Life on Display

by Puddle of Mudd

Overview

Puddle of Mudd were one of the many neo-grunge bands that cluttered the American rock landscape in 2001/2002, ten years after Nirvana brought the sound crashing into the mainstream with Nevermind. Nirvana and many of their grunge peers flamed out rather quickly, because they were an underground phenomenon uncomfortable in the mainstream, where there were fans that liked the sound of the bands, not the sentiments. Which means that there was an audience for bands that replicated the heavy feel, including some vague angst-ridden sentiment, but left behind the unpredictability, weirdness, and art of the first wave of grunge bands. Several post-grunge bands came close in the immediate aftermath of grunge, but nobody perfected it until Puddle of Mudd and their ilk came along ten years later. Puddle of Mudd were fortunate enough to work with Andy Wallace, the man who mixed Nevermind, and on both their 2001 debut, Come Clean, and its 2003 sequel, Life on Display, he manages to recreate elements of Nirvana's sound, but only if they were a plodding heavy metal band instead of a noisy, art-punk outfit. Which means they can occasionally sound like Alice in Chains, but where that band had deep metal roots, Puddle of Mudd's vocabulary begins and ends with grunge. What makes them different is that they're grunge for frat boys. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	08/04/2023
Label:	Music On Vinyl
UPC:	0600753974056

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Puddle of Mudd   Primary Artist
Paul Phillips   Guitar,Vocals
Bill McGathy   Tambourine
Peter Katsis   Triangle
Greg Upchurch   Drums,Vocals
Ian Montone   Triangle
Douglas John Ardito   Bass,Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic)

Technical Credits

Andy Wallace   Mixing
Jack Elliott   Product Manager
Jack Holder   Drum Technician
Fred Durst   Executive Producer
John Kurzweg   Engineer,Producer
Les Scurry   Production Coordination
Robert Fisher   Design
Puddle of Mudd   Producer
Michael "Elvis" Baskette   Engineer,Producer
Douglas Ardito   Composer
Jason Gossman   Assistant Engineer
Dan Certa   Pro-Tools
Craig Poole   Guitar Technician
Dave Holdredge   Engineer,Digital Editing
Steve Sisco   Assistant
Wesley Scantlin   Composer
Josh Wilbur   Digital Editing
Dan Leffler   Second Engineer
Vlado Meller   Mastering
Chapman Baehler   Photography
Jordan Schur   Executive Producer
Tony Adams   Drum Technician
Doug Ardito   Composer
Tony Schloss   Digital Editing
Robert Selvaggio   Editing,Engineer,Pro-Tools
Kevin Briers   Guitar Technician