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Formed in 1993 in Kansas City, Missouri USA, the Alternative-Rock band
Puddle Of Mudd was initially a fluid collective centered around lead singer+guitarist
Wesley Reid Scantlin.
A year later the band released their first album, the hard-to-find "Stuck";
during the second half of the '90s a revamped line-up, Paul James Phillips
on guitar, Douglas John Ardito who replaced former bassist Troy McCoy
and drummer Greg David Upchurch, started recording new material and in
1999 released the second independent album entitled "Abrasive".
But the big break came when Scantlin and Fred Durst negotiated a recording
contract with the Limp Bizkit frontman's
own Flawless label. The year 2001 saw the release of Puddle Of Mudd breakthrough
full-length disc, "Come Clean"; this album exploded like a bomb
crashing into the top 10 of The Billboard Top 200 chart, the record spawned
numerous monster hit singles, "Blurry" became the most played
track on Modern Rock radio for 2002 and catapulted itself into top 5 of
The Billboard Hot 100; "Control", "Drift And Die"
and "She Hates Me" all grazed the top of The Mainstream Rock
chart and also climbed into the top 3 of The Modern Rock Tracks. Touring
throughout the summer promoting the album's release would see the band
sharing stages with such Nu-Metal acts as Staind,
Cold, Godsmack
and Deftons.
Puddle Of Mudd returned two years later, in November 2003, with "Life
On Display" which hit #20 on The Billboard 200 Albums chart and was
certified gold, it never received the widespread acclaim of the triple-platinum
"Come Clean"; however it included "Away From Me" which
rose to #1 on The Mainstream Rock Tracks and to #5 on The Modern Rock
chart; the second single, "Heel Over Head" rocketed into the
top 10 on the same charts and the final single, "Spin You Around",
climbed into the top 20 of the Billboard's Active Rock list.
Two years later drummer Greg Upchurch left to join 3
Doors Down and Phillips left after unsuccessfully trying to take the
band's music in a much heavier direction; Ryan Yerdon replaced Upchurch
and Christian Stone took over the vacant guitar spot. In October 2007,
Puddle Of Mudd resurfaced with "Famous" reaching the #27 on
The Billboard 200 Albums list. The opening title-track was selected as
the first single off the CD, it peaked at #2 on The Hot Mainstream Rock
chart but it was "Psycho" that earned the band yet another Modern
and Mainstream #1 hit single.
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