G'Morrow my fellow music freaks. Normally before I let my brain take me on the roller coaster ride of doing something like writing a blog about Avril--*shudders again*--I would have simply smashed my brain to mush. But I think it's time to put my feelings about this former punk-pop-princess-turned-mainstream-sellout out into the open. But first things first: To you all A.L. fans out there, I highly suggest that you stop reading this right now because my upcoming rant is probably not going to make you all that happy.

We first learned about this Ontario native through her first single "Complicated" in summer 2002 which drew attention from both the pop and rock worlds and captured young teenage girls' hearts in the blink of an eye. And this loyal metal listener must sadly admit to giving the 17-year-old at least some respect for not being afraid to hold that girl punk appearance while dabbling in the rock and punk world and singing trash about the blond cheerleader stereotype. (Although I will note that by the highpoint of Avril's single "Sk8ter Boi" I was calling my only local rock station and telling them off for how much they were playing the annoying tune).

So while I did respect her at least a tiny bit, in my mind's calendar her sellout date was already posted and confirmed: and knowing this, I decidedly got unattached from this punk rocker.

So in the chronology of this already doomed singer we go to 2004 where she released a second album entitled "Under my Skin". This album still received good reviews among critics--including myself--in the light of the more adult themes the album dealt with; because as we all know, we cannot all remain 17 and energetic forever. So she remade herself to what seemed like a darker version of Michelle Branch and brought herself closer to her fan base of teenage girls by remaining in the persona of "it's all about me--only me". Fun stuff...

So at this point our lovely little Canadian has been pop-punk with a flare of skateboard and pop-emo version 2.0...so where does she go next? To the reaches of blond hair dye, bratty attitudes, and Sellout-ville...after marrying Deryck--Sum 41 front man. And at this point is where I sell my Sum 41 CD and then go disinfect my ears with bleach for having ever listened to them.

Enter "Girlfriend". (Which I'd like to take a minute now to note that she is being sued by a '70's band claiming that she stole the concept of "Girlfriend" from their song "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend"). And if there could be anything worse thing than having an artist that you had rated positively to be stuck in the same category with people like Hillary Duff? I didn't think it possible. Honestly: I did not. *Sigh* Enter the "Dr. Luke" remix of "Girlfriend". *Bangs her head repeatedly against a wall*. It's sad, it's tragic--hey look, it's a hip-hop endorsing Avril Lavigne!

And just to make things worse is launch.com: the music offshoot from Yahoo! (in case you weren't aware) who has featured countless renditions of this disaster single "Girlfriend": and there is now a fan video of people lip-syncing to the remixed version. (*Sigh* There should be a law...)

So where will Avril Lavigne go from here? I don't know...I think she's out of girl stereotypes to paste onto herself--maybe she'll become a tranny and move to Alabama. I can see the single now: "Just a Trailer Trash Boi".

Oh, and on an even more amusing note: if the lawsuit against "Girlfriend" wasn't enough: the band Peaches is now suing Avril for her song "I Don’t Have to Try", claiming that it holds resemblance to their 2003 hit "I'm the Kinda". If you'd like to hear the tracks that Avril is claimed to have stolen against her own tracks--just go here.

Blessed Be,

-Mysti