TEAM RNS PRESENTS

TITLE: Palm Trees And Power Lines

LABEL: Fearless/Artemis Records

RIPPER: Team RNS

0hr 40min total- 58.9mb

RELEASE DATE: 2004-04-13
RIP DATE: 2004-02-02

01 She's The Blade                2:59

04 Worst To December              3:39
05 Back To California             4:08
06 Destination Anywhere           3:51

08 What You Say                   2:39

Tim Pagnotta (vocals / guitar)

Airin (bass / vocals)
Ben Davis (drums / vocals)

Formed in 1998 in Santa Barbara, CA,
Sugarcult set to work with the

ingredients: 4 guys, 3 chords, 2 guitars
and 1 van. Armed with a batch of
energized songs, the band toured the
west coast generating a healthy buzz,
selling their two indie records and
homemade t-shirts out of the back of

In Spring 2001, after signing with
Ultimatum Music, Sugarcult entered Rumbo
Studios in Los Angeles to record their
debut album with producer Matt Wallace
(the Replacements, Faith No More). The
album, titled, "Start Static", was
released on August 21, 2001 (and was
recorded in the same room as Guns 'n'
Roses "Appetite For Destruction" and No
Doubt's "Tragic Kingdom"). As of April
2003, "Start Static" has sold more then
250,000 copies and climbing!!

Sugarcult have been on the road since
Summer 2001, doing what they love best,
playing lots and lots of shows. The band
played the Vans Warped Tour in 2001 and
2002, on the second stage on the Blink
182 - New Found Glory Tour, and have
done entire US Tours with Reel Big
Fish, Goldfinger, Good Charlotte,
Unwritten Law, Less Than Jake and The
Ataris. The band has also played a ton
of radio station festivals around the
country, at the Decibel Music
Conference in Trinidad, West Indies and
at the Lifebeat / MTV Music Video
Awards Pre-Party in New York City with
The Hives and Jimmy Eat World.

Sugarcult's sound subscribes to the
don't-bore-us-get-to-the-chorus approach
of power-pop, underlined with the
don't-give-a-fuck spirit of late 70's

Standing out from the hordes of modern
rock bands, Sugarcult sticks close to
the raw essentials of all great rock 'n'
roll: energy, attitude and style.
However it's the well-crafted songs
and melodic hooks that really set

"There's something about the energy
that's packed into those two and a half
minute songs, like Elvis Costello's
'Radio Radio' or Cheap Trick's
'Surrender' that shoot like bullets
compared to a lot of today's popular
music," says singer/guitarist and
chief songwriter Tim Pagnotta.

Marko 72 adds, "We like to merge the old
with the new. We're not interested
in being retro. We thrive on updating
that certain common-denominator that
has stood the test of time from the
Beatles to the Ramones to Nirvana."

Having lived in 13 different homes,
gone to four different elementary
schools, two different junior highs and
three different high schools, Tim
(now 24 years old) found music and
songwriting at a young age as his only
source of stability. "He's a natural,"
says Marko after seeing him perform
live. "I see this young guy up on stage
in a ragged thrift-store suit and
tie, singing these really cool pop
songs and flooring the audience. I

heard of him, but he seemed like he'd
probably been at it for years. It
turned out that was his first show
ever, in his first band ever!" Tim adds,
"We all immediately clicked and discovered
mutual admiration for the elements
that made our favorite bands great. I
asked Marko to join before even

him play a note on guitar." Bassist
Airin Older and drummer Ben Davis, both
of whom handle the vocal harmonies,
round out the band's lineup.

Sugarcult's energized live shows are
packed with youthful adrenaline, loud
guitars and a visual style that
culminates in an attractive spectacle

touch with the original danger of rock
'n' roll, but with a healthy sense of
humor about it all.

With their third single and video for
"Pretty Girl (The Way)" climbing the
charts, Sugarcult are set to stick a
safety pin through the heart and put
cavities in the smile of modern rock.

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