Sum 41 Talk On New Album

Sum 41's Derek Whibley has revealed he's written 20 songs for the follow-up to 2004's "Chuck".

The self produced effort was recorded in Los Angeles Ocean Way studio, according to NME.com.

Speaking about the CD, Whibley said: "We can't wait for fans to hear this album. And we can't wait to get out on the road and prove ourselves to people."

The three-piece now consists of Whibley on guitar and vocals, Cone McCaslin on bass and Steve Jocz on drums. It marks the first time the band have made a record without founding member, guitarist Dave Baksh.

Whibley told MTV News: "The whole thing with Dave happened so, yeah, I know there is a lot of baggage attached to this album. But I'd like to think that we all learned a lot from what's happened. We realized that we needed to be a band again. Because ever since 'All Killer, No Filler' (from 2001), we honestly weren't a band. We were a machine."

A release date for the as yet untitled album has to be confirmed.

Comments

[funkynasoo]

fair play i hope its fun

[green_day9]

its gonna be hard to ajust to a one guitar band, they usually have solos...

[SSDDPunkRocker]

look at bands like red hot chili peppers though. killer solos and whatnot with only one guitar. backing guitar is just added for the other guy to have something to do.

i also agree that they werent much of a band, although i thought 'does this look infected?' was their best album.

[SSDDPunkRocker]

oh, by the way, his name is spelt 'deryck', not 'derek'.

[Punk_Ninja]

This is going to be cool, i agree with out Baksh it won't be the same he added a metallic edge to the group which made it good, but it should still be good, i'll just have to wait and see how it turns out, cos a lot of bands have been ruined recently, trivium, green day, Metallica arent what they used to be, etc

[RockMusicFan]

They will still have layered guitars like previous albums. They're gonna have a back-up guitarist on stage with them on tour.

[MAXPAYNE4664]

Great news I wonder how they're going to sound like now though...

[False_God]

they wont sound as metal, they should ask me to join, I know 90% of their songs..

[AVAincuCHAIR]

"Does this look infected?" is a really really good album

[GrungePb]

not a fan of there stuff, hope theres some good material on this album

[Noverion]

Punk_Ninja wrote:

This is going to be cool, i agree with out Baksh it won't be the same he added a metallic edge to the group which made it good, but it should still be good, i'll just have to wait and see how it turns out, cos a lot of bands have been ruined recently, trivium, green day, Metallica arent what they used to be, etc

trivium havnt been ruined, theyre new stuffs sjut is good as their old stuff, if not better. and the new metallica songs i heard we're really good, especailly "the other new song"

[The Novice]

Wow.. he looks like he's 40 yrs old..

[skindred]

Noverion wrote:

Punk_Ninja wrote:

This is going to be cool, i agree with out Baksh it won't be the same he added a metallic edge to the group which made it good, but it should still be good, i'll just have to wait and see how it turns out, cos a lot of bands have been ruined recently, trivium, green day, Metallica arent what they used to be, etc


trivium havnt been ruined, theyre new stuffs sjut is good as their old stuff, if not better. and the new metallica songs i heard we're really good, especailly "the other new song"

dude trivium tried too hard to be metallica on the crusafe, hence why you probably like them.

back to sum41, i loved all killer no filler back when i was 15 lol

[skindred]

crusade*

[guitarist41]

HELL YEAH!! BEST FUCKIN BAND!!!

[SMITH05]

NIce..I like SUM 41..mostly it was becuase of Dava AKA Brown Sound cuz he's a sick guitarist and never really gets the props he deserves. But, I'll def check them out even though they lost the best member of the band. I definitly respect them for attempting another album after losing a member, it shows heart and a true love for their doing..dam that sounded corny as ****..my bad

[guitarist41]

False_God wrote:

they wont sound as metal, they should ask me to join, I know 90% of their songs..

This album wont. not because dave left though. Their 2 heaviest albums are the 2 albums where Dave didnt write anything but solos.

[GoodCharloteSux]

The great thing about Sum 41 is youhave no idea whats coming next. No one has tgeh slightest idea which way their sounmd is going to go on this album.

I liked chuck and the others were damn decent lets see if tehy follow up with some great tunes.

[Vedder]

SSDDPunkRocker wrote:

look at bands like red hot chili peppers though. killer solos and whatnot with only one guitar. backing guitar is just added for the other guy to have something to do.

i also agree that they werent much of a band, although i thought 'does this look infected?' was their best album.

ya but whibley and frusciante don't really compare...but yes, i do enjoy sum 41, new album should be interesting.

Awesome. I love these guys.

Checked.

[nappy d]

i dunno how its gonna be w/o dave, cause he is an underrated guitarist. i thought chuck was by far their best album with the range they showed and different styles. we'll see though, i love sum and ill get this cd anyways.

