Mudvayne

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Mudvayne, formed in 1996 in Peoria, Illinois, originally consisted of guitarist Greg Tribbett, drummer Matthew McDonough and bassist Shawn Barclay. The band's lineup was finalized a matter of months later when Chad Gray, who was earning $40,000 a year in a factory, quit his day job to become its lead singer.{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/chad-gray-on-switching-back-and-forth-between-mudvayne-and-hellyeah|title=CHAD GRAY On Switching Back And Forth Between MUDVAYNE And HELLYEAH|date=December 6, 2007|website=Blabbermouth.net|access-date=July 9, 2013}} In 1997, Mudvayne financed its debut EP, Kill, I Oughtta.{{cite web |date=August 11, 2005 |title=Former MUDVAYNE Bassist Resurfaces In SPRUNG Project |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/former-mudvayne-bassist-resurfaces-in-sprung-project/ |website=Blabbermouth.net}}

During the EP's recording, Barclay was replaced by Ryan Martinie, former bassist for the progressive rock band Broken Altar. After self-distributing Kill, I Oughtta, Mudvayne adopted stage names and face paint.{{cite magazine|url=http://rollingstone.com/artists/mudvayne/articles/story/5934852/new_mudvayne_to_come|title=New Mudvayne "To Come"|access-date=January 5, 2009|last=Dansby|first=Andrew|date=September 24, 2002|magazine=Rolling Stone|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216122254/http://rollingstone.com/artists/mudvayne/articles/story/5934852/new_mudvayne_to_come|archive-date=February 16, 2009}}{{cite book|last1=Bienstock|first1=Richard|editor=Kitts, Jeff|editor2=Tolinski, Brad|title=Guitar World Presents Nu-Metal|year=2002|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=0-634-03287-9|pages=[https://archive.org/details/guitarworldprese00kitt/page/79 79–82]|chapter=Mask Hysteria|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/guitarworldprese00kitt/page/79}}

Chuck Toler managed the band as they recorded their 2000 debut album L.D. 50.{{cite magazine|last1=Hay|first1=Carla|date=April 28, 2001|title=No Name's Mudvayne 'Digs' into the Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard|volume=113|issue=17|pages=17; 81|issn=0006-2510}} For the album, Mudvayne experimented with a ragged, dissonant sound; a sound collage, prepared for the album, was used as a series of interludes.{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r561776|pure_url=yes}} |title=Review of The Beginning of All Things to End |first=Bradley |last=Torreano |website=AllMusic |access-date=February 26, 2010}} L.D. 50 was produced by the band and Garth Richardson,{{cite book|last=McIver|first=Joel|title=Nu-metal: The Next Generation of Rock & Punk|year=2002|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=0-7119-9209-6|page=86|chapter=Mudvayne}} with executive production by Slipknot member Shawn Crahan and Slipknot manager Steve Richards.{{cite book|last1=Sharpe-Young|first1=Garry|title=New Wave of American Heavy Metal|year=2005|publisher=Zonda Books Limited|isbn=0-9582684-0-1|page=213|chapter=Mudvayne}}

L.D. 50 peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart and No. 85 on the Billboard 200.{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r495949|pure_url=yes}} |title=Charts and awards for L.D. 50 |website=AllMusic |access-date=February 24, 2010}} The singles "Dig" and "Death Blooms" peaked at No. 33 and No. 32 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Although the album was praised,{{cite news|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=13|title=Review of L.D. 50|first=Borivoj|last=Krgin|date=December 25, 2001|website=Blabbermouth.net|access-date=February 24, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040822061147/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=13|archive-date=August 22, 2004|df=mdy-all}} some critics found the band hard to take seriously.{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r495949|pure_url=yes}} |title=Review of L.D. 50 |last=Ruhlmann |first=William |website=AllMusic |access-date=February 24, 2010}}

To promote L.D. 50, Mudvayne played on the Tattoo the Earth tour with Nothingface, Slayer, Slipknot and Sevendust. Nothingface guitarist Tom Maxwell became friends with Mudvayne vocalist Chad Gray, and they explored the possibility of a supergroup. The following year, Nothingface again toured with Mudvayne; although plans for a supergroup continued, they were put on hold due to scheduling conflicts. Gray and Maxwell had discussed five names for the group, and Mudvayne guitarist Greg Tribbett approached Maxwell "out of the blue" to join it. Although Nothingface drummer Tommy Sickles played on the group's demo, the search for another drummer began.Jon Wiederhorn, "Hellyeah: Night Riders", Revolver, March 2007, p. 60-64 ([http://www.revolvermag.com/features/index.html link to Revolver back issues] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928225752/http://www.revolvermag.com/features/index.html |date=September 28, 2007 }})

