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* [[AlliterateName Alliterate Name]]: Cyco City, where the band supposedly "lives".

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* [[AlliterateName Alliterate Name]]: Cyco City, where the band supposedly "lives".



* [[Cloudcuckooland]]: When Sumo Cyco first started releasing music, they would simply state that they were from Hamilton/Toronto/The GTA and that was pretty much all there was to it. But around the time the "Interceptor" music video came out, the band started saying that they all hailed from Cyco City. The band, and Sever in particular, would constantly refer to this fictional location time and time again, with "newspapers" from the city being shown to fans and a "Cyco City News" broadcast being shown in the actual "Interceptor" music video. Fans finally got a peak into Cyco City during the "Who Do You Want To Be?" music video...and it definitely looks like an interesting place to live. Apparently, in Cyco City, every store and bar has a dark theme to it (for example, the store Sears is known as "Fears"), people use products that only *exist* in Cyco City (there are billboards for "Sumo Soda" and "Vixen" vodka shown during the video) and and no one bats an eyelash at seeing a girl with a TV for a head walking around or alien mobsters playing brass instruments at a party.

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* [[Cloudcuckooland]]: Cloudcuckooland: When Sumo Cyco first started releasing music, they would simply state that they were from Hamilton/Toronto/The GTA and that was pretty much all there was to it. But around the time the "Interceptor" music video came out, the band started saying that they all hailed from Cyco City. The band, and Sever in particular, would constantly refer to this fictional location time and time again, with "newspapers" from the city being shown to fans and a "Cyco City News" broadcast being shown in the actual "Interceptor" music video. Fans finally got a peak into Cyco City during the "Who Do You Want To Be?" music video...and it definitely looks like an interesting place to live. Apparently, in Cyco City, every store and bar has a dark theme to it (for example, the store Sears is known as "Fears"), people use products that only *exist* in Cyco City (there are billboards for "Sumo Soda" and "Vixen" vodka shown during the video) and and no one bats an eyelash at seeing a girl with a TV for a head walking around or alien mobsters playing brass instruments at a party.
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* [[Cloudcuckooland Cloudcuckooland]]: When Sumo Cyco first started releasing music, they would simply state that they were from Hamilton/Toronto/The GTA and that was pretty much all there was to it. But around the time the "Interceptor" music video came out, the band started saying that they all hailed from Cyco City. The band, and Sever in particular, would constantly refer to this fictional location time and time again, with "newspapers" from the city being shown to fans and a "Cyco City News" broadcast being shown in the actual "Interceptor" music video. Fans finally got a peak into Cyco City during the "Who Do You Want To Be?" music video...and it definitely looks like an interesting place to live. Apparently, in Cyco City, every store and bar has a dark theme to it (for example, the store Sears is known as "Fears"), people use products that only *exist* in Cyco City (there are billboards for "Sumo Soda" and "Vixen" vodka shown during the video) and and no one bats an eyelash at seeing a girl with a TV for a head walking around or alien mobsters playing brass instruments at a party.

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* [[Cloudcuckooland Cloudcuckooland]]: [[Cloudcuckooland]]: When Sumo Cyco first started releasing music, they would simply state that they were from Hamilton/Toronto/The GTA and that was pretty much all there was to it. But around the time the "Interceptor" music video came out, the band started saying that they all hailed from Cyco City. The band, and Sever in particular, would constantly refer to this fictional location time and time again, with "newspapers" from the city being shown to fans and a "Cyco City News" broadcast being shown in the actual "Interceptor" music video. Fans finally got a peak into Cyco City during the "Who Do You Want To Be?" music video...and it definitely looks like an interesting place to live. Apparently, in Cyco City, every store and bar has a dark theme to it (for example, the store Sears is known as "Fears"), people use products that only *exist* in Cyco City (there are billboards for "Sumo Soda" and "Vixen" vodka shown during the video) and and no one bats an eyelash at seeing a girl with a TV for a head walking around or alien mobsters playing brass instruments at a party.
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* BadassBeard: M.D., Thor and Legs have sported some rather excellent ones

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* BadassBeard: M.D., Thor and Legs have all sported some rather excellent ones



* Cloudcuckooland: When Sumo Cyco first started releasing music, they would simply state that they were from Hamilton/Toronto/The GTA and that was pretty much all there was to it. But around the time the "Interceptor" music video came out, the band started saying that they all hailed from Cyco City. The band, and Sever in particular, would constantly refer to this fictional location time and time again, with "newspapers" from the city being shown to fans and a "Cyco City News" broadcast being shown in the actual "Interceptor" music video. Fans finally got a peak into Cyco City during the "Who Do You Want To Be?" music video...and it definitely looks like an interesting place to live. Apparently, in Cyco City, every store and bar has a dark theme to it (for example, the store Sears is known as "Fears"), people use products that only *exist* in Cyco City (there are billboards for "Sumo Soda" and "Vixen" vodka shown during the video) and and no one bats an eyelash at seeing a girl with a TV on her head walking around or alien mobsters playing brass instruments at a party.




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* Cloudcuckooland: [[Cloudcuckooland Cloudcuckooland]]: When Sumo Cyco first started releasing music, they would simply state that they were from Hamilton/Toronto/The GTA and that was pretty much all there was to it. But around the time the "Interceptor" music video came out, the band started saying that they all hailed from Cyco City. The band, and Sever in particular, would constantly refer to this fictional location time and time again, with "newspapers" from the city being shown to fans and a "Cyco City News" broadcast being shown in the actual "Interceptor" music video. Fans finally got a peak into Cyco City during the "Who Do You Want To Be?" music video...and it definitely looks like an interesting place to live. Apparently, in Cyco City, every store and bar has a dark theme to it (for example, the store Sears is known as "Fears"), people use products that only *exist* in Cyco City (there are billboards for "Sumo Soda" and "Vixen" vodka shown during the video) and and no one bats an eyelash at seeing a girl with a TV on her for a head walking around or alien mobsters playing brass instruments at a party.



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* Cloudcuckooland: When Sumo Cyco first started releasing music, they would simply state that they were from Hamilton/Toronto/The GTA and that was pretty much all there was to it. But around the time the "Interceptor" music video came out, the band started saying that they all hailed from Cyco City. The band, and Sever in particular, would constantly refer to this fictional location time and time again, with "newspapers" from the city being shown to fans and a "Cyco City News" broadcast being shown in the actual "Interceptor" music video. Fans finally got a peak into Cyco City during the "Who Do You Want To Be?" music video...and it definitely looks like an interesting place to live. Apparently, in Cyco City, every store and bar has a dark theme to it (for example, the store Sears is known as "Fears"), people use products that only *exist* in Cyco City (there are billboards for "Sumo Soda" and "Vixen" vodka shown during the video) and and no one bats an eyelash at seeing a girl with a TV on her head walking around or alien mobsters playing brass instruments at a party.



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* AllJustADream: The ending to "Limp"'s video.
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[[caption-width-right:318:Lie to me/Let me down/Where do we go now?/Where do we go now?/Lift me up/Let me drown/Where do we go now?/Where do we go now?]]
Sumo Cyco is a four-piece rock band from Ontario, Canada. Its members are: Sever (Skye Sweetnam) on vocals, M.D. (Matt Drake) on guitar and back-up vocals, Thor (Ken Thor Corke) on bass and Legs (Ryan Kerry Leger) on drums.