[horazonblade]

I really liked Dave on guitar too =/ He really had a lot more talent then he displayed in many of their songs.

I am not a big fan of music like Sum 41's, but for some reason I've always loved these guys

[Cannibalkyle16]

Use too be a big fan of their music, grew out of it though. I respect them though because they're good at what they try too do...and they're also hilarous people in general

[Room On Fire]

SSDDPunkRocker wrote:

look at bands like red hot chili peppers though. killer solos and whatnot with only one guitar. backing guitar is just added for the other guy to have something to do.

John Frusciante wanking on his guitar for 3 minutes does not constitute as a solo. On topic however, I was a fan of them till they started switching between alt rock and alt metal or whatever sub genres you wanna put their most recent album in. I liked "Does this look infected" and "all killer no filler". Hopefully this effort is more like those.

[tud]

i don't really care for them, but why did Dave leave? he doesn't like Avril or what?

[billiethesquid]

All Killer No Filler was their best album, the last 2 have been garbage but In Too Deep and Motivation (to name but 2) are still so great I've been willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. The stupid thing is, they're too pop to be taken seriously as a metal band, but too metal to be liked as a pop band (which is what they were great at being). Lets talk about Avril Lavigne!

[guitarist41]

horazonblade wrote:

I am not a big fan of music like Sum 41's, but for some reason I've always loved these guys

If you mean your not a fan of 'pop-punk', I think it's understandable that you like Sum 41. I dont think they should get lumped into this genre they've always had a metal edge from the start, I think.
I dont belive in 'pop-punk' anyway. It's an oxymoron.

[Joshrocker48]

hes an ugly mother..
how did he get avril?

[punkrockdude2]

sweet

[Slash_HuDsOn]

Joshrocker48 wrote:

hes an ugly mother..
how did he get avril?

because avril's an ugly mother as well


her dad's cool though, he was an instructor at a hockey school i went to

[punkrockjoe]

back to sum41, i loved all killer no filler back when i was 15 lol

Haha well I am 15 and I DO love sum 41, I think he said it might be more like 'all killer..' which would very cool. I've always wanted to see them in concert.

[manofsound]

it's gonna be hard without dave, but i saw his new band brown brigade with pennywise last month and you could tell that sum 41 really held him back...he is a great guitarist

[GeekStinkBreath]

Also, a lot of one guitar bands have a dedicate singer, whereas the now 3 piece Sum 41 does not (I know other bands have singers who play well and sing too, so calm down). Whibley always did the rythm guitar... so the guitar work will probably go significantly down, not that it will automatically be bad. We'll just have to wait and see.

[WhereArtEsteban]

I love everything theyve done.

[Bozjoarmstrong]

This album is gonna rock, Dave or no Dave

[DeXTeR_19]

Great band, really cant wait for the new album and to see em live again!!!!

[Oldmonkeys]

SSDDPunkRocker wrote:

oh, by the way, his name is spelt 'deryck', not 'derek'.

dude speaks the truth

on topic, i liked the first two albums but i really detested chuck

[fender3592]

im not so sure i will like it that much if it goes back to the same style as aknf, i really prefered dtli and chuck over it.

[guitarist41]

Oldmonkeys wrote:


on topic, i liked the first two albums but i really detested chuck

Do you mean HHOP and AKNF OR AKNF and DTLI?...?

[conehead9008]

im lookin forward to the release...w/out brownsound its gonna be different im sure. deryck usually just plays power chords, and i doubt he's good enough to do solos and sing. then it'd be just another coheed and cambria. i think sum is extremely underrated though. they dont get the attention they totally deserve. all killer and does this look infected kicked ass, and even though there were a few songs like we're all to blame and no reason and pieces on chuck, i thought it was just them trying to get more attention cause it reminded me of a linkin park cd for some reason.

[MAXPAYNE4664]

I always wanted to go watch Sum 41 play in a concert but now that Dave's gone, I don't know how they'll play their songs that has solos. I doubt Deryck can play them good enough while worrying about the singing and stuff. But who knows? Sum 41's a very unpredictable band and they might surprise me at the end

[mw7]

I have a feeling its gonna suck. Well it will probably be softer. Dave was cool, he was probably the one who wrote their harder songs like many from the "Does This Look Infected?" album

[musiclover2399]

I heard that Deryck wanted the heavier sound a few times actually, plus I'm sure they'll hire someone for Dave's parts, they already had someone waiting on the wings to play pain for pleasure.

Checked

[ChickMagnet41]

MAXPAYNE4664 wrote:

I always wanted to go watch Sum 41 play in a concert but now that Dave's gone, I don't know how they'll play their songs that has solos. I doubt Deryck can play them good enough while worrying about the singing and stuff. But who knows? Sum 41's a very unpredictable band and they might surprise me at the end

*well enough* ...sorry it was bugging me...

anyway yeah im not sure about this new album. I've liked sum 41 since i was 7. I have since grown out of the pop-punk genre but i still enjoy dtli and chuck. This will probably more pop-punk now that daves gone...

