Your sponsor is pretty disgusting. Do you need the money so badly that you are willing to promote a business concept that is based on addiction? There are plenty of okay sponsors out there that don't prey on the weak.
@@SxSxG666 Yeah I think I'm done with this channel. There are scam sponsors and then there are disgustingly obvious scam sponsors like this one. Just shows how much credibility this guy actually has that he takes a fucking gambling sponsor.
@@SxSxG666 thank you. He deserves the pushback he is going to get with this choice of sponsorship. How he didn't have the presence of mind to realize his audience was going to shit all over this is kind of mind boggling. He'd have been better off accepting Nord VPN, or even Better Help... Edit: good lord the fucking download code is PUNK ROCK?! yikes!
Sugar Ray did the greatest thing I've ever personally seen at a rock concert. I saw Sugar Ray perform in 1998 at the local AZ music festival "That Damn Show." I went to see Bink-182 but was there for the whole thing including bands I thought were lame like Sugar Ray. The band performing before Sugar Ray was Tool and I was stoked to see Tool. Shortly after starting their first song, someone threw something onto the stage. Maynard Keenan stopped and angrily said, "If anyone else throws something, we're walking off the stage." Tool started performing again and immediately was bombarded with numerous pieces of garbage from the crowd. Tool didn't even finish their first song before walking off the stage to a loud chorus of Boos. Shortly thereafter, when Sugar Ray took the stage and began their first song, Mark McGrath yelled into the microphone, "We're Sugar Ray and the more $#!% you throw at us, the better we play!" The crowd went nuts and the air became think with trash, shoes, water bottles, and everything you can imagine being hurled at the band. At one point, Mark narrowly dodged a water bottle and yelled, "YEAH! You almost got me! Great shot!" Within 5 minutes people ran out of trash and they played a great set to a thoroughly pumped up crowd. So regardless of what anyone thinks of Sugar Ray, they did the most "punk rock" thing I've ever seen in a live show. Edit: The band was Cake not Tool. My apologies to Tool and Maynard Keegan for my bad memory. Cake walked off after not finishing their first song.
@@zacharysmithingell5460 They already made the switch before NuMetal got popular. NuMetal really took off around 1999/2000. At least here in Orlando on the radio and such.
Calling people sellouts for earning a living making music is so weird to me. Like you would never call a session musician in someone’s studio/touring band a sellout. They’re making a living playing music - that’s like 80% of the dream.
my immediate thought was "Yeah, they are, but they're fuckin rich sellouts." I can't hate them for making mad bank off of stupid people while doing what they love.
The irony of your comment is the simple fact that EVERYONE who spouted that nonsense back in the day would have done exactly the same thing if they had the opportunity.
@@jonbourgoin182well, no. I was offered a recording contract back in the early 2000s but the PR guy said "Listen to the radio and write songs that sound like that." I chose not to do that. Never called the label back, and became a traveling chef instead. Not everybody prioritizes fame and money over personal growth and honesty.
That's why I could never embrace the full alt lifestyle. It's not about materialism, it's about wanting a family and giving them a good life. The world sucks, I agree, just trying to make it hardcore fans...
uh yeah then we can have them do a video on Bandladen? no. If you support Terrist then I don't know to tell you, george bush did not spend 8 year to kill the guy on teal seem 6 just for you to make a video adoring the bad man wtf~!
@@markwrenn5965they’ve been one of my favorites since I was a kid in the 90s and this was my first chance to see them. Almost cried lol they sounded and looked amazing and absolutely destroyed. One of the loudest shows I’ve ever seen. Glad to see them getting more love these days. Easily one of the best of the 90s. Pure talent.
Did they figure out that they could get laid and make money by writing bland, radio-friendly crap? Yes. Do I like any of their output after the first album? No. Would I do the same thing if I was in their position? You're goddamn right.
“Sugar Gay” is the first thing I think of when Sugar Ray is mentioned. I was never a fan, I also never disliked them, but after watching this I have a new profound respect for Mark and the gang.
One MAJOR factor in their success was left out here...in fact, it is THE reason any of us know who they are: The Howard Stern Show. Howard wrote a song when he was a kid called Psychedelic Bee. It was a ridiculous mess written by a child. Sugar Ray did a well produced punk cover of it and submitted it to the Stern Show. Howard loved it and brought them on. Boom. That morning nobody had heard of them. Within days, tens of thousands of people ran out and bought their first record. Brought all the attention to Fly when it was released shortly after.
