Sugar Ray's Mark McGrath Sued by Former Bandmates
. For those who were around in the late '90s, however, McGrath will forever be remembered as the frosted-tipped frontman for feel-good rockers Sugar Ray, scoring massive MTV and radio hits with songs like "Fly" and "Every Morning." Now, the singer/TV host is being sued by two of his former bandmates in Sugar Ray, charging McGrath with a "series of self-serving and vindictive actions." According to Billboard, ex-Sugar Ray members Murphy Karges (bass) and Stan Frazier (drums) are suing McGrath and the band's guitarist, Rodney Sheppard, charging that they were cheated out of money they were owed, making slanderous statements on Twitter and blocking them from rejoining the band after McGrath allegedly "proceeded to engage in a concerted and measured effort to push Karges, Frazier, and (Craig 'DJ Homicide') Bullock out of the band for the purpose of capturing the bulk of their share of revenues for himself," according to the lawsuit (via Courthouse News Service). In the lawsuit, Frazier and Karges claim that between the years of 1995 through 2010, the singer routinely sidestepped band responsibilities due to "moody behavior" (and commitments to Extra), flew to gigs in first-class while regulating the rest of the band to coach, and eventually demanded at least $10,000 per show. There is more. Radio.com is an official news provider for antiMusic.com.
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