ALTER BRIDGE And PUDDLE OF MUDD Make Chart Debuts

October 18, 2007

The Pulse of Radio reports: New albums from ALTER BRIDGE and PUDDLE OF MUDD both debuted on the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday (October 17). ALTER BRIDGE's sophomore effort, "Blackbird", sold 47,000 copies to debut at No. 13, while PUDDLE OF MUDD's third offering, "Famous", moved 31,000 copies to arrive at No. 27.

ALTER BRIDGE guitarist Mark Tremonti said that while the chart numbers are significant, the band tries not to obsess about them. "Yeah, I mean, first-week sales are an important thing 'cause it is a business and you have to sell CDs to kind of stay out there, and we just want to be able to tour as long as we want — as long as we can," he said. "So the more people that are buying CDs, the longer we can do this. But we don't sit and constantly look at charts. I think people around us usually kind of, we overhear them talking about it."

KID ROCK's new effort, "Rock 'N' Roll Jesus", was the big winner this week, topping the chart with first-week sales of 172,000 copies.

ALTER BRIDGE is currently on the road with ANOTHER ANIMAL and plays Friday (October 19) in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire.

PUDDLE OF MUDD headlines in Baltimore on Friday.

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