October 23, 2025 • 6 mins
Wes took a few minutes to catch up with Big Rig on tour dates, his new single "Firefly" which is a salute to our music icons and how strech marks mess up a perfectly good autograph!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's big rig. Wescalon from Puddle of Mud joins me
(00:02):
ahead of their Friday night show down at the Fergs
Entertainment Complex in Saint Pete, which has been built into
something special. We just had Stephen Pearcy and Warren D.
Martini there last Friday night. It was a packed house,
sold out house. I'm expecting more of the same this
weekend as West and the Boys come trucking back into
town with Kiss the Machine on their back. The new
record he and I talked about just months ago, new
(00:23):
single is out Firefly. The videos out for that as well.
You saw me post that on my blog, which is
one of those. It hits heavy for all of us
who've lived through all the guys we've lost over the years.
Lane Chester Chris is a powerful track man. Well done
on the work there, Wes.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Yeah, man, those are rough beaters.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
You know, music can be therapy for everybody, and I'm
sure it is for you as you write it, because
you go through a lot of emotions and you pour
it onto the paper well and you can hear it
as you sing it.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
One and it was a little bit crazy, but I was.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Like, i'ma go to write a freaking song about all
my fallen soldier heroes, everybody that I grew up listening to.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
So it's good.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
Do you think about this?
Speaker 1 (01:03):
So you've been doing this now for well, at least
for most of us anyway, the better part of two decades.
And if you go back to where you were when
you started to where you are now, if you could
give your younger self a piece of advice, like one
thing you've noted and you've made note of that you
would think would make life a lot better.
Speaker 4 (01:23):
What would it be, you.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
Know, if they out of trouble, don't dabble in the
wrong chemical, in a fear clear of workers and you.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Know, damps and all kinds of little thieves. So I
don't really like us very much.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Yeah, I think we'd all give ourselves that advice. I'll
be honest with you. That's kind of like the status
quo for most of us. I don't know that I
would have listened. I would have been like that. I
would have been like talking to my dad. My dad
always gave me really good advice, which I didn't understand
for fifteen years later.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
Then it was like crap. Should have listened.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
Yes, I wish it would have never started smoking cigarettes
and so they don't do anymore now, and.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
I wish it would have.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
And there's a lot of a lot of things that
you know, I did over the years, which I don't
do now.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
It's a lot better on this side.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
And it's good because you got to keep your performance
pipes ready to go and get out there and bust
it on stage. And like I said, this Friday night
at Ferg's Entertainment Complexes where you will see Puddle of
Mud live here in Saint Pete. Tickets are already on
sale at ticketweb dot com. It's a six o'clock door,
seven o'clock show and then of course all the big
hits you know in love along with the entire new
(02:27):
album Kissed the Machine. As Wes Scanlon is on with
us right now. Let's have a little bit of fun here.
Speaker 4 (02:32):
All right.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
So let's let's go through some things. Let's let's talk
about the weirdest thing a fan has ever asked you
to autograph.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
A lot of the times of these festivals, there's these girls.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Man, and they want you to sign there like their boobies.
But they've been like sweating in the in the in
the field and the audience for like hours and hours
and hours, and you take a sharpie and then they're
like I'm going to tattoo this and stretch mark going
down and you can't sharp He just doesn't work.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
No. No, they come.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
Back a year later with like this crazy tattoo on
their moby. Oh, it's all like just it. It was
a hot mess, man, that's pretty crazy.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
I was going to ask because I you know, I
was talking to Rob Halford a week ago and his
somebody brought their baby to have them signed their baby
with a sharpie, and I'm like, he was in New
Jersey at a record store meeting great years ago and
He's like, yeah, I'm not signing your baby.
Speaker 4 (03:33):
I'm not going to do that because I'm.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
Like, yeah, the next thing I think is them getting
the tattoo of his signature on their baby.
Speaker 4 (03:38):
My god.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
No.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Now, one of the things that you did, which I
thought was great to promote this album, because you know,
it's just kind of a smaller world, kind of a
smaller universary. Now, you were out yourself and you were
going up to drive throughs at fast food restaurants with
your new album blaring and playing it for the kids
who are working the drive through speeds and you know,
(04:01):
just trying to get some honest feedback about how it
was working.
