In my opinion, Sum 41 don’t get the respect they deserve but they’re better than your average punk-rock band. The problem is that if, like me, you’re not into metal, you will like some of their songs a lot and dislike the rest. There’s no middle ground. I highly recommend you ‘Pieces’. It’s really good.
I’ve always found interesting how we end up loving certain songs we didn’t care much about at first. Muse’s songs are hard to get into at first. I still don’t like their songs that much but I really liked Dig Down, which I guess means I’m starting to appreciate Muse more. Maybe I’m becoming a fan.
And I’m with you. A relationship with Avril is probably very challenging. That being said, I doubt Deryck Whibley made things easy for her either.
Thank you as always!