Jakob Nowell goes deep on what it was like to grow up in the shadow of a rock tragedy — and why he didn't love Sublime with Rome
, and his infant son. So there’s a certain poetry to the fact that this is the year Jakob is taking over as the new singer of Sublime, starting at April’s Coachella festival, alongside original membersFor Jakob, it’s one of the biggest moments of his life, with his own solo debut, under the band namepodcast, he looked back at the rocky road that’s led him here.
And when I escaped what was essentially a glorified trap house growing up, I did have my grandparents, they were more stable. They were more well-off because my grandpa was a contractor and they helped me out a lot. That was awesome, but it had nothing to do with Sublime. It had nothing to do with the fact my dad was in a big rock band. People don’t understand, he died before their time. There were no big parties in Beverly Hills with them.
It’s the same as a man who’s never fought in his past, that his pacifism is a little less meaningful. If I had never experienced a similar lifestyle to my dad, then me abstaining from it would be a little less meaningful. I’ve been at the depths of my addiction. I’ve been on the bathroom floor throwing up blood and convulsing. There is a better life than that. And not everybody gets to that point. Some people have killer time with drugs and alcohol and put it down or only use it occasionally.
Yeah, and I think that was a great thing. I think a lot of fans still wanted to hear the music, but I don’t think it really has anything to do with Rome. It could have been anybody up there. It’s Bud and Eric. That’s their music too. Obviously my dad was a large part of their creative force, but he could not have done Sublime without Bud and Eric.
And so there will be confusion with some of the fans like, “wait a minute, I’d heard Sublime was playing Cali Roots.” And every time I hear that, it breaks my heart a little bit. I bear no ill will to Rome, the person. He’s just a singer and entertainer. We work in the same field, but there is an emotional aspect that I want to make known to people. I had to deal with growing up. I remember being 14 and chilling in my friend’s basement and we’re all listening to music and smoking weed.
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