Sum 41 Warped Tour Update 12- Cone goes Crazy and Brown Tom Again!

Sum 41 Warped Tour Update 11 - Stevo's Birthday!

Sum 41 Warped Tour Update 10 - Pre-show warm up

Sum 41 Warped Tour Update 9 - Brown Tom Again!!

Sum 41 Warped Tour Update 8 - Tour Manager Chris Comes Back!!

Sum 41 Warped Tour 2010 Update 7 - Tour Manager Leaves!

Sum 41 Warped Tour 2010 Update 6- Tour manager gets duct taped

Sum 41 Warped Tour 2010 Update 5 - Sum 41 and the Hurricane

Sum 41 Warped Tour 2010 Update 4

Sum 41 Warped Tour 2010 Update 3

Cone's side project Operation M.D.'s new album now out on I-tunes!

Get Operation M.D's brand new album, Birds + Bee Stings, on I-tunes!

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/birds-bee-stings/id377157963

Sum 41 Warped Tour 2010 Update 2- San Francisco and the Bus Driver

Sum 41 Warped Tour 2010- 'The First Day'

Sum 41 Warped Tour 2010- Meet Sum 41's 46th Tour Manager

"SONG FOR AFRICA - RWANDA RISES UP" OUT NOW

Cone's side project "Operation MD" have recorded a song called "We Stand" for a charity album called "Song For Africa - Rwanda Rises Up". The album is out today on iTunes in Canada.

This is a great cause for a great charity organization. Go buy the album on iTunes now!

Sum 41 to Host 'Love Line' on Thursday June 24th

Tune in to “Loveline” Live Thursday, June 24 for VANS WARPED TOUR week.

We will join host Dr. Drew Pinksy to discuss this summer’s tour kicking off on Friday, June 25, in Carson at Home Depot Center.

For “Loveline” stations/times in your area, log onto: LoveLineShow.com .

In Southern California, “Loveline” airs from 10:00pm--12:00am on KROQ (106.7 FM). for show tickets click here.

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Sum 41's Top 10 tweets (they're hilarious)

Here are Sum 41’s top 10 tweets:

1. That trip to the proctologist was a total bummer
2. Jack In The Box sounds like a porn title.
3. I feel like Willy Wonka would have diabetes.
4. The #Ipad sounds like a high-tech feminine product
5. The name Minnie Driver sounds like a fairly accurate depiction of my sexual performance.
6. The word "shampoo" sounds like it would do anything but clean your hair. 
7. My dishwasher is like a woman. It only cycles once a month.
8. Pop music is like a bad sushi roll. It's trendy and it may appear good at first. But it's completely unsatisfying in the end.
9. Stay in school... unless your a pedophile. then leave that school immediately.
10. I tried to learn about insomnia but I kept falling asleep.

ps. follow Sum 41 on twitter.com/sum41 

SUM 41 Studio Update 34

Cone's side project, Operation MD is set to release a new album. Read about "Birds + Bee Stings"

http://www.chartattack.com/news/86136/sum-41-bassist-releasing-another-operation-md-album

We're All to Blame video by 6th graders from Norway

the Man, the Legend, the Brown-Tom

Brown Tom joined Sum 41 in March 2007.  He is a Canadian punk legend and founding member of Gob, one of Sum 41’s favorite bands.  Along with our kick-drum, Brown Tom may be the smartest member of the Sum 41 team.  Here is proof:

Brown Tom, what are your 3 favorite albums of all time? 

Brown Tom: “It's nearly impossible to choose 3 favorite albums. Here's a bunch of albums that I think are great and had a pretty big influence on me as a musician/songwriter.

John Lennon-Plastic Ono band

David Bowie- Hunky Dory

Circle Jerks- Group Sex

Jawbreaker- Dear You

Elliott Smith- Either/Or

Lauryn Hill- The miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Guns and Roses- Appetite for Destruction

The Zombies- Odessey and Oracle”

Brown Tom, what are 2 of your favorite books of all time?

Brown Tom: “Some writers that I am into...

Charles Bukowski- Everything he wrote was amazing. I'm especially a fan of his short stories. "The most beautiful woman in town" "Tales of ordinary madness" "Hot water music"

Jack Kerouac. almost anything that he has written is a great read. "On the Road" "Subterraneans" "Desolation Angels" Dharma Bums" 

William S Burroughs. One of my favorites is "Interzone", filled with journal entries from the writer. Burroughs is an extremely dark, despicable individual. Somehow this book this book made his seem more endearing. 

"Love and Rockets" comics. I enjoy all the stories in these compilations from Gilbert, Jaime and Mario Hernandez but I am particularly into the "Locas" stories written by Jaime. The stories are centered around the on and off again relationship between the lesbian Hopey and bi-sexual Maggie, Los Angeles girls in the 80's with a penchant for punk rock. Simply drawn, stories about life, love, rock and roll, sex. What more could you want?

