I'm a massive Beatles fan and you won't need to convince me of anything. As a huge fan, I can state with assurance that their early albums have PLENTY of simple lyrics and easily digestible melodies. They evolved, sure. But bear in mind Sublime was done after two albums.

As a HUGE hip-hop fan, you should understand that modes of expression are very different based on the socio-economic background of the artist, not to mention the artist's education. And I can point you to plenty of Nas songs with stupid lyrics, in spite of his efforts to relay only soulful, intelligent content. At the…

And some would say dumb works just fine for Sublime. Apparently, not you. It could be argued that Sublime was possibly truer to their lyrical content than the Ramones were, but what difference does it make? Apparently you only like your "dumb" lyrics with a glass of fine wine and maybe some caviar.

His delivery was honest to his livelihood and therefore an expression of his soul as an artist. One does not need to be profound or insightful to demonstrate his or her soul. You're holding these guys to a standard that seems to exist only in your mind. You must hate rap as well.

I think the intensity of the comments section should have no shame in matching the intensity of the initial article. Sure, there's a degree of jest at play, but probably some sincerity as well. I could go on an equally long tangent about crappy music-listeners who demand profound lyrics and a likable fan base in order…

Hahahaha. Okay. This was funny. Yeah, he's not doing us Sublime fans (speaking for myself here) any favors.

But some of it was, no? Bill Haley? Chuck Berry? And what was good in your opinion? Please share. Was Led Zeppelin good? Are the lyrics to "Whole Lotta Love" so profound and insightful? Since when does music have the responsibility to be poignant?

Right, because when he sings "I don't wanna eat burritos" or "I'm hornier than Ron Jeremy" he was expecting to be embraced as the next Bob Dylan. Man, he really tried and failed at that lyrical insight. And what makes their sound limp and soulless other than the fact that you've labeled it as such?

Don't be swayed by the general sentiment of this article. Sublime was actually a good band! Let Sugar Ray and Smashmouth be your guilty pleasures.

Nirvana's (and Sublime's) status might have something to do with incredibly catchy songs, a very identifiable sound, and insane consistency, but by all means continue with your completely subjective opinion.

You folks really don't know what goes into good music, do you? Do you consider 50s rock and roll to be just as expendable and overrated? What about The Beatles? It's all simple lyrics and easily digestible melodies. Now go try and write some that people want to hear and see how far you get. Best of luck.

I agree completely. Sublime's lyrical content and their identifiable sound has as much soul as any of their equally successful contemporaries. Simplistic and hedonistic? Sure, but that was the lives these guys lived and the music is the document of their experience. I simply don't understand why anyone hates this…

It's the sound of no laughter. I'm sure you're used to it by now.

My comment makes perfect sense if you actually read it.

It's frustrating trying to express an opinion, which quickly turns into a discussion that has nothing to do with the actual opinion being expressed. I'm a big Sublime fan. I'm a moderate heavy metal fan. And I love some indie music too. I was simply trying to point out how silly it is to pigeon-hole a band based on…

Well, I didn't go to Johns Hopkins, so please forgive my brutal ignorance. I guess I just assumed that since I was knocking the interviewees opinion about Sublime fans that my comment would be taken as being opposed to stereotyping. I'm not even suggesting anything about Metallica's fans either. Every group has…

The interview was the one stereotyping! I'm not saying anything about Sublime fans, meatheads, or jocks. I'm simply using the interviewees own notions to show that the music he was listening to had plenty of stereotypical fans.

Who cares? Everything you're saying has nothing to do with my intent. I have plenty of friends who are jocks. They aren't big music listeners, but so what. Most of them are intelligent, some of them are not. But you're taking me completely out of context. I'm just using the words from the interview. Replace…

Fight fire with fire. Metaliica said that.

Yes, and now we've had a nice long discussion about absolutely nothing that has anything to do with what I wrote. But feel free to continue hanging on words like "meatheads" and "jocks", which were basically being used to address the interview and not as means to create a whole discussion about their poor depiction in…