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Trainwreck wrote:

Susanne wrote:

X^2 wrote:Also it may sound weird but here Good Charlotte and Simple Plan got tons of radio play few years back, I dunno' if they still do. But I've heard Sum 41 played like 5 times in radio during my life. haha. And yes, Good Charlotte and Simple Plan are horrible, horrible bands.

I think they still play Simple Plan (at least the song Summer Paradise has been a lot on the radio this spring/summer) but now that I think about it I haven't heard much Good Charlotte recently. Still, both of those bands are way more popular here than Sum 41. I have never heard Sum 41 on the radio.

Oh geez, look what I've started. Okay, maybe Sum 41 is more comparable to Yellowcard, then. Yellowcard is a band that had a huge hit with Ocean Avenue, but has since then sort of dropped off. They still make really good music, and they have their own unique sound, but they just haven't been able to replicate that success they had in the early-mid 00s.

As far as radio goes... I think it depends where you live... a lot of people on this site seem to really love the radio station around my area, which is a station called 89X, and I think that station premiered Screaming Bloody Murder, or Blood In My Eyes, or maybe it was in the UH era, and they premiered one of those songs... I forget, but regardless, they still play all of the bands that have been mentioned in this thread. They're the "new rock-alternative" station. Also, I know that there's an XM radio station that I heard Jessica Kill on when I was in my car once, and I was just kind of flipping channels because I don't really listen to XM and don't know the good stations.

I think a testament to Sum 41's popularity is the fact that even on an album that had very little mainstream success, they still had a song up for a grammy or whatever it was... with Blood In My Eyes. I think that shows that they're still somewhat in the public eye, even if they are kind of an afterthought at this point. I don't think you'd be seeing bands like Simple Plan or Good Charlotte reaching that popularity currently.

Gregorovich wrote: Believe me, rock hasn't been played on UK radio for years. Unless you count Green Day 'leaking' all their music on Zane Lowe.

Trainwreck wrote:

Gregorovich wrote: Believe me, rock hasn't been played on UK radio for years. Unless you count Green Day 'leaking' all their music on Zane Lowe.

What do they play, then, regularly?

Gregorovich wrote:

Trainwreck wrote:

Susanne wrote:

X^2 wrote:Also it may sound weird but here Good Charlotte and Simple Plan got tons of radio play few years back, I dunno' if they still do. But I've heard Sum 41 played like 5 times in radio during my life. haha. And yes, Good Charlotte and Simple Plan are horrible, horrible bands.

I think they still play Simple Plan (at least the song Summer Paradise has been a lot on the radio this spring/summer) but now that I think about it I haven't heard much Good Charlotte recently. Still, both of those bands are way more popular here than Sum 41. I have never heard Sum 41 on the radio.

Oh geez, look what I've started. Okay, maybe Sum 41 is more comparable to Yellowcard, then. Yellowcard is a band that had a huge hit with Ocean Avenue, but has since then sort of dropped off. They still make really good music, and they have their own unique sound, but they just haven't been able to replicate that success they had in the early-mid 00s.

As far as radio goes... I think it depends where you live... a lot of people on this site seem to really love the radio station around my area, which is a station called 89X, and I think that station premiered Screaming Bloody Murder, or Blood In My Eyes, or maybe it was in the UH era, and they premiered one of those songs... I forget, but regardless, they still play all of the bands that have been mentioned in this thread. They're the "new rock-alternative" station. Also, I know that there's an XM radio station that I heard Jessica Kill on when I was in my car once, and I was just kind of flipping channels because I don't really listen to XM and don't know the good stations.

I think a testament to Sum 41's popularity is the fact that even on an album that had very little mainstream success, they still had a song up for a grammy or whatever it was... with Blood In My Eyes. I think that shows that they're still somewhat in the public eye, even if they are kind of an afterthought at this point. I don't think you'd be seeing bands like Simple Plan or Good Charlotte reaching that popularity currently.

Believe me, rock hasn't been played on UK radio for years. Unless you count Green Day 'leaking' all their music on Zane Lowe.

Gregorovich wrote:

Trainwreck wrote:

Gregorovich wrote: Believe me, rock hasn't been played on UK radio for years. Unless you count Green Day 'leaking' all their music on Zane Lowe.

What do they play, then, regularly?

Genuinely, this was the only song I heard on the radio for over 2 months.

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FuckT41182 wrote:

bizzyd676 wrote:That the Sums were a bit more pop... I know its playing devil's advocate, but as my favorite band, I wish they were more heavily scrutinized and in the public eye just so we could have more stuff to be excited about.

No one makes better music to me then them, but then its so easy to forget, because their impact these days is so small.

What would it take to make the world realize how talented the Sums really are again, would it be that happier music Deryck was talking about at the end of the SBM Doc perhaps?

Its the lack of videos for this album that really left me scorned as a fan cause it was so damn good.

How could you consistently have such good music, excellent writing, and everything, but then the marketing be so lax.

They really need someone who cares about that kind of stuff imo, something as simple as a creative video, a movie scored by them, anything.

They have so much potential its crazy, even the fuckin snobs at the Grammy cant hate!

I digress tho, opinions?

hh, you serious ? Why would they need talent to be popular ? Is Lil Wayne the wanna be gangster talented ? Popularity in this industry takes away your freedom, the major labels are completely taking over the music that we are forced to listen to... and the other thing, Sum 41 are not bad, but the word excellent is out of place, if you wanna use that word, you should use it when talking about Pink Floyd, The Beatles or The Who...

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