Dude you are literally writing some weird revisionist history. Fly came out LONG before that, made them multi platinum and Every Morning was a smash radio hit before they started appearing on Stern and did that lol. You are literally lying and making things up.
@@chipchippahsonI’m assuming you erroneously think Psychedelic Bee was recorded for their greatest hits album? That’s the only possible explanation I can think to justify how totally OFF you are here.
@@stewartdowouis9218 There is no OFF here. Sugar Ray had already been a platinum recording artist before they ever did Bee and appeared on his show to perform it. I was even listening to the show live the day they did it.
Wait, educate me please. When you say "providing" do you mean you are transporting their own gear? Or do you own the gear yourself and letting them use it? If it's the latter then how does a band as big as Sugar Ray not have their own gear?
I can’t think about Sugar Ray without thinking about the live action Scooby Doo movie lmao. “I look at you and try to do the best I can, but sometimes, it ain’t that easyyy” 🎶
To me both bands are the "Cherry Coke" of Alternative music. I don't want to drink it all the time but I enjoy it here and there. They are sweet, tasty and fun!😎👍✨
@@gringogreen4719 Smash Mouth also deeper than people gave them credit for, song like fallen horses. They had the hair metal curse where no matter how deep it is, people just brush it off as party music...
@@gringogreen4719Spot on actually bro. Like I just always come back to my metal (I don't get into or fall for the million different metal genre stuff either,its stupid) but even though I can honestly say that I've never bought a Smash Mouth or Sugar Ray....or albums from similar bands come to think of it,a good song is a good song and when it hits at the right time and/or mood it's great✌️
@@peaner083 I'm more of a 77 Punk and Psychobilly kinda guy. That said Rockabilly, Garage and Surf are in my wheelhouse too so both bands are fun for me, not my main thing but I enjoy them for what they are. As far as Metal goes I just stick to the Classics and that suits me fine. 😎👍✨
@@gringogreen4719 Well fuck haha....my musical shit is like 95 onwards,then ofcourse backwards 🤘 I've really tried to enjoy the punk /rockabilly stuff,most can't do... some is killer,I definitely respect the culture of it all though, very cool. When I say 95 I mean that actively listening to tunes. Iam an early 80s kid
He's had gambling sponsors for years now. You must be new here. It's not selling out when you have a family to support. This kind of mindset you have is immature at best
Mark answering the whole "Sugar Gay" thing with that iconic Twitter post cemented him in my mind. He'd definitely be invited to the BBQ. Absolute chad energy.
The bassist Murphy Karges actually has a youtube channel and he did a breakdown of every Sugar Ray song and how it came about. Its actually pretty interesting. Most of the videos are 3 to 4 years old though.
What’s interesting is that most bands where not mixing genres the way they were. In the in the early or mid 90s most bands made all their songs on one album sound kinda the same. Sugar Ray’s music aged very well, despite not everyone liking the mixed genres.
A well known Kiwi musician Jon Toogood of the band Shihad recently said that Mark was one of the only real, down to earth people that they met when they were living in LA.
I have always loved Sugar Ray. While listening to Sugar Ray it feels like life is simple no matter how complicated it continues to get. Loved seeing them live last year it was the highlight of my summer!
Class act right here man. You’ve done it again. Reeled me into watching what I think will be a fun bash on a band I’ve always (semi-ignorantly) thought was a joke, only to tell the real story and leave me respecting the band far more than I ever thought possible. Nice work.
These guys used to come to Santa Barbara all the time when I was growing up playing with local band Snot and occasionally with 311 and No Doubt. I thought all these bands sucked, but then again, I was into Thrash and Death Metal at the time.
The only song I know from these guys that wasn't played to death on the radio is Answer The Phone, had I heard that song not knowing it was Sugar Ray then I would have thought they were a pop/punk band
Sugar Ray is peak ribfest band! Saw them at a local park district carnival. Lmfao Totally self aware and willing to joke on where theyre at now. Loved it!! Best ribfest band of all time!!!! Wish they played some of the harder jams
I love their singles but I admit I always assumed that was all there was to them but because of seeing Marks self awareness I have a lot more respect for them and I’m gonna have to do a deep dive into their catalogue. Great video!
Saw Sugar Ray at the 9:30 club in DC when they opened for Korn. They were electric and pretty much shocked the shit out of the crowd who hadn’t heard of them. It was good times when they hadn’t even released an EP yet
I bought Floored because of Fly and then got obsessed with that album for every other song on it and really never understood how they were so covertly heavy. I was at that exact time getting into metal and punk bands, so that album really threw me for a loop. I appreciate this video. Gonna go listen to Floored now.