Sumo Cyco have their origins in the solo career of their lead singer. In 2008, Skye Sweetnam found herself at a crossroads: her first two albums (2004's ''Noise From The Basement'' and 2007's ''Sound Soldier''), which were heavily pop influenced, hadn't exactly set the world on fire in terms of sales figures. Also, she had just turned twenty, and therefore, could no longer refer to herself as a teen pop singer. As she tried to figure out what she was going to do next, she got to work on writing songs with her longtime writing partner Matt Drake, presumably for a third Skye Sweetnam solo album.

As more and more songs were written, both Sweetnam and Drake realized that Skye Sweetnam's lyrics had begun taking a darker turn. With this, an idea sprung forth: rather than put these songs on a third Skye Sweetnam album, Skye decided that the best way to bring these songs to life was with the help of a band. That way, she could go down a new career path without letting her past get in the way. The idea of an alter ego also was hatched around this time. It didn't take long for Skye to figure out who would be a part of her new band project. Drake joined almost immediately, and soon, Skye's other longtime friends, Ken Thor Corke and Ryan Kerry Leger, rounded out the group. After some brainstorming (or rather, just going to a band name generator website and seeing what results, then combining two of the names that they liked), the four settled upon the name Sumo Cyco.

Sumo Cyco's first ever release was a free download of their song "Limp" on March 11, 2011. Since then, the band has put seven songs up for sale on iTunes and other online music stores, with the idea of a full-length album release continually being tossed around by them. A music video has been made for each song released thus far, every single one of them directed, produced and edited by the band themselves on a shoestring budget (with a little help from their friends).

The band got a huge boost in popularity and some much needed publicity in the fall of 2011 when a video of Sever getting hit in the face with a moving ceiling fan during the making of the music video for their song "Interceptor" was posted on [[YouTube YouTube]] by the band and ended up going viral, appearing on Ray William Johnson's [[EqualsThree =3 YouTube series]] and the TV shows [[AttackOfTheShow Attack of the Show]], Tosh.0 and Ridiculousness. Thanks to the band wisely putting a link to the "Interceptor" music video at the end of the ceiling fan video, many people who saw "The Ceiling Fan Incident" ended up checking out the "Interceptor" music video, and as a result, Sumo Cyco's fanbase saw a dramatic increase in its numbers in a matter of weeks. Even over a year after it was first uploaded, "The Ceiling Fan Incident" continues getting hits, therefore, more people are discovering Sumo Cyco and becoming fans of them on a consistent basis.

Since they started releasing music, Sumo Cyco have opened up for the bands [[HollywoodUndead Hollywood Undead]] (this was their first ever live concert as Sumo Cyco, in fact) and Finger Eleven, and have played at NXNE (the popular Canadian equivalent of the also popular American SXSW festival), the annual S.C.E.N.E. Music Festival and on the Toronto stop of the Vans Warped Tour 2012. This is all the more impressive when you realize that Sumo Cyco has yet to be signed to ''any'' record label, major OR independent. They wouldn't mind changing that last part one of these days, of course, but the band *does* take pride in being self-sufficient. They, without a doubt, believe in a D.I.Y. mentality.

!Singles Released As Of This Writing
* "Limp" ''Released March 11, 2011''
* "Mercy" ''Released March 25, 2011''
* "Interceptor" ''Released July 15, 2011''
* "Danger" ''Released October 28, 2011''
* "Who Do You Want To Be?" ''Released January 27, 2012''
* "Loose Cannon" ''Released June 29, 2012''
* "Where Do We Go?" ''Released October 5, 2012''

[[quoteright:318:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sumocycoimage_2438.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:318:Lie to me/Let me down/Where do we go now?/Where do we go now?/Lift me up/Let me drown/Where do we go now?/Where do we go now?]]
Sumo Cyco is a four-piece rock band from Ontario, Canada. Its members are: Sever (Skye Sweetnam) on vocals, M.D. (Matt Drake) on guitar and back-up vocals, Thor (Ken Thor Corke) on bass and Legs (Ryan Kerry Leger) on drums.

Sumo Cyco have their origins in the solo career of their lead singer. In 2008, Skye Sweetnam found herself at a crossroads: her first two albums (2004's ''Noise From The Basement'' and 2007's ''Sound Soldier''), which were heavily pop influenced, hadn't exactly set the world on fire in terms of sales figures. Also, she had just turned twenty, and therefore, could no longer refer to herself as a teen pop singer. As she tried to figure out what she was going to do next, she got to work on writing songs with her longtime writing partner Matt Drake, presumably for a third Skye Sweetnam solo album.

As more and more songs were written, both Sweetnam and Drake realized that Skye Sweetnam's lyrics had begun taking a darker turn. With this, an idea sprung forth: rather than put these songs on a third Skye Sweetnam album, Skye decided that the best way to bring these songs to life was with the help of a band. That way, she could go down a new career path without letting her past get in the way. The idea of an alter ego also was hatched around this time. It didn't take long for Skye to figure out who would be a part of her new band project. Drake joined almost immediately, and soon, Skye's other longtime friends, Ken Thor Corke and Ryan Kerry Leger, rounded out the group. After some brainstorming (or rather, just going to a band name generator website and seeing what results, then combining two of the names that they liked), the four settled upon the name Sumo Cyco.

Sumo Cyco's first ever release was a free download of their song "Limp" on March 11, 2011. Since then, the band has put seven songs up for sale on iTunes and other online music stores, with the idea of a full-length album release continually being tossed around by them. A music video has been made for each song released thus far, every single one of them directed, produced and edited by the band themselves on a shoestring budget (with a little help from their friends).

The band got a huge boost in popularity and some much needed publicity in the fall of 2011 when a video of Sever getting hit in the face with a moving ceiling fan during the making of the music video for their song "Interceptor" was posted on [[YouTube YouTube]] by the band and ended up going viral, appearing on Ray William Johnson's [[EqualsThree =3 YouTube series]] and the TV shows [[AttackOfTheShow Attack of the Show]], Tosh.0 and Ridiculousness. Thanks to the band wisely putting a link to the "Interceptor" music video at the end of the ceiling fan video, many people who saw "The Ceiling Fan Incident" ended up checking out the "Interceptor" music video, and as a result, Sumo Cyco's fanbase saw a dramatic increase in its numbers in a matter of weeks. Even over a year after it was first uploaded, "The Ceiling Fan Incident" continues getting hits, therefore, more people are discovering Sumo Cyco and becoming fans of them on a consistent basis.

Since they started releasing music, Sumo Cyco have opened up for the bands [[HollywoodUndead Hollywood Undead]] (this was their first ever live concert as Sumo Cyco, in fact) and Finger Eleven, and have played at NXNE (the popular Canadian equivalent of the also popular American SXSW festival), the annual S.C.E.N.E. Music Festival and on the Toronto stop of the Vans Warped Tour 2012. This is all the more impressive when you realize that Sumo Cyco has yet to be signed to ''any'' record label, major OR independent. They wouldn't mind changing that last part one of these days, of course, but the band *does* take pride in being self-sufficient. They, without a doubt, believe in a D.I.Y. mentality.

!Singles Released As Of This Writing
* "Limp" ''Released March 11, 2011''
* "Mercy" ''Released March 25, 2011''
* "Interceptor" ''Released July 15, 2011''
* "Danger" ''Released October 28, 2011''
* "Who Do You Want To Be?" ''Released January 27, 2012''
* "Loose Cannon" ''Released June 29, 2012''
* "Where Do We Go?" ''Released October 5, 2012''

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[[caption-width-right:318:Lie to me/Let me down/Where do we go now?/Where do we go now?/Lift me up/Let me drown/Where do we go now?/Where do we go now?]]
Sumo Cyco is a four-piece rock band from Ontario, Canada. Its members are: Sever (Skye Sweetnam) on vocals, M.D. (Matt Drake) on guitar and back-up vocals, Thor (Ken Thor Corke) on bass and Legs (Ryan Kerry Leger) on drums.

