EJ McDonald

EJ McDonald
Born	Erik James McDonald July 6, 1965
🏳️ Nationality	America
💼 Occupation	Musician
📆 Years active	1986-2012 (retired)
Height	5'9
💪 Weight	190 190
Television	MCDTV
Opponent(s)	Wendy's
👩 Spouse(s)	Leelo McDonald (wife 2008-2019)
👶 Children	9
👪 Relatives	Ronald McDonald (father) AJ McDonald (brother)
🌐 Website	www.ejmcd.com

Erik James "EJ" McDonald (born July 6, 1965) is an American musician from San Diego, California who is known for being the lead guitarist of Sugar Ray from 1986 to 1999. He also played lead guitar for Unitedickfart from 2007 to 2012.

Early life

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Career

The Oxford English Dictionary defines the word "career" as a person's "course or progress through life (or a distinct portion of life)". This definition relates "career" to a range of aspects of an individual's life, learning, and work. "Career" is also frequently understood^{[by whom?]} to relate to the working aspects of an individual's life - as in "career woman", for example. A third way in which the term "career" is used describes an occupation or a profession that usually involves special training or formal education, considered^{[by whom?]} to be a person's lifework.^{[failed verification]} In this case "a career" is seen^{[by whom?]} as a sequence of related jobs, usually pursued within a single industry or sector: one can speak for example of "a career in education", of "a criminal career" or of "a career in the building trade". A career has been defined by organizational behavior researchers as "an individual's work-related and other relevant experiences, both inside and outside of organizations, that form a unique pattern over the individual's life span."

The word "career" ultimately derives from Latin carrus, referring to a chariot.

The Online Etymology Dictionary claims the semantic extension whereby "career" came to mean "course of one's public or professional life" appears from 1803. It is used in dozens of books published in the year 1800, in reference to Goethe's "literary career," other biographical figures' "business career" and "professional career," so the phrase likely was in regular use by the year 1800.

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		US	AUS	AUT	CAN	FRA	GER	NLD	NZ	SWI	UK
Phil's Osophy	Released: November 9, 2001 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, DD	6	18	8	11	123	6	40	10	11	15	RIAA: Gold
Pumby Man The Mechanic	Released: November 12, 2003 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, CS	101	90	—	—	—	52	—	—	90	164
Funk Bastards	Released: August 28, 2006 Label: Distrikt Formats: CD, DD	133	—	—	—	—	119	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions													Certifications	Album
		US	US Alt.	US Main. Rock	AUS	AUT	FIN	GER	NOR	NLD	NZ	SWE	SWI	UK
"Punk"	2000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Phil's Osophy
"Phil's Osophy"	2001	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"No Parents"		1	1	21	4	1	2	1	1	8	2	2	1	3	RIAA: Gold ARIA: 2× Platinum BPI: Platinum BVMI: Platinum IFPI AUT: Gold IFPI SWI: Gold
"Shits Penile"	2002	—	—	—	76	29	19	26	—	71	—	46	43	23
"Pull"	2002	—	24	24	72	45	—	45	—	—	—	—	—	50		Pumby Man The Mechanic
"H-Hell Nah"	2003	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"L"	2004	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Funk Bastards
"Toobi"	2005	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Teeeeeeeeeeeeeeemu"	2006	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Fuckity"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Bitch"	2017	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

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