Puddle of Mudd frontman Wes Scantlin is in trouble -- again! Scantlin was scheduled to appear in court Thursday (Dec. 12) for a progress report on his cocaine possession case, but the musician never showed up. Because of Scantlin's truancy, a warrant has been issued for his arrest.
As reported recently, Puddle of Mudd frontman Wes Scantlin was arrested on Sept. 4 after an alleged altercation with a Jet Blue flight attendant forced a plane scheduled to fly from Boston to Los Angeles to divert by landing at in Austin, Texas, instead. Now, the musician not only claims that he was wrongfully arrested, but that cops roughed him up in the process.
Puddle of Mudd frontman Wes Scantlin pleaded guilty to felony cocaine possession on Tuesday, July 2. The musician was arrested in January of this year after being pulled over in Los Angeles.
When they entered the studio to work on songs for a follow-up to 2009′s ‘Volume 4: Songs in the Key of Love & Hate,’ Puddle of Mudd had a hard time finding the inspiration for new material — so they decided just to have fun playing some of their favorite tunes by other artists.
“We were really burned out, and when we started trying to write again it just wasn’t time yet,” said guitarist Paul P