Sumo Cyco have their origins in the solo career of their lead singer. In 2008, Skye Sweetnam found herself at a crossroads: her first two albums (2004's ''Noise From The Basement'' and 2007's ''Sound Soldier''), which were heavily pop influenced, hadn't exactly set the world on fire in terms of sales figures. Also, she had just turned twenty, and therefore, could no longer refer to herself as a teen pop singer. As she tried to figure out what she was going to do next, she got to work on writing songs with her longtime writing partner Matt Drake, presumably for a third Skye Sweetnam solo album.

As more and more songs were written, both Sweetnam and Drake realized that Skye Sweetnam's lyrics had begun taking a darker turn. With this, an idea sprung forth: rather than put these songs on a third Skye Sweetnam album, Skye decided that the best way to bring these songs to life was with the help of a band. That way, she could go down a new career path without letting her past get in the way. The idea of an alter ego also was hatched around this time. It didn't take long for Skye to figure out who would be a part of her new band project. Drake joined almost immediately, and soon, Skye's other longtime friends, Ken Thor Corke and Ryan Kerry Leger, rounded out the group. After some brainstorming (or rather, just going to a band name generator website and seeing what results, then combining two of the names that they liked), the four settled upon the name Sumo Cyco.

Sumo Cyco's first ever release was a free download of their song "Limp" on March 11, 2011. Since then, the band has put seven songs up for sale on iTunes and other online music stores, with the idea of a full-length album release continually being tossed around by them. A music video has been made for each song released thus far, every single one of them directed, produced and edited by the band themselves on a shoestring budget (with a little help from their friends).

The band got a huge boost in popularity and some much needed publicity in the fall of 2011 when a video of Sever getting hit in the face with a moving ceiling fan during the making of the music video for their song "Interceptor" was posted on [[YouTube YouTube]] by the band and ended up going viral, appearing on Ray William Johnson's [[EqualsThree =3 YouTube series]] and the TV shows [[AttackOfTheShow Attack of the Show]], Tosh.0 and Ridiculousness. Thanks to the band wisely putting a link to the "Interceptor" music video at the end of the ceiling fan video, many people who saw "The Ceiling Fan Incident" ended up checking out the "Interceptor" music video, and as a result, Sumo Cyco's fanbase saw a dramatic increase in its numbers in a matter of weeks. Even over a year after it was first uploaded, "The Ceiling Fan Incident" continues getting hits, therefore, more people are discovering Sumo Cyco and becoming fans of them on a consistent basis.

Since they started releasing music, Sumo Cyco have opened up for the bands [[HollywoodUndead Hollywood Undead]] (this was their first ever live concert as Sumo Cyco, in fact) and Finger Eleven, and have played at NXNE (the popular Canadian equivalent of the also popular American SXSW festival), the annual S.C.E.N.E. Music Festival and on the Toronto stop of the Vans Warped Tour 2012. This is all the more impressive when you realize that Sumo Cyco has yet to be signed to ''any'' record label, major OR independent. They wouldn't mind changing that last part one of these days, of course, but the band *does* take pride in being self-sufficient. They, without a doubt, believe in a D.I.Y. mentality.

!Singles Released As Of This Writing
* "Limp" ''Released March 11, 2011''
* "Mercy" ''Released March 25, 2011''
* "Interceptor" ''Released July 15, 2011''
* "Danger" ''Released October 28, 2011''
* "Who Do You Want To Be?" ''Released January 27, 2012''
* "Loose Cannon" ''Released June 29, 2012''
* "Where Do We Go?" ''Released October 5, 2012''

[[quoteright:318:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sumocycoimage_2438.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:318:Lie to me/Let me down/Where do we go now?/Where do we go now?/Lift me up/Let me drown/Where do we go now?/Where do we go now?]]
Sumo Cyco is a four-piece rock band from Ontario, Canada. Its members are: Sever (Skye Sweetnam) on vocals, M.D. (Matt Drake) on guitar and back-up vocals, Thor (Ken Thor Corke) on bass and Legs (Ryan Kerry Leger) on drums.

Sumo Cyco have their origins in the solo career of their lead singer. In 2008, Skye Sweetnam found herself at a crossroads: her first two albums (2004's ''Noise From The Basement'' and 2007's ''Sound Soldier''), which were heavily pop influenced, hadn't exactly set the world on fire in terms of sales figures. Also, she had just turned twenty, and therefore, could no longer refer to herself as a teen pop singer. As she tried to figure out what she was going to do next, she got to work on writing songs with her longtime writing partner Matt Drake, presumably for a third Skye Sweetnam solo album.

As more and more songs were written, both Sweetnam and Drake realized that Skye Sweetnam's lyrics had begun taking a darker turn. With this, an idea sprung forth: rather than put these songs on a third Skye Sweetnam album, Skye decided that the best way to bring these songs to life was with the help of a band. That way, she could go down a new career path without letting her past get in the way. The idea of an alter ego also was hatched around this time. It didn't take long for Skye to figure out who would be a part of her new band project. Drake joined almost immediately, and soon, Skye's other longtime friends, Ken Thor Corke and Ryan Kerry Leger, rounded out the group. After some brainstorming (or rather, just going to a band name generator website and seeing what results, then combining two of the names that they liked), the four settled upon the name Sumo Cyco.

Sumo Cyco's first ever release was a free download of their song "Limp" on March 11, 2011. Since then, the band has put seven songs up for sale on iTunes and other online music stores, with the idea of a full-length album release continually being tossed around by them. A music video has been made for each song released thus far, every single one of them directed, produced and edited by the band themselves on a shoestring budget (with a little help from their friends).

The band got a huge boost in popularity and some much needed publicity in the fall of 2011 when a video of Sever getting hit in the face with a moving ceiling fan during the making of the music video for their song "Interceptor" was posted on [[YouTube YouTube]] by the band and ended up going viral, appearing on Ray William Johnson's [[EqualsThree =3 YouTube series]] and the TV shows [[AttackOfTheShow Attack of the Show]], Tosh.0 and Ridiculousness. Thanks to the band wisely putting a link to the "Interceptor" music video at the end of the ceiling fan video, many people who saw "The Ceiling Fan Incident" ended up checking out the "Interceptor" music video, and as a result, Sumo Cyco's fanbase saw a dramatic increase in its numbers in a matter of weeks. Even over a year after it was first uploaded, "The Ceiling Fan Incident" continues getting hits, therefore, more people are discovering Sumo Cyco and becoming fans of them on a consistent basis.

Since they started releasing music, Sumo Cyco have opened up for the bands [[HollywoodUndead Hollywood Undead]] (this was their first ever live concert as Sumo Cyco, in fact) and Finger Eleven, and have played at NXNE (the popular Canadian equivalent of the also popular American SXSW festival), the annual S.C.E.N.E. Music Festival and on the Toronto stop of the Vans Warped Tour 2012. This is all the more impressive when you realize that Sumo Cyco has yet to be signed to ''any'' record label, major OR independent. They wouldn't mind changing that last part one of these days, of course, but the band *does* take pride in being self-sufficient. They, without a doubt, believe in a D.I.Y. mentality.

