![]() ![]() The album was originally released by Miguel’s own Skunk Records on CD/Cassette in 1992. As a result, they managed $30,000 in studio time for free by recording in secret. The album was produced by Miguel Happoldt while he was a student at Cal-State Dominguez Hills recording the band after hours. Bands play them, and then they stop playing them and those covers just happened to be the ones we were playing and the album was basically our set at the time.” Miguel Happoldt explains, “Covers are weird. The album has quite a few cover-songs with Sublime covering Bad Religion, the Descendents, The Toyes, Toots & the Maytals, and Grateful Dead. Well known Sublime drummer, Bud Gaugh, wasn’t actually in the band at the time of 40oz to Freedom and the few songs he did drum on were brought over from a previous demo the group released, with Jah Wont Pay The Bills. In fact, Marshall Goodman drummed on 14 of the albums 22 tracks, including drums on Sublime’s first breakthrough single, “Date Rape”. I feel like they were comfortable with me relaying an image that represented them, you know? Miguel and Brad saw that in me! I’m totally admirable to them for giving me that stage to do that art.”ĭuring the time of 40oz to Freedom the official line up of Sublime consisted of Brad Nowell on lead Guitar & Vocals, Eric Wilson on Bass, Miguel Happoldt on Production/Guitar and Marshall Goodman on drums. ![]() It’s just a combination of images to form a central image. Inside is death and life and rebirth and all that. So it’s just like, life and death! You look at the flames and they’re kind of like black & white & they look like sperm, almost. With so much detail to make up the infamous sun, Opie continues to explain, “I had Mexican Aztec images in my mind when I was doing that, but I had to put it in a modern day twist. The visual of this cover art has transcended to posters, t-shirts, hoodies, lighters, shoes, patches, buttons as well as fans recreating the sun in celebration of its continued momentum more than 20 years later. The end result of that initial concept has become synonymous with the name and sound of Sublime. “So I was airbrushing t-shirts and if you look in the 40oz to Freedom (booklet), you see the picture of Sublime standing in the street & Brad (Nowell) is wearing an air-brushed t-shirt that I did around that era and that’s the image where we got the idea for the sun for 40oz.” “I was air-brushing t-shirts as a form of income as a young artist growing up,” reflects Opie. It was designed by Opie Ortiz, a close friend to the band who described himself as a hang-around who naturally took to providing visual aesthetics for the group. One of the most iconic visuals in music today is the Sublime Sun as seen on the cover of Sublime’s debut album: 40oz to Freedom. Record Label: Skunk Records / MCA Records Read all volumes to The Pier’s Album & Cover Art History: We pulled the curtain back with how the aligning art plays an integral part to the overall meaning of the album.Įnjoy the read below and let us know in the comments which Album & Cover-Art you’d like us to explore in the future! If you find you’re not familiar with or you don’t own any of these albums, then we encourage you to read this feature as a recommendation of what to add to your music collection! There are great stories to these covers and the albums. They’re cultural statements bringing the visual aesthetics to the music further branding the band. In this feature, you’ll read how the album’s art has more depth to its meaning than just cool visuals thrown together. ![]() Welcome to The Pier’s Album & Cover Art History – Volume 5 as we take a look at another five iconic album covers and releases with their concepts & back-story. ![]()
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