Few post-grunge bands have been more committed to Nirvana’s legacy than Puddle of Mudd, and few bands have so brazenly misunderstood that legacy. Drawing from the numbskull sentiments of Fred Durst more than the satirical screeds of Kurt...

Few post-grunge bands have been more committed to Nirvana’s legacy than Puddle of Mudd, and few bands have so brazenly misunderstood that legacy. Drawing from the numbskull sentiments of Fred Durst more than the satirical screeds of Kurt Cobain, Puddle of Mudd generously repurpose Nirvana riffs and turn them into humorless songs about angst, feeling angst and being...

I�m in the early stages of organizing my best of 2008 list, and I�m struck by what a stellar year it�s been for just about every genre of music: indie-rock, soul, electronica, rap, Top 40, etc. I�m equally struck, though, by what a crappy year it�s been for modern rock. In the wake of post-grunge, modern-rock has mostly been an artistic dead-end, but in recent years there have been at leas...