Any comic by Daniel Clowes is brilliant. He has written "Eightball" "Ghost world" "Wilson"

Another favorite comic artist of mine is Yoshihiro Tatsumi. Although "comic artist" doesn't really do him justice, his stories are some of the most interesting, thought-provoking, darkest writing I've ever read. These books have all been translated into English and are  all amazing: 

"The push man and other stories" "Abandon the old in Tokyo" "A drifting life" "Good-bye"

Another favorite writer is Voltaire. My favorite stories are "Candide" "Zadig" and "Micromegas"

Written in the 1700's but still relevant and hilarious today.” 

Sum 41's favorite albums of all time

As we finish recording, our new album has quickly become the most badass Sum 41 album to date.  With that in mind, heres our favorite, non-Sum 41 albums of all time. 

Cone:

The Clash- London Calling

David Bowie- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars 

Elliott Smith: From a Basement on a Hill 

Stevo:

Verve Jazz Master 17

Verve Jazz Master 53

The Essential Willie Nelson 

Deryck: 

Oasis - Definitely Maybe 

the Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street 

Elliott Smith - From a Basement on a Hill  

We can't wait to start touring.  We can't wait for you guys to hear our new album.  We can't wait to start rocking again. 

*the Sums 

5 things Sum 41 thinks about before playing Warped Tour

One: Showering- On Warped Tour, a working shower is a luxury, and that gives me a perfect excuse to stop showering all together.  In the non-Warped World, I shower only because society tells me to.  

Two: Laundry- Laundry is almost non-existent on Warped Tour.  Though this may be mute point, I haven’t washed my jeans in over a month and I have a washing machine 10 feet away from me.  

Three: Food- The last time I tried cooking I ended up with food poisoning, and I was making dry cereal.  On Warped Tour, someone else does the cooking for us.

Four: The other bands- Besides for listening to other rad bands, we get to drink with other people for once.  

Five: Playing live- The Warped Tour packs more shows in less days than any other tour, which is why we love to do it.  In case you haven’t heard, Sum 41 loves to tour and rock the shit out of places.  Most importantly, we will have some new material to play. 

Ps. Our new album is coming out soon and it rocks. 

pps. check out sum41.com, myspace.com/sum41, facebook.com/sum41, and twitter.com/sum41 for more updates 

Update from Deryck Whibley

Important Update

It’s unfortunate to say but we are forced to postpone some upcoming European Tour dates.  Stevo was in a minor accident yesterday and is unable to get on a airplane to fly to Europe to perform. Anyone who knows our band, knows that touring is our life and is the primary reason we play music.   We are completely and utterly bummed out and we all wish Stevo a speedy recovery.

We want to sincerely apologize to our fans in the cities we can’t make it to and we promise to return to them in a few months.  We will reschedule any dates that we unfortunately had to cancel in Europe asap.

See you all soon.

The Sums

The Recording Process

Our band loves to play live. We love to play our music in front of people, which is why we sometimes tour for over a year consecutively. This new music is going to be rocking and badass to play in front of everyone. The creative energy is still flowing, and the songs are getting better and more badass. Tom Lord-Alge has breathed new life into the album, and we are all super excited. We wanna make this the best sum 41 album ever. Then tour, tour, and tour some more. Basically, we cant wait to play this new shit in front of you guys.

*the sums

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Miami lifestyle

We are in Miami right now mixing with the legendary Tom Lord-Alge.  We have mixed a couple songs already, and he has totally given the songs a great vibe.  Its really cool seeing the music transform and take shape.  The record sounds different almost every time i hear it.   

Speaking of transforming, I have totally adopted the Miami lifestyle.  I've gotten totally buff, sunbath constantly, and wear a gold chain with no shirt.  Someone on the street mistook me for a young  Hulk Hogan.  

Check out our tour dates, we are adding more shows almost everyday.  And get ready to be bombarded with more blogs, videos, and tweets.  No doubt you will get sick of our personalities, but at least your gonna have some new, badass Sum 41 music to listen to. 

*the Sums

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EUROPEAN TOUR HIGHLIGHT VIDEO / APRIL 2010

European in Your Pants: We’re Back

Our short European tour was the perfect way to kick-start this new album cycle. From our sold out dates in Italy, Germany, and Luxembourg, to playing for 20,000+ fans in Belgium, it was the ultimate refresher course in the School of Rock.

We are now on a short break while Deryck finishes up vocals on the album. Then it’s back for European in Your Pants Part Duex and straight into the Vans Warped Tour. Everyone is totally stoked about the albums new sound, and we can’t wait for you guys to hear it.



I can’t give many details on the album or Deryck will kick me out of the band, but I can tell you it’s bigger, darker, and more aggressive than anything we have ever done. It’s definitely my favorite Sum 41 album, and it will be released this summer.