[Dingoman]

Sounds fun.Sum 41 was one of those first bands i listened too and learned to play guitar off of.Im sure theyll find a sub guitarist for daves place,but itll definently be diffrent.Should be fun though.

[Ikilledkenny]

Awesome,I can't wait. It just won't be the same without Dave though.

[WhiteLightning]

i dont think id want to listen to this one since dave is gone, ya know? but i might try it out...

[HavokStrife]

Punk_Ninja wrote:

This is going to be cool, i agree with out Baksh it won't be the same he added a metallic edge to the group which made it good, but it should still be good, i'll just have to wait and see how it turns out, cos a lot of bands have been ruined recently, trivium, green day, Metallica arent what they used to be, etc

Why the hell does everyone always have to bring every god damn genre in when they have to flame a band..

Everyone on this board is so under 15...

But yeah, I'm super curious to find out what they're gunna sound like as a 3 piece now.

[ihaterap69]

if oyu go to youtube, they have rehearsal videos of 2 songs at last check, and they sound like they should be in AKNF. Should be good. I saw them on the Go Chuck Yourself tour, and yeah, Dave was awesome.

[MAXPAYNE4664]

Here's a couple links to two rehearsal videos of Sum 41's new album

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USEJGLJOrjI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJl02HZTgjE

[metal_man12]

Here's a couple links to two rehearsal videos of Sum 41's new album

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USEJGLJOrjI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJl02HZTgjE

ahhhhh sounds good, still wont be the same without dave

[zeptallica06]

I think that it's good that Sum 41 is moving on and continuing without Dave. Yes, Dave was a great guitarist but the latter side of things is that he's gone. What is the rest of the band supposed to do ? pack things up and call it quits ?

I give these guys credit for doing what there doing and AKNF was a great album and I kinda got into the song "Pieces". I wish them luck and think I may checkout the new CD when it hits the stores.

[boxcarblink94]

dave was cool but i really hope they go back to a classic all killer style.... i dug the metal stuff but not nearly as much...

[MESAexplorer]

If he does solos on the CD more than likely he's gonna have two guitar parts going at once so it shouldn't be a big deal.

Adam Jones, Jimmy Page, Dimebag Darrell are a few lone guitarists. The new album shouldn't be any different.

[aperfectshot176]

they are not punk so many ppl around where i live think they are. they are a good band none the less. i give credit to them for movin on without replaceing the lead guitarist

[7_seven_7]

this album will suck without dave, chuck was my favourite sum album, and maybe my opinion is a tad biased cos i'm a bit of a metalhead, but nevertheless i hav seen them live and watched heaps of videos of them playing live and deryck's voice sucks. whereas if you watch them play the metallica medley at the MTV awards a few years back, deryck's voice was perfectly suited to the metallica songs he was singing. i rekon they should go to the 'metal' side of things.. as much flaming as they'll get... thats just what i rekon they'd sound better doing. but hey, for all you pop/punk dudes, that would be a nightmare for you if all killer was your fave album. i thought it was boring, most of the songs sounded the same. chuck was very diverse and i loved it, especially the bitter end.

[MAXPAYNE4664]

Yeah I remember watching that Metallica Medley thing on youtube. Deryck's voice was pretty awesome when they did performance.

[darkfire_storm]

The Novice wrote:

Wow.. he looks like he's 40 yrs old..

getting married will do that to ya.

[Rockboy1040]

Hell yeah! New album, I thought those guys broke up and werent a band anymore. Cant wait to hear the new 20 songs Deryck wrote.

[anthonyd3ca]

can't wait to hear the new stuff

[puremayhem]

first off i have to say that Chuck is indiputably their best album so far and if you don't think so you should probally grow up alittle, most of the songs on their other cds lack any meaning whatsoever and are alittle repetitive. i'm not saying that they're other albums weren't good, i still enjoy AKNF a few of their other songs every now and then. more on topic since dave is gone i kinda imagine the album turning out like a mix between chuck and AKNF. hopefully they can find someone who can play the solos and keep the band going in the right direction

[urrynater]

darkfire_storm :
The Novice wrote:

Wow.. he looks like he's 40 yrs old..


getting married will do that to ya.

and the fact that all of the guys in Sum 41 get slammed after everyshow could have something to do with it. Actually i lied...they get slammed BEFORE and AFTER every show. haha. I still love their music though.