!Singles Released As Of This Writing
* "Limp" ''Released March 11, 2011''
* "Mercy" ''Released March 25, 2011''
* "Interceptor" ''Released July 15, 2011''
* "Danger" ''Released October 28, 2011''
* "Who Do You Want To Be?" ''Released January 27, 2012''
* "Loose Cannon" ''Released June 29, 2012''
* "Where Do We Go?" ''Released October 5, 2012''

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As more songs were written, both Sweetnam and Drake realized that Skye Sweetnam's lyrics had begun taking a darker turn. With this, an idea sprung forth: rather than put these songs on a third Skye Sweetnam album, Skye decided that the best way to bring these songs to life was with the help of a band. That way, she could go down a new career path without letting her past get in the way. The idea of an alter ego also was hatched around this time. It didn't take long for Skye to figure out who would be a part of her new band project. Drake joined almost immediately, and soon, Skye's other longtime friends, Ken Thor Corke and Ryan Kerry Leger, rounded out the group. After some brainstorming (or rather, just going to a band name generator website and seeing what results, then combining two of the names that they liked), the four settled upon the name Sumo Cyco.

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As more and more songs were written, both Sweetnam and Drake realized that Skye Sweetnam's lyrics had begun taking a darker turn. With this, an idea sprung forth: rather than put these songs on a third Skye Sweetnam album, Skye decided that the best way to bring these songs to life was with the help of a band. That way, she could go down a new career path without letting her past get in the way. The idea of an alter ego also was hatched around this time. It didn't take long for Skye to figure out who would be a part of her new band project. Drake joined almost immediately, and soon, Skye's other longtime friends, Ken Thor Corke and Ryan Kerry Leger, rounded out the group. After some brainstorming (or rather, just going to a band name generator website and seeing what results, then combining two of the names that they liked), the four settled upon the name Sumo Cyco.



The band got a huge boost in popularity and some much needed publicity in the fall of 2011 when a video of Sever getting hit in the face with a moving ceiling fan during the making of the music video for their song "Interceptor" was posted on [[YouTube YouTube]] by the band and ended up going viral, appearing on Ray William Johnson's [[EqualsThree =3 YouTube series]] and the TV shows [[AttackOfTheShow Attack of the Show]], [[Tosh0 Tosh.0]] and Ridiculousness. Thanks to the band wisely putting a link to the "Interceptor" music video at the end of the ceiling fan video, many people who saw "The Ceiling Fan Incident" ended up checking out the "Interceptor" music video, and as a result, Sumo Cyco's fanbase saw a dramatic increase in its numbers in a matter of weeks. Even over a year after it was first uploaded, "The Ceiling Fan Incident" continues getting hits, therefore, more people are discovering Sumo Cyco and becoming fans of them on a consistent basis.

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The band got a huge boost in popularity and some much needed publicity in the fall of 2011 when a video of Sever getting hit in the face with a moving ceiling fan during the making of the music video for their song "Interceptor" was posted on [[YouTube YouTube]] by the band and ended up going viral, appearing on Ray William Johnson's [[EqualsThree =3 YouTube series]] and the TV shows [[AttackOfTheShow Attack of the Show]], [[Tosh0 Tosh.0]] 0 and Ridiculousness. Thanks to the band wisely putting a link to the "Interceptor" music video at the end of the ceiling fan video, many people who saw "The Ceiling Fan Incident" ended up checking out the "Interceptor" music video, and as a result, Sumo Cyco's fanbase saw a dramatic increase in its numbers in a matter of weeks. Even over a year after it was first uploaded, "The Ceiling Fan Incident" continues getting hits, therefore, more people are discovering Sumo Cyco and becoming fans of them on a consistent basis.
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Sumo Cyco have their origins in the solo career of their lead singer. In 2008, Skye Sweetnam found herself at a crossroads: her first two albums, which were heavily pop influenced, hadn't exactly set the world on fire in terms of sales figures. Also, she had just turned twenty, and therefore, could no longer refer to herself as a teen pop singer. As she tried to figure out what she was going to do next, she got to work on writing songs with her longtime writing partner Matt Drake, presumably for a third Skye Sweetnam solo album.

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Sumo Cyco have their origins in the solo career of their lead singer. In 2008, Skye Sweetnam found herself at a crossroads: her first two albums, albums (2004's ''Noise From The Basement'' and 2007's ''Sound Soldier''), which were heavily pop influenced, hadn't exactly set the world on fire in terms of sales figures. Also, she had just turned twenty, and therefore, could no longer refer to herself as a teen pop singer. As she tried to figure out what she was going to do next, she got to work on writing songs with her longtime writing partner Matt Drake, presumably for a third Skye Sweetnam solo album.



The band got a huge boost in popularity and some much needed publicity in the fall of 2011 when a video of Sever getting hit in the face with a moving ceiling fan during the making of the music video for their song "Interceptor" was posted on [[YouTube YouTube]] by the band and ended up going viral, appearing on Ray William Johnson's [[EqualsThree =3 YouTube series]] and the TV shows [[AttackOfTheShow Attack of the Show]], [[Series/Tosh0 Tosh.0]] and Ridiculousness. Thanks to the band wisely putting a link to the "Interceptor" music video at the end of the ceiling fan video, many people who saw "The Ceiling Fan Incident" ended up checking out the "Interceptor" music video, and as a result, Sumo Cyco's fanbase saw a dramatic increase in its numbers in a matter of weeks. Even over a year after it was first uploaded, "The Ceiling Fan Incident" continues getting hits, therefore, more people are discovering Sumo Cyco and becoming fans of them on a consistent basis.

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The band got a huge boost in popularity and some much needed publicity in the fall of 2011 when a video of Sever getting hit in the face with a moving ceiling fan during the making of the music video for their song "Interceptor" was posted on [[YouTube YouTube]] by the band and ended up going viral, appearing on Ray William Johnson's [[EqualsThree =3 YouTube series]] and the TV shows [[AttackOfTheShow Attack of the Show]], [[Series/Tosh0 [[Tosh0 Tosh.0]] and Ridiculousness. Thanks to the band wisely putting a link to the "Interceptor" music video at the end of the ceiling fan video, many people who saw "The Ceiling Fan Incident" ended up checking out the "Interceptor" music video, and as a result, Sumo Cyco's fanbase saw a dramatic increase in its numbers in a matter of weeks. Even over a year after it was first uploaded, "The Ceiling Fan Incident" continues getting hits, therefore, more people are discovering Sumo Cyco and becoming fans of them on a consistent basis.
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The band got a huge boost in popularity and some much needed publicity in the fall of 2011 when a video of Sever getting hit in the face with a moving ceiling fan during the making of the music video for their song "Interceptor" was posted on [[YouTube YouTube]] by the band and ended up going viral, appearing on Ray William Johnson's [[EqualsThree =3 YouTube series]] and the TV shows [[AttackOfTheShow Attack of the Show]], [[Tosh.0]] and Ridiculousness. Thanks to the band wisely putting a link to the "Interceptor" music video at the end of the ceiling fan video, many people who saw "The Ceiling Fan Incident" ended up checking out the "Interceptor" music video, and as a result, Sumo Cyco's fanbase saw a dramatic increase in its numbers in a matter of weeks. Even over a year after it was first uploaded, "The Ceiling Fan Incident" continues getting hits, therefore, more people are discovering Sumo Cyco and becoming fans of them on a consistent basis.

