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Bradley is also the main subject of a song entitled "Brad Nowell" (see lyrics here http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/subb/bradnowell.html) by French Canadian ska punk band Subb, that mentions Sublime, their musical style, and also Brad's dalmatian, Lou Dog.
G. Love & Special Sauce have dedicated two songs to Nowell: a remake of the Sublime song "Greatest Hits," and a song called "Dreamin'," which begins, "This song is dedicated in loving memory of Brad from Long Beach, California." which also features the opening guitar riff of 'Get Out' by Sublime.
Fellow California punk rockers, NOFX, refer to Nowell in their song "Door Nails", the lyric is "and this fix is for Bradley". The song centers around rockstars who have died from overdoses or drug influenced deaths.
In the movie Grind, the main characters walk into a skate shop and Tom Green is behind the counter with a couple of turn tables trying to remix "Smoke Two Joints" unsuccessfully.
Duddy B of The Dirty Heads references Bradley in the song "Believe": "I never wanted something so badly, I want to learn to play guitar and sing just like Bradley". The next few lines of the song also reference lyrics from What I Got.
San Diego CA band Fluf reference lead singer "O" and Nowell's friendship in their song "Pipe Bomb" with the lyrics "god damn my good friend Brad, look at all the things you had. You could sing and play guitar, before you pushed a bit too far."
Swedish company ARTIITII made a tribute limited poster of Bradley Nowell http://www.artiitii.com/collections/frontpage/products/bradley-nowell.
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