Mudvayne formed in 1996 with Chad Gray, Greg Tribbet, Matthew McDonough, and Shawn Barclay.In the beggining the band wanted to be a Rap Metal group, eventually, they adopted more melodic lines and released their demo, Kill, I Oughtta. In 1998, then bassist Shawn Barclay was replaced by current bassist Ryan Martinie.L.D 50 (2000)
The title refers to the LD50 or median lethal dose, a toxicology term meaning the dose amount of a toxic substance required to kill 50% of a tested population.L.D. 50 is widely considered a concept album dealing with the pushing of boundaries and subsequent evolution.The first single released from the album, "Dig", won the MTV2 Award in 2001.The spoken words in Monolith are from Terence McKenna, a famous hallucinogens researcher, explaining his theory of how apes evolved to humans by consuming hallucinogenic mushrooms.1. "Monolith" — 1:52
2. "Dig" — 2:43
3. "Internal Primates Forever" — 4:25
4. "-1" — 3:58
5. "Death Blooms" — 4:52
6. "Golden Ratio" — 0:54
7. "Cradle" — 5:14
8. "Nothing to Gein" — 5:29
9. "Mutatis Mutandis" — 1:43
10. "Everything and Nothing" — 3:14
11. "Severed" — 6:33
12. "Recombinant Resurgence" — 2:00
13. "Prod" — 6:03
14. "Pharmaecopia" — 5:34
15. "Under My Skin" — 3:47
16. "(k)Now F(orever)" — 7:06
17. "Lethal Dosage" — 2:59
The Beginning of All Things to End (2001)
This album is a 2001 extended re-release of the 1997 Mudvayne demo Kill, I Oughta. The album was much sounds like the same as to the first released album L.D 50, yet the band still keeps the same Heavy Metal, Trash, Hardcore approach which makes them sounds unique.1. "Poop Loser" – 1:22
2. "Seed" – 3:28
3. "Cultivate" – 4:19
4. "Some Assembly Required" – 2:48
5. "I.D.I.O.T." – 3:39
6. "Central Disposal" – 3:18
7. "Coal" – 5:05
8. "Fear" – 4:51
9. "Dig (Future Evolution Remix)" – 5:43
10. "Dig (Everything and Nothing Remix)" – 4:58
11. "L.D. 50" – 17:15
The End of All Things to Come (2002)
During the L.D. 50 era, the band was famous for wearing extravagant make-up, seen in both their music videos and live concerts, and using unusual stage names such as Kud, Gurrg, RyKnow, and sPaG.With their second album, 2002's The End of All Things to Come, the band changed make-up styles from multicolored face paint to dressing up as aliens and changing the stage names, now they were Chüd, Güüg, Rüd, and Spüg.Mudvayne's reason for wearing such extravagant make-up was, according to the band, to add a visual aspect to their music and to set them apart from other run-of-the-mill metal bands.Mudvayne participated in the Summer Sanitarium Tour 2003, headlined by Metallica, and with the release of the 2003 single "World So Cold", Mudvayne abandoned their use of make-up entirely.1. "Silenced" – 3:01
2. "Trapped in the Wake of a Dream" – 4:41
3. "Not Falling" – 4:04
4. "(Per)Version of a Truth" – 4:41
5. "Mercy, Severity" – 4:55
6. "World So Cold" – 5:40
7. "The Patient Mental" – 4:38
8. "Skrying" – 5:39
9. "Solve et Coagula" – 2:49
10. "Shadow of a Man" – 3:55
11. "12:97:24:99" – 0:11
12. "The End of All Things to Come" – 3:01
13. "A Key to Nothing" – 5:07
Lost and Found (2005)
Lost and Found is the third full-length album by Mudvayne. The album was released on April 12, 2005 through Epic Records. The album had major success in the US, debuting at number 2 and being certified Gold by the RIAA shortly afterward.It has sold about 800,000 copies as of August 20061. "Determined" – 2:39
2. "Pushing Through" – 3:28
3. "Happy?" – 3:37
4. "IMN" – 5:51
5. "Fall into Sleep" – 3:51
6. "Rain. Sun. Gone." – 4:35
7. "Choices" – 8:05
8. "Forget to Remember" – 3:35
9. "TV Radio" – 3:26
10. "Just" – 3:00
11. "All That You Are" – 6:11
12. "Pulling the String" – 5:05
By the People, For the People (2007)
The second compilation album, and fifth album release by Mudvayne. It was released on November 27, 2007 by Epic Records. The album features a track listing chosen entirely by the band's fans, with the band determining which version appears on the record (e.g. live, demo, acoustic), as well as two new songs, "Dull Boy" and a cover of The Police's song "King of Pain" (both produced by Dave Fortman). Initially, if the album was pre-ordered through the Sony Music Store, it was packaged with a free lithograph of the lyrics to "Dull Boy", signed and numbered by Mudvayne vocalist Chad Gray. After the disc was released the lithograph was shipped approximately three weeks later and was neither signed nor numbered.1. "Album Intro" - 0:11
2. "Dig (Intro)" - 0:13
3. "Dig" (Live) – 4:28
4. "Silenced (Intro)" - 0:20
5. "Silenced" (Demo) – 2:59
6. "Dull Boy (Intro)" - 0:19
7. "Dull Boy" – 4:15
8. "Death Blooms (Intro)" - 0:23
9. "Death Blooms" (Demo) – 4:24
10. "Fall into Sleep (Intro)" - 0:25
11. "Fall into Sleep" (Demo) – 3:41
12. "Not Falling (Intro)" - 0:30
13. "Not Falling" (Demo) – 4:03
14. "-1 (Intro)" - 0:19
15. "-1" (Live) – 4:49
16. "Happy? (Intro)" - 0:08
17. "Happy?" (Demo) – 3:43
18. "(Per)Version of a Truth (Intro)" - 0:28
19. "(Per)Version of a Truth" (Demo) – 4:41
20. "World So Cold (Intro)" - 0:05
21. "World So Cold" (Live) – 6:20
22. "On the Move (Intro)" - 0:08
23. "On the Move" – 3:55
24. "Goodbye (Intro)" - 0:13
25. "Goodbye" – 6:42
26. "Skrying (Intro)" - 0:13
27. "Skrying" (Demo) – 5:11
28. "All That You Are (Intro)" - 0:07
29. "All That You Are" (Demo) – 4:48
30. "Forget to Remember (Intro)" - 0:16
31. "Forget to Remember" (Acoustic) – 3:38
32. "King of Pain (Intro)" - 0:20
33. "King of Pain" (The Police cover) – 4:36
The New Game (2008)
The New Game is the fourth studio album by American rock band Mudvayne. It was released on November 18, 2008 by Epic Records. The first single from the album, "Do What You Do", entered airplay on September 23, 2008. The album debuted at #15 in the Billboard 200 with 48,000 copies in its first week. It also features much more varied guitar playing from Greg Tribbett.1. "Fish Out of Water" – 3:30
2. "Do What You Do" – 3:36
3. "A New Game" – 5:03
4. "Have It Your Way" – 3:45
5. "A Cinderella Story" – 4:40
6. "The Hate in Me" – 3:22
7. "Scarlet Letters" – 3:56
8. "Dull Boy" – 4:14
9. "Same Ol'" – 4:49
10. "Never Enough" – 3:39
11. "We the People" – 3:07