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The band got a huge boost in popularity and some much needed publicity in the fall of 2011 when a video of Sever getting hit in the face with a moving ceiling fan during the making of the music video for their song "Interceptor" was posted on [[YouTube YouTube]] by the band and ended up going viral, appearing on Ray William Johnson's [[EqualsThree =3 YouTube series]] and the TV shows [[AttackOfTheShow Attack of the Show]], [[Tosh.[[Series/Tosh0 Tosh.0]] and Ridiculousness. Thanks to the band wisely putting a link to the "Interceptor" music video at the end of the ceiling fan video, many people who saw "The Ceiling Fan Incident" ended up checking out the "Interceptor" music video, and as a result, Sumo Cyco's fanbase saw a dramatic increase in its numbers in a matter of weeks. Even over a year after it was first uploaded, "The Ceiling Fan Incident" continues getting hits, therefore, more people are discovering Sumo Cyco and becoming fans of them on a consistent basis.
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The band got a huge boost in popularity and some much needed publicity in the fall of 2011 when a video of Sever getting hit in the face with a moving ceiling fan during the making of the music video for their song "Interceptor" was posted on [[YouTube YouTube]] by the band and ended up going viral, appearing on Ray William Johnson's [[EqualsThree =3 YouTube series]] and the TV shows [[AttackOfTheShow Attack of the Show]], [[Tosh0 Tosh.0]] and Ridiculousness. Thanks to the band wisely putting a link to the "Interceptor" music video at the end of the ceiling fan video, many people who saw "The Ceiling Fan Incident" ended up checking out the "Interceptor" music video, and as a result, Sumo Cyco's fanbase saw a dramatic increase in its numbers in a matter of weeks. Even over a year after it was first uploaded, "The Ceiling Fan Incident" continues getting hits, therefore, more people are discovering Sumo Cyco and becoming fans of them on a consistent basis.

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The band got a huge boost in popularity and some much needed publicity in the fall of 2011 when a video of Sever getting hit in the face with a moving ceiling fan during the making of the music video for their song "Interceptor" was posted on [[YouTube YouTube]] by the band and ended up going viral, appearing on Ray William Johnson's [[EqualsThree =3 YouTube series]] and the TV shows [[AttackOfTheShow Attack of the Show]], [[Tosh0 Tosh.[[Tosh.0]] and Ridiculousness. Thanks to the band wisely putting a link to the "Interceptor" music video at the end of the ceiling fan video, many people who saw "The Ceiling Fan Incident" ended up checking out the "Interceptor" music video, and as a result, Sumo Cyco's fanbase saw a dramatic increase in its numbers in a matter of weeks. Even over a year after it was first uploaded, "The Ceiling Fan Incident" continues getting hits, therefore, more people are discovering Sumo Cyco and becoming fans of them on a consistent basis.



* "Limp" (''Released March 11, 2011'')
* "Mercy" (''Released March 25, 2011'')
* "Interceptor" (''Released July 15, 2011'')
* "Danger" (''Released October 28, 2011'')
* "Who Do You Want To Be?" (''Released January 27, 2012'')
* "Loose Cannon" (''Released June 29, 2012'')
* "Where Do We Go?" (''Released October 5, 2012'')



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* "Limp" (''Released ''Released March 11, 2011'')
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* "Mercy" (''Released ''Released March 25, 2011'')
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* "Interceptor" (''Released ''Released July 15, 2011'')
2011''
* "Danger" (''Released ''Released October 28, 2011'')
2011''
* "Who Do You Want To Be?" (''Released ''Released January 27, 2012'')
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* "Loose Cannon" (''Released ''Released June 29, 2012'')
2012''
* "Where Do We Go?" (''Released ''Released October 5, 2012'')


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The band got a huge boost in popularity and some much needed publicity in the fall of 2011 when a video of Sever getting hit in the face with a moving ceiling fan during the making of the "Interceptor" music video was posted on [[YouTube YouTube]] by the band and ended up going viral, appearing on Ray William Johnson's [[EqualsThree =3 YouTube series]] and the TV shows [[AttackOfTheShow Attack of the Show]], [[ToshO Tosh.0]] and Ridiculousness. Thanks to the band wisely putting a link to the "Interceptor" music video at the end of the ceiling fan video, many people who saw "The Ceiling Fan Incident" ended up checking out the "Interceptor" music video, and as a result, Sumo Cyco's fanbase saw a dramatic increase in its numbers in a matter of weeks. Even over a year after it was first uploaded, "The Ceiling Fan Incident" continues getting hits, therefore, more people are discovering Sumo Cyco and becoming fans of them on a consistent basis.

Since they started releasing music, Sumo Cyco have opened up for the bands [[HollywoodUndead Hollywood Undead]] (this was their first ever live concert as Sumo Cyco, in fact) and Finger Eleven, and have played at NXNE (the Canadian equivalent of the American SXSW festival), the S.C.E.N.E. Music Festival and on the Toronto stop of the Vans Warped Tour 2012. This is all the more impressive when you realize that Sumo Cyco has yet to be signed to ''any'' record label, major OR independent. They wouldn't mind changing that last part one of these days, of course, but the band *does* take pride in being self-sufficient. They, without a doubt, believe in a D.I.Y. mentality.

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The band got a huge boost in popularity and some much needed publicity in the fall of 2011 when a video of Sever getting hit in the face with a moving ceiling fan during the making of the music video for their song "Interceptor" music video was posted on [[YouTube YouTube]] by the band and ended up going viral, appearing on Ray William Johnson's [[EqualsThree =3 YouTube series]] and the TV shows [[AttackOfTheShow Attack of the Show]], [[ToshO [[Tosh0 Tosh.0]] and Ridiculousness. Thanks to the band wisely putting a link to the "Interceptor" music video at the end of the ceiling fan video, many people who saw "The Ceiling Fan Incident" ended up checking out the "Interceptor" music video, and as a result, Sumo Cyco's fanbase saw a dramatic increase in its numbers in a matter of weeks. Even over a year after it was first uploaded, "The Ceiling Fan Incident" continues getting hits, therefore, more people are discovering Sumo Cyco and becoming fans of them on a consistent basis.

Since they started releasing music, Sumo Cyco have opened up for the bands [[HollywoodUndead Hollywood Undead]] (this was their first ever live concert as Sumo Cyco, in fact) and Finger Eleven, and have played at NXNE (the popular Canadian equivalent of the also popular American SXSW festival), the annual S.C.E.N.E. Music Festival and on the Toronto stop of the Vans Warped Tour 2012. This is all the more impressive when you realize that Sumo Cyco has yet to be signed to ''any'' record label, major OR independent. They wouldn't mind changing that last part one of these days, of course, but the band *does* take pride in being self-sufficient. They, without a doubt, believe in a D.I.Y. mentality. \n

!Singles Released As Of This Writing
* "Limp" (''Released March 11, 2011'')
* "Mercy" (''Released March 25, 2011'')
* "Interceptor" (''Released July 15, 2011'')
* "Danger" (''Released October 28, 2011'')
* "Who Do You Want To Be?" (''Released January 27, 2012'')
* "Loose Cannon" (''Released June 29, 2012'')
* "Where Do We Go?" (''Released October 5, 2012'')


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The band got a huge boost in popularity and some much needed publicity in the fall of 2011 when a video of Sever getting hit in the face with a moving ceiling fan during the making of the "Interceptor" music video was posted on [[YouTube YouTube]] by the band and ended up going viral, appearing on Ray William Johnson's [[EqualsThree =3 YouTube series]] and the TV shows [[AttackOfTheShow Attack of the Show]], [[Tosh0 Tosh.0]] and Ridiculousness. Thanks to the band wisely putting up a link to the "Interceptor" music video at the end of the ceiling fan video, many people who saw "The Ceiling Fan Incident" ended up checking out the "Interceptor" music video, and as a result, Sumo Cyco's fanbase saw a dramatic increase in its numbers in a matter of weeks. Even over a year after it was first uploaded, "The Ceiling Fan Incident" continues getting hits, therefore, more people are discovering Sumo Cyco and becoming fans of them on a consistent basis.

