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Sum41
Sum 41 is a Canadian Rock music, rock band from Ajax, Ontario. Originally called Kaspir, the band was formed in 1996 and currently consists of Deryck Whibley (lead vocals, guitars, keyboards), Dave Baksh (lead guitar, backing vocals), Jason McCaslin, Jason "Cone" McCaslin (bass, backing vocals), Tom Thacker (musician), Tom Thacker (guitars, keyboards, backing vocals), and Frank Zummo (drums, percussion, occasional backing vocals). In 1999, Sum 41 signed an international record deal with Island Records and released its first EP, ''Half Hour of Power'', in 2000. The band released its debut album, ''All Killer No Filler'', in 2001. The album achieved mainstream success with its first single, "Fat Lip", which reached number one on the Alternative Songs, ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart and remains the band's most successful single to date. The album's next singles "In Too Deep (Sum 41 song), In Too Deep" and "Motivation (Sum 41 song), Motivation" also achieved commercial succ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deryck Whibley
Deryck Jason Whibley (born 21 March 1980), nicknamed Bizzy D, is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter and record producer, best known for his work as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, keyboardist, main songwriter, producer, founder and only constant member of the rock band Sum 41. Recording career Sum 41 Whibley formed Sum 41 with drummer Steve Jocz, bassist Richard Roy and vocalist Jon Marshall. They were originally called Kaspir, and were a NOFX cover band. In 1999, the band signed an international record deal with Island Records. The band released their debut album, "Half Hour of Power" in 2000, then ''All Killer No Filler'' in 2001. The band achieved mainstream success with their first single from the album, "Fat Lip", which reached number-one on the '' Billboard Modern Rock Tracks'' chart and remains the band's most successful single to date. ''All Killer No Filler'' was certified platinum in the United States, Canada and in the UK. The band has since released six m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fat Lip
"Fat Lip" is a song by Canadian rock band Sum 41. It is the fourth track on their debut album, ''All Killer No Filler'' (2001), and was released as the lead single in April 2001. It is the band's most successful single to date, topping the '' Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart. It peaked at number 66 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and at number eight on the UK Singles Chart. Background and composition "Fat Lip" was written by Sum 41 members Deryck Whibley, Steve Jocz and Dave Brownsound, and in-house producer Greig Nori, with production by Jerry Finn. The song gets its title from the slang term for a swollen lip as a result of being punched in the face. "It was the last song I had written for ''All Killer'' 'No Filler''" Whibley told '' Stereogum'' in 2021. "The whole album was pretty much done. It was never meant to be a single. It wasn't even supposed to be a song. The very, very first thing I wrote was the guitar riff. And I didn't necessarily write it for this ide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck (Sum 41 Album)
''Chuck'' is the third studio album by Canadian rock band Sum 41. The album was released on October 12, 2004. It is the band's last album to feature guitarist Dave Baksh as he left Sum 41 on May 11, 2006, to pursue his career with his own band Brown Brigade. This is the final album to feature the full classic lineup (Baksh, Deryck Whibley, Cone McCaslin and Steve Jocz). Baksh returned in 2015, but Frank Zummo replaced Jocz that same year. ''Chuck'' peaked at No. 2 on the Canadian Albums Chart and No. 10 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, making it the band's highest-charting album until it would be surpassed by ''Underclass Hero'' in 2007. The album's title is named after a volunteer UN peacekeeper named Chuck Pelletier who was in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where Sum 41 was filming a documentary for War Child Canada. Fighting broke out during production, and Pelletier helped the band evacuate their hotel during the fighting, as he was staying at the same hotel. The album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Does This Look Infected?
''Does This Look Infected?'' is the second studio album by Canadian rock band Sum 41. It was released on November 26, 2002. It is their only album to feature a Parental Advisory label on the cover, despite the fact that other albums by the band also feature profanity. It was released in both explicit and edited versions. Music, lyrics and composition The album is a lot more aggressive, darker and heavier than Sum 41's previous studio album, ''All Killer No Filler''. It also has fewer elements of pop music than ''All Killer No Filler''. Described as heavy metal, horror punk, punk rock, pop punk, and melodic hardcore, the album uses elements of heavy metal, hardcore punk, thrash metal, d-beat and, on the song "Thanks for Nothing", hip hop. Although the album has been described as pop punk by some sources, ''Counterculture.co.uk'' considered it an album that shows Sum 41 abandoning the pop punk genre for a more standard punk rock style. Amy Sciarretto of ''ARTISTdirect'' wrote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motivation (Sum 41 Song)
"Motivation" is a song by Canadian rock band Sum 41. It was released on January 5, 2002, as the third single from the album ''All Killer No Filler''. Greig Nori appears on backing vocals. Content The song is about being nihilistic, apathetic, demotivated, and being too lazy to look for motivation to do anything. Music video The music video is of the band playing in Steve Jocz' attic located in Ajax Ontario. The room is piled with garbage and other various items. Track listing ;Single version # "Motivation" # "Crazy Amanda Bunkface" # "Pain for Pleasure" # "Machine Gun" (Live) # "All She's Got" (Live) # "Crazy Amanda Bunkface" (Live) # " What We're All About" (Live) # "Fat Lip" (Video) # " In Too Deep" (Video) ;EP version # Motivation # All She's Got (Live) # Crazy Amanda Bunkface (Live) # What We're All About (Live with Tommy Lee Thomas Lee Bass (born October 3, 1962) is an American musician and founding member of the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. As well as being the ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Too Deep (Sum 41 Song)
"In Too Deep" is a song by Canadian rock band Sum 41. It is the seventh track on their debut studio album ''All Killer No Filler'' (2001), and was released as the second single in September 2001. History According to Ben Cook of Fucked Up, No Warning and Young Guv, "In Too Deep" was originally a reggae song, to be released by writer Greig Nori's band Treble Charger and feature rapper Snow in the verses. Singer Deryck Whibley told Kerrang that one night when he was 18, he and his friend, guitarist Dave Baksh, were going to drive to downtown Toronto to hang out. Baksh was very late in picking Whibley up, and Whibley started playing around with his guitar while sitting by the window and waiting. The riff came first, and he started improvising verses and the chorus, and within three or four minutes, had come up with everything but the guitar solo and bridge. He recorded it on his small recorder before Baksh finally arrived, and didn't think much of it. He finally got around to fini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Killer No Filler
''All Killer No Filler'' is the debut studio album by Canadian rock band Sum 41, released on May 8, 2001. It was certified platinum in the United States, Canada, and in the UK. Despite mixed reviews, the album was a commercial success, peaking at No. 13 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The single, "Fat Lip" peaked at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Alternative Airplay. Composition, music, and influences The album's style has been described as pop punk and skate punk. NOFX's album ''Punk in Drublic'' was a considerable influence on the album. Sum 41's vocalist Deryck Whibley cites Rancid (band), Rancid, Elvis Costello, the Beatles, and Pennywise (band), Pennywise as influences on ''All Killer No Filler''. The band has mentioned Green Day as their main influence for the album. "I was about 14 when ''Dookie'' came out," Whibley says. "I remember seeing the video for 'Basket Case (song), Basket Case' for the first time... It had so much energy and it was so different. I'd never seen anything l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