Speaker 4 (04:04):
I mean, what were you rolling around with? You like
an MP three player CD? What'd you have?
Speaker 2 (04:09):
You know what?
Speaker 3 (04:10):
I actually did have an actual CD player in my minivan.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
I still have. I love it. Man, that's awesome. Everybody's
like a.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
CD somebody else does well.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
I mean it's a.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Minivan, so yeah, there's gonna be a little stigma with that.
I mean it's not exactly the coolest Hippus vehicle on
planet Earth, but it's a multi UTILITYV.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
You do a lot of things in a minivan, man.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
I mean you can have a mobile tail game party,
you know, tenement on wheels whatever.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Yeah, they turned into like an entire bedroom.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Yeah, I get you an old school waterbed in there
that could be intriguing. Nonetheless, West Scanlon for Puddle of Mud.
So listen, you've toured a lot of bands throughout the years. Man,
we're talking twenty plus years. Is there a band that
you've run across that was you know, being on stage
is one thing, being on tours another, but it's you know,
off stage, like on the side, very cool, very cordial
(04:56):
or something unique out of all these years, is there
anything or anyone that's really stood out to you?
Speaker 2 (05:01):
I mean, everybody's cool, man, you know, we were on
death Tones they were all cool biscuits, you know, and
corn and Stained and Lincoln Park and down Garden and
Pearl Jam and damn. I Willie Nelson in there somewhere, ah.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
Man, the resident from that guy's brain alone. Good God.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Wes Scanlon from Puddle of mund getting ready for the
big show tomorrow night, Fergs Entertainment Complex. Yeah, it's a
concert venue and it's amazing. They've done some great work
down there. This is not the first show. This is
one of many and if you're planning on going outdoors
at six, showtime is seven o'clock. Tickets are at ticketweb
dot com. Obviously, if you're listening to this on the
(05:44):
web below my podcast here you'll see the video for
the new cut Flower Firefly that I mentioned from his
new album Kiss the Machine, which is out as well. Wes,
have a safe flight east, my friend, and we will
see you tomorrow night down at Fergs for a hell
of a time, my brother.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
All right, man, and thank you big grig. I'll see
you there, Bro,
It's big rig. Wescalon from Puddle of Mud joins me
(00:02):
ahead of their Friday night show down at the Fergs
Entertainment Complex in Saint Pete, which has been built into
something special. We just had Stephen Pearcy and Warren D.
Martini there last Friday night. It was a packed house,
sold out house. I'm expecting more of the same this
weekend as West and the Boys come trucking back into
town with Kiss the Machine on their back. The new
record he and I talked about just months ago, new
(00:23):
single is out Firefly. The videos out for that as well.
You saw me post that on my blog, which is
one of those. It hits heavy for all of us
who've lived through all the guys we've lost over the years.
Lane Chester Chris is a powerful track man. Well done
on the work there, Wes.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Yeah, man, those are rough beaters.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
You know, music can be therapy for everybody, and I'm
sure it is for you as you write it, because
you go through a lot of emotions and you pour
it onto the paper well and you can hear it
as you sing it.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
One and it was a little bit crazy, but I was.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Like, i'ma go to write a freaking song about all
my fallen soldier heroes, everybody that I grew up listening to.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
So it's good.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
Do you think about this?
Speaker 1 (01:03):
So you've been doing this now for well, at least
for most of us anyway, the better part of two decades.
And if you go back to where you were when
you started to where you are now, if you could
give your younger self a piece of advice, like one
thing you've noted and you've made note of that you
would think would make life a lot better.
Speaker 4 (01:23):
What would it be, you.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
Know, if they out of trouble, don't dabble in the
wrong chemical, in a fear clear of workers and you.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Know, damps and all kinds of little thieves. So I
don't really like us very much.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Yeah, I think we'd all give ourselves that advice. I'll
be honest with you. That's kind of like the status
quo for most of us. I don't know that I
would have listened. I would have been like that. I
would have been like talking to my dad. My dad
always gave me really good advice, which I didn't understand
for fifteen years later.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
Then it was like crap. Should have listened.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
Yes, I wish it would have never started smoking cigarettes
and so they don't do anymore now, and.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
I wish it would have.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
And there's a lot of a lot of things that
you know, I did over the years, which I don't
do now.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
It's a lot better on this side.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
And it's good because you got to keep your performance
pipes ready to go and get out there and bust
it on stage. And like I said, this Friday night
at Ferg's Entertainment Complexes where you will see Puddle of
Mud live here in Saint Pete. Tickets are already on
sale at ticketweb dot com. It's a six o'clock door,
seven o'clock show and then of course all the big
hits you know in love along with the entire new
(02:27):
album Kissed the Machine. As Wes Scanlon is on with
us right now. Let's have a little bit of fun here.
