Sum 41 Become A ‘The’ Band

Sum 41 guitarist Deryck “Bizzy D” Whibley chatted with Chart Attack about the group’s new video for ‘Still Waiting’, which will depict them as “The Sums”. “When we broke out a couple of years ago, there were about eight other pop punk bands that came out at the same time — now it’s all about The Hives, The Vines, The Strokes — so the joke is we have to become ‘The Sums’ to compete,” says Whibley. “We’re friends with all those guys — it’s not like we’re making fun of them, we’re making fun of ourselves — like we’re trying to be as cool as them but failing.” Chartattack.com has since removed the article.