The Los Angeles Times (June 1st 1996)

The Examined Life Ends of Bradley Nowell

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No Doubt, the high-flying Anaheim ska-rock band, also shared many bills and a mutual admiration with Sublime. Singer Gwen Stefani recorded two duets with Nowell--one for Sublime's "Robbin' the Hood," another for No Doubt's "The Beacon Street Collection."

"His voice is like candy to your ears," Stefani, her voice shaky with sadness, said Friday from aboard No Doubt's tour bus in New York City. "Bradley definitely had a gift, and it sickens me that I'm not going to be able to enjoy his voice anymore. It's not sad for him--he's gone--but it's sad for everybody else. He had such a huge impact on so many people in the whole {local music} scene."