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We had the pleasure of interviewing Marko DeSantis of Sugarcult over Zoom video!\xa0

In August 2001, SoCal rockers\xa0Sugarcult\xa0burst onto the scene with their anthemic debut album\xa0Start Static.\xa0Combining high-energy punk riffs and irresistible power-pop melodies with a heavy dose of youthful angst,\xa0Start Static\xa0quickly earned the group a legion of fans, and spawned three hit singles, "Bouncing Off the Walls,"\xa0"Pretty Girl (The Way),"\xa0and "Stuck in America."\xa0Now, two decades later,\xa0Craft Recordings\xa0commemorates this enduring favorite with a deluxe 20th\xa0anniversary vinyl and digital reissue.
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Set for an October 8 street date and available for\xa0pre-order, the vinyl edition of\xa0Start Static\xa0(20th-Anniversary Edition)\xa0will feature the original album \u2014 newly remastered by the GRAMMY\xae-winning engineer, Paul Blakemore \u2014 plus three special bonus tracks: an early demo of "Say I'm Sorry,"\xa0a live version of "Bouncing Off the Walls,"\xa0plus a spirited cover of Elvis Costello & The Attraction's "No Action."\xa0The album comes housed in a gatefold jacket, featuring sculpted emboss printing and updated liner notes from the band. Fans can also find a special variant of the LP \u2014 pressed on clear vinyl and limited to 500 units \u2014 exclusively on Sugarcult's\xa0website\xa0and at Craft Recordings'\xa0online store.\xa0
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The digital edition, also available October 8, features an additional, previously unreleased live version of the band's hit single, "Stuck in America."\xa0and "Bouncing Off the Walls (Live)"
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Formed in Santa Barbara, CA, in 1998, Sugarcult\xa0\u2014 whose original lineup consisted of Tim Pagnotta (vocals/guitar), Airin Older (bass/vocals), Marko DeSantis (guitar), and Ben Davis (drums)\u2014 made their mark as one of the most dynamic and entertaining pop-punk bands to come out of the 2000s. After independently releasing two demos and two EPs, the quartet caught the ears of Ultimatum Music, who signed Sugarcult and connected them with producer Matt Wallace (Maroon 5, Faith No More, The Replacements) to work on their debut full-length.\xa0
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Start Static\xa0went on to sell more than 300,000 copies, while the band embarked on nearly three years of non-stop touring. In addition to playing the main stage of Warped Tour and appearing at festivals like Glastonbury (UK), Summer Sonic (Japan), and Soundwaves (Australia), the group joined Green Day's\xa0American Idiot\xa0tour in the U.S. and Japan, as well as Blink 182's European arena tour. They would go on to headline hundreds of shows across North America, Europe, and Japan. Multiple songs off\xa0Start Static, meanwhile, could be heard on popular shows like MTV's\xa0Laguna\xa0Beach\xa0and in films like\xa0Van Wilder\xa0(the stars of which, Ryan Reynolds and Tara Reid, appeared in the music video for "Bouncing Off the Walls.)"
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In the liner notes, guitarist\xa0DeSantis recalls that\xa0Start Static\xa0 "was our confrontation and/or handshake with the world; our chance to get people to pay attention, earn their respect, and then, hopefully, win their hearts. The album title fit the narrative of the songs\u2014which are mostly vignettes of young adult anxiety over the trials of messy romance and post-adolescent dissatisfaction and uncertainty. [Start Static] was our album title and our mission statement."
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Following\xa0Start Static, Sugarcult went on to release two more acclaimed albums (2004's\xa0Palm Trees and Power Lines\xa0and 2006's\xa0Lights Out), and two DVDs before embarking on an extended hiatus in 2008. Since then, each band member has excelled in a variety of fields within the music industry.\xa0
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Tim Pagnotta is an award-winning, multi-platinum-selling songwriter and producer who has collaborated with the likes of Weezer, Blink 182, Neon Trees, Walk the Moon, and Elle King.\xa0Airin Older went on to become a founding member of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and joined British alt-rock group thenewno2, featuring Dhani Harrison. Marko DeSantis is now a professor of music business, artist development and artist coaching at Los Angeles College of Music, Musicians Institute College of Music and Citrus College. He has also enjoyed several DJ residencies in the U.S. and Japan and has been featured as a guest speaker and panelist at SXSW, UCLA, and Sonos LEAD, among others. Ben Davis, meanwhile, enjoys a successful career writing and producing music for film, TV and commercials.\xa0

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