Lemonade and Brownies was an absolute classic and was cranked heavily in Florida at that time. They fucking rock and yes listen to it all the way through
I see why you two would be friends! You both have authenticity deep in your bones. And a genuine love for music! This video granted me a new perspective on Mark McGrath. I think I always got good vibes from him and apparently 'loved' him as an 11 yr old girl in Massachusetts of 1998. I remember, I was doing summer arts and crafts at Star Island, and I was given a white sheet as a canvas, and I drew a silver glitter glue heart around a magazine cut-out of Mark McGrath's face hahaha, and the sheet had like orange and red finger paint on it?! I have a printed photo of it somewhere. The 90s were the best!
I remember being in the Rat Trap and Cathouse in Glasgow, bouncing around to Mean Machine. I loved that tune and, purely out of nostalgia - or pseudo-nostalgia rather than admit I still love it, and Lemonade & Brownies. We see to travel to Glasgow once a month like a long haired Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, go into HMV, randomly buy an album, go sit in Nice ‘n’ Sleazy’s before going out to usually the Rat Trap. I bought Lemonade & Brownies on a whim, so asked the DJ if he’d anything by them and that’s when he played Mean Machine Good timesA
Thank you for showing me that sugar Ray was not just a blip in the radar in the early 2000s and actually have more to give. Mark sounds like a really chill, down to earth person and honest. Which is not something to see everyday especially in the world of celebrity / rock stars. Much respect and thank you sugar Ray for the earbuds you've given me over the years that gets stuck in my head for days on end!
Not many relatively contemporary bands that have songs I really love, but this band and the light hearted fun songs like Someday and Every Morning won me over.
Hate this, hate that, I really enjoyed this video. This was such a throwback, I was 19 when 'FLY' came out and everybody loved it..Haven't thought about Sugar Ray in YEARS 😅
I remember growing up with Sugar Ray. Then listening to him in interviews on The Tully Show. Mark seems like such a good dude and very self aware and humble today. I love listening to him telling stories of his youth. Though I will say, I think he and Sugar Ray overall are more talented than he gives credit 😂. Also probably one of the people with the most broad music taste. As someone else said, definitely getting an invite to the barbecue.
Thank you for defending Sugar Ray, Finn. I don't know how they managed to make drop c agressive hard rock and relaxed summer jam songs on the same albums and make it all sound so good and catchy. They always had the look, carisma and talent to be more than another 90's rock band. So glad Mark is your friend now
I knew Mark in the first days of Shrinky's, living out of his car in Newps. Super real guy, nice and authentic. As he rose up and the music softened, nothing changed with him. He still seems pretty down to earth.
I unexpectedly saw Sugar Ray play at Epcot 2 days ago. I walked in a slight fan and walked out with a much deeper appreciation for them. They rocked and Mark seemed like a really cool humble guy. I might have to check out that latest album.
mark used to come see me do comedy at the comedy store on a regular basis in the early 2000's... NICEST GUY EVER!!! just a beautiful human that mark is...i was always on their guest list... nothing but great things to say about sugar ray!!!
Sugar rays “ fly “ also fit into the grooves that Fun Lovin Criminals were using. That era had a great mix of bands using hip hop breaks and beats to layer their drums on .
In 2000 I worked at the Mall of America and in November Sugar Ray was playing the Sam Goody "arena". My coworker was a HUGE fan and basically disappeared for the whole show, leaving me to man the store alone through all the screaming. It was a nightmare. That's basically the only memory I have of Sugar Ray. Never liked them, never hated them. They're basically a shrug for me.
They were ahead of the curve by realizing that everyone’s fixation of “authenticity vs selling out” was petty and miopic. They dabbled in a lot of genres, and the early albums were fun due to the eclectic vibe. When the hits came on Floored, 14:59, and Sugar Ray, the vibe was already immaculate. I went to their concerts with my parents, as a teenager, and we all had fun. I’ll take my kids now to see them play the next time they’re around. When you think about it - what actually makes a band matter - I think they understood something that a lot of their contemporaries lacked.
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Your sponsor is pretty disgusting. Do you need the money so badly that you are willing to promote a business concept that is based on addiction? There are plenty of okay sponsors out there that don't prey on the weak.
yeah very punkrock to support gambling and addiction.
"RPM" , "New Direction 1", "Abracadabra"
my top 3 songs...
