Josh Coffman is an American photographer from Long Beach, California who worked most notably with the US rock/reggae/ska groups Sublime

Sublime (band)

Sublime was an American ska punk band from Long Beach, California, formed in 1988. The band's line-up, unchanged until their breakup, consisted of Bradley Nowell , Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh . Michael "Miguel" Happoldt also contributed on a few Sublime songs, such as "New Thrash." Lou Dog, Nowell's...

, Long Beach Dub Allstars

Long Beach Dub Allstars

The Long Beach Dub Allstars were a dub reggae/ska/rock band formed in 1997 and disbanded in 2002.-History:Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh met in childhood and later started their first garage punk band, consisting of drums, bass and vocals. They later formed Sublime with Brad Nowell...

, The Ziggens

The Ziggens

The Ziggens are a band based out of Orange County, California whose self-described style of "cowpunksurfabilly" combines elements of surf, rockabilly, punk, ska, and country. The Ziggens are led by Bert Susanka who sings and plays rhythm guitar. Other members include Dickie Little on lead guitar,...

, Jack Maness

Jack Maness

Jack Maness is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and keyboardist.Maness began his career singing and playing guitar on Sublime's "Rivers of Babylon", and later joining the Long Beach Dub Allstars as a keyboardist...

, Allday, Juice Bros. and Sacramento based Fillibuster. His body of work also includes a large collection of fine art nude images.

Josh Coffman first started photographing Sublime after meeting Michael Happoldt

Michael Happoldt

Michael 'Miguel' Happoldt is an American musician who worked most notably with the US rock/reggae groups Sublime and Long Beach Dub Allstars, as well as co-founding the Skunk Records record label...

 (co-founder of the Skunk Records

Skunk Records

Skunk Records is a Long Beach, California based record label that was founded by Michael "Miguel" Happoldt and Bradley Nowell in 1990. The label also operates a subsidiary, Cornerstone RAS....

 record label) and Sublime's producer and manager. Coffman was invited to shoot the band at a KROQ-FM

KROQ-FM

KROQ-FM — branded 106.7 KROQ — is a commercial modern rock radio station licensed to Pasadena, California serving the Greater Los Angeles. The call sign is pronounced "kay rock." It is the flagship station of Loveline hosted by Dr...

 promoted show at The Troubadour

The Troubadour

The Troubadour is a nightclub located in West Hollywood, California, USA, at 9081 Santa Monica Boulevard just east of Doheny Drive and the border of Beverly Hills.The club was founded in 1957 by Doug Weston...

 and the subsequent Date Rape

Date Rape (song)

"Date Rape" is a song by the band Sublime originally recorded for their 1992 debut album, 40 Oz. to Freedom. It was first released as a single in 1991, but did not become a hit until four years later, when the Los Angeles radio station KROQ began adding it into their playlists and it quickly became...

 video shoot at Fern's Bar the next day in downtown Long Beach.

Photography Credits

Sublime	Stories, Tales, Lies & Exaggerations (Collector's Edition)	Cover Photos & Insert Photography
Sublime	Sublime - Everything Under the Sun (4 Disk Boxed Set) Everything Under the Sun Everything Under the Sun is a box set of rarities from the band Sublime. It is composed in large part of tracks that can be found on previously released bootleg albums. See: List of Sublime bootlegs.-Track listing:Disc 1# Roots of Creation...	Photography
Various Artists	Look at All the Love We Found: A Tribute to Sublime (Clean) Look at All the Love We Found Look at All the Love We Found is a tribute album by various artists dedicated to Sublime, released on June 21, 2005 . The title comes from a lyric in the song "S.T.P." on Sublime's Robbin' the Hood album.-Track listing:...	Photography
Various Artists	Look at All the Love We Found: A Tribute to Sublime Look at All the Love We Found Look at All the Love We Found is a tribute album by various artists dedicated to Sublime, released on June 21, 2005 . The title comes from a lyric in the song "S.T.P." on Sublime's Robbin' the Hood album.-Track listing:...	Photography
Sublime	20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Sublime	Photography
Sublime	20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Sublime	Photography
The Ziggens	Live: Tickets Still Available	Photography
Sublime	40 Oz. to Freedom 40 Oz. to Freedom 40oz. to Freedom is the 1992 debut album by the Southern California ska-punk band Sublime released by Skunk Records and again by MCA. 40oz. to Freedom received mixed critical reviews upon its first release, but has earned an improved public perception since... (Japan 1998)	Photography
Sublime	40 Oz. to Freedom 40 Oz. to Freedom 40oz. to Freedom is the 1992 debut album by the Southern California ska-punk band Sublime released by Skunk Records and again by MCA. 40oz. to Freedom received mixed critical reviews upon its first release, but has earned an improved public perception since... (Australia)	Photography
Sublime	Sublime Sublime (album) Sublime is the third and final album released by ska-punk band Sublime. Originally intended to be titled Killin' It, the band and record label agreed to substitute an eponymous title due to lead singer Bradley Nowell's death prior to the album's release...	Photography
Various Artists	Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits	Photography
Sublime	40 Oz. to Freedom 40 Oz. to Freedom 40oz. to Freedom is the 1992 debut album by the Southern California ska-punk band Sublime released by Skunk Records and again by MCA. 40oz. to Freedom received mixed critical reviews upon its first release, but has earned an improved public perception since...	Photography
Sublime	Second Hand Smoke	Photography (Uncredited Back Cover)
Article	Rolling Stone - December 25, 1997 (Sublime's Life After Death)	Photography

External links

• Official site
• Skunk Records site
• Sublime Archive