SUM 41 CONGO SCARE HITS MTV

Rocked: Sum 41 in Congo is set to make its public premiere on MTV on September 21 to coincide with the United Nations International Day Of Peace. The documentary follows the band through their turbulent tour of the Congo region in Africa where the band almost got killed.

The band was rescued by a worker of War Child Canada, and they were there to lend their support to the cause of shedding light on how the war in the Congo affects the children of the country. Sum 41 was caught in a crossfire, and drummer Steve O talked about how they look back on the harrowing experience.

“Now because we made it out of the Congo without…nobody got hurt or killed or anything — now we can look back and to deal with it you sort of joke around and you make stupid jokes and we have funny anecdotes or whatever, but really it wasn’t funny at the time. There’s nothing funny about it. But now you look back and it’s like… just to deal with it we joke around, I guess. That’s sort of the only thing that’s happened. By doing that you’re detatching yourself from it in a way.”

The 30 minute documentary was edited down from its original form, and Deryck Whibley, Sum 41’s lead singer, added, “Our being there, hearing the bullets around us, the mortar fire, the injured being brought in for medical treatment, it reinforced our belief that more must be done to prevent war and protect innocent civilians.”

Rocked: Sum 41 in Congo is set for a worldwide DVD release later this fall.