of the Sub-Genius and the guy who has his head pictured three times on the 40oz CD (the pipe dude)
  • Bob Forest - the front man for Thelonious Monster (another LA band). They played the Foothill, Bogart's, Blue Cafe, etc. with Sublime and were friends of many of the bands mentioned; Diet Faith, Imagining Yellow Suns
  • all those punker sluts - the other members of Thelonious Monster?
  • Eek-A-Mouse - reggae musician
  • Tom - Tom Cheney, co-editor of "The Beat" magazine?
  • Crass - 80's English punk band
  • Chili Pot All Night - ?
  • Peni - another 80's British punk rock band, Rudimentary Peni
  • Fugazi - American punk band on Discord Records
  • Rhino 59 - actual name: Rhino 39, a punk band out of Los Angles - Brad may have lived with their lead singer Jason for a while
  • Reek One - ?
  • Last Pariahs - band from Portland, OR
  • Naomi's Hair - band
  • Butthole Surfers - band Brad played with and later wrote songs with lead singer, Paul Leary (ex. Seed, April 29th, 1992)
  • Frank Zappa - duh
  • Aunt Bea - maybe something to do with the Andy Griffith show, Aunt Bea was the Grand-Aunt to the Opie character
  • Big Drill Car - punk band
  • Bert Suzanka and all the Ziggens around the world - Bert Suzanka is the lead singer of The Ziggens who were sublime's "brother band"
  • Jack the Third - ?
  • Julia Parker - an Ex GF of Miguel Happoldt
  • Jeff the King - ?
  • Martini (with his 40oz in hand) - ?
  • Jai Dodds and his son Chirstin - friend of the band, mentioned in the song 40oz to Freedom
  • Scum - Dennis "Scummy" Elm, he was in the (World Famous) Juice Bros.
  • Hard as Smoke and Cheap as Wood - reference to Wood & Smoke, an Orange County band Sublime played with at Bogart's in the early days
  • Scumette - Scum's then (psycho) girlfriend, but presently could be used to describe Scum's wife (rudely) or daughter (affectionately)
  • The Vandals - punk band
  • H.R. - ("Human Rights") is the stage name of Paul D. Hudsonlead, lead singer of Bad Brains
  • Nick Tweak - ?
  • Joann - ?
  • Carolyn - ?
  • Snow - friend of the band (pictured inside Robbin' the Hood liner notes)
  • Bam Bam - ?
  • East Side Stoners - generic reference to pot heads living in East LA
  • Saint Tucko - ?
  • Shawn Stern - one of three brothers from LA Punk band Youth Brigade, they played shows with Sublime
  • Ken G. Easley Project - ?
  • Steve Zepeda - arguably "made" Sublime, one of their early promoters and booking agents; a club promoter, did Bogarts, Blue Cafe and Foothill in Long Beach.
  • Richard Greco - Owner of Bogart's
  • Bogarts - was a bar on PCH in Long Beach, but closed in '92 or '93
  • Dave Shea - a roadie with Sublime - but after Imagining Yellow Suns broke up, Dave Shea, Dave Cornblum, and Elder D. all formed a band called Shave. Miguel helped produce their album. Their first show happened to be at Golden Sails with Sublime in 1993.
  • Greg A - Greg Abramson, was THE PERSON who gave Jon Phillips a Sublime demo when they both worked for Gasoline Alley. He still DJs, going by the moniker Groovy Greg or Rewind Selecta.
  • Scaramento - capital city of California
  • BMD - ?
  • Dany Lovitz in Arcata - ?
  • Diet Faith - was a band with Greg Abramson, Miguel Happoldt and a couple other peeps who played a one-off show opening for Sublime at The Nugget at CSULB
  • Imagining Yellow Suns - A band from Long Beach / Orange County, CA. Consisting of bassist Tim Bugge, guitarist Ed Bernard, drummer Rob Fadtke, and another guitarist Scott Cross (AKA Elder D.). And, Scott did mastering for some of Juice Bros. albums.
  • Ben is Dead - Magazine (now defunct)
  • Kevin Swinsen - ?
  • Fresha - band?
  • Cold Duke Train - band?
  • Wister - band?
  • Mark Mandoo and the One Live Crew - ?
  • Lakewood Possie - City between LA and Long Beach, CA
  • Mr. Capoo - ?
  • Antioch Possie - City in Northern CA
  • Johnson Family - ?
  • Dirty Al -?
  • Jennifer Henry - ?
  • Kelly 2 - ?
  • Lisa Johnson in Austin - ?
  • Tonto - Lone Ranger's sidekick?
  • Jimmy Carl Black - from Mothers of Invention (Frank Zappa's early stuff)
  • Mercado Caribe - a now defunct punk/ska/reggae club in Austin, TX (on 6th st.)
  • Lee - Lee Gettys, he was the owner of Mercado Caribe at the time Sublime visited
  • Jimmy's - bar in New Orleans where Sublime played
  • Hardback - bar in Gainseville, Florida where Sublime played
  • Mark Goodnine - Had some "psyco-pad" where Brad stayed - well known 1989 murder occured and featured on true-crime shows
  • Jack Tripper - 3's Company?
  • Ingrid in Arcata - ? Arcata is a small college town in Northern CA, a favorite place to play for Sublime
  • Rusty, Bermuda Pete, Sarah - ?
  • Shannon Boyle - ?
  • The Spacefish - Band
  • NKOTB (in Costa Mesa) - New Kids On The Block?
  • OK Hotel - Hotel in downtown Seattle on Alaskan Way
  • Joel at Waves - Waves is a Reggae bar that was in Downtown Los Gatos and is now in Downtown San Jose, Joel is the owner
  • Ninja Man - reggae artist
  • Tam - another Ex GF of Miguel Happoldt
  • Darby Crash - lead singer for The Germs. (he commited suicide by heroin overdose)
  • D. Boone - Lead Singer of The Minute Men
  • Alex & Eka - 2 brothers, Alex was roommates with Greg Abramson when they met Happoldt back in the day
  • Grin - ?
  • Craig Caskey - ? also credited by Sublime-influenced band "Bargain's Music" on their album titled "77 003".
  • Dave Cornblum - mentioned above with Dave Shea, they were in the band Shave. If you have ever seen the bootleg Sublime "4th Street" video, this was filmed the night Cornblum met his wife.
  • Church of Rock and Roll - small club in the Niles district of Fremont, CA
  • Cori and best friend Georgie - both ladies of the LB posse (LBP), Sublime played Georgie's birthday party in 1990, check out STLE for a clip
  • Meat Puppets - rock band
  • Tar Babies - band
  • Katlyn and Frank - These two owned an awesome (but now defunct) punk record store in Long Beach called Zed Records, that always had rare Sublime boots. The address used to be: Zed Records, 1940 Lakewood Blvd., Long Beach (562)498-2757 [Current Website]
  • Scott (at Ten Ton) - Scott Papa. He owned Ten Ton Records in Long Beach. It closed in early '93. Sublime, Suburban Rhythm, and other LB bands used to play here and promote their shit. Address was: 2749 E. Broadway, Long Beach, CA
  • Everyone at DeJa - ?
  • CMJ Enterprises - College Music Journal
  • Molly Contrel - ?
  • Courtney Beatman - a guy named Courtney who owned Culture Beat, a reggae record store in Long Beach.
  • Mecca Parks and Recreation Department - Mecca is a city in CA near Palm Springs
  • 29 Palms - city in California near Palm Springs, the bitterness was reference to a couple of outdoor desert jam parties Sublime played at in Mecca that kinda got outta hand and the authorities were involved
  • Lisa G - another Ex GF of Miguel Happoldt (who may have been Miguel's lady at that time)
  • Kimmy - old friend from Long Beach State, she was with Greg A and Happoldt at a Greatful Dead show in Las Vegas when Happoldt heard Scarlet Begonias and said he was going to get Sublime to record the song
  • Busface - Long Beach punk band that at one time Bud and Eric were in (amongst others)
  • Soup-lime -?
  • The Mentors - band

