Coincidentally, I'm wearing a Sublime shirt as I type this out.

Maybe I'm really out of the loop, but this is the first that I've heard about this. Apparently, they reformed back in April of '09 and are touring this year into next. I just happened to be listening to the radio today (something I rarely do) as they were discussing tour dates.

To be frank, I'm a little taken back. I don't think it's right. I'm sure other Sublime fans will disagree and just be happy to have the "band" back and performing songs. I don't feel that slamming the name "Sublime" on this group makes it the same. It's been fourteen years since Bradley Nowell's death, and since then, Bud and Eric have gone on to do other projects (Long Beach Dub All-Stars) - so the question is, why now? Why after all these years, and why with some twenty-year-old kid? Everything's changed since then - them, their music, the generations, the fans. I don't understand. I don't understand why they couldn't go with a different name, or simply remain as the LBD All-Stars.

Apparently, there was a lawsuit about the reformation of the band and their intent to use the name "Sublime" -

It was recently announced that Sublime bassist Eric Wilson and Sublime drummer Floyd 'Bud' Gaugh are 'reuniting' and teaming with singer and guitarist Rome Ramirez in a band they intend to call 'Sublime.' Prior to his untimely passing, both Bud and Eric acknowledged that Brad Nowell was the sole owner of the name Sublime. It was Brad's expressed intention that no one use the name Sublime in any group that did not include him, and Brad even registered the trademark 'Sublime' under his own name.
It just doesn't sit well with me. I don't think I can support this reformation of the band.

Sublime fans - what are your opinions? For those that aren't fans, what would your opinion be if this situation involved a band that you admired?