{{Short description|Canadian musical group}} {{For|the 1985 film by Percy Adlon |Sugarbaby (film)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Zuckerbaby | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = Calgary, Alberta, Canada | genre = Alternative rock, power pop | years_active = pre-1996–present | label = None, formerly Mercury/Polygram and Mercury/Universal | website = [http://www.myspace.com/zuckerbaby MySpace page] | current_members = Andy Eichhorn – Lead vocals, guitar<br />Reed Shimozawa – Guitar, vocals<br />Ed Tiegs – Bass, drums <br />Ian Grant – Drums | past_members = }}
'''Zuckerbaby '''is an Alberta-based rock band that had some success in Canada during the late 1990s. The band formed out of local Calgary groove band Calliope.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Calgary Cassette Preservation Society: Calliope – Calliope (1994)|url = http://www.calgarycassettes.org/2009/12/calliope-calliope-1994.html|website = calgarycassettes.org|access-date = 5 September 2015|archive-date = 31 March 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150331183655/http://www.calgarycassettes.org/2009/12/calliope-calliope-1994.html|url-status = dead}}</ref> The band was known for its power pop influences and the thick lead guitar sounds of Reed Shimozawa, an alumnus of Calgary-based hair metal band Smash L.A.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Calgary Cassette Preservation Society: Smash L.A. – Smash L.A. (1990)|url = http://www.calgarycassettes.org/2011/12/smash-la-smash-la-1990.html|website = calgarycassettes.org|access-date = 5 September 2015|archive-date = 31 March 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150331184424/http://www.calgarycassettes.org/2011/12/smash-la-smash-la-1990.html|url-status = dead}}</ref> "Andromeda", "Heavy", and "Shampoo" were singles released from their debut, self-titled album.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chartattack.com/news/27839/will-zuckerbaby-go-platinum-again-with-new-album|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607102431/http://www.chartattack.com/news/27839/will-zuckerbaby-go-platinum-again-with-new-album|url-status=usurped|archive-date=7 June 2011|title=Will Zuckerbaby Go 'Platinum Again' With New Album|last=Kowal|first=Amanda|date=1 August 2000|work=Chart|access-date=20 November 2008}}</ref> Their second CD, ''Platinum Again'', was released in 2000 and two singles were released from it; "Overexposure" and "Holiday". The band was dropped from its label when Mercury Records was reorganized under Universal Music.
On 28 August 2015, the band reunited with the appearance of original members, Andy Eichorn and Reed Shimozawa, who were joined by two local Calgary musicians for a one-time live opening show at the Marquee Beer Market and Stage with headlining band Age of Electric.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Age of Electric Reunite for Live Show|url = https://exclaim.ca/Music/article/pre-mounties_new_pornographers_project_age_of_electric_reunites|access-date = 5 September 2015}}</ref>
==Band members== * Andy Eichhorn – Lead vocals, guitar * Reed Shimozawa – Guitar, vocals * Ed Tiegs – Bass, drums (replaced Ted Koti in 1999) * Ian Grant – Drums
===Former members=== * Brian Doss – Bass * Ted Koti – Bass (replaced Doss in 1998, and was replaced by Ed Tiegs in 1999) * Wayne Stadler – Drums * Mark Freeland – Bass * Kurt Dahle – Drums (temporary for Stadler in 1998)
'''The band also had co-writers for their Platinum Again album:<ref>[http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/Z/Zuckerbaby.html CANOE – JAM! Music – Pop Encyclopedia – Zuckerbaby]{{dead link|date=April 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>''' * Kevin McKenzie (from Damn The Diva) * Reggie Bibby * Todd Kerns (ex-Age of Electric and Static in Stereo member) * Ryan Dahle (Limblifter, ex-Age of Electric member) * Dave Genn (Guitarist and keyboardist for the Matthew Good Band)
==Origin of the name== The name "Zuckerbaby" comes from a German art film, made in 1985, directed and written by Percy Adlon.<ref>{{cite web | date= 9 March 1998 | author = Brian Ellicot | title= Groovy, Zuckerbaby! | url= http://www.varsity.utoronto.ca/archives/118/mar09/review/Groovy.html | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061013032513/http://www.varsity.utoronto.ca/archives/118/mar09/review/Groovy.html | archive-date= 13 October 2006 }}</ref> The film is also known as ''Sugarbaby''.
==Discography== {| table border="2" class="wikitable" ! Year || Title || Label |- | 1996 || ''Ooh I'm So Pretty'' || Calgary Band Compilation (featuring Andromeda and Jealousy) |- | 1997 || ''Zuckerbaby'' || Mercury/Polygram |- | 2000 || ''Platinum Again'' || Mercury/Universal |}
===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" !align="center" valign="top" width="40"|Year !align="left" valign="top"|Song !align="left" valign="top"|Album |- |align="center" valign="top"|1997 |align="left" valign="top"|"Andromeda" |align="left" valign="top"|''Zuckerbaby'' |- |align="center" valign="top"|1997 |align="left" valign="top"|"Heavy" |align="left" valign="top"|''Zuckerbaby'' |- |align="center" valign="top"|1998 |align="left" valign="top"|"Shampoo" |align="left" valign="top"|''Zuckerbaby'' |- |align="center" valign="top"|2000 |align="left" valign="top"|"Overexposure" |align="left" valign="top"|''Platinum Again'' |- |align="center" valign="top"|2000 |align="left" valign="top"|"Holiday" |align="left" valign="top"|''Platinum Again'' |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.myspace.com/zuckerbaby Zuckerbaby's MySpace page]
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