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Mudvayne is a powerful band that emerged in Peoria, Illinois in 1996. Formed by Gurrg [Greg Tribbett, guitar], Spag [Matthew McDonough, drums], and Kud [Chad Gray, vocals]. Their bassist Ryknow [Ryan Martinie] did not come into the band until two years later.
From an individual approach, the backgrounds of Mudvaynes members are broad and extensive. Ryan Martinie, bassplayer, has won several state high school awards for classical vocals. He also has a long history with jazz bass, vocals and sword swallowing. Greg Tribbett, guitarist (The Big Ragu) has a strong background in the local music scene dating back to his teens. In the years of his youth, his engagement to the local Gestapo heightened his sense of awareness and personal preservation. Matthew McDonough, Drummer, a self-proclaimed super- genius spent many years in his youth performing with drum & bugle corps. His exquisite and twisted percussile orchestrations are influenced by too many twilight hours spent in front of a computer monitor. Chad Gray, masticator, found his youthful spare hours engaged in gargling gravel and 10w40. His year-round youthful glow is due to his many days spent serenading a furnace as a child. As a whole, the band is proud of the fact, that none of the members have any formal training with the instruments they play. (Mass Concerts.com)
After they developed a substancial local follwing the band began touring more widely across the U.S.A. Their demo Oughta led to a recording contract with Epic Records --the demo was later renamed The Beginning of All things To End. The title of the bands debut album, L.D. 50, "stands for Leathal Dosage 50, which represents how much of a chemical it takes to kill fifty out of a hundred test subjects.", commente Spag. Their debut album is still preffered more by their hard core fans, and the lovers of heavy metal music. Despite their laregely excellent reviews in the rock press, their were chided for their similarities to Slipknot. Their use of costumes, pseudonyms, and masks, gave way for critics to precive them as an attempt to capitalise on Slipknot's success. In reality, they are a completely different band which developed completely independently from Slipknot. overall of this the band continue to make their music and blow the auidiences away. they created fanbases in Europe, the USA, and in the Far East, and had chart success in Austrailia which established them as contenders in their own right.
After their succesful touring it was time for the band to bring out the new stuff. And so was born The End of All Things To Come, their sophomore album. The new album was a little lighter, but still without a doubt still good music. They no longer use costumes on stage for their shows, but from personal experience, I can say they are good people. I saw them in this Summer's Sanitarium Tour and they were really nice and engaged with the auidience. I was lucky enough to take a gift home, for I caught one of Spag's drumsticks. They were great, and showed much appreciation for the people that were rooting for them.
Check them out, their songs have deep meanings and they are definately worthy of attention. Well, once again until next month.
- Nancy
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