[sprinks41]

Sum 41 will be absolutely fine! Anyone that is saying that their new album won't be as good because Dave is gone and he provided all their metal sounding stuff, you're wrong. On the Sum 41 message board on their site, Deryck mentioned that Dave never really had anything to do with the band for a long time now. He said, which is true, that in order to make a great record, everyone involved has to be excited, and that Dave's excitement was pretty much gone after All Killer, No Filler. And it's very obvious on Chuck, when you see pictures of the band and/or watch them live from the Chuck era, you can easily tell that Dave looks bored and unhappy. Deryck also mentioned that HE is the one who wrote all those riffs, and even played most of them on the albums. So when you listen to a Sum 41 record, a lot of the guitar sounds that you hear is all from Deryck. And he said that Dave will say the same thing, which he already has. Dave mentioned in an interview with MuchMusic that writing guitar solos was the only thing he really did in the band. And he also said not to worry about if the next album will be good or not, because as long as Deryck, Cone, and Steve are still together, even though he's no longer there, he believes it will still be a great album.

[fireliar90]

i cant wait for the new album. im still a teen and grew up with sum's old music. i really didnt like chuck. i admit their music surely grew with maturity, but i liked the old sound better. their new albums suppose to sounds like the first 2, which are my fav, so im pretty excited to hear it.

[stumaster18]

SSDDPunkRocker wrote:

oh, by the way, his name is spelt 'deryck', not 'derek'.

shut the **** up and reat the article

[stumaster18]

by the way, it's gonna be ****ing awesomeeeee. can't wait!! I didnt like Dave anyways.

[greasemonkey]

i dunno about this, without dave's influence and everything. i think chuck is their greatest album and is the height of their sound.

sure they saw themselves as a 'machine'... but i still loved it

[jammer-91]

Did deave contribute even one song?
When is 2007 is the album comin out. They should release it in christmas or new year...

[lyrixgirl]

stumaster18 wrote:

SSDDPunkRocker wrote:

oh, by the way, his name is spelt 'deryck', not 'derek'.


spelling matters too you moron,but besides that,i got chuck first,then got their older albums,kinda wierd,but i like chuck the most,its more metalish,and less poppy.
shut the **** up and reat the article

[miketheman401]

i hope they go back to the all killer 1/2 an hour of power sound

checked

[LaLaLaLoopy]

The best thing about these guys for me anyway, is they dont take them selves too seriously and its about having fun. I think with Chuck, they lost some of that vibe but musically had risen to a higher level,

[guitarist41]

MESAexplorer wrote:

If he does solos on the CD more than likely he's gonna have two guitar parts going at once so it shouldn't be a big deal.

Adam Jones, Jimmy Page, Dimebag Darrell are a few lone guitarists. The new album shouldn't be any different.

Deryck says that the new album will be written for two guitars and will put in solos when ever the songs calls for one. Which should be quite often. He wrote the Hell Song solo.

[Emma_Loves_Cops]

I hope this album is good. I wonder if its gonna sound any different since Dave left.... hmmmmm..... guess ill have to wait!

[parkerguitars24]

maybe derek will get avril to help out on this one.(For those who don't know Derek is married to Avril Lavigne)

[operation ktulu]

i hate avril

[operation ktulu]

this cd will hopefully be like all killer no filler and does this look infected

[Curtis_Sum_41]

Ok, Sum 41 ****in rocks im a massive ****ing fan, Dave did nothing on the albums thats a part of the reason of why he left, Deryck played all the guitar on the album's, Deryck wrote all the music, wrote all of the lyrics and wrote virtually every solo, Dave was thier pretty much for the live shows, now that he has left somebody will replace him and do just a good a job, Sum 41 will still be the same and sound the same to an extent but will look abit different on stage. Some people may of said something like this or similar in the above posts but i havnt read them all, and to the moron/s saying that Avril will help out on this album, all i can say is WHAT THE FUCK, she has absolutely no talent whtsoever vocally or on the guiatr so how could she help out, if anything, which actually is occuring is that Deryck is helping out with Avrils up encoming album, so teeny boppers saying that stuff like "avril is a punkkkk rawk rawker punk hardcore chiccckkk!!!", get a life and learn something about music and grow up, and come back when you know the facts. Peace, Sum 41 rocks, Curtis 41 www.myspace.com/curtis_sum_41

[Nirvana62277]

Baksh was a guitarist i admit that but now that hes gone Sum 41 CAN STILL BE THE BAND PEOPLE SAY THEY ARE AND THATS "Freakin Awesome band" nobody can compare to what Sum 41 has accomplished with over 1,000,000 cds sold across the world

[Bucky666]

SSDDPunkRocker wrote:

look at bands like red hot chili peppers though. killer solos and whatnot with only one guitar. backing guitar is just added for the other guy to have something to do.

i also agree that they werent much of a band, although i thought 'does this look infected?' was their best album.

I don't think derek can solo that well, but we'll see I guess