History Music / Mudvayne

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Softer songs a 5-6; most songs a 6-7. They manage an 8 with "Determined", pretty impressive for a band sometimes considered ProgressiveRock.

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* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Softer songs a 5-6; most songs a 8-9. They manage a soft 10 with "Determined", pretty impressive for a band sometimes considered ProgressiveRock.

%%* AlternativeMetal

%%* {{Angrish}}: Occurs in a few songs.

%%* NuMetal is not a genre the band ever performed, being that they don't mix groove, industrial, hip-hop and grunge with metal, since they are a Progressive Metal band with Jazz Fusion elements

* SignatureStyle: Ryan Martinie's bass playing is instantly recognizable by anyone who is even passingly familiar with Mudvayne; along with his trademark "finger walk" (a percussive tapping technique where he uses his index and middle fingers on his right hand to hammer down on the fretboard to play octave chords without needing a pedal; [[Music/TheWho John Entwistle]] used a similar technique), as well as his aggressive, snappy slap/pop technique, clean melodic lines and fills during more melodic passages, and flamenco-like strumming.

The band originally started playing music that had more of a HardRock sound, with very little of the {{Jazz}}, experimental or ProgressiveRock elements that they would incorporate later. This early sound was displayed on ''Kill, I Oughtta'', an EP of early studio recordings and some live tracks that was later subject to FanonDiscontinuity. Ryan Martinie joined the band when original bassist Shawn Barclay quit during the EP's recording. Martinie had been.a member of a Music/DreamTheater-style band called Broken Altar, and subsequently Mudvayne's style would shift to a mixture of ProgressiveRock and ThrashMetal, which drummer Matt [=McDonough=] described as "Math Metal" to an interviewer.[[note]][=McDonough=] later rejected the "math metal" label, saying that it was a joke he cracked in an interview that was taken seriously and that he doesn't think that Mudvayne was a pioneer of anything.[[/note]]

[[Music/Mudvayne2009 Self Titled Album]] was printed entirely in blacklight-reactive ink, which makes the inserts appear to be blank.
blank. Which would make this Mudvayne's [[Music/TheBeatles white album]].

* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: At the end of "A Key to Nothing".

Mudvayne is an American ProgressiveMetal band from Peoria, Illinois, formed in 1996, and citing film director Creator/StanleyKubrick as the only influence on their music.[[note]]However, they've expressed admiration for a lot of other bands in interviews, including Music/PorcupineTree, Music/{{Tool}}, Music/{{Pantera}}, Music/KingCrimson, Music/{{Genesis}}, Music/EmersonLakeAndPalmer, Music/{{Death}}, Music/{{Metallica}}, Music/{{Carcass}}, Music/{{Deicide}}, Music/{{Emperor}}, Music/MilesDavis, Music/BlackSabbath and Music/{{Rush}}, despite saying they aren't influenced by other bands.[[/note]]

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Mudvayne combines ThrashMetal with ProgressiveMetal and elements of [[{{Jazz}} Jazz Fusion]].
%%* NuMetal

%%* UncommonTime: A lot of their songs.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Softer songs a 5-6; most songs a 8-9. They manage a soft 10 with "Determined", pretty impressive for a band sometimes considered nu metal.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Mudvayne often combines {{Alt|ernativeMetal}} and ProgressiveMetal with {{death|Metal}}, {{thrash|Metal}} or SpeedMetal and elements of HardcorePunk, [[{{Jazz}} Jazz Fusion]] and HardRock.

+Creator/StanleyKubrick, Music/{{Emperor}},
Music/KingCrimson,
Music/{{Metallica}},
Music/PinkFloyd,
Music/{{Tool}},
Music/{{Pantera}},
Music/{{Genesis}},
Music/EmersonLakeAndPalmer,
Music/{{Death}},
Music/{{Carcass}},
Music/{{Deicide}},
Music/{{Emperor}},
Music/MilesDavis,
Music/BlackSabbath,
Music/{{Rush}},
Music/PorcupineTree

+Creator/StanleyKubrick
Music/{{Emperor}},

+Music/{{Emperor}},
Music/KingCrimson, Music/{{Metallica}}, Music/PinkFloyd, Music/{{Tool}}, Music/{{Pantera}}, Music/{{Genesis}}, Music/EmersonLakeAndPalmer, Music/{{Death}}, Music/{{Carcass}}, Music/{{Deicide}}, Music/{{Emperor}}, Music/MilesDavis, Music/BlackSabbath, Music/{{Rush}},

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[[quoteright:259:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Mudvayne_259.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:259:Not your typical Metal band.]]

+Music/{{Emperor}}, Music/KingCrimson, Music/{{Metallica}}, Music/PinkFloyd, Music/PorcupineTree

+HELLYEAH (Chad Gray, Greg Tribbett)

->''Dig,\\
Bury me,\\
Underneath,\\
Everything that I am,\\
Rearranging!\\
Dig,\\
Bury me,\\
Underneath,\\
Everything that I was,\\
Slowly changing!''
-->"Dig"
Hailing from Peoria, Illinois, [[HeavyMetal metal]] band Mudvayne was formed in 1996, and is probably the only [[HeavyMetal Metal]] band to cite Creator/StanleyKubrick as an influence. Originally solely an AlternativeMetal band, a lot had changed by the time they got to their debut, ''L.D. 50''. The band members dipped into their ''extremely'' technical backgrounds to combine elements of ProgressiveRock, DeathMetal, ThrashMetal, SpeedMetal and HardcorePunk into something they called "math metal", which owed to the fact that the composition involved riffs chosen via numbers symbolism directly related to the song's subject matter (I.E., "Nothing To Gein", about SerialKiller Ed Gein, uses a riff which alternates in bars of four and five, because nine is a lunar number and Gein's activities were usually performed at night).[[note]][=McDonough=] later rejected the "math metal" label, saying that it was a joke he cracked in an interview that was taken seriously and that he doesn't think that Mudvayne was a pioneer of anything.[[/note]]

The band also performed in {{Horror}} movie-inspired face paint and masks and called themselves Kud, Gurrg, [=RyKnow=], and sPaG. The album involved themes inspired by human evolution and ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', with samples taken from a recording of Terence [=McKenna=] discussing his theory that evolution was triggered by psychedelic mushrooms. ''The End of All Things to Come'' had the band wearing alien masks and performing under the names Chüd, Güüg, Rü-D, and Spüg. Since then, however, they've performed without stage names or disguises.

