Sugartooth was an alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band that was formed in the early 1990s.

Marc Hutner (vocals, guitar) and Josh Blum (bass) formed the group after meeting each other on the California band circuit (while each fronting separate groups). They worked with two different drummers over time (Joey Castillo

Joey Castillo

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 and Dusty Watson

Dusty Watson

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). The explosive success of Alternative/Grunge music and the growing appearance of bands like Candlebox

Candlebox

Candlebox is an American alternative rock band from Seattle, Washington. Since their debut, the group has released four studio albums, which have achieved multi-platinum and gold certification, as well as numerous charting singles, a compilation, and a CD+DVD....

 prompted record companies to sign a large number of new bands as they came along; Sugartooth as a result quickly signed a contract with David Geffen

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, and the band's self-titled debut was released in 1994. The song Sold My Fortune became a modest hit after appearing on an episode of Beavis and Butthead and the group regularly opened shows for Slayer

Slayer

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, Supersuckers, Stone Temple Pilots

Stone Temple Pilots

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, and Soundgarden

Soundgarden

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Castillo left the band before recording sessions began for the band's followup album. Rather than find a new drummer, Hutner and Blum decided to use a drum machine and hired the Dust Brothers

Dust Brothers

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 to produce the album. During recording, Sugartooth contributed the music to a song called Tortured Man that the Dust Brothers were putting together for the soundtrack to the film Private Parts

Private Parts

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. This song would later feature vocals by Howard Stern

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After the commercial failure of their 1997 album, the band split up for good.