July 12, 2024 • 7 mins
Booker and Stryker chat it up with the talented New front man of Sublime: Jakob Nowell!! He express his feeings on what its like to be a part of the band his dad Bradley started and how long it has been an idea to take over. And asked how Sublime and his dad has impacted and influnced his previous other projects and what it's like jamming out with his Uncles! Lastly, He discusses what's his timeline on staying the frontman of Sublime. We hope it's a very long time! Jakob was a super fun hang and we can't wait to do it again at Yaamava Summer Pool Party!!
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(00:00):
It is Booker and Striker. Itis all ninety age seven. And this
is a very surreal kind of momentfor Striker and I, who have played
the music of Sublime on the radiofor as long as we've been playing music
on the radio that is correct,And now joining us is the new lead
singer of Sublime. Yes, whohappens to be the son of the lead
singer of Sublime. This is themost surreal thing in the world, saying
(00:23):
hello j Jacob, Hello, what'sup? Guys? So happy to be
here, man, I mean yeah, and that goes both ways, but
listen to you guys since I wasvery little as well, Soky, thank
you so much for the continued support. Where so, I'm so happy to
be here today. How long hasthis whole thing been an idea that you
could possibly be in that band?I mean when did that enter your mindset?
(00:47):
I mean I've been playing music inand out of bands for forever.
I started when I was twelve yearsold, and you know, tournith bands
since I was seventeen, and there'salways been people who wanted it. I
think, like, oh, thiswould be such a cool idea, but
it never felt right to me,you know, it never felt like the
good situation or the timing. Soreally, in this last year, just
so many different, weird, kindof trippy things have converged, and you
(01:08):
know, playing up there with myuncles, it couldn't feel more right,
I'll tell you that much for sure. When you were playing in bands starting
to twelve years old and Jacob iscurrently in another band which I love called
Jacob's Castle, did Sublime influence yourprevious projects at all? It was kind
of hard for it not to ina lot of ways, you know.
Growing up, I mean, thatwas the only way I had to interact
(01:29):
with lost family members, so somuch of his music was always spinning around,
and those little elements I think reallyseeped into the way that I interact
with, interface with and create music. So whether I wanted to or not,
there's always some sort of unwitting littlethroughput I think, yeah, yeah,
yeah, exactly. It's got tobe completely different knowing the songs and
then being the person singing the songs. What lyrics in particular, Like what's
(01:53):
one thing that being up there singingkind of hit you differently? Oh man,
So much of the catalog has itsmeaning. I think that's the beauty
of music that stands a testa time, Like sublime stuff is, the music
sits with you and it becomes asoundtrack to so many different, various eras
of people's lives. For me,it was just what this is my dad's
music growing up, but now beingup there playing it. It first hit
(02:15):
me, I think the second weekof Coachella, when we were playing bad
Fish, those lyrics about you know, obviously about struggles with drug addiction and
just oneself and authenticity and all thatsort of thing. When I was standing
up there singing, you know,I dive deep and I'm ten feet overhead,
I almost want to like switch tolyrics a little bit. I'm sitting
there in front of this giant crowdand I feel totally in over my head
(02:35):
with this crazy thing that's gotten bigger. The wildfire has spread bigger than I
could have ever seen. You know. I just wanted to get my uncles
back together and jam out and havefun and you know, being each other's
lives a little bit more with themusic, and all of a sudden people
really really took to it. Soit blows my mind. Yeah, I
definitely want to ask about Bud andEric, but has it been as fun
as you thought it would be?Is it overwhelmed me? And like,
(02:58):
well, how do you feel insideyour heart and brain with all this?
It goes in waves, man.I mean sometimes I'm just driving around town,
parked in a parking lot. I'mlike, I can't believe this is
so sick. This is awesome.There's everything I wanted. But at the
same time, there is some melancholy. You know, we just did foul
And and one of the first thingsI said when we started, you know
that should be you here Dad.You know, I'm happy to serve and
do this. You know, I'vealways had my own bands and my own
(03:21):
creative stuff, but even that wasnever the main thing for me. You
know, I always try to havea lot of different plates spinning. For
me, stepping into this role feltlike an active service in a lot of
ways, because because my dad can'tbe there to do it, and my
uncles deserve their time in the sunand their time for their music to shine.
