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Mudvayne
Origin Peoria, Illinois, United States
Genres Alternative metal, nu metal, progressive metal
Years active 1996–present
Labels Sony BMG, Epic
Associated acts Hellyeah
Website www.Mudvayne.com
Members
Chad Gray
Ryan Martinie
Greg Tribbett
Matthew McDonough
Former members
Shawn Barclay

Mudvayne is an American heavy metal band formed in Peoria, Illinois in 1996. Members are lead singer Chad Gray, guitarist Greg Tribbett, bassist Ryan Martinie and drummer Matthew McDonough. Signed onto Epic Records, Mudvayne has released five studio albums, two compilations albums, and two DVDs.

Mudvayne rose to fame in 2000 with their debut album L.D. 50, which peaked at number 85 on the Billboard 200, and has since been certified gold by the RIAA. The lead single from the album, "Dig", won the MTV2 Award at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2001. This was also the first time the award was ever presented to a metal band. In 2006 Mudvayne was nominated for Best Metal Performance at the Grammy Awards for the single "Determined" from the band's 2005 studio album Lost and Found. Mudvayne has four gold certifications by the RIAA, and has sold nearly 3,000,000 records in the United States, and over 6,000,000 records worldwide.

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History

Origins

Mudvayne formed in 1996 with Chad Gray, Greg Tribbet, Matthew McDonough, and Shawn Barclay, releasing their demo, Kill, I Oughtta. In 1998, then bassist Shawn Barclay was replaced by current bassist Ryan Martinie.

Signing with Epic (1998)

A critical turning point for the band occurred in April 1998 when local promoter Steve Soderstrom hosted Soda Pop Production's "Original Hard Rock Music Showcase". at the now defunct Hub Ballroom in Edelstein, Illinois. Mudvayne along with 57 other Peoria bands answered the radio ad and was one of the twelve bands chosen to perform live on two stages. Soda Pop Productions followed the show up with "Shredfest" on the Peoria riverfront stage which Mudvayne also played. Promoter Jay Goldberg of Jay Goldberg Events & Entertainment saw the band's potential and began showcasing Mudvayne at several concert venues including the famous Madison Theater in Peoria, Illinois were Mudvayne opened for many National acts. Steve Soderstrom contacted longtime friend and renowned band manager Chuck Toler, in Madison, Wisconsin, who came down to a third show at the American Legion Hall in Washington, Illinois to see the band perform live. As a result Chuck Toler began managing the band and secured a recording contract with Epic Records.

L.D. 50 and The Beginning of All Things to End (2000–01)

The band first hit the mainstream in 2000, when they were featured on the second stage of the Tattoo the Earth Art and Music Festival Tour. They scored their first hit single with the song "Dig" from their debut album L.D. 50. For this song, the band won the first ever MTV2 Award at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2001. The popularity of the song paved the way for the highly successful album (certified gold, sold over 500,000 as of 2001) and was followed by singles "Death Blooms" and "Nothing to Gein".

In 2001, they released an extended version of the Kill, I Oughtta EP titled as The Beginning of All Things to End and continued their frequent touring.

The End of All Things to Come (2002–03)

During the L.D. 50 era, the band was famous for wearing extravagant make-up, seen in both their music videos and live concerts, and using unusual stage names such as Kud, Gurrg, RyKnow, and sPaG.1 With their second album, 2002's The End of All Things to Come, the band changed make-up styles from multicolored face paint to dressing up as aliens and changing the stage names, now they were Chüd, Güüg, Rü-D, and Spüg.2 Mudvayne's reason for wearing such extravagant make-up was, according to the band, to add a visual aspect to their music and to set them apart from other run-of-the-mill metal bands.3 Mudvayne participated in the Summer Sanitarium Tour 2003, headlined by Metallica, and with the release of the 2003 single "World So Cold", Mudvayne abandoned their use of make-up entirely.4

Lost and Found (2005–06)

In 2005, their third album Lost and Found was released with the band members' real names and without any gimmicks.4 However, the band said that future use of make-up is not out of the question.5

In mid-2005, Mudvayne played on the main stage of Ozzfest. After this tour Mudvayne then started on a world tour which included Australia, North America and Europe. During their show in Sydney various Australian TV personalities made an appearance such as Nikolas Crowfoot, Mitch Jones and Craig Welton. These concerts were a great success.

By the People, For the People (2007–08)

By the People, For the People is a compilation of demo/live versions of previously released songs (chosen by the fans), 2 b-sides, and a few introductions to some songs, 1 new song, and a cover of The Police's "King of Pain".

