Sublime Legend Eric Wilson Plays His Favorite Bass Riffs 

I feel bad for the dude you can hear the pain in his voice when he remembers his buddy. Man what could have been. People don't realize the collateral damage they leave behind. I wish him well.

Eric is a legend and you can hear him rap on the “Robbin the Hood” record. Seriously though, his lines are legendary and he is the reason I play bass.

The fact he wasnt really digging with the reggae style before Brad made him do it just shows how tight of a player he is

That man has created most of my favorite basslines. Just smooth

Hands down one of my favorite bass players due to the fact that he can play dub bass lines like he wrote them himself...

Massively underrated bass player! I never appreciated Eric's playing until I had to learn his lines. Hearing his take on songwriting really helps it make sense :)

Hands down the most underrated bassist in the history of rock, 🐐 status

My brother Eric ODed on H when he was 29 in 2016. He was proud he introduced me to good music. My favorite band is sublime... At his peaked he worked as a gourmet chef at a high end restaurant in NYC. He was entrepreneurial. He was also my best friend. He helped me plenty. But he could have given me a lifetime of friendship and aid, had he not died. But he could have died sooner. We had him 11 years after his first heroin dose. Life is a blessing. I'm not just saying the last line as a positive. Reality, existence, consciousness, life and death are amazing

This dude is one of the main reasons I play bass. Glad to see him doing more interviews

"and Eric Wilson will be banging up there, yeah"... #neverforget

Eric’s been on a tough journey. Glad to see he is still playing strong.

Eric Wilson fabulous musician and can play any instrument Sublime Legend. RIP Bradley and Louie Dog.

Eric is a kickass bass player, sublime wouldn’t be the same without his dope ass bass lines... respect

This proves once again that creativity is key. Lots of guys are all technical.This guy just has a natural style.

“Just starting to get over it…” Love you Eric, can’t imagine - respect to the God of Thunder.

This video is super important for bass players to watch because it shows how important your roots, thirds, and fifths are. He’s not doing anything crazy here, he’s just playing the notes of the chord and making sure that it grooves.

I love that they always shout out Mike Watt. I live in Philly now and I can't name one song from a local band from any decade. I wish everyone supported local music like they do in Long Beach.

This dude as been my bass hero for like 25 years now.

[He was warming up right in front of my ears. And he could care less what I think. Much love, Big E. Thank you for the music.]

This is one of the coolest things I've seen in a long while.... Rip Brad....

Hearing him play Badfish made my day

Gave me chills. West coast love. Carry you guys on forever. Legends

I would love to hear Eric go through all the songs he recorded with Brad and talk what he remembers from those times

I'm glad to see so many bass players in the comment section feeling the same way I feel as a bass player

Haters gonna hate his riffs will be on the radio 4ever ✌️

I was turned onto sublime by my friend who said "you gotta hear this bass player!" massively underrated. super sick player.

Favorite band ever, listened a lot in high school, while smoking lots of cannabis

Same in the End, Wrong Way, Santeria, What I Got, Santeria, April 29th 1992 are my favorite Sublime songs

Eric Wilson the god of Thunder!!!!!! Such an Amazing bass player and kind human being. I met him while I was at work 2015 setting up VIP meet and greet for Sublime with Rome. I was such an excited fan boy!!!! I was not supposed to ask “the talent “ for photos or autographs, but this case was a major exception. He graciously agreed, I said to him punk rock also changed my life, and That I truly respect the music he has made. Thank you for being awesome 😎. The whole thing encounter was 30 seconds and I made it fast so none of my bosses saw me. Finished my work quickly and got out of there. That day I worked up until doors opened, took of my work shirt and went and enjoyed the show. My job was kinda pissed off I did that b/c it was busy night, however I gave them 2 months notice so they needed to get over it.

So laid back and humble but when he gets on the stage he becomes an absolute machine, a good note factory

R.I.P BRAD NICE RIFFS SUBLIME LEGENDS

This is dope! And he doesn’t even practice Santeria!

Bass is so essential to ska and reggae

1:53 - Me showing my grandparents how my musical journey is coming along

Hell yeah, Eric is a bass idol to a lot of us. Itd be cool to see him do some bass playthroughs like Matt freeman and others are doing on RU-vid right now.

The bass line in doin time has been my go to bass testing riff

The bass for slow ride though

Good video just wish the audio was better

This here is one of the meatiest and most solid bassists to have graced a (possibly ill-fated) set of speakers. The self-titled Sublime album sounded amazing!

