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Sum 41
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Background information
OriginOntario, Canada
Years active1996 - present
MembersDeryck Whibley
Jason McCaslin
Steve Jocz
Past members
Dave Baksh (1996–2006)
Mark Spicoluk (1996–1999)

Sum 41 is a Canadian punk rock band, from Ajax, Ontario. The band was formed from members of several local high school bands, 41 days into the summer of 1996. The band consists of Deryck Whibley (a.k.a. Bizzy D {lead vocals, guitar, keyboard/piano}), Jason McCaslin (a.k.a. Cone {bass and backing vocals}), and Steve Jocz (a.k.a. Stevo32 {drums and backing vocals}). Since signing a record deal with Island Records in 1999, the band has released 4 full length albums, 1 EP, and over 10 singles.

History

Early years (1996-2000)

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Sum 41 robbing a pizza place using waterguns

The members of Sum 41 started out in rival bands in high school. They joke that they met while attending a Hole concert 41 days into the summer (hence the name Sum 41) of 1996. However the current bassist, Cone, joined the band later in the year 1999, replacing Mark Spicoluk, who later played bass for Avril Lavigne, Deryck's fiancée.

The guys carried a video camera with them and filmed crazy Jackass-esque antics including, robbing a pizza place with water guns and performing a dance to "Makes No Difference" in front of an arena (both of which can be seen on both "Introduction to Destruction" and the bonus DVD from "Does This Look Infected?").

The band submitted the video footage along with their demo tapes to several record labels. Island Records, seeking a new pop-punk band in the blink-182 vein, signed Sum 41 in early 2000.

Sum 41 released their EP "Half Hour of Power" on June 27, 2000. The first single released by the band was "Makes No Difference", which had 2 different videos. The first was put together using the video clips sent into the record labels and the second had the band performing at a house party.

Mainstream success with All Killer No Filler and Does This Look Infected? (2000-2003)

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Deryck's doll in The Hell Song video

Sum 41's second CD and first full length album, "All Killer No Filler", was released on May 8, 2001. On an episode of MTV Cribs featuring Steve's house, Deryck said that the majority of the songs were written in Steve's basement. The first single released was "Fat Lip" which became a huge hit during the summer. Performances on the Warped Tour during the year further increase the popularity of the band.

Two other hit singles were released, "In Too Deep", which had a comedy video of them in a diving competition, and "Motivation", a simplistic video of the band playing in classic garage band theme. The band toured for much of the year before returning to the studio to record another CD. .

On November 26, 2002, Sum 41 released their second full length album "Does This Look Infected?" Sum 41 altered their style slightly - bringing in a heavier style, while keeping the smooth harmonies they were known for. The first single released was "Still Waiting" which had them mocking "new-garage" retro-rock under the name of "The Sums" and parodying one of The Strokes' videos.

The band followed up the release of "Still Waiting" with "The Hell Song" which had the band using dolls with their pictures on them and others such as Ozzy Osbourne and Jesus Christ. Their next single, "Over My Head (Better off Dead)", had a video released exclusively in Canada and on their website in the United States, featuring live shots of the band.

Chuck, other appearances and hiatus (2003-2006)

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Sum 41 on Late Night with Conan O'Brien

In 2003, Sum 41 did a song called "Little Know it All" with Iggy Pop on Iggy's new album Skull Ring.

In early 2004, the band contributed to the first Rock Against Bush album by recording the song "Moron" which was also a bonus track in the Japanese import of Chuck.

In June of 2004, Sum 41 was in Congo filming the half-hour MTV documentary called ROCKED: Sum 41 in Congo, which was aired on September 21 on MTV. The documentary, about the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, describes the band’s ten-day trip to the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo with War Child, a Canadian charity that provides humanitarian assistance to children affected by war. The documentary also tracks the band’s much-publicized evacuation from Congo, assisted by Canadian peacekeeper Chuck Pelletier, a United Nations peacekeeper who saved the lives of the band and 40 other civilians while the band was recording the documentary. Sum 41 later named their latest album Chuck in honour of Chuck Pelletier for saving their lives. War Child released the video on November 29, 2005 in the United States and Canada.

Sum 41's album Chuck was released on October 12, 2004 and the first single from the album (as well as the only song written after the Congo incident) was "We're All To Blame" followed by "Pieces" and "Some Say". "No Reason" was also supposed to be a single, but "Some Say" was released instead.

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Sum 41 at the 2005 Juno Awards

Sum 41 released a new live CD, called "Happy Live Surprise". The CD contains 22 songs, all recorded live from London, Ontario. "Happy Live Surprise" was released on December 21, 2005 in Japan. The band released the same CD under the name "Go Chuck Yourself" on March 7, 2006 in Canada.

