Following the 1996 heroin overdose of
Sublime frontman
Brad Nowell, surviving bassist
Eric Wilson and drummer
Bud Gaugh formed the Long Beach Dub Allstars with singer
Opie Ortiz, guitarists RAS-1 and
Miguel, keyboardist
Jack Maness, keyboardist Isaiah Owens, saxophonists
Todd Foreman and
Tim Wu, and DJ
Marshall Goodman. After appearing on a series of compilations and tribute albums, the group issued its full-length debut
Right Back on DreamWorks in the fall of 1999. ~ Jason Ankeny