Eric Wilson is still clearly banging up there.

He's the main reason I play drums

I could cry watching this guy. They had the world in the palm of their hands . so many great bands implode from H... opiods period are a crazy crazy hook. best advice, don't even sample them. Not even a Perkocet.. better not to tempt the sleeping dragon..

A nearly-old man now, I look back on what I loved most about Sublime -- and it wasn't all Bradley. The way he covered songs and made them his own: yes. But everything else...those baselines, man. Still stuck in my head after 25 years...Never gave E enough credit.

Definitely one of the nicest dudes. It was so fun to meet him and tour with him.

Watched in support. I don't think I've ever seen a blue guitar. Looks great. Great video. Liked 370. 💖💖💖💖💖💖

Hugely underrated bassist

It makes me sad to hear how much he brings up Brad. But happy at the same time, but sad. I lost my best friend at 22 and I always find myself thinking, "I wonder if I'll ever stop thinking about him..." This reassures me that I never will.

"I just can't keep track of picks very well." Damnit don't we know it haha

Imagine the music if brad was alive today!!

I got to stand stage left for a Sublime show, his rig gets that whole stage shaking like no band I've ever seen.

Ughhh man it hurts r.i.p brad, i can only imagine how many more amazing songs they could of made

He don't practice santeria.

so stoked on this one.

Love this guy, the pawn shop is genius work

I just sent the message to a mother Effer boy. We were always thirsty sublime Was The Water. Eric Wilson deserves 60% credit for sublime! Everyone loved the basslines in the car on the subwoofers, and that all came from Erick! Brad was genius, But so was Erick Wilson!

Got to see shortbus on a last minute date addition in north Carolina. They had only a day to promote so maybe twenty people showed up. My buddies and i got to hang and smoke with eric ,ras , Damien and trey ..plus the doggies. One of the best days of my life.

Eric Wilson is a solidified bass legend. Enough said.

Date rapes baseline is just so damn good.they are all really good but that one just rolls real nice.Eric has always been a real inspiration to me.thanks for the great tunes and good vibes boys.

Living Legend! Legendary bass lines

The Lincoln highway Dub has the most bad ass base line that ever existed.

Ouch, really hurt to hear him speak about Bradley near the end. Hope he is doing well.

Legend. Period...

Lotta love to you bro

Love when artists go past their supposed image and dig into their soul

Louie Louie.When I was a kid that was my first song.I always thought it was funny early 90s and this was still a lot of kids first song.

My biggest Influence right here ^ Ive got one bassline on my channel so far. Eric W is such a GOD I cant touch much of him

Ebin is a great one to learn

You are my bass hero

Legendary

Sublime

april 26 1992 is the bass line everyone first learns on guitar

He lived 3 houses down from a buddy of mine about 15 years ago.

He seems like the coolest dude.

LEGEND!

Awesome !!!!

Legend is right !!

This is gold 😊👍👍

Beyond legendary

13 & Fat, by the world famous Juice Bros!!!

Eric's studio bass tone is second to none.

Ayyyyyyy Mike Watt namedrop even more respect for this guy now. Also watt doesn't usually use a pick. He did exclusively in The Fog though

the happiest band with the saddest end. Makes me wonder about the otherside, if its there.

Why does this only have 19k views

Ebin has some awsome bass lines

Love the little fills and play ons Sublime always did at the end of their songs. . Speaking of which . What is the name of the song at the end of this interview starting at 8:06??

Dude he can do the gallops like from iron maiden

love u dude

Flava Flav and I.C.E, once said something that made me, want to burn my liquor store down to the ground.

4:46 Badfish

Iconic

I saw sublime with Rome live last year in Jacksonville, Oregon. It was nothing less of amazing and life changing. Sublime was such a huge inspiration on me in so many ways and seeing them in person was absolutely amazing!

TUFFFFFF

We used to get drunk n stoned and listen to sublime and play driver and GTA. Pre game

At 1:35 he references Steve Harris talking about the four finger gallop but then plays fade to black lol Eric's an absolute legend tho

🔝🥷 Respect ✊✌️ PMA

🤘😆Ma Brutha !!!👏🏼😃

We used to jam together at Culture Beat n LBeach U still n touch with Ruthie and Marshall?..👍🏼🔥💫⭐🌟

You see how good he is when u watch the stp video

He’s cool hehe I like him how can ya not?

Man Sublime cover of Paranoid would've been amazing with Brad on vocals. :D