By the People, for the People is the second compilation album, and fifth album release by Mudvayne. It was released on November 27, 2007 by Epic Records. The album features a track listing chosen entirely by the band's fans, with the band determining which version appears on the record (e.g. live, demo, acoustic), as well as two new songs, "Dull Boy" and a cover of The Police's song "King of Pain" (both produced by Dave Fortman and writen by Bradley Bower).

By the People, for the People is presented in a format where each song is introduced through a short interlude generally no longer than 30 seconds long, where Chad Gray debriefs the listener on surrounding facts such as where the song was recorded or performed live, or distinguishing a demo from an album version (obviously limited to in the case of demos). The album debuted at number 51 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling about 22,000 copies in its first week.

The New Game (2008–09)

After the return of vocalist Chad Gray and guitarist Greg Tribbett from their touring commitments with side project Hellyeah, Mudvayne began the recording process for The New Game with producer Dave Fortman, who also produced their previous effort, Lost and Found.6 Fortman reported to MTV that the album will be followed six months later by a second full-length record.7 He also attested that while the album should please listeners, it will also incorporate a distinct rock and roll sound unheard on previous Mudvayne records. "It's heavy and has great hooks," said Fortman, "but it also has some moments that are a little more rock n' roll that are really cool. It's not anything drastic, but every now and then you'll catch a little hint of old-school rock. Also, the tones are a little more earthy sounding and somewhat warmer than Lost and Found. Although Mudvayne was going to follow up The New Game six months later with an album titled The End Game, the plan never came to fruition. Instead a self-titled album was released a year later.

Self-Titled Album Mudvayne (2009–present)

Mudvayne was produced by Dave Fortman's right-hand man Jeremy Parker and is "a little more retro for MUDVAYNE" from a songwriting point of view, according to Vocalist Chad Gray. "We've been kind of making this natural progression, and I think for this one, we just sort of naturally regressed," he told Noisecreep. "We took the smarter songwriting guys that we've become and mixed it with the not-smart songwriting guys that we were." The album is completely done and was recorded during Summer 2008 in El Paso, Texas.8 However on October 7, 2009 Mudvayne posted a bulletin on Myspace saying that they will be releasing a self-titled album on December 22, 2009 followed by a tour. They also have two new songs called "Beautiful and Strange" and "Heard it All Before" on their official Myspace page."Mudvayne" has been described by drummer Matt McDonough as "the best" CD "the band has recorded since our second album,'The End Of All Things to Come'." The effort will be released in three different formats — a standard jewel case edition, a deluxe version packaged with a black light and a super deluxe edition that features a larger black light, a special edition blacklight-reactive poster and more. For those who pre-ordered the super deluxe edition they would receive a full album download two weeks before the album release. Only a 1000 of the super deluxe edition were available. 9

The artwork for the CD will be printed entirely in blacklight-reactive ink, making it only visible under a black light (a source of light whose wavelengths are primarily in the ultraviolet) In the limited edition packaging a key chain blacklight is included.10

On December 11th, the entire album was available for listen on Yahoo! Music.

Musical style and influences

Mudvayne is known for performing a technical style of music which they have referred to as "math metal".1112 Mudvayne was influenced by performers such as Emperor, King Crimson and Porcupine Tree.12 Mudvayne's musical style incorporates elements of death metal, hardcore punk, speed metal and progressive rock.13 Mudvayne's musical style has been described as alternative metal,1415 extreme metal,16 heavy metal,171819 neo-progressive rock,20 nu metal,21222324 progressive metal,252627 and shock rock28.

Members

Current
Former
  • Shawn Barclay – bass (1996–1998)

