Puddle Of Mudd’s version of The Rolling Stones classic "Gimme Shelter" will be the first single from their forthcoming album re:(disc)overed. The track will be made available on iTunes beginning August 2nd.
The band’s new album, re:(disc)overed, lands on August 30th. For this release, Puddle Of Mudd dig back into their own past for the songs that turned them on to becoming musicians in the first place.
re:(disc)overed includes such classics as AC/DC’s "TNT," Steve Miller’s "The Joker," Elton John’s "Rocket Man," the Stevie Nicks/Tom Petty duet "Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around" (which Puddle Of Mudd recorded with BC Jean), Neil Young’s "Old Man," and of course the first single, "Gimmie Shelter." The album finds Puddle Of Mudd tackling classic rock songs as only they know how.
"Our goal in interpreting these songs was to pay more tribute rather than reinvent," Phillips added. "These are all classics that are perfect in every sense, so who are we to mess with that? We just wanted to represent them in their true form and add a little of our sound to them. We cut everything with very few takes and tried to keep it very live like those old seventies records. We didn't want to Pro Tool the hell out of it."
Puddle Of Mudd will take part in the Rock Allegiance Tour which begins on August 24th in Dallas. The tour also features Buckcherry, Papa Roach, P.O.D., Red, Crossfade and Drive A.
Over the past decade the band have sold over 6 million albums worldwide and collected nine Top 20 rock hits including seven, which went straight to #1 on the charts. Puddle Of Mudd’s impact at rock radio over the past decade is undeniable.
Track Listing For re:(disc)overed
01. Gimme Shelter 02. Old Man 03. T.N.T. 04. Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around 05. The Joker 06. Everybody Wants You 07. Rocket Man 08. All Right Now 09. Shooting Star 10. D’yer Maker 11. Funk #49
I love to hear bands interpretations of covers, and look forward to hearing it. Though, I am just wierd like that, I guess - I like any "name" band that does this.
But, even though he still doesn't even hit any high notes, and sings the first line of the choruses weird, it sounds like they recorded the vocals a step lower, then sped it up. Aside from the Kurt Cobain impression at the end of the solo, it doesn't even sound like the guy from Puddle of Mudd's voice.
And I'm also surprised at the lack of Nirvana here. It's more like they turned on classic rock radio and wrote down the first 11 fairly simple songs.
D'yer Maker is gonna sound like shit. Actually it's all probably gonna sound like shit. But this one wasn't as bad as I predicted, so I could be wrong.
It's not really good but I wouldn't consider it sacrilegious. It's just that the original is so chilling and intense, you can't compete with that if you kick in the distortion pretty much right away, it takes from the dynamic
Despite what this article says, I think I can deny that Puddle of Mudd had any influence on rock radio over the past decade. This cover is terrible by the way.
This bands needs to go away and stop making a mockery of rock music with albums like Famous and and Volume 4. This band is the most obvious rip off of Nirvana and Alice in Chains I've ever seen. The singer is the only original member left which pretty much says "I'm in it for the easy money."
Umm, since when were album promos considered news? This is just once long ad for a band who stopped being relevant... hang on... were they ever relevant?
saw them live. personally thought it was awful. anyone that would go off on a random tangent in the middle of a song just walking back and forth going "pussy pussy pussy pussy,pussy pussy pussy pussy all night long" over and again is awful in my book. yeah they did that if you hadn't guessed.
They better do D'yer Maker justice, that's one of my favourite songs. Currently listening to Gimme Shelter. The band sound tight and it sounds like they've done it in the right tuning which is a bonus. But the vocals are hit and miss. They have done a fantastic job with making it sound live. Which is pretty cool I must say.
Oh well it could be worse.