In 2002, Mudvayne released The End of All Things to Come, which the band considers its "black album" due to its largely-black artwork.{{cite news|title=MUDVAYNE Frontman Sees The (Black) Light|website=Blabbermouth.net|date=November 13, 2009|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/BLABBERMOUTH.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=130358|access-date=November 14, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091120132826/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=130358|archive-date=November 20, 2009|df=mdy-all}} Isolation inspired the album's songs. During its mixing, Gray and McDonough stopped at Bob's Big Boy and Gray remembered overhearing someone "say something like, ' ... and he's got to cut his own eye out'". When he asked McDonough if he heard the conversation McDonough said he hadn't, and Gray thought it was someone discussing a scene from a screenplay.

The album expanded on L.D. 50, with a wider range of riffs, tempos, moods and vocals.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1458311/mudvayne-ready-new-album.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107110653/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1458311/mudvayne-ready-new-album.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 7, 2012|title=Mudvayne's New Look Coincides With New Sound|author=Wiederhorn, Jon|date=October 24, 2002|publisher=MTV News|access-date=June 19, 2011}} Because of this experimentation, Entertainment Weekly called this album more "user-friendly" than its predecessor{{cite magazine|last1=Farber|first1=Jim|title=Music Review: The End of All Things to Come (2002)|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|issue=684|date=November 29, 2002|url=https://ew.com/article/2002/11/29/end-all-things-come/}} and it was one of 2002's most acclaimed heavy-metal albums, it was eventually certified Gold by the RIAA in 2003.{{cite news|title=Hardest of the hard; Deftones bring power surge to massive metal tour|author=Wedge, Dave|url=http://business.highbeam.com/3972/article-1G1-104657729/hardest-hard-deftones-bring-power-surge-massive-metal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027033535/http://business.highbeam.com/3972/article-1G1-104657729/hardest-hard-deftones-bring-power-surge-massive-metal|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 27, 2014|newspaper=Boston Herald|date=July 3, 2003|quote=Mudvayne's "The End of All Things to Come" was one of last year's most acclaimed metal releases|access-date=October 3, 2011}} The music video for the single "Not Falling" demonstrated Mudvayne's change in appearance from L.D. 50, with the musicians transformed into veined creatures with white, egg-colored bug eyes.{{cite web|title=Mudvayne Infected By Insects During 'Not Falling' Shoot|author=Wiederhorn, Jon|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1458013/mudvayne-infected-video.jhtml|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129130124/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1458013/mudvayne-infected-video.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 29, 2013|publisher=MTV News|date=October 9, 2002|access-date=October 5, 2011}} In 2003, Mudvayne participated in the Summer Sanitarium Tour, headlined by Metallica, and in September, Chad Gray appeared on V Shape Mind's debut studio album Cul-De-Sac.{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/01/09/cul-de-sac|title=V-Shape Mind's debut disc is pretty solid.|last1=Doray|first1=Dave|date=January 9, 2004|website=Ign.com|access-date=April 14, 2020}}

In January 2004, the band began work on its third album, produced by Dave Fortman.{{cite web|url=http://mixonline.com/news/audio_dave_fortman_produce/|title=Dave Fortman to Produce New Mudvayne Album|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080129151648/http://mixonline.com/news/audio_dave_fortman_produce/|archive-date=2008-01-29|access-date=October 5, 2011|date=May 19, 2004|work=Mix}} As for the previous album, Mudvayne withdrew to write songs; they moved into a house, writing the album in four months before recording began after the Summer Sanitarium tour ended.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1488031/justin-timberlake-usher-hang-courtside.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808014057/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1488031/justin-timberlake-usher-hang-courtside.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 8, 2011|title=For The Record: Quick News On Justin Timberlake And Usher, T.I., Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, The Vines & More|author=MTV News|author-link=MTV News|access-date=October 3, 2011|date=May 28, 2004|publisher=MTV}} In February, Gray and Martinie expressed an interest in appearing on Within The Mind – In Homage to the Musical Legacy of Chuck Schuldiner, a tribute to the founder of the metal band Death,{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/james-murphy-death-tribute-album-update/|title=JAMES MURPHY: DEATH Tribute Album Update|website=Blabbermouth.net|date=February 24, 2004}} but the album was never produced.

In 2005, Chad Gray established independent record label Bullygoat Records and Bloodsimple's debut album, A Cruel World (with a guest appearance by Gray), appeared in March.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-cruel-world-mw0000254976|title=A Cruel World – Bloodsimple|last1=Loftus|first1=Johnny|website=AllMusic|access-date=April 14, 2020}} On April 12, Mudvayne released Lost and Found. The album's first single, "Happy?", featured complex guitar work and Gray described "Choices" as "the eight-minute opus".

