Puddle of Mudd means "Puddle of Mudd" in English. This is a musical group from America that performs compositions in the rock genre. It was originally created on September 13, 1991 in Kansas City, Missouri. In total, the group released several albums recorded in the studio.
The Early Years of Puddle of Mudd
The composition of the group has changed over the course of its existence. At first, the group consisted of four people. They were: Wes Scutlin (vocals), Sean Simon (bassist), Kenny Burkett (drummer), Jimmy Allen (lead guitarist).
The name of the group was given due to one event. The Mississippi River experienced a flood in 1993 that was widely publicized. As a result of the flood, the band's base where they held rehearsals was flooded. The guys managed to record their debut work Stuck three years after its creation.
Three years later, lead guitarist Jimmy Allen left the band. As part of three people, the Abrasive album was released, which included 8 songs.
Until 2000, the group performed their compositions in the style of musical garage grunge. But here there were disputes among the participants. Someone wanted to change the style of sound, while others were happy with everything. In 1999, the group broke up.
Group recovery
Wes Scatlin after the breakup was noticed by American singer and director Fred Durst. The famous performer of the group Limp Bizkit saw the talent of the guy. Therefore, he suggested moving to California and creating a new group there.
The Puddle of Mudd team has been reborn. But, apart from the vocalist, there was no one else from the composition of the old participants in it.
The new members are guitarist Paul Phillips and drummer Greg Upchurch. They already had little experience in a musical career and had previously played in other musical groups.
In 2001, the guys released their first joint album, Come Clean. This release was very popular both in his native country and abroad. The collection went platinum. In 2006, its sales totaled a circulation of 5 million copies.
The album Life on Display was released in 2003. It was not as popular as the previous album. But one song, Away From Me, made it to the Billboard 100, peaking at number 72 on the chart.
In 2005, a new drummer, Ryan Yerdon, joined the band. A year later, the former guitarist returned to the band.
The studio album Famous was released in 2007. The second track Psycho was declared a super hit. And also the song with the same name of the album got into the soundtracks for video games.
From 2007 to 2019 the band released two more albums - Songs in the Key of Love and Hate Re (2011). For a long period, the musicians wrote single songs, performed concerts, and went on tour.
Frontman Wes Scutlin
It is impossible not to tell about the very first and main member of the group. It was Wes Scutlin who created the band. And now in the team he acts precisely as a vocalist. He was born on June 9, 1972. Kansas City is considered his hometown. In 1990, he graduated from high school there.
As a child, he was not interested in music. The boy spent his free time fishing and walking with friends, playing football and softball.
However, his mother one Christmas gave him a guitar with an amplifier as a gift. Then the guy first got acquainted with music and became very interested in it. At the moment, the vocalist occupies the 96th position in the ranking of the top 100 best metal vocalists throughout the years.
He was engaged to actress Michelle Rubin. But the marriage broke up and later the guy married Jessica Nicole Smith. This event took place in January 2008. But the second marriage was not long, because in 2011 the couple decided to leave. Thus, the official divorce of relations took place in May 2012. The vocalist has one son.
The celebrity has been repeatedly arrested. For example, in 2002, he and his wife were arrested on charges of violence. The vocalist also received arrests for non-payment of debts.
In 2017, the singer was detained for trying to carry weapons into the cabin of an aircraft. The vocalist brought a pistol with him to the airport and tried to enter the aircraft cabin with it. This incident happened at the Los Angeles airport.
But this incident at the airport was not the only one. For example, in 2015, at Denver International Airport, he was arrested because the guy decided to take a walk along the path where luggage is unloaded.
He also drove into a restricted area. In the state of Wisconsin, on April 15 of the same year, he was accused of disorderly conduct (the incident occurred at the airport). On June 26, 2015, he was arrested for speeding in Minnesota. Often the guy drove in a state of intoxication.
High-profile cases from the stage
In 2004, a musical show took place in one of the nightclubs in Toledo, Ohio. Puddle of Mudd took the stage to perform their numbers. But due to the fact that the vocalist was intoxicated, the performance had to be suspended. Thus, a total of four songs were performed.
The other members became disillusioned with their comrade. They voluntarily decided to leave the set. In this state, the vocalist was left alone on stage.
April 16, 2004 there was another unpleasant incident on stage. That day there was a musical show at Trees Dallas. The vocalist, with all his strength, threw the microphone from his hands into the audience who came, and also spilled beer. He began to threaten regarding the physical attack on the audience.
On April 20, 2015, Wes Scutlin smashed his musical instruments in front of the public. The guitar, headphones and drum set suffered the most.
Summing up the activities of the Puddle of Mudd group
The team for their creative work has released 2 independent albums and 5 albums under the label. The latest album Welcome to Galvania was released in 2019.
