 In early 1996, Sublime headlined the very first SnoCore Tour.In February, they began recording what would comprise the band's self-titled third record and their major label debut album.Sublime completed it before Nowell died of a heroin overdose on May 25, 1996 at a motel in San Francisco, California, the day after their last live show in Petaluma, California (May 24, 1996), and two months prior to the release of the self-titled album.