In August, former Mudvayne bassist Shawn Barclay released his band Sprung's debut album, mastered by King's X guitarist Ty Tabor. That month, rumors spread that Bullygoat Records would release We Pay Our Debt Sometimes: A Tribute to Alice in Chains, with performances by Mudvayne, Cold, Audioslave, Breaking Benjamin, Static-X and the surviving members of Alice in Chains. A spokesperson for Alice in Chains told the press that the band was unaware of any tribute album, and Mudvayne's manager said that reports of the album were only rumors.{{cite news|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/alice-in-chains-tribute-album-report-was-a-hoax/|title=ALICE IN CHAINS Tribute Album Report Was A Hoax|newspaper=Blabbermouth.net |date=August 7, 2005}}

In September, the band met with director Darren Lynn Bousman, whose film Saw II was in production and would include "Forget to Remember" from Lost and Found. Bousman showed them a scene of a man cutting his eye out of his skull to retrieve a key. When Gray told Bousman about the conversation at Bob's Big Boy two years earlier, Bousman said he holds his production meetings at the restaurant and Saw II was based on a screenplay he wrote years earlier. Gray appeared briefly in the film, and the music video for "Forget to Remember" contained clips from Saw II.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1512822/mudvayne-saw-ii-director-share-big-boy-moment.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210092942/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1512822/mudvayne-saw-ii-director-share-big-boy-moment.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 10, 2012|title='Saw II' Eye-Plucking Scene: A Fateful Moment For Mudvayne|author=Harris, Chris|access-date=October 5, 2011|date=November 2, 2005|publisher=MTV News}}

In 2006, Gray, Tribbett and Tom Maxwell were joined by former Pantera and Damageplan drummer Vinnie Paul for the supergroup Hellyeah. On March 8, when Mudvayne and Korn performed at the KBPI Birthday Bash in Denver, Thornton waitress Nicole LaScalia was injured during Mudvayne's set. Two years later, LaScalia filed a lawsuit against radio station owner Clear Channel Broadcasting, concert promoter Live Nation, the University of Denver and members of Mudvayne and Korn. During the summer, Gray, Tribbett, Maxwell and Paul recorded an album as Hellyeah.{{cite magazine|title=Interview with Tom Maxwell|author=Buchanan, Darrin|magazine=Blistering|url=http://www.blistering.com/fastpage/fpengine.php/templateid/12635/menuid/3/tempidx/5/catid/4/editstatus//restemp/N%3B/fPpagesel/1?PHPSESSID=727b53caab4d4855ee7358d5315c57c1|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102011205/http://www.blistering.com/fastpage/fpengine.php/templateid/12635/menuid/3/tempidx/5/catid/4/editstatus//restemp/N;/fPpagesel/1?PHPSESSID=727b53caab4d4855ee7358d5315c57c1|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 2, 2013|access-date=November 16, 2007}} After a tour with Sevendust, Mudvayne released the 2007 retrospective By the People, for the People (compiled from selections chosen by fans on the band's website).{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/by-the-people-for-the-people-r1242589/review|title=By the People, For the People – Mudvayne|author=Lymangrover, Jason|date=October 5, 2011|website=AllMusic|access-date=April 14, 2020}} The album debuted at number 51 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling about 22,000 copies in its first week.{{cite news|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=86174|title=Mudvayne: 'By The People, For The People' First-Week Sales Revealed|date=December 5, 2007|work=Blabbermouth.net|access-date=August 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422034547/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=86174|archive-date=April 22, 2008|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}

After Gray and Tribbett returned from touring with Hellyeah, Mudvayne began recording The New Game with Dave Fortman.{{cite web|title=Chad Gray interview on Type 3 Media (2008)|url=http://www.type3media.com/interviews/chadgrayinterview200712.html|access-date=February 21, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410081353/http://www.type3media.com/interviews/chadgrayinterview200712.html|archive-date=April 10, 2008|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} After the album's 2008 release, Fortman told MTV that it would be followed in six months by another full-length record.{{cite web|url=http://headbangersblog.mtv.com/2008/08/14/exclusive-mudvayne-to-birth-two-new-records-in-2009/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828182723/http://headbangersblog.mtv.com/2008/08/14/exclusive-mudvayne-to-birth-two-new-records-in-2009/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 28, 2008|title=Exclusive: Mudvayne To Drop Two New Albums in Next Year|access-date=August 14, 2008|year=2008|work=Headbangers Blog|publisher=Headbangers Blog}}

