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\n<\/a>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t so much the fear of if it wasn\u2019t going to work, because you can\u2019t take the fact away that the fuckin\u2019 songs sound awesome, but there was always that kind of question in the back of our head of \u2018Oh, can we?\u00a0 Can we? What if?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

TOUR PRESS RELEASE: Featuring founding members of Sublime along with new frontman, singer\/guitarist Rome – Sublime with Rome will reintroduce themselves and Sublime\u2019s classic hits to fans across Australia on their 2012 Australian tour.<\/p>\n

One of the most notable and successful ska-punk bands of all time, Sublime has sold over 17 million albums worldwide with songs like What I Got, Doin’ Time and Date Rape all in constant radio rotation across the globe. To this day, the group\u2019s multi-platinum landmark debut album \u201c40oz. to Freedom,\u201d lo-fi follow up \u201cRobbin\u2019 the Hood,\u201d and multi-platinum self-titled major label debut (a virtual greatest hits set in itself) are all widely regarded as music collection staples.<\/p>\n

Formed in Long Beach in 1988, Sublime\u2019s final performance was in the spring of 1996 after the death of original singer Bradley Nowell. In 2008 Rome, a 21-year-old northern California native, was introduced to Gaugh and Wilson. Last year, a handful of jam sessions led to an impromptu show at a small club in Nevada flooring a packed-house crowd. The trio later performed a one-off at the Smokeout Festival last fall and was a surprise special guest at the infamous KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas show, before officially dubbing themselves Sublime with Rome.<\/p>\n

We had a quick chat with Rome about the band and their Aussie visit.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve got your first show in Australia the other night, what can people expect if they come out and see you on this tour?<\/strong>
\nHell yeah, oh dude, a good fuckin\u2019 time, last night was amazing, we had the time of our lives.\u00a0 We never even been here so it\u2019s our first time touring and the show was packed and the energy was there and people were just going crazy.\u00a0 That\u2019s the kind of stuff we really vibe off.<\/p>\n

Now on the flip side, this is your first time to Australia, what are you expecting?<\/strong>
\nI expected good weather and beautiful women ha ha.\u00a0 The crowds, I was expecting them to go crazy, whenever we go out of The States, it gets a little crazier as people don\u2019t get to see their favourite bands so often, so they\u2019re jumping around and crowd surfing and mosh pitting and all that shit, so we like to see that man.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re doing the Byron Bay Bluesfest as well as your own shows, how do you treat a festival crowd compared to a headlining show?<\/strong>
\nI mean depending on what the other bands on the bill are; we may change a couple of songs in the set to fit the overall vibe of the shows so to speak.\u00a0 We just go there and do our thing man, we just get up there and play the songs as best we can and make sure that people go fuckin\u2019 crazy.<\/p>\n

With the album out now for almost a year, how has the reaction to it been?<\/strong>
\nGreat man, great, amazing.\u00a0 Everyone\u2019s really picked up on the sound and the evolution of the band as a whole and we\u2019re very grateful for that.\u00a0 I can\u2019t believe it\u2019s almost been a year man, that\u2019s crazy.\u00a0 I remember just putting that thing out\u2026<\/p>\n

In putting that together, how were the songs created?\u00a0 Were they ideas you\u2019d had for a long time or was it all fresh and new?<\/strong>
\nMost of the album I had already previously written and there was a couple of tracks that I had a couple of ideas and the guys went in on them and changed up the parts, and funked up the parts and reggaed up the parts, they\u2019re rad man, they Eric has a very, very unique way of writing music.\u00a0 Me and him team up very well.<\/p>\n

Are you currently working on new material?<\/strong>
\nYeah for my solo record, I\u2019m dropping a solo record at the end of the December probably.<\/p>\n

How has being on Fueled by Ramen helped you get back out there?<\/strong>
\nOh man, they\u2019re fuckin\u2019 awesome, they just sent me two bottles of Jack Daniels, to Australia, how cool is that?\u00a0 I didn\u2019t even know about it, I just found out about it, they were like, \u2018oh yeah the label sent you over two boxes of Jack Daniels\u2019 I was like fuck yeah!\u00a0 But some real shit, they let us be artists, and that\u2019s so important man, as a band, we\u2019re in control of how we want the band to sound and how we want the band to look and for the most part they utilise their machine to the best of their abilities.<\/p>\n

Now when Bud decided to leave the band and now bring in Josh Freese, did you ever think that maybe it was the end or was that not even a question?<\/strong>
\nIt wasn\u2019t so much the fear of if it wasn\u2019t going to work, because you can\u2019t take the fact away that the fuckin\u2019 songs sound awesome, but there was always that kind of question in the back of our head of \u2018Oh, can we?\u00a0 Can we? What if?\u2019 well we played our first show with Josh and we killed it, we knocked it out of the park and anybody who had saw the show was giving the same message and we just kind of kept it going and we\u2019re very happy with it man, we\u2019re better, faster and tighter than ever.<\/p>\n

What does the rest of 2012 hold for Sublime with Rome?<\/strong>
\nWe have a huge American tour this Summer and then we\u2019re keeping touring to I think South America, I\u2019m working on the solo record while the guys have some time off with their families and then I\u2019m going to drop the record.<\/p>\n

Plans for a new Sublime with Rome record?<\/strong>
\nOh definitely, I think we volunteered to the busiest band of all of 2012.<\/p>\n

Essential Information<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n

From:<\/strong> Long Beach CA, USA<\/p>\n

Band members: <\/strong>Rome \u2013 Vocals \/ Guitar, Eric Wilson – Bass<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.sublimewithrome.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Latest release:<\/strong> Yours Truly (Warner Music Australia \/ Fueled By Ramen \u2013 2011)<\/p>\n

Remaining Tour Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday 6 April 2012 Byron Bay Bluesfest
\n<\/strong>Tickets: www.bluesfest.com.au<\/a>
\nSaturday 7 April 2012 UNSW Roundhouse Sydney
\n<\/strong>Tickets: www.ticketek.com.au<\/a> or 13 2849
\nMonday 9 April 2012 Palace Theatre Melbourne<\/strong>
\nTickets: www.ticketek.com.au<\/a> (13 2849) or Oztix www.oztix.com.au (1300 762 545)
\nTuesday 10 April 2012 HQ Complex Adelaide<\/strong>
\nTickets: Oztix www.oztix.com.au<\/a> (1300 762 545)
\nWednesday 11 April 2012 Metropolis Fremantle<\/strong>
\nTickets: www.oztix.com.au<\/a> (1300 762 545) or www.heatseeker.com.au<\/a> 08 6210 7270<\/p>\n\n

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