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Kooolest G — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 15:29:48 -0000

here's my loud sugar story, I was a young bass player in Boulder CO when this came out. I remember hearing it on KBCO a lot, then a year later I moved to LA and after living there for about another year I sort of joined that band as the bass player in about 93 or 94. the band had mostly disbanded, but the lead singer David and the drummer Harry were still working together to make another record with the great producer E.T Thorngren (talking heads, bob marley, robert palmer) we ended up putting together a new band called drop for a few years before it became the fizzies in about 99. drop was a great band that was always just on the edge of getting a deal and making a record, but we did record a bunch of great demos with E.T. and with Eric Westfall (who produced the loud sugar record and Giant Sand, along with a ton of japanese metal bands) drop was sort of like a farm team though, everybody kept leaving when they got big touring gigs, first Harry moved to Nashville to do drum paradise there, then we lost our drummer to Fiona Apple, then his replacement left for geggy tah and eventually ani difranco, then his replacement left for the wallflowers. same thing with the guitar players, we lost one to jennifer love hewitt (yep she did make a record in the 90s) who eventually ended up playing with john cale, then we lost another one to pink and eventually she was the musical director for beyonce. I eventually left to play for Everlast and then the eels. then David put together a new band called the fizzies, he eventually put out a fizzies record that included a couple of drop songs and a couple of songs that I recorded at the studio where I worked, you can still buy it on amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Cont...

David Grover ended up falling in love and moving to Dallas where he started a really cool record store called Spinster records that now has a branch in Tulsa as well https://www.spinsterrecords...

Anyway great to hear there are still people who remember Loud Sugar, for me I got to learn the art of production from 2 great producers and the art of songwriting from one of the best unsung songwriters I've ever had the pleasure to work with

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Dave Bambauer — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 23:42:56 -0000

Still listening to these guys 10/5/15! With the exception of "NO Ozone", a very original, listenable CD! I LOST my CD years ago, then one amazing day, came across a used copy here at a record store in Northern California which is of course now long gone. Which I knew more about this band, like where they originated. Anyway, go to Amazon and snag a copy of Loud Sugar! They can't possibly have them available for long.

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Sue Hitselberger — Sat, 16 Nov 2013 17:50:10 -0000

Cool Sydney!! I remember your dad, Harry, what a hoot!!! I'm Steve, the guitarist and Bill, the bassist's, sister. They are playing a show for their high school reunion in Las Vegas this weekend. They haven't played together in awhile but got together in Hollywood a couple weeks ago to practice for the Vegas gig.

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Chris — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:44:56 -0000

Ya I loved Instant Karma Coffee House. In my short stint at my college radio I would play it just about every show. That was in the mid 90's in Ohio.

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Mauraya — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:30:20 -0000

I had to leave a comment on this as Loud Sugar has been one of my all time favorites since the release in 1991. I was given a tape to listen to when it first came out from a friend who had connections at SBK. I love the music, the beat, the hippy lyrics and everything that goes with it. Whenever I put it on, I invariably smile and start to bounce to the beat. I keep my Loud Sugar cassette tape in a special place and have for about 21 years now as I know it is nearly irreplaceable. At 44 years old, I grew up in the Classic Rock and Hair Band era, sure, and I remain true to my rock heritage. However, there was something about Loud Sugar that I loved from the beginning and always will.

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Brian — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:47:54 -0000

I am definitely late to the show here, but I finally remembered the name of this band! I was stuck on Love Sugar and couldn't find anything online. Then, just tonight I was listening to The Fizzies and the vocals sounded so familiar. I managed to remember the label SBK. I was a young graphic artist just out of college and my studio was doing CD packaging for Wilson Philips and Jesus Jones. WE must have gotten sample CDs of Love Sugar. The staff got to go see them is some small dive in the San Fernando Valley. Now that I know the name, I can hunt down the album. Great stuff!

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Steven Hiselberger — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:01:11 -0000

Thanks, Ahunter. Indeed, the members of Loud Sugar have moved on. That said, however. I haven't abandoned hope that the five of us will eventually reunite and make noise again with the red light illuminated. It would be a personnel dream come true...

Steven Hitselberger (Guitar - Loud Sugar)

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Ahunter — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:59:49 -0000

Wow Loud Sugar!!!...here's my story: until this new-fangled internet thing they'd been a real mystery to me. Flashback to the summer of ..oh...1993?...in Hamilton, Ontario Canada! I was living there after moving out of my folks place and starting college the previous year. The local downtown record store has a summer sidewalk sale...like 5 CDs for 10 bucks or something ( a real steal at the time) BUT it was only for all these totally obscure bands...you'd basically just buy them based on the CD cover. So I got a CD of the reggae band Wailing Souls, a and band called Bedlam a few others AND LOUD SUGAR. Well all those other discs are long gone..EXCEPT Loud Sugar. Which is funny since I was heavily into Nine Inch Nails and the industrial goth music of the time.....somehow this disc really stuck with me. especially funky little flower, creamsicle..etc . I still play it from time to time...it really takes me back to those early days of collage and hot Hamilton summers. I'm in Toronto now, 38, wife, 2 kids etc etc....it somehow makes me a bit sad to listen to it...it really evokes a time and place for me,. memories and feelings of a time long gone..it feels like it was a few lifetimes ago. I'm sure the band feels that way too hence their reluctance to talk about it. Music really is the sound track to our lives.