Since they started releasing music, Sumo Cyco have opened up for the bands [[HollywoodUndead Hollywood Undead]] (this was their first ever live concert as Sumo Cyco, in fact) and Finger Eleven, and have played at NXNE (the Canadian equivalent of the American SXSW festival), the S.C.E.N.E. Music Festival and on the Toronto stop of the Vans Warped Tour 2012. This is all the more impressive when you realize that Sumo Cyco has yet to be signed to [i]any[/i] record label, major OR independent. They wouldn't mind changing that last part one of these days, of course, but the band *does* take pride in being self-sufficient. They, without a doubt, believe in a D.I.Y. mentality.

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The band got a huge boost in popularity and some much needed publicity in the fall of 2011 when a video of Sever getting hit in the face with a moving ceiling fan during the making of the "Interceptor" music video was posted on [[YouTube YouTube]] by the band and ended up going viral, appearing on Ray William Johnson's [[EqualsThree =3 YouTube series]] and the TV shows [[AttackOfTheShow Attack of the Show]], [[Tosh0 [[ToshO Tosh.0]] and Ridiculousness. Thanks to the band wisely putting up a link to the "Interceptor" music video at the end of the ceiling fan video, many people who saw "The Ceiling Fan Incident" ended up checking out the "Interceptor" music video, and as a result, Sumo Cyco's fanbase saw a dramatic increase in its numbers in a matter of weeks. Even over a year after it was first uploaded, "The Ceiling Fan Incident" continues getting hits, therefore, more people are discovering Sumo Cyco and becoming fans of them on a consistent basis.

Since they started releasing music, Sumo Cyco have opened up for the bands [[HollywoodUndead Hollywood Undead]] (this was their first ever live concert as Sumo Cyco, in fact) and Finger Eleven, and have played at NXNE (the Canadian equivalent of the American SXSW festival), the S.C.E.N.E. Music Festival and on the Toronto stop of the Vans Warped Tour 2012. This is all the more impressive when you realize that Sumo Cyco has yet to be signed to [i]any[/i] ''any'' record label, major OR independent. They wouldn't mind changing that last part one of these days, of course, but the band *does* take pride in being self-sufficient. They, without a doubt, believe in a D.I.Y. mentality.
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The band got a huge boost in popularity and some much needed publicity in the fall of 2011 when a video of Sever getting hit in the face with a moving ceiling fan during the making of the "Interceptor" music video was posted on [[YouTube YouTube]] by the band and ended up going viral, appearing on Ray William Johnson's [[EqualsThree =3 YouTube series]] and the TV shows [[AttackOfTheShow Attack of the Show]], [[Tosh.0]] and Ridiculousness. Thanks to the band wisely putting up a link to the "Interceptor" music video at the end of the ceiling fan video, many people who saw "The Ceiling Fan Incident" ended up checking out the "Interceptor" music video, and as a result, Sumo Cyco's fanbase saw a dramatic increase in its numbers in a matter of weeks. Even over a year after it was first uploaded, "The Ceiling Fan Incident" continues getting hits, therefore, more people are discovering Sumo Cyco and becoming fans of them on a consistent basis.

Since they started releasing music, Sumo Cyco have opened up for the bands [[HollywoodUndead Hollywood Undead]] (this was their first ever live concert as Sumo Cyco, in fact) and [[FingerEleven Finger 11]], and have played at NXNE (the Canadian equivalent of the American SXSW festival), the S.C.E.N.E. Music Festival and on the Toronto stop of the Vans Warped Tour 2012. This is all the more impressive when you realize that Sumo Cyco has yet to be signed to <i>any</i> record label, major OR independent. They wouldn't mind changing that last part one of these days, of course, but the band *does* take pride in being self-sufficient. They, without a doubt, believe in a D.I.Y. mentality.

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The band got a huge boost in popularity and some much needed publicity in the fall of 2011 when a video of Sever getting hit in the face with a moving ceiling fan during the making of the "Interceptor" music video was posted on [[YouTube YouTube]] by the band and ended up going viral, appearing on Ray William Johnson's [[EqualsThree =3 YouTube series]] and the TV shows [[AttackOfTheShow Attack of the Show]], [[Tosh.[[Tosh0 Tosh.0]] and Ridiculousness. Thanks to the band wisely putting up a link to the "Interceptor" music video at the end of the ceiling fan video, many people who saw "The Ceiling Fan Incident" ended up checking out the "Interceptor" music video, and as a result, Sumo Cyco's fanbase saw a dramatic increase in its numbers in a matter of weeks. Even over a year after it was first uploaded, "The Ceiling Fan Incident" continues getting hits, therefore, more people are discovering Sumo Cyco and becoming fans of them on a consistent basis.

Since they started releasing music, Sumo Cyco have opened up for the bands [[HollywoodUndead Hollywood Undead]] (this was their first ever live concert as Sumo Cyco, in fact) and [[FingerEleven Finger 11]], Eleven, and have played at NXNE (the Canadian equivalent of the American SXSW festival), the S.C.E.N.E. Music Festival and on the Toronto stop of the Vans Warped Tour 2012. This is all the more impressive when you realize that Sumo Cyco has yet to be signed to <i>any</i> [i]any[/i] record label, major OR independent. They wouldn't mind changing that last part one of these days, of course, but the band *does* take pride in being self-sufficient. They, without a doubt, believe in a D.I.Y. mentality.
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Sumo Cyco has its origins in the solo career of its lead singer. In 2008, Skye Sweetnam found herself at a crossroads: her first two albums, which were heavily pop influenced, hadn't exactly set the world on fire in terms of sales figures. Also, she had just turned twenty, and therefore, could no longer refer to herself as a teen pop singer. As she tried to figure out what she was going to do next, she got to work on writing songs with her longtime writing partner Matt Drake, presumably for a third Skye Sweetnam solo album.

As more songs were written, both Sweetnam and Drake realized that Skye Sweetnam's lyrics had begun taking a darker turn. With this, an idea sprung forth: rather than put these songs on a third Skye Sweetnam album, Skye decided that the best way to bring these songs to life was with the help of a band. That way, she could go down a new career path without letting her past get in the way. The idea of an alter ego also was hatched around this time. It didn't take long to figure out who would be apart of Skye's new band project. Drake joined almost immediately, and soon, Skye's other longtime friends, Ken Thor Corke and Ryan Kerry Leger, rounded out the group. After some brainstorming (or rather, just going to a band name generator website and seeing what results, then combining two of the names that they liked), the four settled upon the name Sumo Cyco.

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Sumo Cyco has its have their origins in the solo career of its their lead singer. In 2008, Skye Sweetnam found herself at a crossroads: her first two albums, which were heavily pop influenced, hadn't exactly set the world on fire in terms of sales figures. Also, she had just turned twenty, and therefore, could no longer refer to herself as a teen pop singer. As she tried to figure out what she was going to do next, she got to work on writing songs with her longtime writing partner Matt Drake, presumably for a third Skye Sweetnam solo album.

