Puddle of Mudd

Puddle of Mudd
Origin	Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Genres	Post-grunge hard rock alternative metal alternative rock
Years active	1991–present
Labels	Mudd Dog V&R Hardknocks UMG Flawless Geffen
Associated acts	Against All Will Operator 3 Doors Down Fuel Limp Bizkit
Website	puddleofmudd.com
Members	Wes Scantlin Dave Moreno Michael John Adams Matt Fuller
Past members	Doug Ardito Jimmy Allen Adam Latiff Paul Phillips Damien Starkey Christian Stone Shannon Boone Kenny Burkitt Michael Grajewski Sean Sammon Greg Upchurch Ryan Yerdon Chris Duquette

Puddle of Mudd is an American rock band formed in 1991. To date, the band has sold over seven million albums and has had a string of No. 1 mainstream rock singles in the United States. Their major-label debut Come Clean has sold over five million copies. They have released two independent and four major albums, with their latest being Volume 4: Songs in the Key of Love & Hate in December 2009, and their most recent compilation album being re:(disc)overed, released in August 2011.

Puddle of Mudd was formed on September 13, 1991, in Kansas City by Wes Scantlin (vocals/rhythm guitar), Jimmy Allen (guitar), Sean Sammon (bass), and Kenny Burkitt (drums). According to Wes Scantlin, the band name was inspired by practicing next to the Missouri river levee, which always inundated the band's practice space, but never ruined their equipment since they were on the second floor. In order to get to their practice space, the band "had to walk through a pile of shit." The group's first album, Stuck, was released in 1994 on V&R Records. The album was produced by the band and E.J. Rose, and was recorded at Red House Studio in Lawrence, Kansas. It spawned two radio singles (the first was "You Don't Know", the second "Drift and Die").

Minus Jimmy Allen, the group released a second album, Abrasive, in 1997 on Hardknocks Records. It had eleven tracks, all written by the band, three of which would eventually make it on to Puddle of Mudd's first major label release. Differences of opinion and other factors led to the break-up of the original Puddle of Mudd by early 1999, leaving Scantlin as the only original member. Kenny and Sean were still in the band, and Wes had gone out as a DJ for his girlfriend.

Scantlin's big break in the music business came after a copy of his demo tape was delivered to Fred Durst. Durst contacted Scantlin, and after hearing that his band had broken up, decided to bring him to California to attempt to put a new band together.

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