For its self-titled fifth album, Mudvayne hoped to create a "white album", describing its cover art. The album, printed with blacklight paint, was only visible under a black light (a light whose wavelength is primarily ultraviolet).{{cite news|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=128312|title=Mudvayne To Release New Album In December; First Track Posted Online|date=October 7, 2009|work=Blabbermouth.net|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091010121749/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=128312|archive-date=October 10, 2009|df=mdy-all}} Mudvayne was recorded in the summer of 2008{{cite news |date=September 18, 2009 |title=Mudvayne Drummer Interviewed On 'The Big Dumb Radio Show' |work=Blabbermouth.net |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=127237 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201101306/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=127237 |archive-date=February 1, 2013 |quote=We had time, and there wasn't anything going on last summer, so we went in, and recorded it.}} and released in 2009.

In 2010, Mudvayne again paused to allow Gray and Tribbett to tour with Hellyeah, and, because of the supergroup's album releases, the band would be on hiatus until at least 2014.{{cite news|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=166402|title=Mudvayne 'On Hiatus' For At Least Two More Years|date=November 21, 2011|work=Blabbermouth.net|access-date=January 3, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123072455/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=166402|archive-date=January 23, 2012|df=mdy-all}} With Hellyeah, Tribbett has recorded three albums: Hellyeah, Stampede and Band of Brothers.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/hellyeah-mn0000540867/biography|title=Hellyeah biography|last1=Monger|first1=James Christopher|website=AllMusic|access-date=April 14, 2020}} Gray has contributed to an additional fourth, fifth and sixth albums, Blood for Blood, Unden!able and Welcome Home.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7392767/chad-gray-phil-collins-hellyeah-cover|title=Chad Gray: 'I Hope Phil Collins Loves' Hellyeah's Cover of 'I Don't Care Anymore'|last1=Titus|first1=Christa|publisher=billboard.com|date=June 1, 2016|access-date=December 3, 2017}} In 2012, Ryan Martinie toured with Korn as a temporary replacement for bassist Reginald Arvizu, who remained at home during his wife's pregnancy.{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/korn-bassist-expecting-child-mudvayne-s-ryan-martinie-to-fill-in/|title=Korn Bassist Expecting Child; Mudvayne's Ryan Martinie To Fill In|website=Blabbermouth.net|date=August 3, 2012}} The following year, Martinie played bass on Kurai's debut EP, Breaking the Broken,{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/mudvayne-bassists-kurai-to-release-debut-ep-in-december/|title=Mudvayne Bassist's KURAI To Release Debut EP In December|website=Blabbermouth.net|date=October 11, 2013}} In 2014, Tribbett left Hellyeah.{{cite news|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/hellyeah-parts-ways-with-guitarist-bassist-announces-blood-for-blood-album-details/|title=HELLYEAH Parts Ways With Guitarist, Bassist; Announces 'Blood For Blood' Album Details|work=Blabbermouth.net|access-date=2014-02-13}}

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On April 19, 2021, Mudvayne announced that they had reunited and would play their first shows in 12 years in the fall, which included festival appearances at Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo in Mansfield, Aftershock in Sacramento and Welcome to Rockville in Florida; concert promoter and festival organizer Danny Wimmer stated that these would be the band's only live appearances for 2021. The band were previously scheduled to also appear at Louder Than Life in Louisville, before the performance was canceled on September 21 due to Gray and some staff members contracting COVID-19.{{Cite web|title=Mudvayne Announces Official Reunion Dates|url=https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2021/04/21/mudvayne-announces-official-reunion-dates/|access-date=May 4, 2021|website=notreble.com|date=April 21, 2021|language=en-US}} The members of Mudvayne have reportedly discussed the possibility of new material.{{cite web|url=http://metalstorm.net/events/news_comments.php?news_id=41996|title=Hellyeah - Drummer Confirms Band Hiatus|publisher=Metal Storm|date=May 16, 2021|access-date=May 16, 2021}} The band's reunion resumed in the summer of 2022 with appearances at Upheaval Festival in Grand Rapids and Rock Fest in Cadott,{{Cite web|title=SHINEDOWN, DISTURBED And EVANESCENCE To Headline 2022 ROCK FEST|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/shinedown-disturbed-and-evanescence-to-headline-2022-rock-fest/|access-date=February 9, 2022|website=Blabbermouth.net|date=January 27, 2022|language=en-US}} followed by their first US tour in 13 years, which saw Mudvayne co-headline the Freaks on Parade tour with Rob Zombie.{{Cite web|title=ROB ZOMBIE And MUDVAYNE Announce Summer 2022 Tour With STATIC-X And POWERMAN 5000|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/rob-zombie-and-mudvayne-announce-summer-2022-tour-with-static-x-and-powerman-5000/|access-date=March 22, 2022|website=Blabbermouth.net|date=March 21, 2022|language=en-US}} The tour's stop in Tampa made headlines when during one show, Gray fell off the stage while performing the song "Not Falling".{{Cite web|url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2022/07/28/video-mudvayne-frontman-chad-gray-falls-off-the-stage-while-singing-not-falling/|title=Video: Mudvayne Frontman Chad Gray Falls Off the Stage While Singing "Not Falling"|date=July 28, 2022|website=MetalSucks}} Gray himself noted the irony, and joked it was "amazing"{{Cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/mudvaynes-chad-gray-is-still-hurting-after-falling-off-stage-in-tampa-it-was-fing-brutal|title=MUDVAYNE's CHAD GRAY Is 'Still Hurting' After Falling Off Stage In Tampa: 'It Was F***ing Brutal'|date=July 29, 2022|website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET}} and "unbelievable".{{Cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/mudvaynes-chad-gray-says-irony-of-him-falling-off-stage-while-singing-not-falling-is-crazy-and-unbelievable|title=MUDVAYNE's CHAD GRAY Says 'Irony' Of Him Falling Off Stage While Singing 'Not Falling' Is 'Crazy' And 'Unbelievable'|date=August 2, 2022|website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET}}

