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Puddle Of Mudd — Life On Display

What a perfect example of how this sort of four-chord fodder is so middle-of-the-road and infuriating. On one side, Life On Display is complacent rock that you won’t really notice. At the same time, it’s a competent release and not such a blatant rip-off that you can tear it a new poop chute. In essence, Life On Display is a fence-sitting album...
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I Read The News Today... For June 3, 2011

Thrice are returning with a new record dubbed Major/Minor on Sept. 20. It's described as "entirely different" than their last album, which is a relief because if a band literally released the same record over and over again, that'd be kind of, you know, awkward. Angry at mom and dad? Got a lot of xxxaggro bullshitxxx to take out on people you'll...
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Puddle Of Mudd Doing Neil Young On Covers Album

Puddle Of Mudd attempted to record a new studio album earlier this year, but it didn't go so well, so they decided it would be better to take on other people's songs instead. The result is Re:(disc)overed, a 15-song covers album featuring reworkings of songs by the likes of Neil Young, The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Billy Squier, Stevie Nicks and Tom...
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Shinedown, Sevendust, Puddle Of Mudd For Carnival Of Madness Tour

Do you need something to do this summer that involves wearing baggy pants, wallet chains, chain necklaces, backwards baseball caps and track suits, growing your billy goat goatee out or sporting frosted tips while jumping up and down and yelling about how angry you are? If so, do we ever have the festival for you. Recent Nickelback tour buddies...
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Puddle Of Mudd — "Spaceship"/"Drift & Die" (Live On Jimmy Kimmel)

Puddle Of Mudd appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Jan. 8 to perform "Spaceship," the first single from their recently released Volume 4: Songs In The Key Of Love And Hate. They also performed "Drift & Die" from 2002's Come Clean. Check out the video for "Spaceship" here.
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Puddle Of Mudd — Songs In The Key Of Love & Hate Vol. 4

"I don't want to go to school today/I'll stay at home and masturbate." I don't think I needed that image, Wes Scantlin.
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Puddle Of Mudd Singer Breaks Foot After Hopping Off Stool

In 1982, Randy Rhoads' died when his plane clipped the back of Ozzy Osbourne's tour bus and crashed into a garage. In 1992, Steely Dan's drummer, Jeff Porcaro, died after being poisoned by lawn pesticides — a "bizarre gardening accident" of Spinal Tap proportions. In 2004, David Bowie got a lollipop lodged in his eye socket during a...
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Puddle Of Mudd — "Spaceship"

Check it out! It's Puddle Of Mudd! Lost in space! Discovering "alien lifeforms" that are actually women! Hey, look! All these problems result because of the women! Darn those women, if only they weren't around... YAWN. "Spaceship" will appear on Volume 4: Songs In The Key Of Love & Hate, due out Dec. 8.
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Puddle Of Mudd Putting Out Another Album

Puddle Of Mudd's fourth album, Volume 4: Songs In The Key Of Love And Hate, is due out Dec. 8 through Flawless/Geffen. The disc was produced by Brian Howes (Hinder, Hedley) and John Kurzweg (Creed, Socialburn), who helmed 2007's Famous and the band's 2001 Come Clean debut, respectively. Volume 4 was recorded in Vancouver and Los Angeles, and its...
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Puddle Of Mudd Seep Will Into Canada In February

Kansas quartet Puddle Of Mudd's Famous was released by Flawless/Geffen in October, and the group will try to boost their Canadian fame with a seven-date tour in February. Original band members Wesley Reid Scantlin (guitar/vocals) and Douglas John Ardito (bass), along with newcomers Christian Stone (guitar) and Ryan Yerdon (drums), will travel from...
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Puddle Of Mudd: On Iraq And Expensive Babies

ChartAttack recently had the chance to speak with Puddle Of Mudd frontman Wes Scantlin after the release of Famous, the fifth studio album from the chart-topping Kansas rockers. Topics of note included: the new album, his new band members and their recent concert for the troops in Iraq. ChartAttack: How does it feel to have your album out? Wes...
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People May Hate Them, But Puddle Of Mudd Are Still Famous

The fifth studio album from American rockers Puddle Of Mudd was delayed several times, but Famous has been selling well since it finally hit stores earlier this month. "It feels pretty awesome," says vocalist/guitarist Wes Scantlin. "It's been almost four years, so it feels good." Current single "Psycho" follows...
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Things Are Looking Blurry For Puddle Of Mudd

As they say, the show must go on. But will Puddle Of Mudd be able to get over the border? On Sunday (March 10), Puddle Of Mudd singer Wes Scantlin was arrested in California after an altercation with his fiancee. Witnesses who were driving along a California highway allegedly saw Scantlin force Michelle Rubin from the side of the road into a...
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Puddle Of Mudd — Come Clean

Throw Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and Alice In Chains in a cement mixer, pour them out and you've pretty much got the foundation for the sound Kansas City's Puddle Of Mudd are working with here. It's a formula long beaten to death, but Come Clean actually rings true with the good parts of the early '90s Seattle scene and thankfully leaves out at least...
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