Their SelfTitledAlbum was printed entirely in blacklight-reactive ink, which makes the inserts appear to be blank.

The future of Mudvayne currently remains unknown. In 2011, the band went on an indefinite hiatus which continues to this day. The members have made indications that they will return someday, but exactly when was not made clear. This is partially due to Chad Gray's involvement with Hellyeah, though statements from Gray have made it apparent that serious personality conflicts are the main reason why nothing has happened in a while. Tribbett and [=McDonough=] are also busy with the nu metal supergroup Audiotopsy, and while Martinie has largely kept out of the spotlight aside from the occasional visit to the Warwick booth at NAMM, he currently plays in Soften the Glare, a jazz fusion act.

* ''L.D. 50'' (2000)

* ''The End of All Things to Come'' (2002)

* ''Lost and Found'' (2005)

* ''The New Game'' (2008)

* ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Mudvayne]]'' (2009)

* ProgressiveMetal: Tribbett at one point got so tired of answering questions about the band's style that he jokingly said "It's math metal. Bring your abacus." Unfortunately, people jumped on the 'math metal' thing, to his irritation.

* JustForFun/XMeetsY: Music/PorcupineTree, Music/{{Cynic}} and Music/KingCrimson meets Music/{{Meshuggab}}, Music/{{Atheist}} and Music/{{Voivod}}.

Their [[Music/Mudvayne2009 Self Titled Album]] was printed entirely in blacklight-reactive ink, which makes the inserts appear to be blank. Which would make this Mudvayne's [[Music/TheBeatles white album]].

Mudvayne is an American ProgressiveMetal band from Peoria, Illinois, formed in 1996, and citing film director Creator/StanleyKubrick as the only influence on their music.[[note]]However, they've expressed admiration for a lot of other bands in interviews, including Music/PorcupineTree, Music/{{Tool}}, Music/{{Pantera}}, Music/KingCrimson, Music/{{Genesis}}, Music/EmersonLakeAndPalmer, Music/{{Carcass}}, Music/{{Deicide}}, Music/{{Emperor}}, Music/MilesDavis, Music/BlackSabbath and Music/{{Rush}}, despite saying they aren't influenced by other bands.[[/note]]

Mudvayne is an American ProgressiveMetal band from Peoria, Illinois, formed in 1996, and citing film director Creator/StanleyKubrick as the only influence on their music.[[note]]However, they've expressed admiration for a lot of other bands in interviews, including Music/PorcupineTree, Music/{{Tool}}, Music/{{Pantera}}, Music/KingCrimson, Music/{{Genesis}}, Music/EmersonLakeAndPalmer, Music/{{Carcass}}, Music/{{Deicide}}, Music/{{Emperor}}, Music/MilesDavis, Music/BlackSabbath, and Music/{{Rush}}, despite saying they aren't influenced by other bands.[[/note]]

The band originally started playing music that had more of a HardRock sound, with very little of the {{Jazz}}, experimental or ProgressiveRock elements that they would incorporate later. This early sound was displayed on ''Kill, I Oughtta'', an EP of early studio recordings and some live tracks that was later subject to FanonDiscontinuity. Ryan Martinie joined the band when original bassist Shawn Barclay quit during the EP's recording. Martinie had been.a member of a Music/DreamTheater-style band called Broken Altar, and subsequently Mudvayne's style would shift to a mixture of ProgressiveRock and ThrashMetal, which drummer Matt [=McDonough=] described as "Math Metal" to an interviewer.[[note]][=McDonough=] later rejected the "math metal" label, saying that it was a joke he cracked in an interview that was taken seriously and that he doesn't think that Mudvayne was a pioneer of anything.[[/note]]

On Music/LD50, the band performed in {{Horror}} movie-inspired face paint and masks and called themselves Kud, Gurrg, [=RyKnow=], and sPaG. The album involved themes inspired by human evolution and ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', with samples taken from a recording of Terence [=McKenna=] discussing his theory that evolution was triggered by psychedelic mushrooms. ''Music/TheEndOfAllThingsToCome'' had the band wearing alien masks and performing under the names Chüd, Güüg, Rü-D, and Spüg. It also had a nearly all-black cover, which led the band to describe it as their "[[Music/{{Metallica}} black album]]". Since ''Music/LostAndFound'', however, they've performed without stage names or disguises.

Mudvayne is an American ProgressiveMetal band from Peoria, Illinois, formed in 1996, and citing film director Creator/StanleyKubrick as the only influence on their music.[[note]]However, they've expressed admiration for a lot of other bands in interviews, including Music/{{Tool}}, Music/{{Pantera}}, Music/KingCrimson, Music/{{Genesis}}, Music/EmersonLakeAndPalmer, Music/{{Carcass}}, Music/{{Deicide}}, Music/{{Emperor}}, Music/MilesDavis, Music/BlackSabbath, and Music/{{Rush}}, despite saying they aren't influenced by other bands.[[/note]]