The Mark McGrath & Friends cruise will take place October 18-21, departing from Miami, FL to the Bahamas. It will feature performances by Sugar Ray, Smash Mouth, Gin Blossoms and more '90s nostalgia acts.

Patent Pending's Spring Break '99 - an EP of cover songs from the year 1999 - is now available on Amazon and iTunes. It features covers of Backstreet Boys, Smash Mouth, Sugar Ray, Limp Bizket and Lit, and it's every bit as awesome is that sounds.

Update: Listen to their piano ballad rendition of Limp Bizkit's "Break Stuff" here.

A rather interesting interview with Sugar Ray's Mark McGrath can be read here.

From the article

I wasn't the guy sitting in the garage writing Built to Spill songs. I enjoyed the entertainment aspect. I never claimed not to be a douche. We know what we're doing. It's guys from the beach who grew up and got lucky, snuck in the back door of the record industry and sold some records. At the end of the day, we wrote some good songs. We're certainly not the most talented guys, and I can barely sing, but how about two thumbs up for just having fun?

Sugar Ray's new album, Music for Cougars, is on sale today for $3.99 at Amazon MP3. If you need convincing, check out Chris' review of it here.

It's quacktastic!

Staff Reviews (07/19/09)

Sugar Ray - Music For Cougars (Chris Fallon)
Discovery - LP (Blake Solomon)

Sugar Ray will release Music for Cougars on July 21st. The record will have guest appearances by Rivers Cuomo, Josh Freese, and Tim Pagnotta, among others. Info on the record and tour dates for the band can be seen here.