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Sugar Ray is an American rock band formed in 1986. The band, starting off more as a funk metal band, gained mainstream fame in 1997 with their release of the song "Fly". This song's success, coupled with its pop rock sound that was quite different from the rest of their material at the time, led the band to change to a mainstream, pop music style. Subsequent albums shared this style, and the band landed a number of hits with "Every Morning" and "Someday" from 14:59 and "When It's Over" from their self-titled album.

Top Songs:

Someday

Every Morning

Fly

When It's Over

Into Yesterday

Abracadabra

Words To Me

Under The Sun

Mr. Bartender (It's So Easy)

Dance Like No Ones Watchin (ft. Donavon Frankheiter)

Sorry Now

Is She Really Going Out With Him?

Falls Apart

Girls Were Made To Love

Rpm

Can't Start

Spinning Away

Stay On

Time After Time

Twist, Tap, Snap

Formation and Lemonade and Brownies (1986–96)

The band members grew up in Orange County. Rodney Sheppard played in a number of reggae bands, including working with future Good Charlotte drummer Dean Butterworth. In the late 1980s, prior to Sugar Ray, Sheppard and Stan Frazier played together in a band under the name The Tories. Later additions Murphy Karges, Craig Bullock and Mark McGrath changed the band's name to Shrinky Dinx - they were initially named Shrinky Dinks. After signing with Atlantic Records, the name was changed to Sugar Ray upon threat of a lawsuit from the Milton Bradley Company, maker of the Shrinky Dinks toy.

The band's debut album, Lemonade and Brownies, was released in 1995 and though it failed to produce a major hit single it did earn them recognition in alternative circles. Their early work features elements of funk metal, punk rock and alternative rock.

After they gained fame with the 1997 album Floored in 1998, the single "Speed Home California" and "Mean Machine" from Lemonade and Brownies was featured in the PlayStation game Road Rash 3D, and its Nintendo 64 counterpart Road Rash 64, respectively.

Band members

Current members

Rodney Sheppard – lead guitar, backing vocals (1986–present)

Mark McGrath – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, percussion (1986–present)

Kristian Attard – bass guitar, backing vocals (2016–present, touring 2014-2016)

Dean Butterworth – drums, percussion, programming, backing vocals (2016–present, touring 2013-2016)

Former members

Stan Frazier – drums, percussion, guitar, programming, backing vocals (1986–2012)

Murphy Karges – bass guitar, guitar, backing vocals (1986–2012)

Craig "DJ Homicide" Bullock – turntables, samples, programming, keyboards, DJ, rapping, scratches, sound effects, backing vocals (1995–2010)

Al Keith – percussion (2010–2013)

Jesse Bivona – drums, percussion, programming, backing vocals (2012–2016)

Justin Bivona – bass guitar, backing vocals (2012–2016)

Former touring musicians

Nic E Stewart – drums, percussion, backing vocals (summer fill-in) (1996)

Serge Dmitrijevic – bass guitar, backing vocals (2013–2014)