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- Notes
- 1 2 Steven Kurutz, Keep Sublime Alive. SPIN, November 2007, pp.68-76.
- ↑ Tribute Band Channels Sublime's Unique Sound Archived 2008-05-03 at the Wayback Machine . The Daily Gamecock , February 18, 2005. Accessed November 14, 2007.
- ↑ Badfish Rocks Sublime Cover Songs at Newport [ permanent dead link ]. The Lantern , October 1, 2007. accessed November 14, 2007.
- ↑ Badfish, Alright Archived 2008-01-27 at the Wayback Machine . The Seahawk , November 9, 2006. Accessed November 14, 2007.
- ↑ Badfish to Rock Lupo's With Tribute to Sublime. The Providence Journal , September 7, 2006.
- ↑ Boston Music Awards Add Tribute Band Category. The Taunton Gazette , December 4, 2008.
- ↑ "Badfish's Sublime Tribute". Konk Life (Key West, FL), March 20-26, 2014, p. 26. (link Archived 2014-03-27 at archive.today )
- ↑ Ambrose, Anthony. "inTuneMusic Online: Hoodwink @ East Rutherford 5/1". Archived from the original on 14 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
- Further Reading
- Badfish Pays its Respects to Sublime. The News & Record (Greensboro, North Carolina), June 4, 2004. (subscription required)
- Cover Band Does Sublime Shows. Arizona Daily Star , May 24, 2007. (subscription required)
- The Week's Worst: Badfish. Philadelphia Weekly , December 17, 2008.