If new Direction was longer it would be my #1 of theirs
@@SxSxG666 Yeah I think I'm done with this channel. There are scam sponsors and then there are disgustingly obvious scam sponsors like this one. Just shows how much credibility this guy actually has that he takes a fucking gambling sponsor.
@@SxSxG666 thank you. He deserves the pushback he is going to get with this choice of sponsorship. How he didn't have the presence of mind to realize his audience was going to shit all over this is kind of mind boggling. He'd have been better off accepting Nord VPN, or even Better Help...
Edit: good lord the fucking download code is PUNK ROCK?! yikes!
I came in ready to say the kid yelling “Sugar Gay” will never not be funny, and Finn hit us with it right away 😂
Sugar HEYYYYYY!🤪🌈🌈🌈
🌈 🌈🌈💕
Mark McGrath's pronouns are Sugar/Gay
222nd like!!
@@gringogreen4719😂😂😂😂😂
Mark Mcgrath has guest listed me at Sugar Ray shows multiple times because I occasionally tweet something stupid at him. Good dude, underrated band.
Lmao I love that
Homie we need to get you better sponsors.
Economy is tough. Take what you can get.
Yeah exactly. What a hypocrite.
@@buffetline2605 There are plenty of potential sponsors out there without a shady business concept.
but it's punk rock to gamble though
Seriously, he talks about avoiding addiction and seeing first hand it destroying his family, then sells out to a gambling company. What a moron.
"Muscle Car Rock"
Dear god, that is such a perfect descriptor.
Wasn't that Monster Magnet?🤔
@@gringogreen4719
Buck Cherry.
@@TheLotusEater725
That's lit up again!🤪👍✨
Not bad, but I prefer "Chad Rock."
CLUTCH
Sugar Ray did the greatest thing I've ever personally seen at a rock concert. I saw Sugar Ray perform in 1998 at the local AZ music festival "That Damn Show." I went to see Bink-182 but was there for the whole thing including bands I thought were lame like Sugar Ray. The band performing before Sugar Ray was Tool and I was stoked to see Tool. Shortly after starting their first song, someone threw something onto the stage. Maynard Keenan stopped and angrily said, "If anyone else throws something, we're walking off the stage." Tool started performing again and immediately was bombarded with numerous pieces of garbage from the crowd. Tool didn't even finish their first song before walking off the stage to a loud chorus of Boos.
Shortly thereafter, when Sugar Ray took the stage and began their first song, Mark McGrath yelled into the microphone, "We're Sugar Ray and the more $#!% you throw at us, the better we play!" The crowd went nuts and the air became think with trash, shoes, water bottles, and everything you can imagine being hurled at the band. At one point, Mark narrowly dodged a water bottle and yelled, "YEAH! You almost got me! Great shot!" Within 5 minutes people ran out of trash and they played a great set to a thoroughly pumped up crowd. So regardless of what anyone thinks of Sugar Ray, they did the most "punk rock" thing I've ever seen in a live show.
Edit: The band was Cake not Tool. My apologies to Tool and Maynard Keegan for my bad memory. Cake walked off after not finishing their first song.
Thanks for sharing!
Makes sense, they need to consume garbage to generate their music.
And now he cries when some calls them Sugar Gay.
That's actually siicc af hell yea
Mcgrath is an excellent frontman.
The fact that they didn’t lean into NuMetal at the time should clearly answer the question“did they sell out?“ question.
They were punk before they were... summer island pop appropriation. They faded from popularity by the time NuMetal really held the limelight.
Absolutely nailed it re: not leaning into nu metal. Would have been so easy to do.
I mean, for a given value of "easy."
@@zacharysmithingell5460 They already made the switch before NuMetal got popular. NuMetal really took off around 1999/2000. At least here in Orlando on the radio and such.
...they were always gay.
I always thought McGrath was just Ethan Hawk with spiky bleached tips.
Calling people sellouts for earning a living making music is so weird to me.
Like you would never call a session musician in someone’s studio/touring band a sellout. They’re making a living playing music - that’s like 80% of the dream.
my immediate thought was "Yeah, they are, but they're fuckin rich sellouts."
I can't hate them for making mad bank off of stupid people while doing what they love.
The irony of your comment is the simple fact that EVERYONE who spouted that nonsense back in the day would have done exactly the same thing if they had the opportunity.
@@jonbourgoin182well, no. I was offered a recording contract back in the early 2000s but the PR guy said "Listen to the radio and write songs that sound like that." I chose not to do that. Never called the label back, and became a traveling chef instead. Not everybody prioritizes fame and money over personal growth and honesty.
