(4 Out of 5)

It was like only yesterday that a bunch of crazy haired, drunk Canadian boys named Sum 41 burst onto the scene.  They were like Blink 182 on stupid pills.  And once that summer of 2001 hit, mainstream punk music would never be the same.

Calling an album All Killer No Filler is gutsy, but the guys backed it up.  Bizzy, Cone, Steveo32 and Brownsound unleashed holy hell on that album, and Fat Lip became 2001’s anthem.  For the boys from Ajax, it was the beginning of a wild ride.

All the Good Shit is filled with their greatest songs.  “Fat Lip,” “In Too Deep,” and “Walking Disaster” all rocked.  “Pieces,” “Handle This,” and “With Me” evoke their more grown up sound.  They were even smart enough to include “Pain for Pleasure,” Steveo32’s ode to Tommy Lee and hair bands.

My favorite track, however, is the updated version of “Makes No Difference.”  This has always been their best song, it’s their very first known song off the Half Hour of Power CD, and the Brownsound-less new version has been remastered and sounds MUCH better on this new greatest hits CD.

There isn’t a bad song on this CD.  It is hard to believe that Sum 41 has remained popular throughout this entire decade, while many of their contemporaries have faded away.  They have moved on from crazy young punks chugging beer to insightful men with political and social views.  The crowd now entering they’re 30’s like me still remembers throwing up the Forty One Salute, and the newer crowd like my cousins Tayler and Brady loves the harder, edgier, more emotional sound they have grown into.

While Dave Brownsound has moved on, Sum 41 has continued to thrive without missing a beat.  Rumor has it a new CD is set to drop soon, and if it’s anything like the others, it will also be all killer with no filler 

By: Pauly Hammond - Contributing Writer