April 29, 1992 (Miami)
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| Song by Sublime | ||
| Album | Sublime | |
| Released | 1996-07-30 | |
| Recorded | 1995 & 1996 | |
| Genre | Ska | |
| Label | MCA | |
| Producer | Paul Leary & David Kahne | |
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"April 29, 1992 (Miami)" is a song from the eponymous third album of Sublime. It is about the Los Angeles riots that ensued after the controversial Rodney King verdict.
The title of the song is the date of King's verdict, which led to the riots. However the opening lyric in the song is 'April 26th 1992/there was a riot on the streets/tell me where were you?'. The wrong date in the lyric was a mistake by lead singer Bradley Nowell, but the performance was so strong that it was decided to keep the mistake.
Bradley Nowell, lead singer of the band, claimed both in the song and in interviews that he took part in the riots.[citation needed]
The song begins with police banter from that night recorded by Sublime friend (and future Long Beach Dub All Star) Michael "Miguel" Happoldt on his neighbor's police scanner.
[edit] City list
At the end of the song a list of cities is called out. Sublime has toured in these cities, and it is rumoured that riots had broken out in those cities. No evidence supports this theory though.
The following is a list of the cities called out in the song:
- Miami, Florida
- Chicago, Illinois
- Long Beach, California
- San Francisco, California
- Boise, Idaho can be heard faintly in the background
- Kansas City, Missouri
- Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Fountain Valley, California
- Paramount, California
- Victorville, California
- Eugene, Oregon
- Eureka, California
- Hesperia, California
- San Diego, California
- Santa Barbara, California
- Winnemucca, Nevada
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Lakeland, Florida
- Twentynine Palms, California
- Clarkston, Michigan
- Arcata, California
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