Sublime/Q-ball

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Expert: GMan - 6/22/2009


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Any idea if brad's cousin AKA Q-Ball is still active in the hip hop scene? if so is he still using the same name or what? I have not been able to find any info on him or a myspace.  All i can find is stuff on Q-Ball the big bald dude who wishes/pretends to be affiliated with the band!

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Hey Chris,

As far as I know, he hung up the hip hop thing in like 95 or something. Supposedly, it was one of those things that was happening back then where everybody has got a "hip hop" name & a microphone. Brad was into music and so he got into music, etc.

He wasn't underground or anything, he was just hanging with Brad and the band & fell into rapping. Just playing around. I don't think he was ever dead serious about being a rap or hip hop artist.

I'm not sure what he is doing today.

I hope this helps.

"All Sublime All The Time"

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GMan

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I can answer any/all questions in regard to "sublime". I was down with the band and Skunk Records since 1991; the year they released their second cassette, "Jah Won't Pay the Bills" until the end in 1996. I have answers to all of your questions about their music, their releases, their unreleased music, their promos, merchandise, and the like. You ask it, I'll answer it.

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I have extensive knowledge of "sublime" from their origin(s)through the end of their career. I have been involved with "sublime" from the early years when Kelly Vargas was on Drums, I know everything that there is to know about their early career, their rise to fame in the early 90's, & on through until May 96' when Brad passed away. I specialize in the band's merchandise. I have been collecting everything that is "sublime" since the beginning and have extensive knowledge on the subject. They released an unparalleled amount of DYI promotional merchandise before being signed to MCA & I would be glad to help you find out what piece of their BIG puzzle you are holding on to and/or what you'd like to get your hand on!

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I am a regular on all of the sublime chat boards and was a constant on the now defunct sublime board, "The Curb" where many people considered me the "go to guy" for information on "sublime" and the rarities that they left behind for us all.

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