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Written by TIFFA ALBERTY / Photos by BARRY BRECHEISEN
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Tuesday, 29 July 2008 |
Rock shows should pull an audience into that moment and appreciate what is being seen and heard. It should get them excited and revved up. But that was not the case for the Puddle of Mudd show at the House of Blues on a Monday night. The audience, who was a mixed crowd of Nascar loving fans with sleeveless shirts and preppy Yuppies sporting some type of logo from the North side, agreed with me about being indifferent of the set that Puddle of Mudd played. Was it a waste? Not necessarily, but the other opening bands like screaming Rev Theory and country style - Saving Abel, seemed to keep the morale full-throttle.
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Puddle of Mudd
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 Entertainment
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House of Blues
Chicago, Ill.
July 21, 2008
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Puddle of Mudd opened their set with “Control,” which at the time that song was released back in 2001, could technically be considered risqué. Between the break of “Control,” the band threw in a little Black Sabbath to stir up the mix. They followed up their set with newer songs from their most recent album Famous, released back in October 2007. But Puddle of Mudd fell off the map for a while and when they came back after a four year disappearance, their sound changed from in-your-face lyrics to a disappointed return. Due to the disappearance of Puddle of Mudd, many of the new tracks left a quiet crowd.
By the middle of their set, the boys played their number one hit “Blurry;” a song about love, torture and rescue, where Wesley Scantlin could belt out notes in his recognizable high pitch and scratchy voice. The energy of the crowd seemed to boost with their songs from their first album, Come Clean, that was putting the crowd in a state of mind from years ago. Reminiscent of times when I was in my little VW Jetta, screaming the lyrics at the top of my lungs, funny, how time flies. Their stage presence was simplistic to a tee and mildly boring, while band members Wesley Scantlin (lyrics), Doug Ardito (bass), Christian Stone (guitar) and Ryan Yerdon (drums) were mostly stationary with every song. Which is somewhat ironic, when songs like “She Fucking Hates Me” is being played with a strong sense of playful rage; as well as accompaniment of cover songs like TNT by AC/DC.
Puddle of Mudd ended their set with their only hit “Psycho” from their most recent album, Psycho. Nice closure but still left me indifferent about their show. The only highlight to my experience was thinking about how much I missed that damn Jetta.
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pomuddrockon
Written by Guest on 2008-07-29 14:37:45
 Thanks for posting the concer t review and photos! | pffft
Written by Guest on 2008-07-30 07:50:49
the new album is "famous" and psycho isn't the only hit on it. thx for doing your homework. | Indifferent reviewer?
Written by Guest on 2008-07-30 14:30:23
It does sound like the person who reviewed POM might not have had a clue about this amazing band. I revel in the thought of them coming back to Minnesota and rockin' us!
I love POM!
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