released Eleven

Sugarcult released their first collection of demo recordings, Eleven , in 1999. Their second collection, Wrap Me Up in Plastic , was released in 2000. The group sent demos to record labels, eventually signing to independent label Ultimatum Music in January 2001. In August 2001, the band released their debut album, Start Static , which featured the hit singles “Pretty Girl”, ” Bouncing Off The Walls ” (also featured in the movie and soundtrack to National Lampoon’s Van Wilder ) and “Stuck in America”. In early 2003, “Stuck in America” won the Los Angeles Regional Poll in The 2nd Annual Independent Music Awards. Start Static featured several songs that had previously been released as demos on Wrap Me Up in Plastic . In May 2001, the band re-released Wrap Me Up in Plastic with a new track listing that included songs from both Eleven and the original Wrap Me Up in Plastic , as well as new artwork. In 2003, Davis officially left Sugarcult. Davis had been regularly missing shows since the release of Start Static , and left Sugarcult to enter rehab to get help for his alcoholism. Pagnotta was close to Davis, and wrote the song “Champagne” about his addictions when he was forced to leave the band.