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There’s Heaven and Hell and somewhere between the two there’s Canada. These wildly different locales are all on the map of our conversation with Jason McCaslin, bassist for. The band returns to Houston Sunday, July 31, for a show at House of Blues and McCaslin, simply known as “Cone” to the group’s fans, discussed how each point on the map is giving Sum 41 direction going into its second quarter-century of music.
“Our sound, especially in the beginning, was a little more southern California and then yeah, as it got heavier later, maybe even New York City. I don’t really feel like we have a Canadian sound. I think it’s more of an American sound, really. We loved American bands, we loved all the Epitaph stuff and the Fat Wreck Chords stuff, so that’s kind of what we were listening to as teenagers,” McCaslin noted.
“I think it’s probably because we don’t have a Canadian sound. There are bands in Canada that have been around in Canada for 30 years or 40 years and they’ve only just been a Canadian band, that’s all they do, is just Canada. We made a conscious effort of not wanting to do that. We did not just want to be a Canadian band that just tours Canada for the rest of our life. We wanted to be international, we wanted go everywhere, and so that’s kind of what we focused on.
New music means more touring and Sum 41 plans to be on the road again once its new, ambitious record is released. Its working title isand it’s set to be a double album. The “Heaven” side is expected to showcase the band’s pop punk sound and “Hell” will be a nod to Sum 41’s love for all things metal.
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