Sugar Ray — Zip [cracked]
Mark McGrath and Murphy Karges (bassist) have both denied the existence of a lost 1996 album. In a 2021 podcast interview, McGrath stated:
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Formed in Newport Beach in 1992, Sugar Ray—fronted by the charismatic Mark McGrath—defined the sound of the late 90s by blending alternative rock with breezy pop melodies. Their transition from heavy nu-metal (on the album Lemonade and Brownies ) to radio-friendly hits like "Fly" cemented their place in pop culture history. Sugar Ray's Clothing Mark McGrath and Murphy Karges (bassist) have both
"We recorded about 40 songs for Floored. We cut it down to 12. There is no secret album. If you found a ZIP with 8 unknown songs, you either found our bathroom demos recorded on a boombox, or you got a virus." Formed in Newport Beach in 1992, Sugar Ray—fronted
According to forum posts from 2017 (source: Reddit r/lostmedia), user "SGTRayFan99" claimed that in 2006, a ZIP file appeared on a now-defunct blog called Surf Punk Sundays . The file was password protected. The description read: "Sugar Ray – The Sunshine Barrage (Unreleased 1996 album before Floored)."