{"id":248988,"date":"2026-04-02T20:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T20:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/248988\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T20:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T20:54:11","slug":"its-interesting-getting-to-know-someone-posthumously-eat-see-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/248988\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s interesting ‘getting to know someone posthumously’ \u2022 Eat. See. Do."},"content":{"rendered":"

This article was originally published by LAist<\/a> on March 27, 2026.<\/p>\n

Sublime frontman Jakob Nowell recently studied the artifacts of the Grammy Museum\u2019s newest exhibit\u00a0Sublime: Straight From Long Beach<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He wasn\u2019t even a year old when his father \u2014 the band\u2019s founder Bradley Nowell \u2014 died from a heroin overdose in 1996.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a really interesting process getting to know someone posthumously through their work and something that\u2019s so emotionally entangled in all of my machinery,\u201d Nowell said. \u201c\u200aThere\u2019s just DNA splattered all over everything in this exhibit.\u201d<\/p>\n

The exhibit opened last week at the Grammy Museum in downtown Los Angeles. It features photos of the band, along with instruments used by the original members, song lyrics, promotional materials and other items.<\/p>\n

\"\"A young Jakob Nowell stands with Sublime memorabilia in an undated photo. Courtesy of the Nowell family.<\/p>\n

This summer, Sublime\u2019s third, self-titled album celebrates its 30th anniversary. It spawned hits like, \u201cWhat I Got,\u201d and \u201cSanteria\u201d and sold more than nine million copies, redefining Alternative radio with a blend of punk rock, reggae, ska and hip-hop.<\/p>\n

Jakob Nowell stepped into his father\u2019s role in the band in 2023, a move he said has reconnected him to his family.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes our work lives and our careers break us down and rip us apart from the people who matter most,\u201d Nowell said. \u201cGetting to be a part of my father\u2019s work and my uncle\u2019s work, it really has brought together a lot of people in my life that are the most important.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although the Grammy Museum is celebrating Sublime\u2019s past, Nowell and the band are also looking toward the future. The band is releasing a new album\u00a0Until the Sun Explodes\u00a0on June 12, and the\u00a0title track<\/a>\u00a0is out now.<\/p>\n

\"\"Mayor Rex Richardson, left, with Jakob Nowell, center, and Sublime bassist Eric Wilson in Long Beach on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Nowell\u2019s tribute to his late father with lyrics like, \u201cI only hope that you know I owe you my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s something I\u2019ve been trying to say for 30 years,\u201d he said. \u201cIt only came out correctly now. It feels really special to get to share it with people out there. They\u2019ve been sharing with me their stories my entire life.\u201d<\/p>\n

At 30, Nowell is two years older now than when his father died at 28, but he has an outlook on their relationship that belongs to someone much older and wiser.<\/p>\n

\"\"An infant Jakob Nowell with father Bradley Nowell and Lou Dog. Courtesy of the Nowell family.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe permanence of death is an illusion,\u201d Nowell said. \u201cIt\u2019s only temporary and [there\u2019s] no more evidence than everything around us here and all of the love and good times.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt happens at the shows we play,\u201d he added. \u201cIt\u2019s evident to me every single day.\u201d<\/p>\n

The exhibit is scheduled to run through Sept. 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This article was originally published by LAist on March 27, 2026. Sublime frontman Jakob Nowell recently studied the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-248988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}