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Sugar Ray Talks About Shaking "One-Hit Wonder" Tag, Maps Out February Tour

Sugar Ray frontman Mark McGrath doesn't have any illusion about his place in the music industry.

Even though the group's current single, "Ever Morning," has already taken off on radio, most people still associate Sugar Ray with its breakthrough hit "Fly" from the band's 1997 album, "Floored."

While at a radio station-sponsored concert in Los Angeles over the holidays, "People" magazine's choice as the sexiest man in rock & roll spoke about the new single and about people's (mis)perceptions of the band.

[article id="1451009"]"Yeah, with the new record sort of being embraced again by radio, its a great feeling,"[/article] McGrath said. [article id="1451009"]"A lot of people wrote us off, whatever, and I totally understand the critics point of view. I understand people taking us as sort of shallow, and I understand that."[/article]

[article id="1451009"]"You know why,"[/article] he continued, [article id="1451009"]"because

we write songs that are fun, and we don't claim to be anything we're not, and we know what we're doing. We know what we're doing. When you think you've found us out we [show that] we know what we're doing."[/article]

[article id="1451009"]"So now there's a little integrity to this sort of thing [since] we know what we're doing and we're just having fun,"[/article] McGrath said. [article id="1451009"]"I used to wake up at 6 in the morning and dig a ditch listening to my friends on the radio, so it's amazing. Don't worry about us, we're having a great time, and I can't believe we're getting to do this again. God bless all you listeners and viewers." [28.8 RealVideo][/article]

Sugar Ray's new album, "14:59," arrived in stores this week, and in February the band plans to head out on the road with Everlast and 2 Skinnee J's.

The first set of dates for the joint Sugar Ray/Everlast outing:

  • 2/5 - Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint
  • 2/6 - Phoenix,

AZ @ Celebrity Theatre

  • 2/8 - Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa
  • 2/9 - Dallas, TX @ Bronco Bowl
  • 2/10 - Houston, TX @ Bayou Place Theatre
  • 2/11 - New Orleans, LA @ House Of Blues
  • 2/13 - Miami Beach, FL @ Cameo Theatre
  • 2/14 - Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House Of Blues
  • 2/15 - Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
  • 2/17 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
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