That's why I could never embrace the full alt lifestyle. It's not about materialism, it's about wanting a family and giving them a good life. The world sucks, I agree, just trying to make it hardcore fans...
@@TheLotusEater725 why are people stupid for enjoying music? Oh right it's not 'real' music bla bla bla
Does this video confirm that we are finally getting a 311 video?
Hope so
uh yeah then we can have them do a video on Bandladen? no. If you support Terrist then I don't know to tell you, george bush did not spend 8 year to kill the guy on teal seem 6 just for you to make a video adoring the bad man wtf~!
Just saw them live last night. They killed it.
@@HotStrange ahh luckyyyy. That's my favorite band. Haven't seen them since 2021. They didn't come anywhere near here on this one.
@@markwrenn5965they’ve been one of my favorites since I was a kid in the 90s and this was my first chance to see them. Almost cried lol they sounded and looked amazing and absolutely destroyed. One of the loudest shows I’ve ever seen. Glad to see them getting more love these days. Easily one of the best of the 90s. Pure talent.
Sugar Gay > Anything released in 2024
or you could choose to listen to GOOD music.
"Herpes isn't as bad as AIDS" - I'd still rather not have either.
Did they figure out that they could get laid and make money by writing bland, radio-friendly crap? Yes.
Do I like any of their output after the first album? No.
Would I do the same thing if I was in their position? You're goddamn right.
Is that a High Anxiety reference?
Yeah, but you and I don't have to listen to bad music.
"the battered flag of frosted tips" - hands down the most poetic shit Finn!
I think sugar ray is an example of "leaning in" not "selling out", it was already in them, they just needed to pop the cork
“Sugar Gay” is the first thing I think of when Sugar Ray is mentioned. I was never a fan, I also never disliked them, but after watching this I have a new profound respect for Mark and the gang.
That "Who said Sugar Gay?" moment is LEGENDARY
One MAJOR factor in their success was left out here...in fact, it is THE reason any of us know who they are: The Howard Stern Show. Howard wrote a song when he was a kid called Psychedelic Bee. It was a ridiculous mess written by a child. Sugar Ray did a well produced punk cover of it and submitted it to the Stern Show. Howard loved it and brought them on. Boom. That morning nobody had heard of them. Within days, tens of thousands of people ran out and bought their first record. Brought all the attention to Fly when it was released shortly after.
That’s just brilliant marketing, the only people who call people like that sellouts, are people who aren’t that good at marketing, or Well, anything..
Dude you are literally writing some weird revisionist history. Fly came out LONG before that, made them multi platinum and Every Morning was a smash radio hit before they started appearing on Stern and did that lol. You are literally lying and making things up.
You're legit weird. You're still hanging onto Stern? Lol that's sad.
@@chipchippahsonI’m assuming you erroneously think Psychedelic Bee was recorded for their greatest hits album? That’s the only possible explanation I can think to justify how totally OFF you are here.
@@stewartdowouis9218 There is no OFF here. Sugar Ray had already been a platinum recording artist before they ever did Bee and appeared on his show to perform it. I was even listening to the show live the day they did it.
I'm literally providing some equipment for them today in Casper Wyoming. Watching this before I head over to the gig.
Wait, educate me please. When you say "providing" do you mean you are transporting their own gear? Or do you own the gear yourself and letting them use it? If it's the latter then how does a band as big as Sugar Ray not have their own gear?
@jonbourgoin182 I own CJ Sound in Casper Wyoming. I had part on my sound system there, microphones, mic stands, and cables.
@brentphillips5286 have you ever seen GothicKingCobra waddling around town?
Does anyone remember Mark on Rock N Roll Jeopardy? Dude knows his music history. It’s insane
I’m gonna check that out!
I can’t think about Sugar Ray without thinking about the live action Scooby Doo movie lmao. “I look at you and try to do the best I can, but sometimes, it ain’t that easyyy” 🎶
I count the days till I see you again 🎶
My response to Sugar Ray and Smashmouth has always been “there are far more evil and bad things in this world than the musical output of these bands”
To me both bands are the "Cherry Coke" of Alternative music. I don't want to drink it all the time but I enjoy it here and there. They are sweet, tasty and fun!😎👍✨
@@gringogreen4719 Smash Mouth also deeper than people gave them credit for, song like fallen horses.
They had the hair metal curse where no matter how deep it is, people just brush it off as party music...