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Mudvayne is noted for its musical complexity,{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/mudvayne-s-ryan-martinie-offering-one-on-one-bass-lessons-to-fans/|title=MUDVAYNE's RYAN MARTINIE Offering One-On-One Bass Lessons To Fans|date=February 12, 2009|website=Blabbermouth.net}}{{cite news|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=1087|title=Review of Hellyeah|author=Kaye, Don|year=2007|website=Blabbermouth.net|access-date=June 19, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930225735/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=1087|archive-date=September 30, 2007|df=mdy-all}} complex meters and polyrhythms.{{cite book |editor1-last=Biamonte |editor1-first=Nicole |date=October 28, 2010 |title= Pop-Culture Pedagogy in the Music Classroom: Teaching Tools from American Idol to YouTube |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cdF5Ud9H9IgC&q=mudvayne+progressive+metal&pg=PA69 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |page=69 |isbn=978-1461670568 }} The band's music contains what McDonough calls "number symbolism", where certain riffs correspond to lyrical themes. Mudvayne has incorporated elements of death metal, jazz,{{cite web |url=https://www.guitarinteractivemagazine.com/news/2017/07/mudvayne-to-celebrate-15th-anniversary-of-the-end-of-all-things-to-come-with-vinyl-release/ |title=Mudvayne Celebrates 15th Anniversary |publisher=Guitar Interactive Magazine |date=July 2017 |access-date=December 5, 2017 }} jazz fusion,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/mudvayne/albums/album/93388/review/5941180/ld_50|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112180652/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/mudvayne/albums/album/93388/review/5941180/ld_50|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 12, 2007|title=Review of L.D. 50|first=Ben|last=Ratliff|date=September 28, 2000|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=February 24, 2010}} progressive rock, speed metal, thrash metal and world music.{{cite web |date=September 22, 2000 |title=Intense Mudvayne Will Help 'Heavy Music' Kids Do The Math – Morning Call |url=https://www.mcall.com/2000/09/22/intense-mudvayne-will-help-heavy-music-kids-do-the-math/ |access-date=March 18, 2013 |publisher=Articles.mcall.com}}

Mudvayne's influences include Tool, Pantera, King Crimson, Genesis, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Carcass, Deicide, Emperor, Miles Davis, Black Sabbath, Rush,{{cite web |url=http://www.kaos2000.net/interviews/mudvayne/ |title=KAOS2000 Magazine interview with Spag / Matt McDonough of MudVayne |work=KAOS2000 |date=June 2001 |access-date=October 5, 2015 |archive-date=August 21, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821102505/http://www.kaos2000.net/interviews/mudvayne/}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bassplayer.com/artists/ryan-martinie-of-mudvayne |title=Ryan Martinie of Mudvayne |date=March 9, 2010 |publisher=BassPlayer.com |last1=Beller |first1=Bryan |last2=Westman |first2=Johan |access-date=July 15, 2018}} Metallica, Slayer, Korn, and Deftones.{{cite web | url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2023/08/11/is-mudvayne-nu-metal-chad-gray-says-he-cant-deny-it/ | title=Is Mudvayne Nu-Metal? Chad Gray Says He "Can't Deny It" | date=August 11, 2023 }} Mudvayne have repeatedly expressed admiration for Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, and were influenced by the film during the recording of L.D. 50.{{cite web|url=http://www.mudvayne.com/bio_ld50.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030213225153/http://www.mudvayne.com/bio_ld50.html|archive-date=February 13, 2003|title=Bio|date=February 13, 2003|access-date=February 2, 2013}}