You know, they've never done Coachellor gone on a late night TV
show or all these things, orhad new music out in a long time.
(03:44):
So I really have to be hereto facilitate this thing, and a
lot of times I just feel likelike a custodian of the music or like
it's a gig. Every time Istart a show, I say, my
name is Jacob Nole, and thisis Sublime, you know, not I
am Sublime, and I've flattered peoplelike, oh, here's the lead singer
Sublime. But I'll never think ofmyself quite like that. My dad was
and is the only lead singer ofSublime, and I'm just here to fill
in and connect some dots. Rightnow, let's talk about your uncles for
(04:08):
a second book. Flipping this around. This has got to be utterly surreal
for them as well. Talk onthat a little bit, and what kind
of conversations have you guys had aboutthat. Oh it's been so trippy,
man. You know, I thinkthere was so much of a desire.
It was so awkward for me atfirst, you know, for really most
of the first shows, of thefirst practices, I'm so nervous and i
(04:29):
just want not even for I knowa lot of people are going to like,
and a lot of people it won'tbe their cup of tea. And
that's fine. You know, You'renever going to be the exact same as
the first lead singer of a band. However, what I craved and wanted
was my uncle's approval. You know, I wanted to be like, man,
you know, I hope they're havingfun. I hope they still see
me as legitimate. We're having agood time. And I felt that kind
of tension for the longest time untilit all changed. I think a big
(04:50):
turning point was this Virginia Beach showthat we had. You know, we're
all so busy with so many differentprojects and played spinning that we don't always
have a lot of time to rehearseas much as we should have. But
people forget Sublim's a punk rock band. You know, back in the day,
it was always this messy, chaoticI'm sure you guys remember. Yes.
So we had an hour and ahalf to fill in Virginia Beach and
we were like, how are wegonna do this? How are we gonna
do this? And we finished asong and then I look over my uncle
(05:12):
Eric and he's like, dude,just play this, and he just starts
playing like a jam, like ato Jez trying a jam. And I'm
like, okay. We just startedjamming for like twenty minutes and some random
stuff and making it up, andI was like, oh, none of
this even matters. Man Like,however big the shows are, however small,
they all of that oscillates and changeswithin life. If you're on stage
having fun with people that you liketo be around, none of that other
(05:34):
stuff matters and it just melts away. So I think when people come out
to a show, I hope thatthey can tell that that's genuinely what's happening
up there, is that we're havinga good time. And yeah, Jacob
Nole is with us. It isBooker and Striker and all at ninety eight
seven. So are you gonna dothis for the next ten to twenty years
with the guys? I mean,I've checked with the oracle at Delphi and
(05:58):
you know the few and as shebreathed deeply in the smoke from the mountain,
you know she saw many different visionsand the stars coalescing. However,
the future will always be uncertain.I can say that for as long as
they want me up there doing it, and for as long as the fans
are enjoying it, I will continueto serve in my role here with my
uncles and keep trying to I thinkthe real tragedy of Sublime is ended when
(06:19):
they did. You know, wehere in California think of them as this
huge, big, mainstay band,but they really never eclipsed, you know,
the mainstream accessibility of like a Nirvanaor another lot of other nineties contemporaries.
And it is my belief that Sublimeand Skunk Records at large still holds
the and captures the hearts and mindsof a lot of the youth in southern
(06:40):
California. I see it at theshows and I feel it with everybody that
I talk to, both online andin person. So I feel like the
more that we do this, thebigger it will become. And I guess
what I'm trying to say is I'lldo it for as long as as long
as it takes. All right,that's Jacob Nole, Thank you so much.
Sublime is playing the Booker and StrikerAll ninety eight to seven Summer Pool
Party at Yama. You know,it's sold out. I don't know if
(07:00):
you heard it in record time thismorning. I just heard about it this
morning. I can't believe that isSee, that is exactly what I'm talking
about. People want to come hangout and do the so cal summer.
You know, pool party vibes.Let's do it. I can't wait till
people get to meet this energy inperson, because man, it just falls
off of you. It's awesome.And we really thank you for doing the
show with your uncles. Thank youfor doing this with Booker and Striker.
(07:24):
We could we could, just couldnot appreciate it more. Thank you.
