Mudvayne is an American heavy metal band. Their work is marked by the use of sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate visual appearance, which has included face and body paint, masks and uniforms. They have sold over 6 million records worldwide, including nearly 3 million records in the United States.
The band consists of Chad Gray, Greg Tribbett, Ryan Martinie and Matthew McDonough. Formed in 1996, Mudvayne became popular playing in the Decatur, Illinois underground music scene in the late 1990s, and released an extended play,
Kill, I Oughtta (1997), and a successful debut album,
L.D. 50 (2000). Mudvayne achieved worldwide commercial success with
The End of All Things to Come,
Lost and Found and
The New Game.
Since 2010, Mudvayne has been on hiatus, and its members have been performing in side projects and guest appearances. Gray is also the singer of the heavy metal supergroup Hellyeah, which Tribbett was also a member of until 2014. Gray founded an independent record label, Bullygoat Records, which releases albums in the heavy metal genre.