Subject: Sum41

• Rotation: Avril Lavigne

  April 12, 2007

• The Last Picture Show

  Now playing At the Drive-In: The Rise of Sparta

  August 1, 2002

• Rock and Roll Dream Team

  Forget the office-football draft, dude. Here's a far cooler way to waste your time and your employer's money.

  August 26, 2004

• Five Spot: Axl Rose is Not Impressed by Dr Pepper's Fun and Games

  Welcome back to Five Spot. Every week, we'll examine a recent bit of music news and list five reasons why it's either brilliant or dumb-assed. Send tips to introducingliston@gmail.com.   Back in March, Dr Pepper (easily one of our favorite doctors, right behind J., Scholls and Dre) set forth a proposition to aged rockers Guns 'N' Roses: release Chinese Democracy this year and everyone in America would get a free soda. Seemed a clear enough challenge, if not a blatant publicity stunt.

  November 28, 2008

• Protest Songs for George W.

  That's my Bush!

  May 17, 2007

• Pop Quiz

  A quick check of your pop-princess savvy

  September 14, 2006

• Buzz Killer

  It's 1995 all over again...and again

  August 17, 2006

• Avril Lavigne, with Gavin DeGraw and Butch Walker

  Tuesday, August 16, at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, 2025 Lake Robbins Drive, The Woodlands, 281-363-3300.

  August 11, 2005

• Chiba Pets

  Ska-punkers Change Up may be the next Japanese sensation

  October 21, 2004

• Various Artists

  Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1 (Fat Wreck Chords)

  May 6, 2004

• Pop-Punk Penance

  A cool kid seeks heavenly redemption

  February 5, 2004

• The Fire Next Time

  Nobody knows what AFI's next album will sound like, least of all the band members

  July 17, 2003

• Punk of the Month Club

  Good Charlotte knows it's more than a passing fancy. But does America?

  May 15, 2003

• Sum 41

  Friday, November 1

  October 31, 2002

• Artist of the Week: BetterLuck

  Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to introducingliston@gmail.com.For some reason, back in 2002 we were super anti-fans of whine-rock goofballs Sum 41. We know it had less to do with them being from Canada (patriotism seems misplaced in any music argument that doesn't involve Toby Keith) and

  June 24, 2009