Video: PUDDLE OF MUDD Frontman Accuses Audience Member Of Stealing His House, Walks Off Stage
PUDDLE OF MUDD‘s January 30 concert at The Adelphia Music Hall in Marietta, Ohio ended abruptly when the band’s lead singer, Wes Scantlin, walked off stage after berating an audience member for “stealing” his house.
According to WQLZ.com, Scantlin stopped the show in the middle of a song to go off on someone in the crowd. He said (see video below): “This motherfucker right here stole my motherfucking house and now he’s standing right fucking in front of me laughing at me. And he fucking figures I’m a fucking joke. This motherfucker right here. This motherfucker right here. Get his ass on camera. Right. Get his ass on camera. Get his ass on camera. This is the dog. Right here. This is the motherfucker right here. This guy stole my fucking house.”
Scantlin then put his jacket on and walked off stage.
After the abbreviated concert, the venue posted a message on its Facebook page, saying: “Thank you everyone who attended tonight’s show! We apologize for the actions of the lead singer. Unfortunately, it was beyond our control! Please send us a PM and we will issue you a ticket to the next show of your choice!”
Scantlin was arrested in January for the second time in less than a month, this time for trespassing in and vandalizing a house that used to belong to him. According to TMZ, Scantlin returned to the house — which he lost to foreclosure last year — and was using a hatched to destroy parts of it. He allegedly trashed audio electronics, surveillance cameras and an alarm system while inside the home on January 9.
TMZ captured footage of Scantlin being led out of the home in handcuffs, telling police, “Come on, this is my house, man.”
Scantlin was arrested in December on charges of possession of a controlled substance after being pulled over by police in Beverly Hills, California for having an expired registration on his vehicle.
When the officers at the scene realized there was also a warrant out for Scantlin‘s arrest, the car was searched and the alleged substance was discovered.
He was booked on misdemeanor drug charges for that incident and was released on $51,000 bail.
Scantlin was last arrested in early August in South Dakota, where police cited him for driving under the influence and being in possession of marijuana.
Previous to that, he was busted in Minnesota last July 26 for driving while intoxicated and leading police officers on a 100 miles-per-hour chase.
He forced the band to cancel a show in Flint, Michigan in June when he missed his flight. Before that, he was arrested in mid-April on charges of disorderly conduct after an incident at Milwaukee’s Mitchell International Airport.
Scantlin was also arrested in January 2015 after taking what was described as a “joyride” into a restricted area on an airport baggage carousel at Denver International Airport.
He previously made news in April 2014 when he melted down onstage, threw a beer and microphone into the audience, and threatened several attendees with violence at a show in Scottsdale Arizona.
Going back to 2013, his arrests included one for vandalism against a neighbor’s property, as well as one stemming from his 2012 cocaine possession case and another on charges of domestic violence.
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