Pop & Hiss:

Efforts by original Sublime members Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson to reform under the Sublime name were dealt a setback today.

In a preliminary injunction passed down in Los Angeles, Gaugh, Wilson and new Sublime lead singer Rome Ramirez were ordered that they could not represent themselves as the owners of the Sublime name, said Jeremiah Reynolds, who represents the estate of original Sublime singer Bradley Nowell. The preliminary injunction was confirmed by a court reporter.

“The point we tried to make is that we encourage these gentlemen to go out and play,” Reynolds said Tuesday. “We think they’re great musicians. We just don’t think it’s appropriate to call a group that doesn’t have Bradley and has a new lead singer Sublime. It’s consistent with Brad’s intentions that we seek to protect the name. The court agreed that Bud and Eric and the new lead singer didn’t have the right to go out and call themselves Sublime.”