So man, I'm living my dream. And not only am I living my
dream, and I live in thedreams of so many amazing young people here
in California. Man. So Ijust I hope that we can keep doing
it and I can do it justiceto the people out there that I'm here,
you are thank you are doing it, man, good job many Man.
All right, J Booker and StrikerIt is all ninety eight seven
It is Booker and Striker. Itis all ninety age seven. And this
is a very surreal kind of momentfor Striker and I, who have played
the music of Sublime on the radiofor as long as we've been playing music
on the radio that is correct,And now joining us is the new lead
singer of Sublime. Yes, whohappens to be the son of the lead
singer of Sublime. This is themost surreal thing in the world, saying
(00:23):
hello j Jacob, Hello, what'sup? Guys? So happy to be
here, man, I mean yeah, and that goes both ways, but
listen to you guys since I wasvery little as well, Soky, thank
you so much for the continued support. Where so, I'm so happy to
be here today. How long hasthis whole thing been an idea that you
could possibly be in that band?I mean when did that enter your mindset?
(00:47):
I mean I've been playing music inand out of bands for forever.
I started when I was twelve yearsold, and you know, tournith bands
since I was seventeen, and there'salways been people who wanted it. I
think, like, oh, thiswould be such a cool idea, but
it never felt right to me,you know, it never felt like the
good situation or the timing. Soreally, in this last year, just
so many different, weird, kindof trippy things have converged, and you
(01:08):
know, playing up there with myuncles, it couldn't feel more right,
I'll tell you that much for sure. When you were playing in bands starting
to twelve years old and Jacob iscurrently in another band which I love called
Jacob's Castle, did Sublime influence yourprevious projects at all? It was kind
of hard for it not to ina lot of ways, you know.
Growing up, I mean, thatwas the only way I had to interact
(01:29):
with lost family members, so somuch of his music was always spinning around,
and those little elements I think reallyseeped into the way that I interact
with, interface with and create music. So whether I wanted to or not,
there's always some sort of unwitting littlethroughput I think, yeah, yeah,
yeah, exactly. It's got tobe completely different knowing the songs and
then being the person singing the songs. What lyrics in particular, Like what's
(01:53):
one thing that being up there singingkind of hit you differently? Oh man,
So much of the catalog has itsmeaning. I think that's the beauty
of music that stands a testa time, Like sublime stuff is, the music
sits with you and it becomes asoundtrack to so many different, various eras
of people's lives. For me,it was just what this is my dad's
music growing up, but now beingup there playing it. It first hit
(02:15):
me, I think the second weekof Coachella, when we were playing bad
Fish, those lyrics about you know, obviously about struggles with drug addiction and
just oneself and authenticity and all thatsort of thing. When I was standing
up there singing, you know,I dive deep and I'm ten feet overhead,
I almost want to like switch tolyrics a little bit. I'm sitting
there in front of this giant crowdand I feel totally in over my head
(02:35):
with this crazy thing that's gotten bigger. The wildfire has spread bigger than I
could have ever seen. You know. I just wanted to get my uncles
back together and jam out and havefun and you know, being each other's
lives a little bit more with themusic, and all of a sudden people
really really took to it. Soit blows my mind. Yeah, I
definitely want to ask about Bud andEric, but has it been as fun
as you thought it would be?Is it overwhelmed me? And like,
(02:58):
well, how do you feel insideyour heart and brain with all this?
It goes in waves, man.I mean sometimes I'm just driving around town,
parked in a parking lot. I'mlike, I can't believe this is
so sick. This is awesome.There's everything I wanted. But at the
same time, there is some melancholy. You know, we just did foul
And and one of the first thingsI said when we started, you know
that should be you here Dad.You know, I'm happy to serve and
do this. You know, I'vealways had my own bands and my own
(03:21):
creative stuff, but even that wasnever the main thing for me. You
know, I always try to havea lot of different plates spinning. For
me, stepping into this role feltlike an active service in a lot of
ways, because because my dad can'tbe there to do it, and my
uncles deserve their time in the sunand their time for their music to shine.
You know, they've never done Coachellor gone on a late night TV
show or all these things, orhad new music out in a long time.
