Puddle of Mudd entered the studio in 2000 and released its major-label debut album Come Clean on August 28, 2001. The band held auditions for a new drummer and selected Greg Upchurch, who was an ex-member of Eleven and had also toured with Chris Cornell. After getting the call from Durst, Paul decided to try out for Puddle of Mudd and was accepted, choosing to leave college in order to join. Fred Durst decided to contact a guitarist he knew from his hometown of Jacksonville, Florida, Paul Phillips, who had formerly played in a local band there called Happy Hour. They were still in need of a guitarist and drummer. When Scantlin found out about Ardito's bass playing, they decided to work together. One of the first people Scantlin met upon arriving in California was Doug Ardito, an intern at Interscope Records. Durst contacted Scantlin, and after hearing that his band had broken up, decided to bring him to California to attempt to put a new band together. Scantlin's big break in the music business came after a copy of his demo tape was delivered to Fred Durst. Differences of opinion and other factors led to the break-up of the original Puddle of Mudd by early 1999, leaving Scantlin as the only original member. It had eleven tracks, all written by the band, three of which would eventually make it on to Puddle of Mudd's first major-label release. Minus Jimmy Allen, the group released their debut album, Abrasive, in 1997 on Hardknocks Records. It spawned two radio singles (the first was 'You Don't Know', the second 'Drift and Die').

Rose, and was recorded at Red House Studio in Lawrence, Kansas. In order to get to their practice space, the band 'had to walk through a pile of shit.' The group's first release, Stuck, was an EP released in 1994 on V&R Records. According to Scantlin, the band name was inspired by practicing next to the Missouri river levee, which always inundated the band's practice space, but never ruined their equipment since they were on the second floor. Puddle of Mudd was formed on September 13, 1991, in Kansas City by Wes Scantlin (lead vocals/rhythm guitar), Jimmy Allen (lead guitar), Sean Sammon (bass), and Kenny Burkitt (drums). 1.5 Vol.4 Songs in the Key of Love and Hate (2009–2010).

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