SUGARCULT will release BACK TO THE DISASTER - A FILM ABOUT SUGARCULT on November 15th. The hour and a half documentary chronicles the history of the band, its members, and their 2004-2005 United States, UK, and European tours in support of their 'Palm Trees And Power Lines' album. A labor of love for the band and a love letter to its fans, the film also includes footage and band antics from their tour of Japan with Green Day, in-depth interviews, behind the scenes footage, live concert performances, music videos, and tour scrapbook featuring clips from each band member's personal collection of tour photographs. 'Back To The Disaster' is also packaged with a live nine song performance from the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ featuring tracks from 'Palm Trees And Power Lines' as well as their 2001 debut 'Start Static.'

Sugarcult doesn't play by the rules. Since the 2001 release of their debut album, Start Static, the Santa Barbara-based quartet has been rewriting the book on how to succeed in the brave new world of post-millennial rock & roll.

Taking their characteristic DIY attitude to the limit, the band brought its case directly to the people. Crisscrossing the world for two years nonstop and playing hundreds of shows, Sugarcult has also hit the main stages of major festivals like Warped in the U.S., Glastonbury, Reading & Leeds in the U.K. and Summer Sonic in Japan. Kerrang stated that the band delivers music "the way it should be played: loud, colourful, larger-than-life".

The energy and dedication Sugarcult brought to Start Static created a massive fan base for the rock quartet around the world, selling nearly half a million copies -- 300,000 units in the United States alone. On their most recent release, Palm Trees and Power Lines the plaintive edge that lurked below the surface of singer/guitarist Tim Pagnotta's songs is now front and center. Sugarcult is quintessentially Californian, and the new album's 12 songs play out against the backdrop of California's beauty and ugliness, its romance and reality; documenting a physical and psychological journey that begins and ends at the edge of the Pacific.

The group took shape in 1998, starting with Pagnotta, who after a nomadic childhood hooked up with bassist Airin and the band's first drummer Ben Davis at City College in Santa Barbara. Soon thereafter Sugarcult played their first gig supporting Superdrag at a local club. This gig was also attended by Marko 72, a scenester who'd played bass with punk bands the Ataris, the Swingin' Utters and Nerf Herder (in addition to running a bedroom indie label, hosting a weekly radio show, working in a record store and writing for the weekly tabloid). Tim and Marko found they loved the same bands, from Elvis Costello and The Clash to Nirvana and Green Day, and before long Marko was playing guitar in the band. After gaining some notoriety in the Central Coast music scene, the boys pointed their van south on the 101 and began their quest to conquer the highly competitive environs of Southern California.

Immediately after completing Start Static, Sugarcult hit the road as the new kids on the 2001 Warped Tour. The unknown band went over so well that what was initially a two-week run was extended through the entire two-month tour, and they were back again the following summer. Thus the seeds were sown that led Sugarcult on one tour after another - resulting in a rabid fanbase. It's a phenomenon that has less to do with airplay or endcaps, and more to do with the direct result of a genuine, wholly organic buzz.

With Palm Trees and Power Lines, Sugarcult upped the ante with a musically and emotionally resonant album that marks the coming of age of an important new band with something to say and the firepower to put it across with a vengeance. There's simply no quitting - and no compromise - with this crew. Get used to having Sugarcult around, because they're not about to go away.