As more songs were written, both Sweetnam and Drake realized that Skye Sweetnam's lyrics had begun taking a darker turn. With this, an idea sprung forth: rather than put these songs on a third Skye Sweetnam album, Skye decided that the best way to bring these songs to life was with the help of a band. That way, she could go down a new career path without letting her past get in the way. The idea of an alter ego also was hatched around this time. It didn't take long for Skye to figure out who would be apart a part of Skye's her new band project. Drake joined almost immediately, and soon, Skye's other longtime friends, Ken Thor Corke and Ryan Kerry Leger, rounded out the group. After some brainstorming (or rather, just going to a band name generator website and seeing what results, then combining two of the names that they liked), the four settled upon the name Sumo Cyco.



The band got a huge boost in popularity and some much needed publicity in the fall of 2011 when a video of Sever getting hit in the face with a moving ceiling fan during the making of the music video for their song "Interceptor" was posted on [[YouTube YouTube]] by the band and ended up going viral, appearing on Ray William Johnson's [[EqualsThree =3 YouTube series]] and the TV shows [[AttackOfTheShow Attack of the Show]], [[Tosh0 Tosh.0]] and Ridiculousness. Thanks to the band wisely putting up a link to the "Interceptor" music video at the end of the ceiling fan video, many people who saw "The Ceiling Fan Incident" ended up checking out the "Interceptor" music video, and as a result, Sumo Cyco's fanbase saw a dramatic increase in its numbers in a matter of weeks. Even over a year after it was first uploaded, "The Ceiling Fan Incident" continues getting hits, therefore, more people are discovering Sumo Cyco and becoming fans of them on a consistent basis.



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The band got a huge boost in popularity and some much needed publicity in the fall of 2011 when a video of Sever getting hit in the face with a moving ceiling fan during the making of the music video for their song "Interceptor" music video was posted on [[YouTube YouTube]] by the band and ended up going viral, appearing on Ray William Johnson's [[EqualsThree =3 YouTube series]] and the TV shows [[AttackOfTheShow Attack of the Show]], [[Tosh0 Tosh.[[Tosh.0]] and Ridiculousness. Thanks to the band wisely putting up a link to the "Interceptor" music video at the end of the ceiling fan video, many people who saw "The Ceiling Fan Incident" ended up checking out the "Interceptor" music video, and as a result, Sumo Cyco's fanbase saw a dramatic increase in its numbers in a matter of weeks. Even over a year after it was first uploaded, "The Ceiling Fan Incident" continues getting hits, therefore, more people are discovering Sumo Cyco and becoming fans of them on a consistent basis.

\nSince they started releasing music, Sumo Cyco have opened up for the bands [[HollywoodUndead Hollywood Undead]] (this was their first ever live concert as Sumo Cyco, in fact) and [[FingerEleven Finger 11]], and have played at NXNE (the Canadian equivalent of the American SXSW festival), the S.C.E.N.E. Music Festival and on the Toronto stop of the Vans Warped Tour 2012. This is all the more impressive when you realize that Sumo Cyco has yet to be signed to <i>any</i> record label, major OR independent. They wouldn't mind changing that last part one of these days, of course, but the band *does* take pride in being self-sufficient. They, without a doubt, believe in a D.I.Y. mentality.

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Sumo Cyco has its origins in the solo career of its lead singer. In 2008, Skye Sweetnam found herself at a crossroads: her first two albums, which were heavily pop, hadn't exactly set the world on fire in terms of sales figures. Also, she had just turned twenty, and therefore, could no longer refer to herself as a teen pop singer. As she tried to figure out what she was going to do next, she got to work on writing songs with her longtime writing partner Matt Drake, presumably for a third Skye Sweetnam solo album.

As more songs were written, both Sweetnam and Drake realized that Skye Sweetnam's lyrics had begun taking a darker turn. With this, an idea sprung forth: rather put these songs on a third Skye Sweetnam album, Skye decided that the best way to bring these songs to life was with the help of a band. That way, she could go down a new career path without letting her past get in the way. The idea of an alter ego also was hatched around this time. It didn't take long to figure out who would be apart of Skye's new band project. Drake joined almost immediately, and soon, Skye's other longtime friends, Ken Thor Corke and Ryan Kerry Leger, rounded out the group. After some brainstorming (or rather, just going to a band name generator website and seeing what results, then combining two of the names that they liked), the four settled upon the name Sumo Cyco.

Sumo Cyco's first ever release was a free download of their song "Limp" on March 11, 2011. Since then, the band has put seven songs up for sale on iTunes and other online music stores, with the idea of a full-length album release continually being tossed around by them. A music video has been made for each song released thus far, every single one of them directed, produced and edited by the band themselves on a shoestring budget.

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Sumo Cyco has its origins in the solo career of its lead singer. In 2008, Skye Sweetnam found herself at a crossroads: her first two albums, which were heavily pop, pop influenced, hadn't exactly set the world on fire in terms of sales figures. Also, she had just turned twenty, and therefore, could no longer refer to herself as a teen pop singer. As she tried to figure out what she was going to do next, she got to work on writing songs with her longtime writing partner Matt Drake, presumably for a third Skye Sweetnam solo album.

As more songs were written, both Sweetnam and Drake realized that Skye Sweetnam's lyrics had begun taking a darker turn. With this, an idea sprung forth: rather than put these songs on a third Skye Sweetnam album, Skye decided that the best way to bring these songs to life was with the help of a band. That way, she could go down a new career path without letting her past get in the way. The idea of an alter ego also was hatched around this time. It didn't take long to figure out who would be apart of Skye's new band project. Drake joined almost immediately, and soon, Skye's other longtime friends, Ken Thor Corke and Ryan Kerry Leger, rounded out the group. After some brainstorming (or rather, just going to a band name generator website and seeing what results, then combining two of the names that they liked), the four settled upon the name Sumo Cyco.

Sumo Cyco's first ever release was a free download of their song "Limp" on March 11, 2011. Since then, the band has put seven songs up for sale on iTunes and other online music stores, with the idea of a full-length album release continually being tossed around by them. A music video has been made for each song released thus far, every single one of them directed, produced and edited by the band themselves on a shoestring budget.
budget (with a little help from their friends).

The band got a huge boost in popularity and some much needed publicity in the fall of 2011 when a video of Sever getting hit in the face with a moving ceiling fan during the making of the music video for their song "Interceptor" was posted on [[YouTube YouTube]] by the band and ended up going viral, appearing on Ray William Johnson's [[EqualsThree =3 YouTube series]] and the TV shows [[AttackOfTheShow Attack of the Show]], [[Tosh0 Tosh.0]] and Ridiculousness. Thanks to the band wisely putting up a link to the "Interceptor" music video at the end of the ceiling fan video, many people who saw "The Ceiling Fan Incident" ended up checking out the "Interceptor" music video, and as a result, Sumo Cyco's fanbase saw a dramatic increase in its numbers in a matter of weeks. Even over a year after it was first uploaded, "The Ceiling Fan Incident" continues getting hits, therefore, more people are discovering Sumo Cyco and becoming fans of them on a consistent basis.


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Sumo Cyco has its origins in the solo career of its lead singer. In 2008, Skye Sweetnam found herself at a crossroads: her first two albums, which were heavily pop, hadn't exactly set the world on fire in terms of sales figures. Also, she had just turned twenty, and therefore, could no longer refer to herself as a teen pop singer. As she tried to figure out what she was going to do next, she got to work on writing songs with her longtime writing partner Matt Drake, presumably for a third Skye Sweetnam solo album.

