Eric John Wilson (born February 21, 1969), was the bass player for Sublime (1986-1996 and again since 2009) and also bassist for Long Beach Dub Allstars (1997-2002). He was the bassist for the band Long Beach Shortbus, which was composed of several members of Long Beach Dub Allstars and Sublime.
Wilson and Bud Gaugh met in 1979 and later started their first garage punk band, called The Juice Bros., consisting of drums, bass, and vocals. In 1982, ...
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Eric John Wilson (born February 21, 1969), was the bass player for Sublime (1986-1996 and again since 2009) and also bassist for Long Beach Dub Allstars (1997-2002). He was the bassist for the band Long Beach Shortbus, which was composed of several members of Long Beach Dub Allstars and Sublime.
Wilson and Bud Gaugh met in 1979 and later started their first garage punk band, called The Juice Bros., consisting of drums, bass, and vocals. In 1982, Wilson started a punk band called Hogan's Heroes (which later changed its name to Sloppy Seconds), a band which which also included Bradley Nowell. In 1988, Wilson introduced Nowell to his long-time friend Bud Gaugh, and the three of them went on to form Sublime.
After the death of Sublime's lead vocalist Brad Nowell in 1996 which disbanded Sublime, Eric temporarily joined up with 60's style Surf-Rock band Del Noah & the Mt. Ara Ratfinks, with whom he played the stand-up bass. At the same time, Eric and Sublime drummer Bud Gaugh—along with...
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