Warp Tour Interviews

[Heather]

Maybe we can sticky this, because I'm sure this is the first of MANY

Chat Attack - Steve & Cone
- bus troubles, touring

The Star - Deryck
- success, piano driven song, avril, paris

Myspace News - Deryck
- Warped Tour discussion

PopEater - Cone
- car wreck song,

IndyConcerts - Deryck
touring, bus, writing, drinking

BlareMagazine - Steve and Cone
re-connecting with fans, studio, new album topics, creativity

ClevelandRock - Steve and Cone
tour talk, album release date info, 12 min song discussion

SpinLiveWeekly - Steve and Cone
writing style, Jessica Kill, future touring, views towards music on the internet, fan experiences

Dying Scene - Steve and Cone
Warp, Sumfuk, album theme, how the band has changed, recording process

JoonBug - Steve
Warp's success, Skumfuk, album title, A&D songs, Steve's producing

CityBeat - Steve
bands on Warp, Jessy, recording process, Steve's producing

SouthFloridaInsider - Cone and Tom
Tom's opinion about album sound, music video talk

HiddenAgenda - Steve and Cone
Skumfuk, 2 song titles - Screaming Bloody Murder and Blood in My Eyes

WhatsUpPub - Steve
- touring, congo, we're all to blame amateur video, new album

Sum 41
Canadian alterna-punks Sum 41 are best known in the States for their 2001 hit, “Fat Lip,” but that song’s sunny pop-punk sound and gauche lyrics don’t do them justice. Their sound delves into metal and alternative, and they’ve taken up social causes musically and philanthropically; a stop in the Congo in 2004 had them dodging gunfire at a hotel. They’re touring as they polish off their fifth album; we caught up with drummer Steve Jocz.

Q. At more than 300 shows a year, what keeps you going?
Booze helps. Your body and brain go completely numb around show 125 anyway …

Q. You’ve had quite a few extreme experiences touring. What’s the craziest thing that’s happened to you on a Warped Tour?
Fletcher from Pennywise shoved some dude’s ponytail into my mouth once … after cutting it off the guy’s head first, of course.

Q. Your experience in the Congo was motivated by your work with War Child Canada. Are you still involved with the organization?
We’ve done a few things with them since our trip to the Congo. We built a school there in 2007. They are a fantastic organization. Check them out here: warchild.ca.

Q. Norwegian sixth-graders, as it turns out, know how to rock out. What’d you think when you first saw that video submission of kids performing to “We’re All To Blame”?
It was so badass. I was a little frightened while watching it, to be honest. I’m scared Deryck might replace me with that drummer.

Q. What can fans expect from the new album?
The album sounds awesome. It’s eclectic – heavy, soft, fast slow, fun, badass. We’re really excited for everyone to hear it!

[PTswim41]

pretty good interview. yeah theres going to be a lot more of these throughout the tour

[spider-man]

hmm I know that he was just joking, but does anyone else find it kinda weird that deryck seems to have the power to replace any given member?

[Emil]

Deryck seems like a complete control frak so i'm not surprised.

[Aaron]

never heard the term alterna-punk before lol cool interview

[FuckT41182]

omg :D:D Stevo is afraid that Deryck will fuck him off of the band :) I laughed as hell on that one :)

[Boni]

I'll sticky this if you keep editing the post with all the different interviews.

Good find by the way. Love the whole replacement thing :D

[Heather]

^^ yeah sure, I'll try to post any I come across

[Simon]

omg :D:D Stevo is afraid that Deryck will fuck him off of the band :) I laughed as hell on that one :)

Have you watched the video? The kid was hilarious..

Steve's interviews are always entertaining, especially if the questions are good and he is in a chatty mood.

[jsd2]

Have you watched the video? The kid was hilarious..

can someone post a link please?

[Jake-41]

I dunno about no link or nuffin.. But sum 41 favored it on their youtube channel.

[Simon]

Have you watched the video? The kid was hilarious..

can someone post a link please?

http://www.youtube.com/sum41#p/f/0/YSxvz0rMbdQ

[Jeremy Kill]

We’ve done a few things with them since our trip to the Congo. We built a school there in 2007.

Did they actually do the labour or just provide the funds? I remember reading they just donated money, but if they actually helped in building the school, that would've been just as cool. Though, I don't remember hearing about that in 2007, so I was just wondering.

[Emil]

We’ve done a few things with them since our trip to the Congo. We built a school there in 2007.

Did they actually do the labour or just provide the funds? I remember reading they just donated money, but if they actually helped in building the school, that would've been just as cool. Though, I don't remember hearing about that in 2007, so I was just wondering.

Yeah i can see Deryck building something. If he weren't a rockstar i bet he would be a blue collar worker.

[FuckT41182]

omg :D:D Stevo is afraid that Deryck will fuck him off of the band :) I laughed as hell on that one :)

Have you watched the video? The kid was hilarious..

Steve's interviews are always entertaining, especially if the questions are good and he is in a chatty mood.

Yes ...as I am the one who posted the video here and made the topic

[chiben18]

Yeah i can see Deryck building something. If he weren't a rockstar i bet he would be a blue collar worker.

ME TOO

[GonoszMano]

Yeah i can see Deryck building something. If he weren't a rockstar i bet he would be a blue collar worker.

ME TOO

I can't imagine him lifting anything heavy.

[Simon]

I'm sure he would be quite useful after all the years of throwing guitars around.

[Jeremy Kill]

Maybe pre-hernia Deryck, but post-hernia Deryck probably wouldn't last long.

[Simon]

Oh right, totally forgot about that..