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May 1999 Yahoo!'s Web Celeb Sugar Ray In the late 80’s, while we were all watching our ALF reruns, three guys - Rodney Sheppard, Stan Frazier, and Murphy Karges - were in California performing hard-edged Loverboy cover tunes as Shrinky Dinx’s - remember the little seemingly plastic toy that shrunk in the oven? At the same time, Mark McGrath was a student at USC, a friend and a fan of Shrinky Dinx. One night, during a Shrinky Dinx gig at a keg party, McGrath joined his friends on stage and sang. From that moment on, Mark was the lead singer of Shrinky Dinx. While performing cover songs of 80’s rock bands at small parties, they were also collaborating on songs of their own. Receiving a generous donation from a friend, the band was able to make a video for "Caboose," an original song. The video was passed around and landed at Atlantic Records. The executives were not that impressed with the band's music, but offered Shrinky Dinx a deal based on appearance and the talent that was about to blossom. Yahoo! Music Sugar Ray Floored 14:59 Lemonade & Brownies Yahoo! Clubs - Sugar Ray Consequently, the Hasbro toy company threatened to file a lawsuit over the use of the name Shrinky Dinx, since they had a new deal with Atlantic Records. In 1994, the band opted to change the name to Sugar Ray in honor of the boxer Sugar Ray Leonard. 1995 saw Sugar Ray’s first release, Lemonade & Brownies. To say the least about the sales, it was a flop - described as an "uninspired" funk-metal album. Sugar Ray would have been cut from Atlantic Records were it not for the popularity of their live shows. Atlantic then paired the band up with Sublime’s producer David Kahne to help cultivate the music and boost sales. The expertise of David Kahne, a new Sublime-like sound, a new band member named DJ Homicide and the success of Sugar Ray’s single "Fly", all contributed to the success of their second album Floored in 1997. This release gave the band the ability to prove their worth to Atlantic Records, as well as proving to themselves that they could write and explore a more diversified sound, not always hiding behind the loud music and screaming lyrics. It seems that Sugar Ray has not only poked fun at, but also withstood Andy Warhols fifteen-minute clock of fame and released another crowd and critic pleaser in 14:59. The fans were quick to support the new release and the single "Every Morning," which rose to the top of the charts in its first week. This release marks the greatest deviation from the band's hard-edged Shrinky Dinx days, with a more mature and fine tuned pop sound. The continuing success of Sugar Ray has landed them a spot this spring as part of the MTV "Campus Invasion" tour, and also look for the band to tour as a headlining act in support of 14:59. Copyright 1999 UN Productions, Inc. More Web Celebs: Laurie Plaskin, Andrew Shue, Calvert Deforest, Yasmine Bleeth, Howard Stern, Pamela Lee Anderson, David Letterman, Cindy Margolis, Will Smith, Kate Mulgrew, Jewel, Chris Rock, Rosie O'Donnell, Pierce Brosnan, Tracey Ullman, Fiona Apple, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, 3rd Rock From The Sun, Godzilla, Carmen Electra, Uma Thurman, Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt, Salma Hayek and Jennifer Aniston. Also check out Yahoo! Model of the Month and Yahoo! Blues Review. Yahoo! and the Yahoo! logo are trademarks of Yahoo! Inc. Copyright © 1994-99 Yahoo! All Rights Reserved.