The Ocean Blue - Sublime (Video)

What this video is

Released in 1993 on Sire/Reprise, 'Sublime' arrived during the commercial apex of US college-rock's crossover into mainstream alternative radio. The Ocean Blue, formed in Hershey, PA in 1986, were Anglophile guitar-pop practitioners who drew on the Smiths, Echo & the Bunnymen, and early Britpop without ever being strictly British. Their third album 'Beneath the Rhythm and Sound' was self-produced in Nassau, Bahamas…

Why it matters

'Sublime' is a landmark single in the Anglophile American jangle-pop subgenre — a No. 3 Modern Rock chart peak for a self-produced, indie-spirited band on a major label. It represents the brief window (1992–1994) when melodic, guitar-driven alternative acts from outside the grunge axis could…