[the following is only available on the extended version] Just-ICE - rapper from New York City sampled by Sublime on Smoke Two Joints

  • Kris Parker, commonly known as KRS-One - famous NYC Rapper, obvious inspiration for the song KRS-One and several samples
  • D-Nice - Derrick Jones, Another NYC Rapper and part of Boogie Down Productions with KRS-One
  • Queen Latifah - famous Rapper/Singer
  • Shelly Thunder - 1980s reggae dance-hall artist (Just-ICE & Major Worries used her "riddim" from Kuff (1988) for part of Na Touch Da Just)
  • Geto Boys - rap group from Houston, TX frequently sampled by Sublime
  • Public Enemy Number One - NYC rap group sampled by Sublime
  • N.W.A. - (Niggaz With Attitude), a rap group from Compton, California also sampled by Sublime
  • Ice Cube - rapper from Compton, California, once a member of N.W.A.
  • Lench Mob - was a West Coast rap group associated with Ice Cube
  • Cypress Hill - rap group from South Gate, California
  • South Gate posse - South Gate is a city in California, and part of South-East Los Angeles County
  • Scott Cunningham - ?
  • Gina G. - ?
  • That long-haired soundman dude - a weird, tweeky-looking sound guy that worked at Bogarts
  • Prince Jammy - (AKA Lloyd James, King Jammy) dub mixer and record producer
  • Scientist - dub reggae artist that worked with Prince Jammy and King Tubby
  • Ini Kamoze - Jamaican reggae singer
  • Tenor Saw - Jamaican dancehall singer in the 1980s
  • Super Cat - Jamaican dancehall singer in the 1980s
  • Major Mackerel - 1980s reggea singer
  • Daddy Tiger - 1980s reggae singer
  • Major Worries - reggae artist who's song Dont Bodder With It was sampled by Just-ICE and subsiquently used by Sublime in DJs (after being influenced by Shelly Thunder's Kuff itself)
  • Half-Pint - prominent Jamaican dancehall and reggae singer mentioned on Don't Push
  • U-Roy - Jamaican musician
  • Daddy Lizard - reggae singer
  • Redman Superpower - reggae compilation album
  • Shinehead - Jamaican reggae singer
  • Shabba - Shabba Ranks, Jamaican dancehall recording artist
  • The Beastie Boys - popular hip hop group that Sublime sampled
  • Maggie and Jules and the Arlington crew - ? Arlington is an area of Riverside, California
  • Bradco Tires - on Anaheim and Orange(?), "always the lowest prices!"
  • YOU! - All the fans of course!

Triva:

   * Billy Wilson - Eric's father, this album was dedicated posthumously to him in the liner notes but not directly in this song.
   * This track is spoken by Miguel Happoldt, not Bradley as often assumed.