@@gringogreen4719Spot on actually bro. Like I just always come back to my metal (I don't get into or fall for the million different metal genre stuff either,its stupid) but even though I can honestly say that I've never bought a Smash Mouth or Sugar Ray....or albums from similar bands come to think of it,a good song is a good song and when it hits at the right time and/or mood it's great✌️
@@peaner083
I'm more of a 77 Punk and Psychobilly kinda guy. That said Rockabilly, Garage and Surf are in my wheelhouse too so both bands are fun for me, not my main thing but I enjoy them for what they are.
As far as Metal goes I just stick to the Classics and that suits me fine. 😎👍✨
@@gringogreen4719 Well fuck haha....my musical shit is like 95 onwards,then ofcourse backwards 🤘
I've really tried to enjoy the punk /rockabilly stuff,most can't do... some is killer,I definitely respect the culture of it all though, very cool.
When I say 95 I mean that actively listening to tunes. Iam an early 80s kid
Dude, you need to do a 311 video!
Agreed!
Rock N' Roll True Stories did one a few weeks ago. Not as good as Finn would do, but it was ok.
@@ANYHOO0 thanks for the heads up! Can’t sleep.
@ANYHOO0 I saw that, was hoping Finn would bring up one like a few days after lol
I took your advice and started playing slots. Now im addicted to gambling and can't pay rent. Thanks Finn
Right? Guy promotes clean living, clean out your wallet
I knew a woman who lost her house because of gambling. Don't gamble away your hard earned dollars kids.
Asking if they sold out
Gambling sponsor appears😊
He's had gambling sponsors for years now. You must be new here. It's not selling out when you have a family to support. This kind of mindset you have is immature at best
I remember this one unknown dude had said belief doesn't pay the bills. @@vincenthamilton09
*PUNK RAWK, DOOOOD!*
Mark McGrath is Johnny Drama from Entourage in real life
Nice calves bro, those implants?
@@amirofthedesertNice implants bro, are they calves?🤔
Fucken A. That's so true!
"Someday" is a timeless banger
Yeah, I was in the US for three weeks in '99. All the songs on the radio stuck with me, but Someday was my favourite.
Mark answering the whole "Sugar Gay" thing with that iconic Twitter post cemented him in my mind. He'd definitely be invited to the BBQ. Absolute chad energy.
What did he say?
@@DSPHistoricalSociety "watch the video"
@@DiogenesCaulfield yeah I found it
I’m glad you finally made a video about your Personal Friend Sugar Ray.
The bassist Murphy Karges actually has a youtube channel and he did a breakdown of every Sugar Ray song and how it came about. Its actually pretty interesting. Most of the videos are 3 to 4 years old though.
What’s interesting is that most bands where not mixing genres the way they were.
In the in the early or mid 90s most bands made all their songs on one album sound kinda the same.
Sugar Ray’s music aged very well, despite not everyone liking the mixed genres.
It was the crapification of rock and metal due to Nirvana, they just did the easy part and not follow the trend
I remember asking myself "WTF, did I buy the wrong album ?"the first time I listened to "New Direction" on 14:59 ! Such a random intro ! 😅
Same! I was like 12 and was like WTF IS GOING ON 🤣
Such a cool way to troll fans! lol
Only Finn can call Mark Mcgrath Sugar Ray since they're obviously besties
Just a note, Finn: Nicole Eggert was on Charles in Charge, not Charlie's Angels.
*_”Every Morning” is a perfect song, and I will die defending that statement._*
When you wake up hungover it sounds terrible.
HANGING FROM THE CORNER OF MY GIRLFRIEND'S FOUR POST BED! You sir are correct! Top 50 all time song.
Shut the door baby don’t say a word
As much as i hate their music, i am not going to pretend like they weren't incredible songwriters.
Perfect song written by some of the most brilliant songwriters that work for the big corporate labels
Lmao I was scrolling and saw Sugar Ray and immediately thought Sugar Gay and then saw you put that in the title 😜😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
A well known Kiwi musician Jon Toogood of the band Shihad recently said that Mark was one of the only real, down to earth people that they met when they were living in LA.
I remember watching Mark McGrath on rock n roll jepordy on VH1 many years ago. Dude has unbelievable music knowledge.
I liked their music as a young teen, but after watching this, I love how humble they were
I have always loved Sugar Ray. While listening to Sugar Ray it feels like life is simple no matter how complicated it continues to get. Loved seeing them live last year it was the highlight of my summer!
that self-titled record is LEGIT. I love it. "Under The Sun", "Satellites", "Ours". so many great deep cuts.
