UNDERCLASS HERO SMOOTH ALBUM FOR SUM 41 (Sept 2007)

Sum 41 have released their first album since 2004 and the band talk about the album being their smoothest to make yet.

Sum 41 have released their first album since 2004’s ‘Chuck’ and after numerous past multi platinum record sales, the band feels their latest release ‘Underclass Hero’ was their smoothest album to make yet. Sum 41 even went through a few changes during the writing phase of the album as their former guitarist quit the band unexpectedly . The band also parted ways with their long time manager and producer and decided lead vocalist and guitarist Deryck Whibley would produce their latest release.

We caught up with Cone and Deryck during a break on the road to talk about ‘Underclass Hero’ being a smooth album to make, even with all the changes.

“Deryck started doing demos in early 2006 and sending them up to me in Toronto and we would practice when I would come down every once in a while. Then we started actually recording in November of last year. I don’t know Dave quit our band last year, which was different for us so we did it as a three piece. It was actually one of the smoothest experiences in the studio we’ve ever had. Deryck produced it and we all were on the same page which we a little scattered on the last album I guess. We fired our manager and the producer who produced the last album. It was a tough experience to do ‘Chuck’ because we weren’t all on the same page with our producer and everything so this album was a lot more smooth.”

Sum 41’s ‘Underclass Hero’ debuted on the US Billboard Chart at #7, which was the bands highest charting album to date. It also peaked at #1 in the bands home country of Canada. Sum 41 has also released the video for their second single for the song ‘Walking Disaster.’ After a run of much talked performances on this years Warped Tour, the group has hit the road in support of ‘Underclass Hero’ with dates in North America and the U.K. extending until November 29th in London, England.