At least they write and play their own songs (very capably, I might add) and the fact that they manage to carry it off (sounding reminiscent of Nirvana, that is), is worthy of admiration in my mind. (I just love the instrumental break ending to 'Time Flies'). 'Away From Me', 'Change My Mind', 'Think', 'Sydney' and 'Time Flies' are my favourite songs on the album though. It isn't as good as 'come clean', there's no running away from that fact, but it's still a pretty good selection of songs and I thoroughly enjoy playing it. So I was really looking forward to this release in 2003 and I bought it as soon as it came out. Was one of my top ten buys of 2001, with songs like 'control', 'drift and die', 'she hates me', 'p*** it all away' and my all-time favourite tune, 'blurry'. Sure, they are clearly inspired and influenced by Nirvana but so what? I'm aware they have their critics - some of them really quite vicious - but I actually like Puddle of Mudd. Make your decisions based on the qualiy of the music and stay away from Puddle of Mudd because they just aren't quality So, my point is, don't worry about what critics say, listen to it, pay attention to it, but don't listen to what other people say. Unlike POM, these bands have left a legacy, and have contributed to the industry, for years to come. Oh, and stop comparing POM to Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, and Pink Floyd. The great bands write music so that the bass can carry the melody at times and the drums do more than just keep the beat. True grunge bands have talent all around so that all instruments can get involved and contribute to the music. If you pay attention to your music like I do, you'd notice that 1) Wes can't sing worth anything, and 2) POM is just a bad ripoff of all the great grunge bands of the late 80's and early 90's. Teeny boppers and preps are the only ones who get into this imitation music.

Lots of you seem to think that if a band gets on TRL or MTV that it is a good band.

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