
∙ After appearing with the band in numerous films and TV shows during the early 2000s, McGrath was tapped to cohost the entertainment news program Extra in 2004. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was closely followed by “Someday,” another Top 10 hit. ∙ “Every Morning,” the lead single from 14:59, shot to No. ∙ Winking at critics who saw the band as a one-hit wonder whose proverbial 15 minutes of fame were up, Sugar Ray titled their next album 14:59-and it went triple Platinum.

1 on Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks chart. ∙ “Fly,” a pop outlier from their 1997 album, Floored, was a surprise smash, spending eight weeks at No. ∙ Formed in 1992 when singer Mark McGrath joined the group-which was then called Shrinky Dinx-Sugar Ray began as a punk and nu-metal band.

Catching fire in the late ’90s, Southern California rockers Sugar Ray were responsible for some of the decade’s most memorable pop hits.
