VOX: How did you guys come together?

Deryck: We all met in high school, and uh, we went through high school together as friends and at the end of it we formed a band.

VOX: So it was sort of the classic guys who wanted to live the dream and be rock stars.

Cone: Yeah, we were all in different bands, rival bands, and then we formed one.

VOX: Just to get all the chicks, right?

Deryck: Yeah, well that’s the idea. [Laughing]

VOX: How about the name, Sum 41. Sounds like the answer to a math problem.

Deryck: No, we started the band 41 days into summer.

VOX: Pretty straight forward. No mystery…

Deryck: Yeah. Nothing too exciting.

Cone: That’s our interview answer. We have other answers we can use, too.

VOX: Stuff you save for the Internet chat rooms? Like that it’s something satanic or drug-related?

Cone: Yeah, that’s it.

Deryck: Yeah, four lines and one ounce or something.

VOX: How is touring going?

Deryck: It’s awesome. It’s really fun.

VOX: Everything you thought it would be?

Deryck: Yeah, I didn’t know what to expect. I thought it would be tougher. I’m having more fun than I thought I would.

Cone: Yeah, it’s great. It’s not cushin’ but we get a hotel every night. It’s like, it’s not as nice as being in a bus, but it’s pretty fun.

VOX: What’s your favorite city to play in?

Cone: San Francisco.

Deryck: To play in? This place. [The Glass House in Pomona]

Cone: Yeah, Pomona, but the nicest city…

Deryck: Oh, yeah, to live in, would be San Francisco, but playing wise is this place, this is the best club we’ve ever played at.

VOX: How many times have you played here?

Deryck: This is our third time.

VOX: Where do you see rock music heading? You obviously don’t fit into the whole rap-metal scene…

Deryck: I don’t know. I have no idea where it’s heading. It keeps going in circles - guitar rock, to electronic and back to guitar rock again. I think we’re in a guitar rock phase right now. There are lots of heavy bands right now.

VOX: What do you guys listen to in the van?

Deryck: We listen to lots of stuff…mostly rock bands, I guess. We’ve been big fans of face to face for a long time…all the SoCal punk bands…rock bands.

Cone: A lotta funny stuff, too. We listen to Tenacious D, and, umm, like today we were listening to Neil Hamburger. Do you know he is? He a comic guy. We also listen to funny stuff like that…but a lot of punk and rock…

VOX: What inspired you guys? What made you pick up the guitar?

Deryck: Ummm…just music in general. We wanted to be a part of that whole scene. We all listen to tons of different bands and we wanted to do the same type thing. Wasn’t like a specific band or person or style of music…

Cone: And we’re from a city where there’s nothing to do either. We're from like this small city outside Toronto where there’s really nothing much to do there.

VOX: What do you think of Naspter?

Deryck: I dunno. I think it’s got it’s…it’s good and bad. It’s great for bands like to get known, and it’s bad for bands that spend a lot of money and lose a lot of money. Not so much not making money, but losing the money, then it’s bad.

VOX: Losing money can be bad.

Deryck: It’s not normally a good thing.

Cone: I think a lot of bands like Napster, but a lot of record companies don’t. Like face to face is promoting Napster on this tour…

VOX: Record sales are up…

Deryck: I don’t really know enough about Napster to have a firm belief in it, but it seems like a good thing.

VOX: How about the album title - how did you arrive at that? Sounds like a religious thing…

Deryck: No, it’s just a non-stop half-hour of power.

Cone: For a long time we couldn’t play longer than half an hour.

Deryck: Yeah, really, the whole this is our set, from beginning to end. We just went in and recorded our set.

VOX: How do you guys get along?

Deryck: Great. Like best friends.

Cone: It’s easy, we’re just hanging out with friends.

VOX: What’s the next step for you guys?

Deryck: Tour. And finish the record.

VOX: What’s the Sum 41 live show like?

Deryck: Non-stop, ass-whupin’ rock. For half an hour.