User:Bring back Daz Sampson/SugarComa discography

Timeline

Musical style and influences
Adam Cadre dubbed SugarComa: "the most frustrating band I've ever heard", on account of Mayers' "horrible bellowing" marring his otherwise positive listening experience.

"horrendous crimes against music"

In their review of Becoming Something Else, ROCKRGRL proclaimed SugarComa to be: "One of the best bands to come out of England in the last several years."

(You Drive Me) Crazy
"una cover perfettamente riuscita, incisiva ed irriverente"

Wagram Music

"indigesto ed infausto"

MusiCDome Kft

CMJ New Music Report: "And any band — regardless of how many women it is comprised of — that can cover Britney Spears's "(You Drive Me) Crazy" has gigantic balls."

Media
As SugarComa's emergence coincided with the development of Web 2.0, the young band members were computer literate and frequently interacted with fans on internet forums. The band maintained an early presence at MP3.com. They also encouraged fans to share their music online, anticipating future developments in the music industry:

SugarComa support free net music - they believe that in the future, music will be given away over the internet and bands will make "royalties" from their website's sponsors - depending on the amount of hits they receive.

When the Music For Nations record label dropped SugarComa their spokesperson released a statement on their own internet forum.

Zero Star
In February 2001 Fisk wrote an album progress update on the message board section of the Bed of Dolls fan page. By this stage "Boy in Chains" had fallen out of favour:

there's 2 demo versions, 1 with a shouting chorus and 1 with singing. neither seemed to work that well, so this song will probably be forgotten forever

SugarComa

Tours
...toilet circuit...

In December 2000 the band embarked on their first UK concert tour. They formed the support act for My Ruin, who were promoting the A Prayer Under Pressure of Violent Anguish album. Quickly forming a good relationship with My Ruin's volatile singer Tairrie B, they moved up the billing when original main support act Snake River Conspiracy pulled out. My Ruin guitarist Mick Murphy was impressed by the young support act: "It's been pretty simple. Two bands; no drama." On the penultimate night of the tour they joined My Ruin on stage to perform a cover version of Black Flag's "My War", with Roy Mayorga guesting on drums.

The band then received a late-notice invitation to support Fear Factory on the Manchester and Glasgow legs of the Digimortal World Tour in November 2001. They stood in for Godflesh as the tertiary support act behind Janus Stark and the American headliners at the Manchester Academy and the Barrowlands. Following the latter performance, the band were sought out by Dino Cazares at the aftershow party at Glasgow Cathouse and offered another support slot for the following night at the smaller Newcastle University venue.

Three weeks after their Fear Factory experience, the band embarked on a tour of the UK and Ireland as the main support act to Will Haven. On 26 and 27 November 2001 they played Temple Bar Music Centre in Dublin and Belfast Limelight, respectively, with Cyclefly opening the bill. Will Haven and SugarComa then supported One Minute Silence in Kerrang!-sponsored dates at the Glasgow Garage, Manchester University and Wolverhapton Wulfrun Hall, culminating in a date at London Astoria on 1 December 2001. Final dates with Will Haven followed at The Wedgewood Rooms Portsmouth and Newport TJ's on 2 and 3 December 2001.

The band's extensive touring programme continued on 7 December 2001 when they joined the lineup for Machine Head's UK tour for the ill-starred Supercharger album. Billed fourth behind Thumb, Ill Niño and the headline act, their set lists were cut short on the opening nights at Manchester Academy and Brixton Academy. The third set at Wolverhampton Civic Hall was beset by technical difficulties which started in the soundcheck and continued throughout the performance.