Sugar Ray

Sugar Ray
Sugar Ray performing in Los Angeles in 2009.
Background information
Origin	Newport Beach, California, U.S.
Genres	Alternative rock pop rock funk metal hardcore punk nu metal punk rock skate punk
Years active	1986 (1986)–present
Labels	Atlantic (1995–2006) Pulse (2008–present)
Website	Official website
Members	Rodney Sheppard Mark McGrath Kristian Attard Dean Butterworth
Past members	Stan Frazier Murphy Karges DJ Homicide Nic Edwards Al Keith Serge Dmitrijevic Jesse Bivona Justin Bivona

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 similar 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.

The members of the band grew up in Orange County. Rodney Sheppard played in a number of reggae bands, including working with future Good Charlotte drummer Dean Butterworth. Prior to Sugar Ray, in the late 1980s, Rodney Sheppard and Stan Frazier had been 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 (after initially Shrinky Dinks). After signing with Atlantic Records, the name was changed to Sugar Ray upon threat of 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.