Bud Gough, Eric Wilson, and Jakob Nowell of Sublime joined host Kevan Kenney before their Coachella weekend 2 set, and looking back on the emotional reunion performance, Kevan tells them he heard “tears were shed” in the crowd. Although Jakob admits, “I don't think it was that bad.”

“It was more of a sound check really though because we didn't have a sound check,” Eric says of the first weekend’s set. “But as far as the crowd, [it] was insane.” For his part, leading up to the double weekend performances, Jakob had been hinting to fans that the band had been putting in a lot of time practicing to make it all just right. “Everybody wishes it could be a little bit tighter,” he explains, “but I was so happy just having fun playing with everybody up there. It was a good time.”

“This week's gonna be even better, I think because now, like me personally, I kind of got my jitters out a little bit and now I'm just excited to go up there and just enjoy the experience for what it is and got a bunch of good feedback from everybody,” Jakob says. “I'm just so overwhelmed by the huge support,” he adds. “Everybody seemed to really love it and [it] makes me happy.”

Known to incorporate nostalgic sounds and ideas in his own band, Jakobs Castle making the transition to front Sublime came easily he explains. “I just try to learn the material faithfully, still put my little twist on it, but I try to do the best I can with singing, make sure I'm in key and everything like that. But I think it's just so amazing how many different, cool musicians that Sublime is influenced [by] and that whole era of music in general. I mean, so many people out here at this festival, both young and old, and using different elements from that era -- that's what really blows my mind.”

“With my work in Jakobs Castle, it's like kind of going back and cherry-picking all the cool stuff that I see and trying to re-blend it all together. When I left my old band Law, I went on this huge mission to try to just increase my ability with singing and writing and that sort of thing, and I think that totally translates to the stage. I treat it like a gig and being like, ‘OK, I'm gonna take this seriously, rehearse every night, and try to do the best possible job I can do.’”

Don't miss Kevan Kenney's full interview with Sublime above, and stay tuned for more of KROQ's coverage from Coachella 2024.

Bud Gough, Eric Wilson, and Jakob Nowell of Sublime joined host Kevan Kenney before their Coachella weekend 2 set, and looking back on the emotional reunion performance, Kevan tells them he heard “tears were shed” in the crowd. Although Jakob admits, “I don't think it was that bad.”
“It was more of a sound check really though because we didn't have a sound check,” Eric says of the first weekend’s set. “But as far as the crowd, [it] was insane.” For his part, leading up to the double weekend performances, Jakob had been hinting to fans that the band had been putting in a lot of time practicing to make it all just right. “Everybody wishes it could be a little bit tighter,” he explains, “but I was so happy just having fun playing with everybody up there. It was a good time.”
“This week's gonna be even better, I think because now, like me personally, I kind of got my jitters out a little bit and now I'm just excited to go up there and just enjoy the experience for what it is and got a bunch of good feedback from everybody,” Jakob says. “I'm just so overwhelmed by the huge support,” he adds. “Everybody seemed to really love it and [it] makes me happy.”
Known to incorporate nostalgic sounds and ideas in his own band, Jakobs Castle making the transition to front Sublime came easily he explains. “I just try to learn the material faithfully, still put my little twist on it, but I try to do the best I can with singing, make sure I'm in key and everything like that. But I think it's just so amazing how many different, cool musicians that Sublime is influenced [by] and that whole era of music in general. I mean, so many people out here at this festival, both young and old, and using different elements from that era -- that's what really blows my mind.”
“With my work in Jakobs Castle, it's like kind of going back and cherry-picking all the cool stuff that I see and trying to re-blend it all together. When I left my old band Law, I went on this huge mission to try to just increase my ability with singing and writing and that sort of thing, and I think that totally translates to the stage. I treat it like a gig and being like, ‘OK, I'm gonna take this seriously, rehearse every night, and try to do the best possible job I can do.’”
Don't miss Kevan Kenney's full interview with Sublime above, and stay tuned for more of KROQ's coverage from Coachella 2024.

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