The band’s touring period included consistent performances, tighter stage readiness, and sobriety after a period of addiction. They planned to travel to Europe with major personal milestones, including a new wife and baby. Some shows were canceled, raising fears of an overdose. Earlier local performances involved small dive bars and sleeping on others’ floors, but momentum increased as a song gained radio attention. Their audience shifted as ska gained popularity and younger fans filled venues. A large Chico show drew thousands, overwhelmed security, and involved a crowd-wide search after a shouted claim that a finger was missing.
"In the time I worked with them, they made it to every gig, we really tightened up the scene, Brad had gotten clean. From my memory, he'd been clean for almost a year. They were going to go to Europe, Brad had a brand-new wife, a new baby."
"They'd come to Sacramento and open up for us and play for 30-40 people at little dive bars around town, and they'd crash on our floors. But they'd really started to blow up right around then, with "Date Rape" on KROQ."
"We were just starting to see more ska and less punk. My punk crowd was just starting to finally turn 21. Ska was the next thing. The youngsters loved it. Most of our crowd for the Sublime show was under 18, and definitely under 21."
"I was with them the night before up in Chico. That was one of the most insane, crazy rock 'n' roll shows I've ever seen in my life. There were probably 2,000 people there. The fence got torn down, security was overwhelmed. At one point I saw an opening in the crowd and I thought someone had gotten hurt and gone down."
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