Sum 41 - Does This Look Infected

Sum 41's blockbuster debut, All Killer No Filler, lifted riffs from Motley Crue and the Beastie Boys to make a formidably dumb racket, but this follow-up finds the Toronto quartet reining in its spiky-haired insolence. Drawing musical inspiration from toothy metal icons Iron Maiden and Def Leppard, Does This Look Infected? is not only meatier than its predecessor, but songs like "Still Waiting," with its opening refrain of "So am I still waiting, for this world to stop hating," and "Yesterday.com" reveal social consciousness creeping in. The album is not completely deprived of the goofy skate punk that launched the band, but it provides convincing evidence that CNN has taken over from Nickelodeon as Sum 41's preferred tour bus viewing. --Aidin Vaziri Amazon.com

Lookin' back on a classic

This CD and "All Killer No Filler" are the two classic Sum CDs in my opinion. Before that we had the amateurish "Half Hour of Power" and beyond that they lose sight of what they want to sound like. On its own, this is the best album by the boys of Sum 41, (yeah I know I said Chuck was the best when I reviewed it, but that was 4 years ago and in retrospect, Chuck's not even very good) This CD offers us a prime cut of everything that Sum 41 had put together when they built their career and explored just enough new ground to keep the old fans happy while attracting many more new ones.

Dave and Deryck's guitars were always a perfect unison, but on this CD they truly stepped it up to put together some absolutely edgy riffs. Cone's bass, even though you can't hear it all that much due to some botchy recording quality, is good like always. Dave's vocals compliment Deryck's on songs like "Mr. Amsterdam," but ultimately it's the Bizz that drives this CD along. His vocals are very appealing to the ears, because this boy can really sing, but he's got that snotty appeal that made pop-punk big around the turn of the millenium. The lyrics sound like a little kid that is frustrated with society but hasn't really grown into an activist's position yet because he doesn't know what he stands for. He sounds like someone who knows that something is wrong with the world but isn't really sure what.

This CD is awesome, and to think it's been so long that when this CD came out I was so young that my parents wouldn't let me buy it because of the PA sticker and I had to download it all illegally. Looking back 6 years this was the essence of mainstream pop-punk that is only seen today in bands that are relatively unknown like MXPX and Teenage Bottlerockets.

Highlight tracks: "Over my Head" "Still Waiting" "Hyper Insomnia Para Condroud" "My Direction" May 16, 2008

A pretty good cd

I used to be a huge fan of Sum-41. All the way through Chuck (2004) (which I liked).

This cd was their 3rd release and was the start of the bands progression from a garage punk band to a rock band. The music itself has a more experienced feel to it.

This is probably the best overall cd I think they made (through Chuck). Although none of the songs would be in my top 10 for them, it is the only cd that I actually like every song on.

I personally though, can not continue to listen to a band that believes the President should be killed, and vocalizing this, like him or not. Im not a huge Bush fan anymore, but still...its a respect for the position thing. They just took it one step to far. July 5, 2007

Guitar riffs and vocals make this band stand out!

a lot of pop-punk bands claim making great music and get overexposed musically. SUM41 makes music that defies the persona of "pop-punk", this band does punk music in their own sense and fashion with great lyrics and vocals alongside with great guitar sense. with humor and potitical chants and everything else in between, every track sounds different while sounding great! February 10, 2007

Very well put together CD.

This CD is very good. Out of 12 songs, you are most likely going to like at least 10. I can only remember 2 songs that were sort of "screamo". I'm not sure what those songs are though. But it is very good CD and is a very worth buying. Songs that stuck out to me the most were : The Hell Song - one of my favorite guitars. Over My Head (Better Off Dead) - how the lyrics are sung make this song great. Still Waiting - very fast paced and neat listening to.

But what I like most about this CD is the bonus DVD. One of the funniest things I have ever saw!!! But keep out of reach of parents...It's not music videos or anything, It's just the band fooling around and screwing with people.

Very worth buying. 10/10 July 23, 2006

Sum's Infection

The public had to wait just one year for the punk group Sum-41 to release their second Mainstream album: DOES THIS LOOK INFECTED. Sum-41 still has the constant use of distortion and at times very tiring yelling, but the guitars are better than ever. They punch out fast and yet very melodic licks. The guitars also perform their amazing in time quick rhythm changes, but with even more passing chords. The bass once again adds more to the harmony, and the drums are what keeps everything together. This time around, the vocals also progressed musicily. They perform an interesting use of counterpoint for a couple of songs. DOES THIS LOOK INFECTED is some of Sum-41's best work and shows how it helped in paving the way for more artists to state their opinion on the state of the nation in regards to 9/11. I suggest adding this punk record to your collection.

Stand out tracks include:
"The Hell Song"
"Over My Head (Better Off Dead)"
"Still Waiting"
"Mr. Amsterdam"
"Thanks For Nothing" June 30, 2006

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