Class act right here man. You’ve done it again. Reeled me into watching what I think will be a fun bash on a band I’ve always (semi-ignorantly) thought was a joke, only to tell the real story and leave me respecting the band far more than I ever thought possible. Nice work.
These guys used to come to Santa Barbara all the time when I was growing up playing with local band Snot and occasionally with 311 and No Doubt. I thought all these bands sucked, but then again, I was into Thrash and Death Metal at the time.
Fell back in love with them and him with the old Cracked skit "If Google was a guy" after that mad respect
Sugar Ray was my first concert.
😢
Mine too! Where/When did you see them?
The only song I know from these guys that wasn't played to death on the radio is Answer The Phone, had I heard that song not knowing it was Sugar Ray then I would have thought they were a pop/punk band
Probably my fav song of theirs. Great pop punk song
Sugar Ray is peak ribfest band! Saw them at a local park district carnival. Lmfao Totally self aware and willing to joke on where theyre at now. Loved it!!
Best ribfest band of all time!!!!
Wish they played some of the harder jams
C'mon dude, you know what addiction is ... Now you're sponsoring a gambling game.
Finn Mckenty early life
If that's not selling out, I don't know what a sellout is
Cope. He's gotta pay the bills
@@vincenthamilton09 not at any price and using punk's name! are you kiddin?
@@lepovision he also has Masters of Business Administration in his price. Being poor isn't punk
I love their singles but I admit I always assumed that was all there was to them but because of seeing Marks self awareness I have a lot more respect for them and I’m gonna have to do a deep dive into their catalogue. Great video!
Saw Sugar Ray at the 9:30 club in DC when they opened for Korn. They were electric and pretty much shocked the shit out of the crowd who hadn’t heard of them. It was good times when they hadn’t even released an EP yet
I've been on a huge Sugar Ray kick lately so I was stoked seeing this on my feed
I liked the video, I HATED the sponsor
They also had amazing music videos, so fresh and clean. “Falls apart” was one of my favorites…
“Runaway, runaway…”
Mark went striaght full henry rollins on that fan lol
Never was a fan but mark is a cool dude to be around. He definitely knows the business , not a chump self absorbed rock star. Humble , good for him
I have a whole new appreciation for Sugar Ray now
I bought Floored because of Fly and then got obsessed with that album for every other song on it and really never understood how they were so covertly heavy. I was at that exact time getting into metal and punk bands, so that album really threw me for a loop. I appreciate this video. Gonna go listen to Floored now.
Lemonade and Brownies was an absolute classic and was cranked heavily in Florida at that time. They fucking rock and yes listen to it all the way through
I remember seeing them open for Snot back in the 90s
your video just made me revist Sugar Ray's material. I passed them off for years but you talked me into taking another look
Thing I will ALWAYS remember Mark McGrath with how knowledgeable he is and how while destroyed anyone he was up against on Rock and Roll Jeopardy!
I see why you two would be friends! You both have authenticity deep in your bones. And a genuine love for music! This video granted me a new perspective on Mark McGrath.
I think I always got good vibes from him and apparently 'loved' him as an 11 yr old girl in Massachusetts of 1998. I remember, I was doing summer arts and crafts at Star Island, and I was given a white sheet as a canvas, and I drew a silver glitter glue heart around a magazine cut-out of Mark McGrath's face hahaha, and the sheet had like orange and red finger paint on it?! I have a printed photo of it somewhere. The 90s were the best!
from now on, I will think of sugar ray as the non-neckbeard version of mr.bungle. Thanks fin, you changed my life
Clicked on this knowing the cold open would be the sugar gay clip. Hell yeah.
I used to listen to R.P.M. on loop. As a 12 year old when that came out, the motor cycle and guitar call back was the coolest thing in the world.
The Sugar Ray self-titled album was my childhood. Thanks for the interesting video!
I remember being in the Rat Trap and Cathouse in Glasgow, bouncing around to Mean Machine. I loved that tune and, purely out of nostalgia - or pseudo-nostalgia rather than admit I still love it, and Lemonade & Brownies. We see to travel to Glasgow once a month like a long haired Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, go into HMV, randomly buy an album, go sit in Nice ‘n’ Sleazy’s before going out to usually the Rat Trap. I bought Lemonade & Brownies on a whim, so asked the DJ if he’d anything by them and that’s when he played Mean Machine
Good timesA
Thank you for showing me that sugar Ray was not just a blip in the radar in the early 2000s and actually have more to give. Mark sounds like a really chill, down to earth person and honest. Which is not something to see everyday especially in the world of celebrity / rock stars. Much respect and thank you sugar Ray for the earbuds you've given me over the years that gets stuck in my head for days on end!