Following their September 11, 2005 show in Quebec City, Ontario, the band went on a touring hiatus. Although on April 17, 2006 Sum 41 played at a tribute to Iggy Pop, joining Iggy on stage for "Little Know It All" and "Lust 4 Life".

Next album and departure of Dave Baksh (2006-present)

Cone has recently denied a greatest hits album coming out this year on the "Goon Platoon" Website.

Sum 41 will also contribute in covering a John Lennon song for an album honouring the former Beatles singer. Other confirmed artists participating are Avril Lavigne, Black Eyed Peas, Deftones and Duran Duran. [1] Proceeds from the album will go to Amnesty International.

On, May 11, 2006, Dave Baksh (a.k.a. Dave Brownsound) announced in a statement through his management company that he was leaving Sum 41 to work with his new band Brown Brigade. Baksh's departure from the band was said to be due to artistic differences, and his goal to play music with more of a classical metal sound. [2][3]

On May 12th, Deryck made the first official comment on the subject on the official message board post addressing Dave's departure, Deryck also described the new album:

hey everyone so yes the rumors are true. dave has left the band. he was sick of this whole life and would have more fun playing in his own classic metal band. so we respect that. there's no hard feelings what so ever. the fact is dave lost interest a long time ago. not to take any credit away from him, but he really didn't have anything to do with this band creatively for a long time. i wrote all those riffs and played most of them on the albums. so from a creative stand point nothing is going to change with sum41. we will miss dave a lot. and we don't plan on replacing him. we are in the middle of making our greatest record yet. it will definitely be our most exciting and important record we've ever made. and we plan on touring more and longer on this album than we ever have before. this may sound weird but this is the best thing that could have happened to sum41 right now. because in order to make a great record everyone involved has to be excited. and daves excitment was gone after all killer. so don't worry, sum41 is still sum41 and will sound the way we always have. we're just bummed we won't get to share the same stage with dave anymore. see you all soon.

biz



we will hire someone that tours live but will not be a member of the band. that person won't be in videos, photos, or have any kind of decision making power in the band. they won't play on the albums. they will just play live with us. we don't know who that person will be yet. we don't need to think about it until the album is done.

— Deryck Whibley

The new album is expected to drop early 2007, but there is a slight chance it may be released late 2006.

Discography

Albums

Studio Albums

Live Albums

Singles

From Half Hour of Power:

From All Killer No Filler:

From Spider-Man soundtrack:

From Does This Look Infected?:

From Chuck:

From Fantastic Four soundtrack:

Movies

Makes No Difference:

What I Believe:

Fat Lip:

In Too Deep:

The Hell Song:

We're All to Blame:

No Reason:

Open Your Eyes:

Noots:

Featurings

With Nelly, Ja Rule and DJ Clue:

With Iggy Pop:

With Ludacris:


B-Sides

  • "Astronaut" - Can be found on original Website, recorded before "Half Hour of Power", never made an album
  • "Reign in Pain" - A song found on some versions of "Does This Look Infected?" Done by Sum 41's alter ego band "Pain for Pleasure"
  • "WWVII Parts 1 and 2" - A song found on some versions of "Does This Look Infected?" Done by Sum 41's alter ego band "Pain for Pleasure". Holds the record for being the longest Sum 41 song to date.
  • "Moron" - Appeared on Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1 and some versions of "Chuck" (both releases had two different versions however).
  • "Noots" - Appeared on the soundtrack to Fantastic Four
  • "Rock You" - from the movie soundtrack FUBAR: The Album
  • "Subject to Change" - Appeared as secret track on "Chuck" on Japanese and European versions
  • "Killer Queen" - from the album Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen (2005)

VHS & DVDs

Others

Trivia

  • The song, Makes No Difference, is featured during the credits of the Dragonball Z TV Special Bardock: The Father of Goku.
  • The chorus of the song My Direction, from Does This Look Infected, is strikingly similar to Rancid's Let Me Go from their 2000 self-titled album.
  • Deryck makes an appearance singing karaoke in Me First and the Gimme Gimmes' "I Believe I Can Fly" music video.
  • The band makes a cameo appearance in Treble Charger's video for "Hundred Million"
  • Sum 41 recorded a song called "A.N.I.C" from their 2002 album "Does This Look Infected?", which is reportedly a song about Anna Nicole Smith, standing for 'Anna Nicole Is A Cunt'. Deryck claims on their DVD "Sake Bombs And Happy Endings" that it is their "special love song" dedicated to her, and on 2006's 'Happy Live Surprise' album announces it as 'Anna Nicole Smith Is A Fucking Stupid Cunt'.
  • Sum 41 used a Mellotron once. they suck.
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