Sum 41 - Does This Look Infected?

In its video for “Pain for Pleasure,” from the multi-million selling debut, All Killer No Filler, pop-punkers Sum 41 performed what looked like a heavy-metal parody, complete with wigs and leather. Turns out, the boys from Ajax, Ont. were actually paying homage to bands like Slayer. This new album jettisons their Green Day-style mix of catchy, crunchy, smart-alecky tunes in favor of head-banging riffs and such serious, Metallica-like subjects as drugs, disease and disillusionment. What a drag it is getting old.