Brad Nowell

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Bradley Nowell made it big in the music industry in the early 1990’s. He was the lead singer in the rock band “Sublime”. His story has a sad ending. His music was getting nationwide attention and Bradley passed away. Like so many artist they do not make it big until death. This was Nowells story, after his death, his newly released self titled album “Sublime” flew off record shelves. (Boehlert, 26) The album was doing great but it was not a time for celebration. The group had been together for a while and it did not seem right without the lead singer. (Kemp, 104) They made it to the top only to be torn apart by a tragedy. Brad Nowell was fighting heroin addiction on May 25, 1996 he lost and the fight was over. Having his music go from a garage to the worlds stage, Bradley Nowell of the rock group “Sublime”, has developed the virtues of commitment, excellence, cooperation, and creativity.

Everything that Brad Nowell tried he did one hundred percent. Everything that he did he succeeded. Bradley was always an excellent student in school. He was always a bright kid and always eager to do new things. (Cuda, 6) His father Jim Nowell always said that teachers were telling him “What a great kid he was.” (Cuda, 7) Brad was a very good writer and he loved history. In a few of his songs he would mention historical events. Even after Brad got out of school he still loved to talk about history with other people. People said that Brad like Dynamics he like to look at history and see how people interacted with each other. In this song you can see that, its called “Early Man”:
Early man walked away as modern man took control
Their minds weren't all the same, to conquer was their goal
So he built his great empire and he slaughtered his own kind
He died a confused man killed himself with his own mind
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