The band later held auditions for a new drummer, which produced Greg Upchurch, an ex-member of Eleven who had also toured with Chris Cornell. Things did not work out with the Jacksonville drummer, and Josh Freese from A Perfect Circle and The Vandals (and later Guns N' Roses) did the drum tracks for Puddle of Mudd's next album instead. Durst signed the group to another showcase,Īnd then recruited the band to his new record label, Flawless Records. The four began playing together on some of the band's older songs,Īs well as some new ones. With Paul, Shane T-bone Webb (current drummer of Blow it Up)įrom Jacksonville, FL was brought out to play drums and complete theīand.
Getting the call from Durst, Paul decided to try out for Puddle of Mudd,Īnd was accepted, choosing to leave college in order to join. Who had formerly played in a local band there called Happy Hour. They were still in need of aįred Durst decided to contact a guitarist he knew from his hometown of Jacksonville, Florida, Paul Phillips, When Scantlin found out about Ardito's bass Ardito was also in a Boston-basedīand called Throat Culture. One of the first people Scantlin met upon arriving in California was Doug Ardito, an intern at Interscope Records. Up, decided to bring him to California to attempt to put a new band Scantlin's start in the music business came after a copy of his demo tape was delivered to Fred Durst.ĭurst contacted Scantlin, and after hearing that his band had broken Then decided to reform the band with Jimmy Allen late in 19īut shorty fell into differences once again WesĪnd friend from the local Kansas city music scene drummer Dennis Dunbar Of Mudd by early 1999, leaving Scantlin as the only original member. Of opinion and other factors led to the breakup of the original Puddle Sound, compared to the semi-polished sound of later work. It had eleven tracks, all written by theīand, three of which would eventually make it on to Puddle of Mudd'sįirst major label release. Minus Jimmy Allen, the group released a second album, Abrasive, Second "Drift and Die"), thereby making Puddle of Mudd a local favorite It spawned 2 radio singles (the first was "You Don't Know", the Rose, and was recorded at Red House Studio in Lawrence, The album was produced by the band and E.J. The group's first album, Stuck, was released in 1994 on V&R Records. The name was inspired by the Missouri River flood, which inundated the band's practice space, and left the floor a big "puddle of mud". Puddle of Mudd was formed on Septemin Kansas City by Wes Scantlin (vocals/rhythm guitar), Sean Sammon (Bass) and Kenny Burkitt (Drums).