There were just a lot of battles that had to be fought in the last nine or 10 years. Was it difficult to make this record after such a long time? It’s been 10 years since the last Puddle Of Mudd album, so presumably this one had a lot of ground to cover. And while things seem back on track for Wes personally, as the unexpected and unwelcome intrusion that occurs during the interview, his life clearly has a little bit of turbulence left in it… These days, Wes has been sober for more than two years, and – a decade after the release of their last record – Puddle Of Mudd are back with fifth album, Welcome To Galvania. He was also picked up by cops after trying to break into the house most places report he lost to foreclosure, but which he insists was stolen (and which led to one of his most infamous onstage outbursts). Over the years that followed, Wes Scantlin was better known for intoxicated outbursts onstage, a hideous run of financial misfortune and a jaw-dropping list of arrests that include domestic violence (in 2002, he and then-fiancée Michelle Rubin, were both arrested after a roadside fight), trespassing at Graceland, not paying taxes, boarding a plane with a BB gun, drunken and disorderly conduct, and taking a joyride on a baggage carousel. Off the back of the runaway success of that record’s three main singles – Control, Blurry and She Hates Me – the post-grunge band found fame and fortune in abundance, but everything else started falling apart and Wes Scantlin started on a downward spiral influenced by alcohol and substance abuse. Would this really be a Puddle Of Mudd interview without a little drama?Īfter all, this is the band who formed in 1991 and shot to international fame a decade later when their debut album, Come Clean, was released on Fred Durst’s Flawless label.

The second time, he explains the dog’s barking because someone is angrily banging on his front door. The first time, the Puddle Of Mudd founder and mainman ignores it and it eventually stops. There are two moments during this interview with Wes Scantlin where a dog starts yapping intensely in the background while he’s talking.

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