The Sugi Tap

The Sugi Tap
Origin	Los Angeles, California
Years active	2005-present
Members	Max Collins, Tony Fagenson

The Sugi Tap (pronounced sue-gee tap) is an alternative rock/power-pop band operating since May of 2005. The band primarily plays in Southern California venues, with the slightly altered Eve 6 line-up of Max on vocals and guitar, and Tony on drums, accompanied by backing musical tracks, with very sparse electronic elements.

Band Members

• Max Collins sings lead vocals and plays guitar.
• Tony Fagenson plays drums and sings backup vocals.

History

Max Collins and Tony Fagenson were previously in a popular band with Jon Siebels called Eve 6. For nearly a year after the announcement that the two were working together, no news was heard. In late-spring/early-summer of 2006, the first update was given to the old Eve 6 community, and the first dates for shows posted.

Don Gilmore (the producer of Eve 6's first two albums) is involved with the group, albeit from "afar." The band has around 15 recorded demos, of varying quality.

MySpace Involvement

Since the summer of 2006, the Sugi Tap have been more involved with the popular networking site MySpace, promising the release of some demos the band has recorded, as soon as the Sugi Tap hit the 1,000 friends mark on MySpace. This was accomplished quickly and the songs "Pick up the Pieces" and "Mr. Bones" were made public. "Mr. Bones" is a reworked song from Max's short-lived solo project, Brotherhood of Lost Dogs. "Familiar Face" and "Victoria;" two other Brotherhood of Lost Dogs songs have been confirmed as Sugi Tap songs, though the demos of these two songs have not been made available. A blog entry on the band's MySpace shortly after the release promised another song to be posted when their friends count hit 3,000. That song is now out and it is called "Good Associate". The final myspace song came out much earlier as a surprise. Originally slated to be released once the Sugi Tap's friends counter hit 7373, "Little Tiny Everything" was made available over 3,000 friends prior to that mark. However, once this song was released, all four were changed to stream only, with downloading being disabled. The reason given by the band is that the downloads should be viewed as a gift for early supporters of the band.

On December 14, 2006, the Sugi Tap announced that their up coming EP will contain five tracks and will be released on February 12th, 2007, since then it has been pushed back to sometime in early to late March.

Performances

As of now, the Sugi Tap is playing shows, scheduled in Southern California and Arizona, consistently keeping in touch with the fan community. Though the actual band only consists of two members, during shows they have experimented by performing with additional musicians.

Discography

Albums

The Sugi Tap announced that they will release a 5-track EP in February 2007 exclusively to the Myspace music store. A CD version is planned for release later this year.

Song List

While Tony has stated that there are roughly 15 songs, only a select few have been named.
- Pick up the Pieces
- Mr. Bones
- Good Associate
- Little Tiny Everything
- Brotherhood of Lost Dogs
- Peace of Mind
- Familiar Face
- Victoria*
- A Different Feeling*
- Pastoral Life

Asterisk denotes that song has been confirmed/played live, but no recording (as of yet) is available. (Note: A short live clip of Peace of Mind is available, but a full version, live or studio, is not. Additionally, Familiar Face was available as a live recording with Max's previous band, Brotherhood of Lost Dogs.)

Trivia

"Sugi Tap" is taken from the Japanese anime Battle Royale.

The official name for the band is now, once again, THE Sugi Tap. (Having briefly switched the name to simply "Sugi Tap.") The line on the band's MySpace "...but we're gonna change it anyway!" has been removed, indicating that, for now, the Sugi Tap is the permanent, official name.

External links

• The Sugi Tap's Official Myspace Site
• Eve 6 Media HQ