Speaker 4 (02:32):
All right.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
So let's let's go through some things. Let's let's talk
about the weirdest thing a fan has ever asked you
to autograph.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
A lot of the times of these festivals, there's these girls.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Man, and they want you to sign there like their boobies.
But they've been like sweating in the in the in
the field and the audience for like hours and hours
and hours, and you take a sharpie and then they're
like I'm going to tattoo this and stretch mark going
down and you can't sharp He just doesn't work.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
No. No, they come.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
Back a year later with like this crazy tattoo on
their moby. Oh, it's all like just it. It was
a hot mess, man, that's pretty crazy.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
I was going to ask because I you know, I
was talking to Rob Halford a week ago and his
somebody brought their baby to have them signed their baby
with a sharpie, and I'm like, he was in New
Jersey at a record store meeting great years ago and
He's like, yeah, I'm not signing your baby.
Speaker 4 (03:33):
I'm not going to do that because I'm.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
Like, yeah, the next thing I think is them getting
the tattoo of his signature on their baby.
Speaker 4 (03:38):
My god.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
No.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Now, one of the things that you did, which I
thought was great to promote this album, because you know,
it's just kind of a smaller world, kind of a
smaller universary. Now, you were out yourself and you were
going up to drive throughs at fast food restaurants with
your new album blaring and playing it for the kids
who are working the drive through speeds and you know,
(04:01):
just trying to get some honest feedback about how it
was working.
Speaker 4 (04:04):
I mean, what were you rolling around with? You like
an MP three player CD? What'd you have?
Speaker 2 (04:09):
You know what?
Speaker 3 (04:10):
I actually did have an actual CD player in my minivan.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
I still have. I love it. Man, that's awesome. Everybody's
like a.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
CD somebody else does well.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
I mean it's a.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Minivan, so yeah, there's gonna be a little stigma with that.
I mean it's not exactly the coolest Hippus vehicle on
planet Earth, but it's a multi UTILITYV.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
You do a lot of things in a minivan, man.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
I mean you can have a mobile tail game party,
you know, tenement on wheels whatever.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Yeah, they turned into like an entire bedroom.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Yeah, I get you an old school waterbed in there
that could be intriguing. Nonetheless, West Scanlon for Puddle of Mud.
So listen, you've toured a lot of bands throughout the years. Man,
we're talking twenty plus years. Is there a band that
you've run across that was you know, being on stage
is one thing, being on tours another, but it's you know,
off stage, like on the side, very cool, very cordial
(04:56):
or something unique out of all these years, is there
anything or anyone that's really stood out to you?
Speaker 2 (05:01):
I mean, everybody's cool, man, you know, we were on
death Tones they were all cool biscuits, you know, and
corn and Stained and Lincoln Park and down Garden and
Pearl Jam and damn. I Willie Nelson in there somewhere, ah.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
Man, the resident from that guy's brain alone. Good God.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Wes Scanlon from Puddle of mund getting ready for the
big show tomorrow night, Fergs Entertainment Complex. Yeah, it's a
concert venue and it's amazing. They've done some great work
down there. This is not the first show. This is
one of many and if you're planning on going outdoors
at six, showtime is seven o'clock. Tickets are at ticketweb
dot com. Obviously, if you're listening to this on the
(05:44):
web below my podcast here you'll see the video for
the new cut Flower Firefly that I mentioned from his
new album Kiss the Machine, which is out as well. Wes,
have a safe flight east, my friend, and we will
see you tomorrow night down at Fergs for a hell
of a time, my brother.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
All right, man, and thank you big grig. I'll see
you there, Bro,
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