Sugarcult

Tim Pagnotta (vocals/guitar)
Marko 72 (guitar)
Airin (bass/vocals)
Ben Davis (drums/vocals)

What could you possibly need to know about a band called Sugarcult?

The name says it all, right? Sugarcult. They're a sticky sweet pop band, of course. No? It must be some kind of drug reference. Guess again. A commentary on our fast-paced "sugar culture" of instant gratification? That's a stretch.

Actually, the Santa Barbara, Calif. rock band took its name from the girls next door -- seven lesbians who lived across the hall from singer/guitarist Tim Pagnotta back when the band formed in 1998. The "sugarcult," which is what the neighbor girls jokingly called themselves, seemed as good a name as any for a band about to play its first gig.

"Three years later, that's still our band name," laughs Tim. "And people are pulling deeper meanings out of it than I ever intended!"

Just the fact that these guys know seven lesbians might be enough to make them superstars in the mind of every teenage boy in America.

Poised to become the perfect new fix, Sugarcult are set to stick a safety pin through the heart and put cavities in the smile of today's rock music.