Gaugh quit, band breakup rumors

In 2002, rumors that the band had broken up began to surface. Apparently the band had taken a hard-drug-free vow and some of the band’s members had broken this vow, which caused Bud Gaugh to quit and join Eyes Adrift with Krist Novoselic of Nirvana and Curt Kirkwood of Meat Puppets . Gaugh subsequently played with Kirkwood and Michael Happoldt in the band Volcano. Eric Wilson, Trey Pangborn and RAS-1 formed Long Beach Shortbus with former Slightly Stoopid and temporary Sublime drummer, Kelly Vargas (later replaced by Damion Ramirez). Marshall Goodman , Jack Maness and Opie Ortiz formed Dubcat, with members of Hepcat . Shortbus has had slightly more success than Dubcat, though the latter has yet to release an album. Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh later reunited in Sublime with Rome , a new incarnation of Sublime which chiefly performs songs by that band and features Rome Ramirez in place of Bradley Nowell . However, Gaugh left shortly after their first tour to focus on family and played a few shows with the band Badfish.