- Born
- Died
- Birth nameBradley James Nowell
- Nickname
- Brad
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Bradley Nowell was born on February 22, 1968 in Long Beach, California, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Hardcore Henry (2015), Idle Hands (1999) and Knocked Up (2007). He was married to Troy Dendekker. He died on May 25, 1996 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- SpouseTroy Dendekker(May 18, 1996 - May 25, 1996) (his death, 1 child)
- Frequently performed shirtless
- Had a Dalmatian named Lou-Dog bought from a pound. The dog's previous owner was cruel to the dog and would put cigarettes out on it. Lou-Dog stayed on stage while the band performed, and after his death, Miguel Happoldt took over care of the dog until it died years later.
- Attended UC Santa Cruz before dropping out to pursue music.
- Former lead singer of the band Sublime
- Died of a heroin overdose shortly before the release of Sublime's first major label album (3rd album altogether).
- After his death, he appeared in Sublime's videos as a ghostly transparent image.
- I've never raped anyone at least as far as I can remember. We were at a party a long time ago and we were all talking about how much date rape sucked. This guy was like, 'Date rape isn't so bad; if it wasn't for date rape I'd never get laid.' Everyone at the party was laughing about it, and I was cracking up so I wrote a funny song about it. - on the story behind the Sublime song "Date Rape"
- Good music is good music, and that should be enough for anybody.
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