"The time to sell out is when you've found a buyer" - Spinal Tap
Mark looks like he was created in a lab to be the ultimate 90's hunk.
Not many relatively contemporary bands that have songs I really love, but this band and the light hearted fun songs like Someday and Every Morning won me over.
Hate this, hate that, I really enjoyed this video. This was such a throwback, I was 19 when 'FLY' came out and everybody loved it..Haven't thought about Sugar Ray in YEARS 😅
I love the reference to STPs Core for the intro of Floored too. “I AM”
Dead and Bloated
I remember growing up with Sugar Ray. Then listening to him in interviews on The Tully Show. Mark seems like such a good dude and very self aware and humble today. I love listening to him telling stories of his youth. Though I will say, I think he and Sugar Ray overall are more talented than he gives credit 😂. Also probably one of the people with the most broad music taste. As someone else said, definitely getting an invite to the barbecue.
Thank you for defending Sugar Ray, Finn. I don't know how they managed to make drop c agressive hard rock and relaxed summer jam songs on the same albums and make it all sound so good and catchy. They always had the look, carisma and talent to be more than another 90's rock band. So glad Mark is your friend now
I knew Mark in the first days of Shrinky's, living out of his car in Newps. Super real guy, nice and authentic. As he rose up and the music softened, nothing changed with him. He still seems pretty down to earth.
I unexpectedly saw Sugar Ray play at Epcot 2 days ago. I walked in a slight fan and walked out with a much deeper appreciation for them. They rocked and Mark seemed like a really cool humble guy. I might have to check out that latest album.
Somehow you popped up on the algorithm after months of your content disappearing. I really enjoyed this video.
Thank you!
Damn, Mark seems genuinely really chill
I loved this video. I’ve long carried the Sugar Ray torch, and I’ve often felt alone in that. Ridiculously underrated band.
mark used to come see me do comedy at the comedy store on a regular basis in the early 2000's... NICEST GUY EVER!!! just a beautiful human that mark is...i was always on their guest list... nothing but great things to say about sugar ray!!!
Lemonade and Brownies was a very good album.
Sugar rays “ fly “ also fit into the grooves that Fun Lovin Criminals were using. That era had a great mix of bands using hip hop breaks and beats to layer their drums on .
Breathe is one of my favorite songs by them. Wild that it’s on an album with Fly
I've always compared LEN to Sugar Ray from the eclectic perspective. And now we have Just Friends, who are also hard to pigeonhole.
I met Mark McGrath once at a Deftones concert in 2001 and he was cool AF!
And Mr. Ray himself as the thumbnail 👌
Sounds like Jesse james dupree at 3:10. I kinda dig it. I didnt know sugar ray were anything other than what we saw
Someday has such a nostalgic feeling to it
In 2000 I worked at the Mall of America and in November Sugar Ray was playing the Sam Goody "arena". My coworker was a HUGE fan and basically disappeared for the whole show, leaving me to man the store alone through all the screaming. It was a nightmare. That's basically the only memory I have of Sugar Ray. Never liked them, never hated them. They're basically a shrug for me.
Sugar Ray , the soundtrack to my middle school / high school days 96-2003 .
wanted to hear the Scooby doo story
Mean machine lives on in my head from that old n64 biker game
They were ahead of the curve by realizing that everyone’s fixation of “authenticity vs selling out” was petty and miopic. They dabbled in a lot of genres, and the early albums were fun due to the eclectic vibe.
When the hits came on Floored, 14:59, and Sugar Ray, the vibe was already immaculate.
I went to their concerts with my parents, as a teenager, and we all had fun. I’ll take my kids now to see them play the next time they’re around.
When you think about it - what actually makes a band matter - I think they understood something that a lot of their contemporaries lacked.
Weird ad sponsor, luckily i can just skip past.
Mean machine was a killer riff and driving beat .
I remember I used to love the song “Falls Apart” back in my high school days.
I fiuycking loved their Lemonade & Brownies album! Some fun songs on that one 😍🤘
Great breakdown in Dance Party USA
dude the fkin title and then the “MAKE A HOLE” 😂😂😂👍
They're super unrated. They masters the drunk aunt rock, but wrote super catchy songs. Mark seems like a cool guy too
Their cover of Spinning Away was actually really fucking good.