* The Sums, here to provide some musical distraction from all the other shit going on out there.

Ps. As always, check us out on twitter.com/sum41 www.sum41.com and myspace.com/sum41 for more blogs and updates

European In Your Pants tour update 4

'like a fine wine, sum41 gets better with age' said a woman named Valveeda after our headlining show in in Munich. She was missing two front teeth, had a wooden leg, and promised to 'show us the goods' for 20 Euros.

As i watched my bandmates do soundcheck while I had a much deserved pedicure, I realized I couldn't agree more. We have been doing this for 14 years now and our live show is damn good.



We just finished playing Vienna and Germany, next we play Luxembourg. I heard a member of the Lux royal family plans to attend. Though my source on this information was Valveeda, so don't quote me.


* the sums

ps. Follow us on Twitter.com/sum41 to instantly find out if royality came to the show.

European In Your Pants tour update 3

So far, this short tour has been badass. We haven't been to Europe in a few years, and the crowds have been really into the show. Like Bob Dylan said, 'at times in my life, the only place I have been happy is when I am on stage.' Actually, that sounded kinda sad. We are pretty happy dudes most of the time, but touring is like natures prozac for us.





We had a day off in Vienna. We walked around, grabbed some food and drank some great Austrian wine. Sometimes, we rarely get to see much of the cities we play. Zurich to Vienna was a long drive. The bad news is, there's nothing to do on the bus.

The good news is, there is always plenty of booze around.




In the afternoon Deryck had some phone interviews to do, so we snuck up to the roof of our hotel, brought some booze, and did them up there. As usual, we got in trouble. Sum 41 rarely gets allowed to return to the same hotel.

*The Sums

ps. for more constant tour updates, follow us www.twitter.com/sum41. We cant guarantee it will be informative whatsoever

STUDIO UPDATE 33

European In Your Pants tour update 2

We almost missed our show last night in Italy, but the Rock Gods beat out the Volcano Gods, and got us there somehow. Here are a few highlights of our 33 hour trip from LA to Milan:

- Leaving the US, our plane stops mid take-off to avoid being landed on by another 747. It results in us being stuck on the tarmac for two hours.

- We are deemed 'too drunk' by the italian flight crew on our flight to Rome and they stop serving us alcohol, so we begin bribing other passengers to get us wine. The crew then stops serving the entire plane alcohol. Needless to say, if we did have any Sum 41 fans on the flight, they now hate us.

- We land in Rome, only to discover all the flights, trains, and buses to Milan are completely booked out, so we drown our sorrows in Italian wine and Jack while our tour manager calls to cancel the show

- Drunkily, someone gets the idea to buy a train ticket to somewhere else, and board the train to Milan anyways. Thus, with baggage in hand, Sum 41 enters a sold out train with no tickets. Naturally, we went to the first class section because it had an open bar.



- The 4 hour train ride is a little hazy, but it consisted of sleeping in hallways, arguing with Italian police, and more Italian wine. Moments before we get arrested, we arrive in Milan and jump off the train.

- We arrive to the venue with 10 minutes to spare, and rocked the shit out of that pizza parlor.



*

The Sums

ps. follow us on sum41.com/twitter for more updates/bad jokes/ humorous observations

Studio Damages

Studio Damages Report:

- CB2 Patio Set (thrown in pool on multiple occasions-smashed-torn-bent/broken-rusted--whole set had to be replaced)
Mainsail Umbrella
Resort Sectional
Blindfold Dining Tables
Blindfold Chairs
Bask Sun Loungers




- BJURSTA sideboard from IKEA (Jack Daniels bottles super-glued to top-wood destroyed)

- Scooper Barstool from Target (severely cracked – destroyed)



- JULES chair from IKEA (cracked)
- Artificial Japanese Maple in Silver Pot from Pier 1 (cracked base, branch torn off-glueable I guess but looks like crap-need to replace)
- Door to bedroom + lockset/hinges/hardware (missing entirely…we think it was thrown down the hill and picked up by LA Sanitation)
- Glass Vase from Target (shattered-thrown out) ]
- Gas Bills (Pool heater turned up to 104 degrees > pool is not a big hot tub-it’s a heated pool-but the boys kept the heat on MAX for 2 months and used it like a hot tub-)
- Paper Lamp Shade from Target (burned/missing)
- Refrigerator Ice Maker (cracked, unusable, unfixable)
- Window blinds (bent/cracked-replaced) Rug from West Elm (stained-won’t come out-need to replace)
- Stains on walls/ceiling (painted to fix)
- Stains on patio tile from rusting furniture (scrubbed to clean)

European In Your Pants tour update

The bad news, today we have a 14 hour flight to Italy. The good news, the jet has booze (Deryck made us call ahead and check). Most of us hate flying so we try to get as inebriated as possible-- all the while trying to avoid entering the bathroom with Brown Tom and joining his infamous mile high club.

