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You don't need me to tell you that being a rock star is not a normal kind of job.

You live in a bubble that's as far removed from the regular 9 to 5 Monday to Friday thing as you can possibly imagine.

He spent a lot of time living in hotel rooms.

There's a lot of downtime between gigs, which can get really, really boring. And your working hours are almost

completely opposite to your natural circadian rhythms. A lot of people end up coping with bad food

and drugs and alcohol and all kinds of self-destructive behavior, anything to alleviate the boredom or the pain, or the loneliness, or the insecurities.

And because you're a rock star, there aren't many people who are going to tell you to smarten up and sort out your life.

In fact, your bad behavior is more likely to be

encouraged than policed. And it can be even worse when you get off the road. Suddenly, any day-to-day

structure you had on tour is gone. All that's left is you and your house with your bad habits.

I bring all this up because this is where we're going to pick up the story of Derek Wibley and Sum 41.

The band burned very hot and very bright from 1996 through to 2005, but then, finally, something had to give.

And it got real scary.

This is the Sum 41 story, according to frontman Derek Wibley, part two.

This is the ongoing history of new music podcast with Alan Cross.

Think before you make up your mind.

You don't seem to realize.

I can do this on my own.

And if I fall, I'll take it all.

It's so... Sum 41 from the third album, Chuck, released in the fall of 2004.

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