Sum 41 Posts Update On New Album

Sum 41 guitarist and vocalist Deryck Whibley recently posted an update on the progress of the band's forthcoming album.

"Things are going very well with us right now. still writing and recording demos. We've got a bunch of great ideas and we're in the process of putting all these ideas into complete songs.

"The most important and exciting, but also somewhat time consuming, is trying to find a producer we think will fit this record perfectly. We have a long list of people that we're meeting and hope to finally pick someone soon. As soon as we do I'll let you all know. Thanks."

The band, who had just wrapped up their tour with The Offspring weeks ago, released "Underclass Hero" in 2007.

Thanks for the report to Punknews.org.

Comments

[antman1385]

meh, i think they're better off with brown tom.

[Ic3]

can't wait till album is out

[axlanian]

antman1385 wrote:

meh, i think they're better off with brown tom.

Yeah, it seems like they've re-learned how to smile since he left. He definitely had a big metal influence on the band.

[Sloane]

I hope they pick Mark Hoppus, he'd be awesome for them.

[SumFX]

Yay! a new album in the works!
they are just one of those bands that sound good no matter what direction they take!
Cant wait for the new album!

[kxy1992]

Their last few albums have been good, cant wait to see how this one is

[handbanana78]

Ummm I hope is not as "punk" as the last one, it wants bad, just not what i was expecting OH WELL

SWEET NEW ALBUM!!!

[evilbeavil]

i really hope the new album is nothing like underclass hero and goes off in the same vein as chuck.. although its never going to happen

i used to love these guys

[VLVTRVOLVR13]

^ agree with beavil, i think they need to take the best of Chuck and the best of Does this Look infected...

[hairypineapple]

[phone]

[Cresspo]

i didn't like chuck, I have 4 of their albums,that is, all but Chuck cos chuck was too depressed for some reason, I hope they make something like does this look infected or maybe all killer no filler or something but we'll just see. I would have loved to see them tour with the offspring

[CryoCarnage]

These guys are *******s, i have met them a few times living in toronto. i hope this album does shit.

[xxAtreyu13xx]

Hope its as heavy as their CHUCK album

[UberElixir]

I hope the next album will be like Underclass Hero, but with a bit more variety.

[rocker222]

its gana be great like always.

[xxmoshoutxx]

bring back dave!

[Strato-Massacre]

CryoCarnage wrote:

These guys are *****s, i have met them a few times living in toronto. i hope this album does shit.

i hope you get warned/banned for spamming.
i hope this album sounds like a blend of "Underclass Hero" and "Does This Look Infected?". doubt it will happen, but it will still be great im sure.

[loganpwns]

Sloane wrote:

I hope they pick Mark Hoppus, he'd be awesome for them.

So stoked about this, although their only in the beginning stages :/
They haven't really toured much in support of Underclass Hero

[-tempest-]

i love does this look infected and AKNF, i hope they and more does this look infected to the new album

[blenk]

-tempest- wrote:

i love does this look infected and AKNF, i hope they and more does this look infected to the new album

those where the best albums

Checked.

[fretman5000]

cant wait, whatever it sounds like, ill like it, every one of their albums rock, punk or metal, i prefer the punk sound tho

[SumFX]

Does This Look Infected? is my favorite, twas rather funny when all the metalheads were slagging them off during there first few albums and then they recorded Chuck, i heard nothing bad from metalheads then. lol

[\m/(-_-)\m/]

Deryck is a real control freak. I hope the other 2 surviving members get some input it on this album. I think they may be down without brown sound.

[Guitar_Jester]

axlanian wrote:

antman1385 wrote:

meh, i think they're better off with brown tom.

Yeah, it seems like they've re-learned how to smile since he left. He definitely had a big metal influence on the band.

Brown Tom is the new guy. Brownsound is the one that left a few years ago.

[cap'n curry]

Im really glad deryck isn't producing it. By producing Underclass Hero, he made it too much of his album rather than a Sum 41 album.

[Zyph73]

I'd want something more like Chuck or Does This Look Infected?. Something that doesn't sound so standard and boring, but at this rate, not going to happen. Stupid Avril Lavigne...