Discography

Main article: Mudvayne discography

References

  1. ^ Dansby, Andrew (September 24, 2002). "New Mudvayne "To Come"". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/mudvayne/articles/story/5934852/new_mudvayne_to_come. Retrieved 5 January 2009. 
  2. ^ Wiederhorn, Jon (November 4 2002). "Mudvayne Not Aliens At NY Show". MTV News. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1458487/20021104/mudvayne.jhtml. Retrieved 5 January 2009. 
  3. ^ Concorde2 (June 2, 2003). "Mudvayne @ C2 On Monday 2nd June 2003". Brighton News. http://www.brightonlife.com/news/mudvayne-c2-on-monday-2nd-june-2003-183.html. Retrieved 5 January 2009. 
  4. ^ a b Montgomery, James (March 2, 2005). "Mudvayne Lose The Makeup, Find Inspiration In Isolation". MTV News. http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1497672/03022005/mudvayne.jhtml. Retrieved 5 January 2009. 
  5. ^ Carman, Keith (2005-03-24). "Mudvayne Reveal Their True Face". Chart. http://www.chartattack.com/news/38300/mudvayne-reveal-their-true-face. Retrieved 2009-08-10. 
  6. ^ "Chad Gray interview on Type 3 Media (2008)". http://www.type3media.com/interviews/chadgrayinterview200712.html. Retrieved 2008-02-21. 
  7. ^ "Exclusive: Mudvayne To Drop Two New Albums in Next Year". Headbangers Blog. Headbangers Blog. 2008. http://headbangersblog.mtv.com/2008/08/14/exclusive-mudvayne-to-birth-two-new-records-in-2009/. Retrieved 2008-08-14. 
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  12. ^ a b Sheaffer, Caleb (April 9, 2003). "Mudvayne brings 'tongue-in-cheek' sensibility to BJC show". The Daily Collegian. http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2003/04/04-09-03tdc/04-09-03darts-02.asp. Retrieved 5 January 2009. 
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  14. ^ "Kylie Minogue, Gorillaz have new CDs". Billboard. November 30, 2007. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22047526/. Retrieved 4 January 2009. "Alternative metal crew Mudvayne let fans choose the track listing and album art for this pseudo-greatest-hits set" 
  15. ^ Byrne, Michael (December 10, 2008). "Music: The Short List". Baltimore City Paper. http://www.citypaper.com/music/story.asp?id=17177. Retrieved 5 January 2009. "Well-calculated alterna-metal band Mudvayne makes a whole bunch of money at Rams Head Live with 10 Years and a band called Snot." 
  16. ^ Weingarten, Marc ([August 18, 2005). "Same sound, cleaner faces for Mudvayne". Los Angeles Times. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/883410681.html?dids=883410681:883410681&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Aug+18%2C+2005&author=Marc+Weingarten&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=POP+MUSIC%3B+Same+sound%2C+cleaner+faces+for+Mudvayne&pqatl=google. Retrieved 5 January 2009. "extreme metal quartet Mudvayne" 
  17. ^ Potter, Tina (August 7, 2003). "Heavy metal's best ignite Seattle crowd on Metallica's Summer Sanitarium Tour". The Seattle Times. "Metallica, the elder statesmen of metal, assembled an untouchable lineup of metal acts to join them on a tour that reads like a who's who of heavy-metal heavyweights: Mudvayne and the Deftones, Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit." 
  18. ^ Beal, Jim (April 27, 2005). "Mudvayne heads heavy metal lineup". San Antonio Express-News. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SAEC&p_theme=saec&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=109C75C2B563E6EF&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 5 January 2009. 
  19. ^ Paton, James (June 6, 2008). "Concert injuries land promoters, venues in court". Denver, Colorado: Rocky Mountain News. http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jun/06/concert-injuries-land-promoters-venues-in-court/?printer=1/. Retrieved 4 January 2009. "Nicole LaScalia was knocked to the floor of Magness Arena and trampled by concertgoers moments after the heavy metal band Mudvayne took the stage." 
  20. ^ Weisblott, Marc (January 21, 2003). "Big With the Kids". The Village Voice. http://www.villagevoice.com/2003-01-21/music/big-with-the-kids/. Retrieved 5 January 2009. "You know Trapt aren't vying for the affections of neo-prog Mudvayne fanatics when their singer, Chris Brown, feels Genesis got good only after Phil Collins took the mic." 
  21. ^ Rosen, Jody (November 27, 2008). "Review of The New Game". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/mudvayne/albums/album/24024306/review/24196346/the_new_game. Retrieved 2009-03-04. 
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  24. ^ Begrand, Adrien (July 14, 2005). "Review of Lost and Found". PopMatters. http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/m/mudvayne-lostandfound.shtml. Retrieved 2009-03-04. 
  25. ^ D'Angelo, Joe (September 19, 2002). "Mudvayne Reaches The End". MTV.com. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1457665/20020918/index.jhtml?headlines=true. Retrieved 2008-12-27. "The Peoria, Illinois, progressive metal quartet has named their new album The End of All Things To Come" 
  26. ^ Wedge, Dave (December 10, 2008). "There’s no masking Mudvayne’s prog-metal passion". Boston Herald. http://news.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/general/view/2008_12_09_There_s_no_masking_Mudvayne_s_prog-metal_passion/srvc=home&position=recent. Retrieved 4 January 2009. 
  27. ^ Valdez, Christina Killion (December 31, 2008). "Fans 'Dig' Mudvayne". Rochester MN: Rochester Post-Bulletin. http://news.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=35&a=377870. Retrieved 4 January 2009. "Mudvayne, the Grammy-nominated progressive rock and metal band, is helping keep rock on a roll in Rochester." 
  28. ^ "Deftones just want to have a blast". Telegram & Gazette. July 3, 2003. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WO&p_theme=wo&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FC335CA04315184&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 5 January 2009. "And fans will witness Mudvayne trying to remake itself from a costume-wearing shock-rock act into a just plain menacing hard-rock act." 

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