Puddleduck Takes the Title

Well folks it’s all over. Puddleduck is your 2011 JMUSB Battle of the Bands Bracket Champion. They narrowly defeated another JMU band, Everything, in the final by capturing 53% of the votes. Everything and it’s ubiquitous “e colon” logo were fixtures on campus in the 90’s, but apparently commenter Tedward spoke for the majority when he said “Puddleduck defines JMU at this time.”

Puddleduck was the band for my junior and senior years. Like many of you, I spent a lot of time at JM’s back in the day. And when I think of JM’s I first think of dime drafts, then I think of $2 pitchers, then I think of an assortment of bad shots, and then I think of Puddleduck. Considering that I saw dozens of other bands there and pretty much went there just to drink cheap booze and chase women, it’s pretty impressive that any band ranks that high. Actually, on second thought the Jerky Turkey and Jo-Jo Dog both probably top Puddlduck, but they’re still up there.

So Todd and I wanted to thank you for indulging us on this little walk down memory lane. It was fun to plan this whole thing and to blog about each of these bands. It was more fun however, to read some of your comments and emails about the bands in the bracket or the ones we left out. As a sign of our gratitude, we’d like to offer everyone a free copy of the Puddleduck Reunion Show from Alley Katz earlier this year. OK, that was up there already and it has absolutely nothing to do with us We thought we’d point it out though for any Puddleduck fans out there who aren’t familiar with how Google works. And with that, we’re done with this little off-season diversion.