"with margaritas in one hand and instruments in the other," ready to record; on others, "they nearly burned the place down." Nowell was so addled with the drug that he was sent home by Leary before the recording process was complete. "There were times where someone had to go into the bathroom to see if Brad was still alive," he remarked. According to Nowell's father, it took his son three days to recover, commenting, "It was the worst I'd ever seen him." The album was originally intended to open with a cover of Bob Marley's "Trenchtown Rock", followed by "Doin' Time" - a loose cover of "Summertime" by George Gershwin. However, Sublime were initially unable to get the rights for "Summertime", so Nowell discarded "Doin' Time" as well as "Trenchtown Rock" entirely and re-sequenced the album. However, the band managed to gain the rights to the song before the album was released, and "Doin' Time" was added to the end of the tracklist at the 11th hour. In order to release the song using the Gershwin sample, the band had to agree to use the line "summertime" instead of "doin' time". However, the song was already recorded with the "doin' time" lyric, and lead singer Bradley Nowell had recently died of a heroin overdose. The lyric was re-recorded by Sublime's friend/producer Michael Happoldt singing "summertime". It is this version of the song that appears on the album. The album's original sequence, along with the original mix of "Doin' Time", was restored for the album's 10th Anniversary reissue. Music and composition Sublime features elements of punk rock, dub, hardcore punk, hip hop, reggae, blues, folk, ska and surf music. The album has been classified by critics as ska punk and alternative rock. Covered songs "Pawn Shop" is a cover of "War Deh Round A John Shop" by the Wailing Souls with modified lyrics. "What I Got" is based on Half Pint's "Loving" and features a similar melody to the Beatles's "Lady Madonna". Sublime also covers the Wailers' 1965 song "Jailhouse", written by Bunny Wailer, combining it with a partial cover of Tenor Saw's "Roll Call" in "Jailhouse". "The Ballad of Johnny Butt" is largely a cover of a Secret Hate song from their Vegetables Dancing + Live & More album. "Doin' Time" is a loose cover of the jazz standard "Summertime" by George Gershwin. "Get Ready" is largely based on Frankie