http://www.azcentral.com/ent/music/articles/2008/04/18/20080418puddleofmudd0418.html
04-18-08
"When
I
wrote
it,
I
thought,
That's
really
catchy,'
"
Scantlin
says,
calling
from
his
California
home.
"And
I
don't
really
have
any
way
of
recording
at
home
because
I'm
stupid
and
old
school,
so
I
learn
things
by
playing
it
over
and
over
til
I'm
blue
in
the
face.
So
I
sat
around
for
a
few
hours
playing
it
over
and
over
again
and
I
enjoyed
listening
to
it
and
I
thought
a
lot
of
people
would
like
it
because
everybody's
a
little
psycho,
you
know?" Man,
was
he
right.
"Psycho,"
from
the
band's
third
Geffen
album,
"Famous,"
has
been
No.1
on
Billboard's
mainstream
rock
charts
for
nine
weeks
and
counting,
and
last
week
it
moved
to
the
top
of
the
modern
rock
charts
as
well.
The
song
-
as
well
as
its
clever
video,
which
spoofs
both
horror
movies
and
celebrities
like
Paris
Hilton
and
Pam
Anderson,
filmed
at
the
same
Bates
Motel
set
where
the
"Psycho"
movie
was
filmed
-
has
pushed
Puddle
of
Mudd
to
the
front
of
the
rock
pack
again,
back
where
it
was
after
its
multiplatinum
smash
album
"Come
Clean"
and
the
massive
hit
"Blurry"
in
2001. "There
are
kids
coming
to
the
shows
who
might
not
even
know
Blurry,'
"
Scantlin
says.
"They
come
for
Psycho'
and
Famous.'
It's
cool
to
see
a
lot
of
little
kids
coming
up
and
knowing
all
the
words." It's
a
bit
of
a
change
from
the
last
Puddle
of
Mudd
tour,
following
its
"Life
on
Display"
album
in
2003,
which
came
out
in
the
midst
of
a
bit
of
record
company
upheaval
and
ended
up
being
lost
in
the
shuffle.
"I
love
that
album,"
says
Scantlin.
"But
there
was
a
lot
of
merging
going
on
and
a
lot
of
bands
joined
our
label
at
that
time
and
they
ended
up
getting
a
lot
more
attention
than
us." That
didn't
happen
this
time,
as
the
band
worked
on
"Famous"
for
nearly
four
years,
with
Scantlin
writing
songs
not
only
with
bassist
Doug
Ardito,
but
also
Brian
Howes,
of
Hinder
and
Daughtry
fame,
and
Kara
DioGuardi,
who
has
written
for
everyone
from
Christina
Aguilera
and
Marc
Anthony
to
Ashlee
Simpson
and
Lindsay
Lohan.
"It
has
a
different
feel
and
it
feels
pretty
good,"
Scantlin
says.
"You
learn
a
lot
from
writing
with
different
people.
You
kind
of
get
a
piece
of
them,
and
they
get
a
little
bit
of
your
flavor.
There
was
a
lot
of
riff-swapping
going
on." The
collaborations
gave
Scantlin
the
kind
of
album
he
was
looking
for.
"These
days,
you
need
an
album
where
every
song
can
be
a
single,"
he
says.
"You
want
something
different,
but
you
also
need
a
whole
record
where
you
push
play
and
you
don't
fast
forward
through
anything."