After decades of alleged sonic offenses, justice has finally caught up with Wes Scantlin. The Puddle of Mudd frontman was arrested in Torrance, California, on March 11, and while police officially booked him on domestic violence and drug possession charges, sources confirm the real crime was subjecting the world to decades of musical mediocrity.
Authorities reportedly had enough after receiving yet another 3:00 a.m. noise complaint—this time not from a neighbor, but from the entire music industry. “We’ve let this slide since 2001, but it’s time to take action,” one officer allegedly said while taking Scantlin into custody. “We’ve been building a case ever since Come Clean dropped.”
The arrest follows a bizarre March 1 incident where Scantlin claimed he was “roofied” by a former bandmate before a Daytona Bike Week performance — though some speculate that this was just an attempt to explain why he sounded exactly the same as usual. “If that’s the case, he’s been roofied for the last 20 years,” a fan commented online.
Scantlin’s legal troubles date back years, with past charges including traffic violations, an outstanding weapons warrant at an airport, and, most notably, an ongoing refusal to stop performing Puddle of Mudd songs in public.
Despite these setbacks, the band still has a few shows scheduled this year, proving that, much like Scantlin himself, Puddle of Mudd just won’t go away.