As more songs were written, both Sweetnam and Drake realized that Skye Sweetnam's lyrics had begun taking a darker turn. With this, an idea sprung forth: rather put these songs on a third Skye Sweetnam album, Skye decided that the best way to bring these songs to life was with the help of a band. That way, she could go down a new career path without letting her past get in the way. The idea of an alter ego also was hatched around this time. It didn't take long to figure out who would be apart of Skye's new band project. Drake joined almost immediately, and soon, Skye's other longtime friends, Ken Thor Corke and Ryan Kerry Leger, rounded out the group. After some brainstorming (or rather, just going to a band name generator website and seeing what results, then combining two of the names that they liked), the four settled upon the name Sumo Cyco.

Sumo Cyco's first ever release was a free download of their song "Limp" on March 11, 2011. Since then, the band has put seven songs up for sale on iTunes and other online music stores, with the idea of a full-length album release continually being tossed around by them. A music video has been made for each song released thus far, every single one of them directed, produced and edited by the band themselves on a shoestring budget.
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* PrecisionFStrike: "Life can get so fucking boring" in "Limp" and "please be like no other fucker" in "Danger".

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* TalkyBookends: "Interceptor" has the most glaring example. [[BeyondTheImpossible The song is about 3 minutes long, but the video is at least 7 minutes.]]

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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Sever in the videos for "Danger" and "Interceptor"
* ZettaiRyouiki: Sever rocks grade A in "Limp" and "Mercy".

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* ZettaiRyouiki: Sever rocks grade A in "Limp" and "Mercy".
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* MetalScream/HarshVocals: Sever usually utilizes thse during the bridge of songs.

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* HellBentForLeather: Sever wears a leather dress in "Danger"


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AllJustADream: The ending to "Limp"'s video.
AndThenJohnWasAZombie: The ending to the "Danger" video.
DarkerAndEdgier: Sever's real name is Skye Sweetnam.You may know her for songs like [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFBqbf9QTZE this]]
ElectroTorture: "Danger" video.
EpicRiff: Quite a few.
FaceOfTheBand: Sever.
FetishFuelStationAttendant: Sever,again.
IWantToBeSong: [[CaptainObvious"Who Do You Want To Be"]]
IntercourseWithYou: "Mercy"
MetalScream/HarshVocals: Sever usually utilizes thse during the bridge of songs.
MonsterClown: [[RuleOfThree Three of them in the video for "Interceptor".]]
MoodWhiplash: "Who Do You Want To Be" is [[OutOfGenreExperience pretty ska-ish]] and [[SurprisinglyGentleSong much less heavy than their other songs.]]
MyspeldRökband
NightNurse: Sever is dressed as one at the beginning of the "Limp" video.
OurZombiesAreDifferent: "Limp" and its accompanying video.
StageNames
TalkyBookends: "Interceptor" has the most glaring example. [[BeyondTheImpossible The song is about 3 minutes long, but the video is at least 7 minutes.]]
SopranoAndGravel: Sever is a one-woman version.
ThreeMinutesOfWrithing: The video for "Mercy"
WholesomeCrossdresser: "Who Do You Want To Be" contains the line "I might just cross the other line,and walk around in drag".
YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Sever in the videos for "Danger" and "Interceptor"
ZettaiRyouiki: Sever rocks grade A in "Limp" and "Mercy".

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AllJustADream: *AllJustADream: The ending to "Limp"'s video.
AndThenJohnWasAZombie: *AndThenJohnWasAZombie: The ending to the "Danger" video.
DarkerAndEdgier: *DarkerAndEdgier: Sever's real name is Skye Sweetnam.You may know her for songs like [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFBqbf9QTZE this]]
ElectroTorture: *ElectroTorture: "Danger" video.
EpicRiff: *EpicRiff: Quite a few.
FaceOfTheBand: *FaceOfTheBand: Sever.
FetishFuelStationAttendant: *FetishFuelStationAttendant: Sever,again.
IWantToBeSong: *IWantToBeSong: [[CaptainObvious"Who Do You Want To Be"]]
IntercourseWithYou: *IntercourseWithYou: "Mercy"
MetalScream/HarshVocals: *MetalScream/HarshVocals: Sever usually utilizes thse during the bridge of songs.
MonsterClown: *MonsterClown: [[RuleOfThree Three of them in the video for "Interceptor".]]
MoodWhiplash: *MoodWhiplash: "Who Do You Want To Be" is [[OutOfGenreExperience pretty ska-ish]] and [[SurprisinglyGentleSong much less heavy than their other songs.]]
MyspeldRökband
NightNurse:
*MyspeldRökband
*NightNurse:
Sever is dressed as one at the beginning of the "Limp" video.
OurZombiesAreDifferent: *OurZombiesAreDifferent: "Limp" and its accompanying video.
StageNames
TalkyBookends:
*StageNames
*TalkyBookends:
"Interceptor" has the most glaring example. [[BeyondTheImpossible The song is about 3 minutes long, but the video is at least 7 minutes.]]
SopranoAndGravel: *SopranoAndGravel: Sever is a one-woman version.
ThreeMinutesOfWrithing: *ThreeMinutesOfWrithing: The video for "Mercy"
WholesomeCrossdresser: *WholesomeCrossdresser: "Who Do You Want To Be" contains the line "I might just cross the other line,and walk around in drag".
YouGottaHaveBlueHair: *YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Sever in the videos for "Danger" and "Interceptor"
ZettaiRyouiki: *ZettaiRyouiki: Sever rocks grade A in "Limp" and "Mercy".
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Tropes used:
AllJustADream: The ending to "Limp"'s video.
AndThenJohnWasAZombie: The ending to the "Danger" video.
DarkerAndEdgier: Sever's real name is Skye Sweetnam.You may know her for songs like [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFBqbf9QTZE this]]
ElectroTorture: "Danger" video.
EpicRiff: Quite a few.
FaceOfTheBand: Sever.
FetishFuelStationAttendant: Sever,again.
IWantToBeSong: [[CaptainObvious"Who Do You Want To Be"]]
IntercourseWithYou: "Mercy"
MetalScream/HarshVocals: Sever usually utilizes thse during the bridge of songs.
MonsterClown: [[RuleOfThree Three of them in the video for "Interceptor".]]
MoodWhiplash: "Who Do You Want To Be" is [[OutOfGenreExperience pretty ska-ish]] and [[SurprisinglyGentleSong much less heavy than their other songs.]]
MyspeldRökband
NightNurse: Sever is dressed as one at the beginning of the "Limp" video.
OurZombiesAreDifferent: "Limp" and its accompanying video.
StageNames
TalkyBookends: "Interceptor" has the most glaring example. [[BeyondTheImpossible The song is about 3 minutes long, but the video is at least 7 minutes.]]
SopranoAndGravel: Sever is a one-woman version.
ThreeMinutesOfWrithing: The video for "Mercy"
WholesomeCrossdresser: "Who Do You Want To Be" contains the line "I might just cross the other line,and walk around in drag".
YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Sever in the videos for "Danger" and "Interceptor"
ZettaiRyouiki: Sever rocks grade A in "Limp" and "Mercy".
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Sumo Cyco is a four-piece rock band from Ontario, Canada. Its members are: Sever (Skye Sweetnam) on vocals, M.D. (Matt Drake) on guitar and back-up vocals, Thor (Ken Thor Corke) on bass and Legs (Ryan Kerry Leger) on drums.
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