  mark sayers mcgrath (born march 15, 1968) is an american singer of the rock band sugar ray. mcgrath is also known for his work as a co-host of extra, and he was the host of don't forget the lyrics! in 2010. mark is currently the host of the tv show "killer karaoke", taking the place of jackass star steve-o. ==music career== mark mcgrath's career started in july of 1988, while he was a student at the university of southern california with a band composed of his high school friends from newport beach, ca. the band was originally called the shrinky dinx and would later be changed to sugar ray. in 1994 the band signed with atlantic records. their first success came in 1997 with the song "fly". mcgrath's personal popularity soared as he appeared on national magazine covers such as rolling stone and spin. he also made numerous appearances on mtv, vh1, and various talk and awards shows. people magazine named him the "sexiest rocker" of 1998. mcgrath contributed the track "reaching out" on strait up, a tribute album to late vocalist lynn strait, for whom he has a dedication tattoo to memorialize. he appeared in the video of "angel's son," another song written for the album (by sevendust) and performed with the band during their appearance on the tonight show with jay leno. in 2012, mcgrath along with everclear's art alexakis organized the summerland tour, which consisted of sugar ray, everclear, lit, marcie playground and gin blossoms. mcgrath and alexakis decided to split ways in 2013, and mcgrath formed the "under the sun tour" with suga
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