Although Mudvayne has described its style as "math rock"{{cite news|first=Scott|last=Wilson|title=Mud Brothers|url=http://www.pitch.com/2001-08-30/music/mud-brothers|newspaper=The Pitch|date=August 30, 2001|access-date=January 5, 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909104136/http://www.pitch.com/kansascity/mud-brothers/Content?oid=2164019|archive-date=September 9, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} and "math metal",{{cite news|first=Caleb|last=Sheaffer|title=Mudvayne brings 'tongue-in-cheek' sensibility to BJC show|url=http://www.collegian.psu.edu/arts_and_entertainment/article_cfc730da-f618-5a86-a65f-af9ab943af4d.html?mode=jqm|newspaper=The Daily Collegian|date=April 9, 2003|access-date=January 5, 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1457665/mudvayne-reaches-the-end-with-new-album/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605082914/http://www.mtv.com/news/1457665/mudvayne-reaches-the-end-with-new-album/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 5, 2014|title=Mudvayne Reaches The End With New Album|access-date=2008-12-27|last=D'Angelo|first=Joe|date=September 19, 2002|publisher=MTV.com|quote=The Peoria, Illinois, progressive metal quartet has named their new album The End of All Things To Come}} drummer Matthew McDonough said in 2009: "I honestly don't know what 'math metal' is. I made a joke early on in Mudvayne's career that we used an abacus in writing. It seems I should be careful making jokes in interviews. I don't really see Mudvayne as an innovator in anything."{{cite web|url=http://www.sickdrummermagazine.com/index.php/the-drummers/metal-hardcore/1714-interview-with-matt-mcdonough-of-mudvayne.html|title=Interview With Matt McDonough of Mudvayne|publisher=Sick Drummer Magazine|date=December 30, 2009|access-date=February 3, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716065247/http://www.sickdrummermagazine.com/index.php/the-drummers/metal-hardcore/1714-interview-with-matt-mcdonough-of-mudvayne.html|archive-date=July 16, 2011|df=mdy-all}} Music critics and journalists have categorized the band as alternative metal,{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/original-album-classics-mw0002338840|title=Original Album Classics – Mudvayne|last1=Monger|first1=James Christopher|website=AllMusic}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-beginning-of-all-things-to-end-mw0000016113|title=Mudvayne – The Beginning of All Things to End|website=AllMusic|access-date=June 3, 2014|author=Torreano, Bradley}}{{cite news|first=Michael|last=Byrne|title=Music: The Short List|url=http://www.citypaper.com/music/story.asp?id=17177|newspaper=Baltimore City Paper|date=December 10, 2008|access-date=January 5, 2009|quote=Well-calculated alterna-metal band Mudvayne makes a whole bunch of money at Rams Head Live with 10 Years and a band called Snot.|url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212191332/http://www.citypaper.com/music/story.asp?id=17177|archive-date=December 12, 2008}}{{cite web|last=Dominic|first=Serene|title=Get to know Mudvayne, here Sept. 2|url=http://archive.azcentral.com/thingstodo/music/articles/2009/08/28/20090828mudvayne.html?FORM=ZZNR5|work=The Arizona Republic|publisher=Gannett Company|access-date=28 March 2012|date=28 August 2009|quote=...Mudvayne has been added to an ever growing list of metals: experimental metal, alternative metal, extreme metal, progressive metal, neo-progressive metal and the impressive pocket protector favorite, math metal.}} nu metal,{{cite book|first1=William|last1=Phillips|first2=Brian|last2=Cogan|title=Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaheav00phil|url-access=limited|year=2009|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-34800-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaheav00phil/page/n171 147]}}{{cite book|first=Tommy|last=Udo|title=Brave Nu World|year=2002|publisher=Sanctuary Publishing|isbn=1-86074-415-X|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bravenuworld00tomm/page/172 172–174]|url=https://archive.org/details/bravenuworld00tomm/page/172}}{{cite journal|title=28 Nu-Metal Era Bands You Probably Forgot All About|journal=NME|access-date=13 December 2015|url=https://www.nme.com/photos/30-nu-metal-bands-you-d-forgotten/321759#/photo/1}}{{cite magazine|title=Mudvayne: Do What You Do (3:30)|magazine=Billboard|volume=120|issue=42|date=18 October 2008|page=46|issn=0006-2510|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KhQEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22nu+metal%22&pg=PA46}} experimental metal, extreme metal,{{cite news|first=Marc|last=Weingarten|title=Same sound, cleaner faces for Mudvayne|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/883410681.html?dids=883410681:883410681&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Aug+18%2C+2005&author=Marc+Weingarten&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=POP+MUSIC%3B+Same+sound%2C+cleaner+faces+for+Mudvayne&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106174717/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/883410681.html?dids=883410681:883410681&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Aug+18,+2005&author=Marc+Weingarten&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=POP+MUSIC%3B+Same+sound,+cleaner+faces+for+Mudvayne&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 6, 2012|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=August 18, 2005|access-date=January 5, 2009|quote=extreme metal quartet Mudvayne}} hard rock,{{cite magazine|author=Steve Baltin|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/mudvayne-unmask-on-lost-20041027|title=Mudvayne Unmask on Lost | Music News|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=October 27, 2004|access-date=February 2, 2013}}{{cite news|title=Deftones just want to have a blast|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WO&p_theme=wo&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FC335CA04315184&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|newspaper=Telegram & Gazette|date=July 3, 2003|access-date=January 5, 2009|quote=And fans will witness Mudvayne trying to remake itself from a costume-wearing shock-rock act into a just plain menacing hard-rock act.}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/74088/mudvayne-goes-alien-for-new-album|title=Mudvayne Goes Alien For New Album|magazine=Billboard|date=September 25, 2002|access-date=December 27, 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/10/arts/rock-review-metallica-thrashes-back-to-80-s-angst.html|title=Rock Review; Metallica Thrashes Back to 80's Angst|work=The New York Times|date=July 10, 2003|access-date=December 27, 2015|author=Pareles, Jon}}{{cite magazine|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/mudvayne-mudvayne_2|title=Mudvayne – Mudvayne|magazine=Exclaim!|date=January 23, 2010|access-date=December 27, 2015|author=Carman, Keith}} heavy metal,{{cite news|first=James|last=Paton|title=Concert injuries land promoters, venues in court|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/report-concert-injuries-land-promoters-venues-in-court/|newspaper=Rocky Mountain News|location=Denver, Colorado|date=June 6, 2008|access-date=January 4, 2009|quote=Nicole LaScalia was knocked to the floor of Magness Arena and trampled by concertgoers moments after the heavy metal band Mudvayne took the stage.}}{{cite news|first=Tina|last=Potter|title=Heavy metal's best ignite Seattle crowd on Metallica's Summer Sanitarium Tour|newspaper=The Seattle Times|date=August 7, 2003|quote=Metallica, the elder statesmen of metal, assembled an untouchable lineup of metal acts to join them on a tour that reads like a who's who of heavy-metal heavyweights: Mudvayne and the Deftones, Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit.}} math metal, groove metal,{{Cite web |last=Meschiari |first=Fabio |date=2015-10-06 |title=Audiotopsy – Recensione: Natural Causes |url=https://www.metallus.it/recensioni/audiotopsy-recensione-natural-causes/ |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=Metallus.it |language=it}}{{Cite web |last=Freeman |first=Phil |title=Deathless - Throwdown |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/deathless-mw0001776861 |access-date=16 July 2022 |publisher=AllMusic |quote=The music, too, has a lot of Mudvayne's combination of groove and progressive epic-ness ...}} neo-progressive metal, neo-progressive rock,{{cite news|first=Marc|last=Weisblott|title=Big With the Kids|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2003-01-21/music/big-with-the-kids/|newspaper=The Village Voice|date=January 21, 2003|access-date=January 5, 2009|quote=You know Trapt aren't vying for the affections of neo-prog Mudvayne fanatics when their singer, Chris Brown, feels Genesis got good only after Phil Collins took the mic.}} progressive rock,{{cite news|first=Christina Killion|last=Valdez|title=Fans 'Dig' Mudvayne|url=http://news.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=35&a=377870|publisher=Rochester Post-Bulletin|location=Rochester MN|date=December 31, 2008|access-date=4 January 2009|quote=Mudvayne, the Grammy-nominated progressive rock and metal band, is helping keep rock on a roll in Rochester.}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/the-end-of-all-things-to-come|title=The End of All Things to Come review|publisher=Launch.com}} and progressive metal.{{cite news|first=Dave|last=Wedge|title=There's no masking Mudvayne's prog-metal passion|url=http://news.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/general/view/2008_12_09_There_s_no_masking_Mudvayne_s_prog-metal_passion/srvc=home&position=recent|newspaper=Boston Herald|date=December 10, 2008|access-date=4 January 2009}} Eli Enis of Revolver magazine wrote that the band "wriggled between nu-metal, alt-metal, prog and hard rock in a way that remains completely unrivaled to this day. No one else has or ever will sound quite like them."{{Cite web |date=2021-05-10 |title=10 Best Mudvayne Songs |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/10-best-mudvayne-songs |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=Revolver}}

