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	Vol.7, No 19, September 30, 1999
	Long Beach Dub All Stars to play at CSULB   By Tina Dhamija Daily Forty-Niner   When one thinks of school concerts, the first thing that comes to mind is mediocrity. The Long Beach Dub All Stars, set to play Monday night in the Multipurpose room of the University Student Union, will hopefully change that perception if only for a day Admission to the show is free with the purchase of the band's new album "Right Back." Compact disc vouchers can be purchased at the USU Photo/Ticket Center. A limited amount of student tickets are $14. Non-student tickets can be purchased at Fingerprints for $16. Doors open at 7 p.m., and the show will begin at 8 p.m. The Long Beach natives, formed two years ago by surviving Sublime members Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson, will be playing  in accordance to the release of their first post-Sublime album "Right Back," which hit stores Sept. 21. The Dub All Stars are now a seven-piece band with Opie Oritz taking lead vocals after the tragic heroin overdose in 1996 that claimed the life of the bandís original front man, Bradley Nowell.  One year later, the band re-grouped, renamed itself and will now perform with a full ensemble that includes: Wilson on bass guitar, Gaugh on drums, ìFieldî Marshall Goodman on percussion and turntables, Jack Maness on keyboards and vocals, RAS-1 on lead guitar and vocals, Tim Wu on saxophone and Ortiz. The new album manages to stick true to the original grooves that made Sublime what it is today.  However, the Dub All Stars also give listeners some proof that the group has moved on in its own musical way.  While reggae is still the backbone of the Dub All Stars new sound, the album does not spend too much time on punk rock, which may or may not disappoint some fans of vintage Sublime music. Tracks like ìRosaritoî and "Trailer Ras" hold true to the old Sublime-style of singing songs about everyday stuff and making it sound good.  At times, Ortiz does sound a little too much like Nowell, but that could be taken as a plus or minus. The Dub All Stars new compact disc grooves as a whole, which can be seen as the future of Sublime.		Proposal plans budget increase Nonresident student fee increase considered Cults target stressed, lonely students Japanese-American woes in WWII camps depicted Vehicles collide off campus Stop abusive relations Fate of computers uncertain in Y2K Long Beach Dub All Stars to play at CSULB University art lecture intrigues audience Classic video picks for the weekend The beach trys to extend streak 49ers run into big-time meet Games begin in conference Freshman Thomas adds depth to 49er bench Fall 99 ISSUES DAILY 49ER HOMEPAGE
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