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Sum 41 - Does This Look Infected
by Scott Slapp

Sum 41 - Does This Look Infected 
Label: Island
Hit, *hit or Miss?:  *hit
Rating

Sum 41’s major label debut “All Killer, No Filler” may have seemed like false advertising but now we know where the filler went. 

It’s true that the band seems to have grown up a bit for this CD but the problem is they are still pretty juvenile and while the limited musical ability here would be fine for a high school band you have to wonder if major labels are simply looking for boybands with guitars instead of serious musical ability?  

On this CD Sum 41 try to squeak a little away from the whole “pop-punk” thing and inject some metal but the problem is they don’t have the chops for metal and the pop-punk is so damn played out and limited that is sounds generic. Sum 41 are nearly as lacklucker and devoid of originality as say New Found Glory but aside from some half assed attempts at metal riffing these guys don’t give us anything new and as a result they help put one more nail in the coffin of pop-punk. 

What hurts Sum 41 and pop-punk in general is the fact that it is so formulated that it’s hard to break out of the box. The same old riffs, the same sing/song vocal melodies delivered with a voice that makes you wish the singer would blow his fucking nose already. It was fun when Green Day first did it but now almost a decade later it is played out and hasn’t evolved into anything new. Sum 41 make a half assed effort to break out of the box by doing a bad Offspring imitation but the sad fact of the matter is these guys sealed their fate long ago when they jumped on the pop-punk bandwagon. Maybe they didn’t have the talent to play anything else? If they want to alienate some of their Jr High School audience and take the full dive off the cliff and go in the direction of the Offspring than they might be worth listening to but as it is they are drowning in a pool of nasal tinged vocals and simply repetitive riffs – yeah pop punk, a genre of the music that is almost as long in the tooth as rap-rock and just doesn’t have the decency of dying quietly to make room for the next trend. 
 



CD Info and Links


Tracks:
Hell Song 
Over My Head (Better Off Dead) 
My Direction 
Still Waiting 
A.N.I.C. 
No Brains 
All Messed Up 
Mr. Amsterdam 
Thanks For Nothing 
Hyper-Insomnia-Para-Condrioid 
Billy Spleen 
Hooch
 
 
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About the reviewer:
Scott Slapp is the frontman for the wanna-be grung band Greed, a practicing alcoholic and an antiMUSIC contributor

Fan Speak - Your Turn, What do you think?


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Fan Speak:

Posted by stevo32_lova:
i love sum 41 and by far they r the best band ever in my opinion!!! so u my friend can go jump off sumwhere..... p.s. stev i love u!! lol


Posted by Black Sabbath Suck:
Sum 41 is the best band ever! I'm sick of all these 'old-schoolers' that like to insult the new stuff simply because it isn't 30 years old.

What is wrong with pop-punk? The Ramones were pop-punk and all the old-schoolers love them.

Face it, Sum 41 and all punk acts are the greatest. Scott Slapp si just jealous because he isn't famous and talented like Sum 41. Have you heard the punk classic 'Haters'?
"Don't spit on me and shame yourself
Because you wish you were someone else
You look so clean but you spread your dirt
As if you think that words don't hurt"

Metal is just a pussified version of punk. Name one bassist in metal who is even a touch on the Sex Pixolts


Posted by sum 41 chick:
i love sum 41 and i think their new album chuck rocks and does this look infected jams too. my band and i jam out to their music which i play lead guitar and love learning their music. i also think derek is so cute and dave jams on the guitar and so do the others. rock on sum 41!!!


Posted by sum 41 lover:
i love sum 41 i like thier song pieces they kick ass!


Posted by sum 41 girl fans:
we think sum 41 kicks ass and their album chuck rocks rock on sim 41!!!!111


Posted by hollie:
i think that this band is hot. derek is so cute. this album is by far their best, shi@@ing on half hour of power. i give it 9 outta 10. the best songs r still waiting and thanks for nothing ta guyz


Posted by gothicangel:
if u weren't so freaking deaf u'd b able to hear the different musical soud in all pop/punk bands, ALL pop/punk bands are unique, and they rock-die in hell u butthole!(luv to all u ppl for helping Sum out!)


Posted by Painbringer:
you my friend, are one true rotten seedy rimhole. Sick, i bet your "band"(bah!) is so much better than sum 41, and until you get anywhere near their level of skill, i suggest u shut ur ugly face. As Donut said, hopefully you will fall in the fiery abyss of hell and be tortured and beaten for the rest of time. Die all you sum41 haters! 666 and peace out. ps. DIE.


Posted by donut:
all i have 2 say is farking rot, slapp you are a farking loser, maybe when you have a good record, you can pull your head outa your anus and realise that i hate you --- when you are as good as sum41, and you have a good band, then you can speak, until then, all i say to you is farking die and go straight to hell, cos thats were you belong, tormented by devils for the rest of eternity! DIE! 666!


Posted by sicsum41syco :
call me deryck 914-968-8414


Posted by sicsum41syco:
I think sum 41 is the greatest band of all time and people who don't like them can go to hell and die and if u like them for their adorable looks only u should die! oh and just to make sure if deryck see's this call me cause i really need to know if ur dating avril lavigne cause ur way to good for her!


Posted by Sum 41 Zone:
Group has over 230 Members and was once featured on Sum41.com before the "Does This Look Infected" album came out. Group Constantly Updated with the latest News, Interviews, Reviews, Gossip, Albums, Lyrics, Press Releases and Lawsuits. http://groups.msn.com/sum41zone


Posted by nikki:
yo i love sum 41 i met them before and there really nice!!!

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