[CryoCarnage]

Strato-Massacre wrote:

CryoCarnage wrote:

These guys are *****s, i have met them a few times living in toronto. i hope this album does shit. i hope you get warned/banned for spamming.
i hope this album sounds like a blend of "Underclass Hero" and "Does This Look Infected?". doubt it will happen, but it will still be great im sure.

How am i spamming? This is my opinion of them, and it's true. Assholes, except oddly enough brown sound, he was pretty cool.

[GUNIT!]

Underclass Hero was released in 2007?!?!
I thought it had been released just last year...
But then again, I haven't cared much about them since Chuck.

[MLilienthal]

I miss All killer no filler

[Bananapatata]

Why would Mark Hoppus be good for them? Particularly if most people want something in the realm of 'Chuck'.

[paddypadman]

Even Deryck has said they done the whole "heavier" thing for Brownsound and that still didn't make him happy in the band so... He won't be back!

[@#inyourface#@]

hope this will be better than their last

[Serjem]

it's a good band... their music is a bit shallow and pop-ish, but i like them anyways...

[Ruenis]

please punk rock, not more emo shit, please god...

[NoInnerKind]

Deryck said the new album will be heavier than the last, more aggressive, more guitar and so on. Pumped for the new album.

[SumFX]

Ruenis wrote:

please punk rock, not more emo shit, please god...

when were they ever emo?
if your gonna comment please have an understanding of what you type.

[FearOfTheDuck]

For the love of punk, i used to listen to this band when they first had all killer no filler out, i was like 10 or 11, thank god i found Iron Maiden, Slayer, Megadeth! Its ok to hear some songs when you're pissed at a party and have a sing-along but does anyone above the age of 12 actually like this kiddy pop-punk band? If yes, shame on you. I suggest you go buy some Iron Maiden.

[FearOfTheDuck]

No i was defintatly 10, i found Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Motley Crue, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax, Ozzy Osbourne all in early 2001 lol

[MAXPAYNE4664]

Hope the new album will be as heavy as Chuck and Does This Look Infected.

[rockinrunner90]

these guys are great, but i am glad that deryck isn't producing it, there was a little tension between deryck and cone while getting the underclass together, but with an outside producer it should be smoother. and maybe the music will be a little less piano-based.

[Gu1T@r_H3r0]

xxmoshoutxx wrote:

bring back dave!

Hell yeah! With Dave they lost the edge that made them better than all the other cookie-cutter pop-punk bands.

[The-Red-Sky]

SumFX wrote:

Ruenis wrote:

please punk rock, not more emo shit, please god...

when were they ever emo?
if your gonna comment please have an understanding of what you type.

I think he's talking about songs like Pieces or Some Say. I didn't mind the slower tunes but I think their best bet for a solid album is a mix of the slow from Chuck and the fast from Does this look infected?

[mallen i am]

FearOfTheDuck wrote:

For the love of punk, i used to listen to this band when they first had all killer no filler out, i was like 10 or 11, thank god i found Iron Maiden, Slayer, Megadeth! Its ok to hear some songs when you're pissed at a party and have a sing-along but does anyone above the age of 12 actually like this kiddy pop-punk band? If yes, shame on you. I suggest you go buy some Iron Maiden.

Or we could listen to what we want to, yeah?
People's shameless pressing of their likes onto people really gets on my nerves. People's tastes are different, you metal lovers don't seem to understand that.

[GenerationKILL]

they should call the new one "pain for pleasure" and make eighties style metal (with a bit of punk attitude in it) like they thought of doing years ago. Remember that last track on "all killer, no filler" where they spoofed some eighties shit? and everyone hit the fan because it sounded rad? They should actually do a whole album with maybe that style instrumentation. I ain't saying be an 80s hair band rip off or spoof, but riffs along the ones on that last track would be pretty rad set to some of their more pop-orientated tunes!

[weezergeek182]

nice. deryck, your wife is hot :-P

[pirate_punker]

Please let it be music like the old shit,
They were so good back then...

[saintjimmy924]

mallen i am wrote:

FearOfTheDuck wrote:

For the love of punk, i used to listen to this band when they first had all killer no filler out, i was like 10 or 11, thank god i found Iron Maiden, Slayer, Megadeth! Its ok to hear some songs when you're pissed at a party and have a sing-along but does anyone above the age of 12 actually like this kiddy pop-punk band? If yes, shame on you. I suggest you go buy some Iron Maiden.

