Following nearly two decades of run-ins with the law, Puddle Of Mudd frontman Wes Scantlin has been enjoying a much more stable life these days. Following countless charges that included domestic violence, drug possession, vandalism, trespassing and many more bizarre incidents, Scantlin got sober.
He credits much of his current sobriety to his relationship with God and was recently asked by Kerrang! about how his time incarcerated in solitary confinement changed him. Surprisingly, he replied that he feels that his nearly 3-month incarceration was likely a part of God’s plan for him:
“God’s always been here for me the entire time. I just got done praying for the day, and I’m pretty sure that he probably just put me there. I was trying to escape from a bunch of really whack-ass, freaky-deaky people, and I think he was just, ‘Hey, I’ll do this for you and you can get away from everybody like that for the rest of your life.’ So I’m blessed by God for having to endure that kind of incarceration, which is mind-blowing and crazy, but it’s obviously helped me get to another chapter in my life which is filled with love and positivity and joy and happiness.”
When asked if he ever lost his faith during his darker moments, he replied:
“I would never curse God. You don’t want to do that, because he’s pretty awesome. So I never did that. I just thanked him every day for the struggles that I was going through and I thank him for everything that’s ever happened in my life. I thank him a bunch and thank him a bunch and then throw in a little, ‘Maybe you could make this happen…’ for some happiness in my life.”
You can read the whole feature over at Kerrang.com. Puddle Of Mudd returned with their first album in a decade, “Welcome To Galvania“, this past September.