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the Squid — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:53:24 -0000

i think no ozone is actually terribly good !
hahah
i won this cd at the Canfield Fair when i was in 6th grad (1992)
this disc got lost when my college room mate drove off with my cd case on the roof of his car.
holy crap.

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Stormydaze — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:08:31 -0000

Still listen to my Sugar CD.... since the early 90s ... USU connections to the band.... keep playing music! Fizzies rock too!

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Paul Schroeder — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:18:22 -0000

How funny. I wrote my comment before scrolling down and seeing yours. Good to see you're doing well.

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Paul Schroeder — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:17:14 -0000

I met Harry when he ran his drum cartage business in LA. My college roommate, Chris, was his right hand man. I hung out with Harry when Loud Sugar came to Berkeley and San Francisco in about 1992. I also interviewed for a job running his office before he moved to Nashville in the early 1990s. The whole band was a lot of fun to hang out with back then. Good to hear he's doing well.

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howardbyrne — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:03:39 -0000

I got turned on to Loud Sugar around Christmas of 1991. My friend ran sound at Industry night club in Pontiac, Michigan. He seemed to have a handful of promo CDs. I don't know how he got them. But, we would always use Loud Sugar to test the sound system whenever we were doing an install. Of course, it was instant attraction from Funky Little Flower through the end of the CD. But, I must have heard FLF and Instant Karma Coffee House a hundred times while we prepared each audio installation that winter. I still have my copy of the CD, and just joined a blog group for Power Pop fans. So, I did a Google search to see if anything was out there about one of my favorites from that era...Loud Sugar. There are a lot of Loud Sugar fans around the country. I'm always surprised when another person says "Yeah, I remember that song Instant Karma Coffee House." You'll find a lot of radio station disc jockeys were big fans of Loud Sugar too.

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howardbyrne — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:02:04 -0000

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Fin Lives — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:40:37 -0000

New fan... I just grabbed it at a record store that was closing, I didn't even look twice and thought it was Bob Mould's Sugar. Turned out to be a nice slice of nineties Americana.

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GARY COSIO — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:17:34 -0000

I'M WITH YOU GUYS ALL THE WAY HARRY..STANDING BY...AWAITING INSTRUCTIONS....THE SOUND DUDE WITH THE 4:20 ATTITUDE-GARY "COZ" COSIO

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steppdecke — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:31:57 -0000

the Instant Karma Coffee House link is dead....and i was so excited to have that track again. (pout) . I had that track on some sampler/compilation and really enjoyed it. I am pretty sure it melted on my dash under the arizona sun... a buckled wad of plastic and audio tape.

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Harry McCarthy — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:29:16 -0000

I played drums in the band and thank you for the kind words.. Steve the guitar player and myself are trying to find a way for us to get back together for another CD

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Rob — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:57:16 -0000

Add me to the list of those who remember this band and appreciate them as well. The CD is sitting on my rack and Home plays as I type this.

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Dan — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:42:22 -0000

I remember this band, I was in 8th grade and my older brother brought the tape home and I loved it!! Years later, I asked him if he still had it and her said he through it away because it reminded him of the girl that gave it to him...damn it!

Since then, I have been searching for it and today, the search ends. after googling the band, I fouond many, many copies of the CD for dirt cheap on Amazon.com, totally rad.

I am slowly rebuilding my early '90's obscure collection again, and speaking of early '90's obscurity, I also just purchased a CD of the debut album for The Origin. Remember them? circa 1991

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swh — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:26:21 -0000

I paid full retail for that cd and still have it. Just put it on my ipod recently. I came across this thread because I wanted sheet music for my daughters for my two faves: Change the Weather and The Sun's Come into the Room. I actually had no idea that the band's popularity was so short-lived, or that there would be so little info about them available. I assumed I would go to Wikipedia and find all kinds of information. Oh well. Glad to hear some of them are still active in music.

swh

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Visionbigmike — Sun, 10 May 2009 21:23:31 -0000

We have that exact same CD ... signed by all five band members (at a gig in Orange County, CA) ... and YES, they were a great band. We still listen to them on our IPODs ... over 15 years later ... It's fun music ... with a kick. There are tons of bands out there right now, with a similar slant on what's happening ... and it's all good. POP, ya ... but pop that makes you think ... and that's always good.

If the guys are reading this ... you had a great sound ... and it's still alive and well ... thanks for being a part of our lives.

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Jeff — Sat, 09 May 2009 10:47:05 -0000

I absolutely loved - still love - Loud Sugar. I first found them on a sample tape that SBK must have put out called "No Flies Here" - it had "No Ozone" and "Instant Karma Coffee House" on it (as well as a couple from Jesus Jones). Had to check out the rest of their songs so I bought the cassette - was not disappointed.

Still have both of those tapes today!

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Bill — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:50:04 -0000

Are you kidding me? I write for a mag in L.A. e-mail me so we can talk more!
wrowan@yahoo.com

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Bill — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:47:34 -0000

Hello,
I saw Loud Sugar play in a club in North Hollywood CA,and found them to be amazing.Dave had THAT look.I've had at least 3 copies of the CD and last I heard Mr.Grover was doing Kid's cds or children's music! They were sooo ahead of their time.Also,I have the video for "Instant Karma Coffee House".