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Sugar Ray is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Snot, Day 'n' Nite, Super Cat, Blink-182 and The Offspring. Those roots explain a lot about how Sugar Ray arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Everclear, Hootie & The Blowfish, Fastball, Matchbox Twenty and Smash Mouth, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into twen, Good Charlotte, Maroon 5, Doo-Wops & Hooligans and The Lazy Song, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 58 connections around Sugar Ray, reaching back through Snot and forward to twen. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Sugar Ray is an American rock band formed in Newport Beach, California, in 1986. Originally playing heavier nu metal and funk metal style music, the band achieved mainstream popularity in 1997 with their more pop-influenced single "Fly". The song's success led the band to shift its style dramatically to the more radio-friendly pop sound with their subsequent releases. Their best-selling album, 14:59, was released in 1999, and featured popular singles "Every Morning", "Someday", followed by a self-titled album in 2001 featuring the single "When It's Over". The band would release two further albums, In the Pursuit of Leisure (2003) and Music for Cougars (2009), though the albums and respective singles generally sold far less. The band continued to tour into the 2010s.
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Sugar Ray connections
Sugar Ray grew out of Snot, Day 'n' Nite, Super Cat and Blink-182, shares an orbit with Everclear, Hootie & The Blowfish, Fastball and Matchbox Twenty, went on to shape twen, Good Charlotte, Maroon 5 and Doo-Wops & Hooligans. 58 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Sugar Ray
Sounds and acts that shaped Sugar Ray.
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- Incubusartist
- John Caleartist
- Brian Enoartist
- Joe Jacksonartist
- Everclearartist
- Marcy Playgroundartist
- Gin Blossomsartist
- Litartist
- Smash Mouthartist
- Spin Doctorsartist
- Vertical Horizonartist
- The Interruptersartist
- Rancidartist
- American Authorsartist
- Maloartist
- Lynn Straitartist
- Oleanderartist
- Aimee Allenartist
- Rivers Cuomoartist
- It's So Easyartist
- Save Ferrisartist
Artists similar to Sugar Ray
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Sugar Ray.
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- Fastballartist
- Matchbox Twentyartist
- Smash Mouthartist
- Gin Blossomsartist
- Vertical Horizonartist
- Tonicartist
- New Radicalsartist
- Eve 6artist
- Better Than Ezraartist
- Tal Bachmanartist
- Collective Soulartist
- Toad The Wet Sprocketartist
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- Fuelartist
- Five for Fightingartist
- Meredith Brooksartist
- Incubusartist
- The Verve Pipeartist
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