Although Mudvayne was known for its appearance, Gray described its aesthetic as "music first, visuals second". When L.D. 50 was released, the band performed in horror film-style makeup. Epic Records initially promoted Mudvayne without focusing on its members; early promotional materials featured a logo instead of photos of the band, but its appearance and music videos publicized L.D. 50. The members of Mudvayne were originally known by the stage names Kud, sPaG, Ryknow and Gurrg. At the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards (where they won the MTV2 Award for "Dig"), the band appeared in white suits with bloody bullet-hole makeup on their foreheads.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/artists/mudvayne/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025200858/http://www.mtv.com/artists/mudvayne/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 25, 2012|title=Mudvayne – News, Music Performances and Show Video Clips |website=Mtv.com}} After 2002, Mudvayne changed makeup styles (from multicolored face paint to extraterrestrials) for promotional photos and changed their stage names to Chüd, Güüg, Rü-D, and Spüg,{{cite news|first=Jon|last=Wiederhorn|title=Mudvayne Not Aliens At NY Show|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1458487/20021104/mudvayne.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021201113426/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1458487/20021104/mudvayne.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 1, 2002|publisher=MTV News|date=November 4, 2002|access-date=January 5, 2009}} though they would continue to perform in the horror-style makeup live. According to the band, the extravagant makeup added a visual aspect to their music and set them apart from other metal bands.{{cite news|title=Mudvayne @ C2 On Monday 2nd June 2003|url=http://www.brightonlife.com/news/mudvayne-c2-on-monday-2nd-june-2003-183.html|publisher=Brighton News|date=June 2, 2003|access-date=January 5, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216075500/http://www.brightonlife.com/news/mudvayne-c2-on-monday-2nd-june-2003-183.html|archive-date=December 16, 2008|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} From 2003 up until their dissolution, Mudvayne largely abandoned the use of makeup to avoid image comparisons with the band Slipknot.{{Cite web|title=Mudvayne Lose The Makeup, Find Inspiration In Isolation|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/xu79dk/mudvayne-lose-the-makeup-find-inspiration-in-isolation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118103521/https://www.mtv.com/news/xu79dk/mudvayne-lose-the-makeup-find-inspiration-in-isolation|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 18, 2023|website=MTV|access-date=2023-11-18|language=en|date=2005-03-02}} With their 2021 reunion, they began wearing makeup again when performing live.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theprp.com/2021/09/11/news/mudvayne-returned-to-the-stage-for-their-first-live-show-in-over-a-decade/|title=Mudvayne Returned To The Stage For Their First Live Show In Over A Decade|date=September 12, 2021|website=Theprp.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2021/09/mudvayne-first-show-12-years-video-photos/|title=Mudvayne play first show in 12 years: Video + Exclusive Photos|date=September 13, 2021}}

