Badfish (Sublime Cover Band) Concert Review

This Wednesday, I saw a band called Badfish. A Sublime cover band, with their original band opening, Scotty Don’t. I was surprised on how similar the band sounded to Subime. It was a three-piece band, like the original Sublime, but at some points a fourth member would come out to play keyboards and such. They played most of the classics. You know, Santeria, April 29th 1992, Scarlet Begonias (originally from the Grateful Dead), Seed, and tons more. There was a rather good show up at the concert too, which I was very happy to see. It was held at the Rialto Theatre in downtown Tucson. To be honest, I’ve been pretty upset with the recent shows in Tucson, but not that night. People were actually into the music, with a good crowd comes a good concert in my mind. Not only does the crowd get excited but also the band feeds off the energy in the room. With such classic songs, everyone in the room pretty much knew all the tunes. The lead vocals had the Bradley Nowell sound down. Yes, it’s hard to sound exactly like the originals, but overall the guitar riffs and vocals went well with the rest of the band. I just appreciate how Badfish is keeping around Sublime’s music. I never got the chance to see Sublime live, which is unfortunate, but when I realized these guys were coming around I knew I needed to see them. Some people say they shouldn’t be making money off Sublime’s songs, but I say their just keeping the music ‘round.