First show is at the Alcatraz in Milan. I can't remember if we've ever played there, but I can only assume it doubles as a pizza parlor and illegal casino. On a more serious note, it feels good to be on the road again. Playing live is what we do best. Check out twitter.com/sum41 for more constant, inane, and mildly humorous road updates.

* The Sums

STUDIO UPDATE 32

Studio Update 31

Deryck's 30th Bday!

Stevo's AP Blog from SXSW

DAY 2 -I don't know why, but for some reason, I thought this was the best way to start off the day yesterday:

I am truly terrified to see how it comes out the other end.

After that calorie bomb, Cone [Jason McCaslin, bass] and I hit the hotel gym to try and clear up any clogged arteries. I'm listening to Metallica and I can only imagine that Cone is rocking out to the new Justin Bieber record. I hear it's awesome.



Deryck [Whibley, vocals/guitar] and I went out and did some interviews after. The first one was with Delta Airlines. They were really cool, but charged us for drinks and wouldn't give Deryck a pillow (the one with the "D" in the background as per Airline policy). I don't know what I'm saying in that photo, but I'm sure it was profound shit.



The next interview was with Best Buy, and it was pretty awesome because they gave us Vodka (which I'm sure has something to do with why this blog is a day late).



Afterwards, we hit 6th Street and I got my first taste of SXSW. I got to meet the devil. I love his work.



Don't mess with... Canada? (That doesn't really have the same ring to it.)



We even got to help GWAR promote their show.

The show we played at Maggie Mae's was badass. I don't have any pictures because I was busy rockin'. But if Metallica, Iron Maiden and AC/DC had a baby, it would be about as wicked as our performance last night.

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Stevo's AP Blog from SXSW

"We're very excited to be here for SXSW! This is our first time playing and we're looking forward to getting drunk and stumbling around the streets of this fine capitol city. An inebriated friend of ours has already fallen down and sprained her right boob, so it sounds like the festival is off to a great start.

Friday we're playing at Maggie Mae's around midnight. We just got back to the hotel from rehearsing at the Music Lab here in Austin. I didn't really focus on practicing any songs but spent most of the time working on kickass "rock faces" for tomorrow's show. This one is sure to create a hurricane of brassieres raining down onto the stage:

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STUDIO UPDATE - DAY 2 OF BASS

STUDIO UPDATE - START OF BASS

Studio Update - Final Day Of Drums

Sum 41 Day One - Again!

HELP THE PEOPLE OF HAITI

A few days ago Haiti was struck by a huge earthquake that has killed over 100,000 people. Please go to one of these sites and help by making a donation. The Country is in desperate need of help. 

A New Years Message From Cone

Well, its a new decade now. Hard to believe our first EP "Half Hour Of Power" came out a decade ago in 2000. It really does seem like yesterday that we were 4  twenty year olds hoping in a van and leaving our small suburb home town of Ajax to go out and tour endlessly to get our band noticed and heard. I am turning 30 this year and I'm still just as excited about this band and the new music we are making as I was back then. Things are changing and evolving and its a pretty exciting time. The last 10 years have been some of the best times of my life. If I think back over the last 10 years, some pretty crazy shit happened in this band and in the world. I'm sure you all know the things I'm talking about. I could list tons of things off the top of my head but I'll spare you that. I want to thank all you fans, the ones that were around from the beginning and the new ones that we have just made for the support over the past decade. We are going to keep on going as long as people are still listening and want more new Sum 41. This band started in 1996 and we are still having a great time making music and touring together. I hope I can write another note like this to you all in 2020! I'm going to go now and I just want to say we will see you all soon. The new album will out this year and the touring monster of Sum 41 will be back on the road and playing for all of you. Thats all. Till then......................

         Cone McCaslin

Studio Update Day 13 - Final Pre-Production Day

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Day 11 - Studio Update

DERYCK ON STAGE W/CAMP FREDDY

Deryck performed with Camp Freddy at the Roxy on Friday. He played Rebel Yell w/ Steve Stevens (Billy Idol) and Steve Jones (Sex Pistols)! NIce!!

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Studio Update on The Eighth Day

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Breakfast Of Champions

The only way to start off right after a booze filled night...

Sum 41 Day Five

"Are you the pool guy?" 

Sum 41 Day Six

Cone

Sum 41 Day Four

"Please don't cry Tom."  

Sum 41 Day Three

"Who's at the door?"

Sum 41 Day Two

"It's only day two?"
 

Sum 41 Day One

SUM41 is back in the studio! Check in everyday to see what they are up too!

New Website

New sum41.com redesign with all the Bells & whistles coming very soon! We aredumb so it took a while to learn how to turn on the computer..