Published: Sunday, December 6, 2009
Puddle of Mudd album is one big, grungy mess
On Tuesday, multiplatinum rock band Puddle of Mudd releases its new album, “Volume 4: Songs in the Key of Love and Hate.”
TRIVIA: The group’s 2001 album, “Come Clean,” was one of the first releases from Fred Durst’s vanity label, Flawless Records.
STANDOUTS: “Pitchin’ a Fit,” a Nirvana knockoff, finds lead singer Wes Scantlin wailing, “It makes me sick when you’re in my face.”
FANS DIG: Angst.
ANDY SAYS: Puddle of Mudd just won’t go away. Each of its past three albums produced a No. 1 hit on the Billboard rock charts. Chalk that success up to the group’s ability to channel grunge-era greats.
Ultimately, though, the band is more Silverchair than it is Nirvana. Puddle of Mudd’s riffs run together, while its sex-and-drugs lyrics come off as a laughable attempt at sounding edgy. The mess only succeeds at making me miss Kurt Cobain.
GRADE: C-minus
Andy Rathbun: 425-339-3455, arathbun@heraldnet.com
TRIVIA: The group’s 2001 album, “Come Clean,” was one of the first releases from Fred Durst’s vanity label, Flawless Records.
STANDOUTS: “Pitchin’ a Fit,” a Nirvana knockoff, finds lead singer Wes Scantlin wailing, “It makes me sick when you’re in my face.”
FANS DIG: Angst.
ANDY SAYS: Puddle of Mudd just won’t go away. Each of its past three albums produced a No. 1 hit on the Billboard rock charts. Chalk that success up to the group’s ability to channel grunge-era greats.
Ultimately, though, the band is more Silverchair than it is Nirvana. Puddle of Mudd’s riffs run together, while its sex-and-drugs lyrics come off as a laughable attempt at sounding edgy. The mess only succeeds at making me miss Kurt Cobain.
GRADE: C-minus
Andy Rathbun: 425-339-3455, arathbun@heraldnet.com
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