Sup Thugs!? We’re back!! It’s been a busy last few days and so we apologize for the gap concerning our information stream. The word stream rules. Strong Stream for us here @ the Sugar BTW…Anyhow as most of you know it’s been all over the press lately that one or more members of the band have been associated with Sarah Palin romantically....

Hell… It’s hotter than shit out, we’re hungover, and we’ve been holed up all week in the studio working on new tunes…brutal. Anyhow we’re heading out to the Alley in Highwood (210 Greenbay Rd.) tomorrow to do some deep jamming and searchin on these new tunes. 9pm. In fact if you “like” em on Facebook you can...

What’s up all you rebel insurgents!! We’re taking heavy fire here in the city due to the massive military presence in the skies, but before they dump a load of explosives on our heads we figured we’d hit ya with a quick update… We’re doin our monthy jam @ Blue Bayou on Friday the 19th around 10pm, so swing on thru and snort a little...

Hey Gang!! Couple things to remind you of as you’re gearing up for Lollapalooza weekend… We’ll be jamming @ Chucks Voo Doo Lounge in Burbank (6501 W. 79th st.) Friday nightaround 9pm. This will be our last show there before CHUCKS FEST next month out @ ToyotaPark so come out after Lolla and eat BBQ and get faced with us! Saturday we’ll be playing...

Mean Gene was, well, a canteen. Born in 1962 from scrap metal remnants of WW2, he slogged through the cold War and most of the grunge generation before suddenly falling into the arms of the brothers Sugar…and so our story truly begins… Along the great roadways of the Southern United States Gene established himself as a terror, wielding his deadly blend of...