""For the majority of being in Sublime, our recording schedule was so busy," he says. "I knew that in order to do a solo career, it takes everything from you if you want to do it right, so that was not on the mind.""
""There [are] a lot of people who leave California," says Rome. "They trash-talk California, but it's just such a huge part of my identity and culture - growing up as a Mexican American in California, that Chicano culture. I will always love Los Angeles.""
Rome Ramirez grew up in a Mexican American household in Fremont, California, and moved to Los Angeles at 18 to pursue music, enduring period jobs and living in his van. In 2009 he befriended Sublime members Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson and became the frontman of Sublime with Rome, performing worldwide while building a separate songwriting career with credits for artists like Enrique Iglesias and Selena Gomez. After years of busy recording and lineup changes, the band began a farewell tour in 2024. Ramirez relocated his family to Nashville during the pandemic, embraces the slower pace and songwriting community there, and now focuses on a solo path that connects his West Coast roots with Nashville influence while maintaining strong ties to Chicano identity and love for Los Angeles.
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