Or we could listen to what we want to, yeah?
People's shameless pressing of their likes onto people really gets on my nerves. People's tastes are different, you metal lovers don't seem to understand that.

metalheads are so shallow that they can't accept people who don't listen to similar stuff. This is the genre I love and am not afraid to say it! Oh, and for the record, Iron Maiden sucks!

Can't wait for the new album/tour so I can finally see them live!!
I hope the album is like Underclass Hero and not metal!

[Tster]

I've liked all their albums. Their last one really grew on me towards the end

Checked.

[Toxtoth_O_Grady]

saintjimmy924 wrote:

mallen i am wrote:

FearOfTheDuck wrote:

For the love of punk, i used to listen to this band when they first had all killer no filler out, i was like 10 or 11, thank god i found Iron Maiden, Slayer, Megadeth! Its ok to hear some songs when you're pissed at a party and have a sing-along but does anyone above the age of 12 actually like this kiddy pop-punk band? If yes, shame on you. I suggest you go buy some Iron Maiden.

Or we could listen to what we want to, yeah?
People's shameless pressing of their likes onto people really gets on my nerves. People's tastes are different, you metal lovers don't seem to understand that.
metalheads are so shallow that they can't accept people who don't listen to similar stuff. This is the genre I love and am not afraid to say it! Oh, and for the record, Iron Maiden sucks!

Can't wait for the new album/tour so I can finally see them live!!
I hope the album is like Underclass Hero and not metal!

Don't judge all metalheads on the actions of one prick, that would like me assuming your actions to mean that all punk fans are total pussies.

Chill the **** out and just enjoy your music - other peoples opinions will only bother you if you aren't secure in your own.

[TFK_62]

You're right about opinions, well said.
And I can't really get excited about Sum 41 albums anymore. They could really use a good masterpiece of an album to define them as a band, but they haven't really done that. Having said that, I'm still going to buy their new one.

[swyg2]

Sloane wrote:

I hope they pick Mark Hoppus, he'd be awesome for them.

haha yea.

[GSD N3]

This was on their myspace WEEKS ago. Old news.

and Underclass Hero was damn good, you people just can't appreciate them gaining some sort of complexity, rather than being a punk rock band. Bands change. Quit all the whining.

[a drummer]

PAIN FOR PLEEASUUREE!!!

[thefullpython]

I'm hoping to all hell that this sounds at least remotely like Chuck.

[lespaul1216]

Sloane wrote:

I hope they pick Mark Hoppus, he'd be awesome for them.

sarcasm right?

[J Dub]

I used to love Sum 41. But their last album was a HUGE disappointment for me. I hope they go back to their Does This Look Infected? and/or Chuck sound.

[sublimeforlife]

Their last few albums have been good, cant wait to see how this one is[/quote]

what the hell are you ****ing talking about? their last few albums have been good? so you're saying that "dtli?," "chuck," and "underclass hero" were good. that is 2/3 true, but how can you even group those 3 together? "underclass hero" (unfortunately) was absolute shit compared to "dtli?" and especially "chuck," so i just completely don't understand how you could talk about those 3 albums as a whole, cuz "underclass hero" is NOTHING at all like their previous 2.

[Flyingwhitey182]

Saw them live for the underclass hero support, it was an amazing show. Hope the new albums worth something

[Knot555~666]

I hope they don't try to make this album heavy as derick is a terrible guitarist. It's a shame used to like these guys saw them live twice. Once when brownsound was with them and once without, and brownsound made this band awesome. Now they should call it a day, underclass hero was terrible

[rockinrunner90]

GenerationKILL wrote:

they should call the new one "pain for pleasure" and make eighties style metal (with a bit of punk attitude in it) like they thought of doing years ago. Remember that last track on "all killer, no filler" where they spoofed some eighties shit? and everyone hit the fan because it sounded rad? They should actually do a whole album with maybe that style instrumentation. I ain't saying be an 80s hair band rip off or spoof, but riffs along the ones on that last track would be pretty rad set to some of their more pop-orientated tunes!

that would be sweet, yes, but that was when they had a guitarist capable of writing/playing that style of music, now wothout brownsound i think they've begun shifting in a more mature direction. this could be beause they have matured as individuals, or maybe it's because they've had to without having a guitar soloist.