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Current members

• Greg Tribbett (a.k.a. Gurrg, Güüg) – lead guitar, backing vocals {{small|(1996–2010, 2021–present)}}
• Matthew McDonough (a.k.a. sPaG, Spüg) – drums, keyboards {{small|(1996–2010, 2021–present)}}
• Chad Gray (a.k.a. Kud, Chüd) – lead vocals {{small|(1996–2010, 2021–present)}}
• Ryan Martinie (a.k.a. Ryknow, Rü-D) – bass {{small|(1997–2010, 2021–present)}}

Touring musicians

• Marcus Rafferty – rhythm guitar, backing vocals {{small|(2021–present)}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.loadedradio.com/who-is-mudavynes-new-second-guitarist/|title=Who Is Mudvayne's New Second Guitarist?|website=LoadedRadio|date=October 12, 2021|access-date=October 12, 2021}}
• Aaron Mercier – guitar {{small|(2024–present; substitute for Greg Tribbett)}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02BmvBMaNAwYprU5kDhGGTJFrSqmiwfKrLZWoGDHPbrFwFAs7w3cpVf9Fga9PUJywYl&id=100000409651107|title=Aaron Mercier's Facebook post|website=Facebook|date=September 17, 2024|access-date=November 5, 2024}}

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Former members

• Shawn Barclay – bass {{small|(1996–1997)}}

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Studio albums

• L.D. 50 (2000)
• The End of All Things to Come (2002)
• Lost and Found (2005)
• The New Game (2008)
• Mudvayne (2009)

MTV Video Music Awards

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