Sum 41 - Underclass Hero

Like his wife, Deryck Whibley knows he can catch more flies with sugar than vinegar. On his band’s latest album, Avril Lavigne’s husband offers three spoonfuls of melodic pop—each of which ends, oddly enough, in the first person: “With Me,” “Best of Me” and “Look at Me.” The U.S.-based Whibley is wise to sweeten the vitriol of such anti-Bush numbers as “The Jester” and the controversial “March of the Dogs,” which drew the ire of Rolling Stone for its reference to the killing of the president. Diplomatic punk.

July 17