(03:44):
So I really have to be hereto facilitate this thing, and a
lot of times I just feel likelike a custodian of the music or like
it's a gig. Every time Istart a show, I say, my
name is Jacob Nole, and thisis Sublime, you know, not I
am Sublime, and I've flattered peoplelike, oh, here's the lead singer
Sublime. But I'll never think ofmyself quite like that. My dad was
and is the only lead singer ofSublime, and I'm just here to fill
in and connect some dots. Rightnow, let's talk about your uncles for
(04:08):
a second book. Flipping this around. This has got to be utterly surreal
for them as well. Talk onthat a little bit, and what kind
of conversations have you guys had aboutthat. Oh it's been so trippy,
man. You know, I thinkthere was so much of a desire.
It was so awkward for me atfirst, you know, for really most
of the first shows, of thefirst practices, I'm so nervous and i
(04:29):
just want not even for I knowa lot of people are going to like,
and a lot of people it won'tbe their cup of tea. And
that's fine. You know, You'renever going to be the exact same as
the first lead singer of a band. However, what I craved and wanted
was my uncle's approval. You know, I wanted to be like, man,
you know, I hope they're havingfun. I hope they still see
me as legitimate. We're having agood time. And I felt that kind
of tension for the longest time untilit all changed. I think a big
(04:50):
turning point was this Virginia Beach showthat we had. You know, we're
all so busy with so many differentprojects and played spinning that we don't always
have a lot of time to rehearseas much as we should have. But
people forget Sublim's a punk rock band. You know, back in the day,
it was always this messy, chaoticI'm sure you guys remember. Yes.
So we had an hour and ahalf to fill in Virginia Beach and
we were like, how are wegonna do this? How are we gonna
do this? And we finished asong and then I look over my uncle
(05:12):
Eric and he's like, dude,just play this, and he just starts
playing like a jam, like ato Jez trying a jam. And I'm
like, okay. We just startedjamming for like twenty minutes and some random
stuff and making it up, andI was like, oh, none of
this even matters. Man Like,however big the shows are, however small,
they all of that oscillates and changeswithin life. If you're on stage
having fun with people that you liketo be around, none of that other
(05:34):
stuff matters and it just melts away. So I think when people come out
to a show, I hope thatthey can tell that that's genuinely what's happening
up there, is that we're havinga good time. And yeah, Jacob
Nole is with us. It isBooker and Striker and all at ninety eight
seven. So are you gonna dothis for the next ten to twenty years
with the guys? I mean,I've checked with the oracle at Delphi and
(05:58):
you know the few and as shebreathed deeply in the smoke from the mountain,
you know she saw many different visionsand the stars coalescing. However,
the future will always be uncertain.I can say that for as long as
they want me up there doing it, and for as long as the fans
are enjoying it, I will continueto serve in my role here with my
uncles and keep trying to I thinkthe real tragedy of Sublime is ended when
(06:19):
they did. You know, wehere in California think of them as this
huge, big, mainstay band,but they really never eclipsed, you know,
the mainstream accessibility of like a Nirvanaor another lot of other nineties contemporaries.
And it is my belief that Sublimeand Skunk Records at large still holds
the and captures the hearts and mindsof a lot of the youth in southern
(06:40):
California. I see it at theshows and I feel it with everybody that
I talk to, both online andin person. So I feel like the
more that we do this, thebigger it will become. And I guess
what I'm trying to say is I'lldo it for as long as as long
as it takes. All right,that's Jacob Nole, Thank you so much.
Sublime is playing the Booker and StrikerAll ninety eight to seven Summer Pool
Party at Yama. You know,it's sold out. I don't know if
(07:00):
you heard it in record time thismorning. I just heard about it this
morning. I can't believe that isSee, that is exactly what I'm talking
about. People want to come hangout and do the so cal summer.
You know, pool party vibes.Let's do it. I can't wait till
people get to meet this energy inperson, because man, it just falls
off of you. It's awesome.And we really thank you for doing the
show with your uncles. Thank youfor doing this with Booker and Striker.
(07:24):
We could we could, just couldnot appreciate it more. Thank you.
So man, I'm living my dream. And not only am I living my
dream, and I live in thedreams of so many amazing young people here
in California. Man. So Ijust I hope that we can keep doing
it and I can do it justiceto the people out there that I'm here,
you are thank you are doing it, man, good job many Man.
All right, J Booker and StrikerIt is all ninety eight seven
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