Sum 41
Biography
Sum 41 hit worldwide radar in 1996 after tiny Ajax, Ontario, proved unable to fully contain the foursome's blathering mixture of punk-pop riffing, hip-hop poses, and toilet-bowl humor. Led by guitarist/vocalist Deryck Whibley, who looked like a mash-up of the Prodigy's Keith Flint and cartoon land's Calvin, the band also included guitarist/vocalist Dave Baksh, bassist Cone McCaslin, and drummer Steve Jocz. Wooed by the boys' goofy antics and incendiary live show (and excited about the prospect of promoting their very own blink-182), Island put Sum 41 on the payroll in 1999. The Half Hour of Power EP followed, and Warped Tour dates got the word out. They returned in 2000 with the fun-filled full-length All Killer No Filler, and the singles "In Too Deep" and "Fat Lip" became staples of both modern rock radio and Total Request Live.
An extensive tour followed, and Sum 41 enjoyed their boffo success the way all near-teenage boys would, with plenty of towel-snapping, groupie-loving, and self-depreciating, low-ball humor. In 2002, they returned to wax with Does This Look Infected? While the album was a bit harder-edged, it found the band just as jazzed as ever to mix punk-pop business with sophomoric pleasure: the video for "Hell Song" featured the fellas acting out a sort of rock star debauchery cage match with the aid of a few celebrity action figures.
Selected Discography
I disagree Immortal... I have heard their songs in so many movies, just about every teen movie (sad but true) and also some action movies like Fantastic Four.
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Mtv made? The only time these guys scored a huge hit was with fat lip and in too deep. Other than that, they never really got much airplay.
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@ lukebaugh: I'd love to see your band. Can you even play an instrument? Why don't you do two things, in this order: one, learn some grammar so i know when one thought ends and another begins. Two, get a life.
Now my next question: Where has Bob Coffins been? |
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Thank you Luke for your complete unintelligib l e rant about how bad this band sucks.
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you guys, this band is the biggest joke i have ever heard. f(*ing record labels fooled all you, this band is a joke, no really, FAKE. i'm happy that canada has musicians, but this wreaks of record label meddling punk into mainstream with kids too naive to understand what that music was about. dude, deep lyrics? PALEASE, this band, i'm sorry, is a f#kcing joke man! A far far far far far cry from real punk/ska/wha t e v e r bands of any genre, they had money to back them up no talent. mtv made.
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And then pick up Avril Lavagina and hit the members of Sum 41 with her head.
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It's a great album, I mean they have some of the good singles like walking disaster, but what about Speak of the Devil, Dear Father, March of the Dogs, So Long Goodbye, and all the other stellar tracks on that album. I have to say I think it's one of my favorite Sum albums, along with Chuck. If that album happens to be their last, then it's one hell of a swan song. I hope they put out another album, I mean I think Sum have really come into their musical maturity. I want to see what they do next.
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Yeah, I agree with Punk Guy. It's been more than 2 years and they still don't have it.
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On another subject, where the f**k is the album Underclass Hero?
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Yeah, they do ska punk pretty goddamn well. They do a lot of stuff really well. Sum is a really great band, they're loud and obnoxious like me, but they have some really deep lyrics too. They bridge the gap between pop-punk, new school punk, punk-rap(whi c h they've abandoned for some bullshit reason), metal, and blink style emotional hardcore. It's just a shame that Dave left, because his riffs made the music so complex. But you could see that his more metal minded sound comes out in Chuck.
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Did anyone know they can do ska punk perfectly? Check out Second Chance for Max Headroom off of Half Hour of Power and see what I mean.
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i quote IGGY POP " they have b@lls "
(actuallyy they are all 29, except steve, who is 28. ooh, and wasting time is good.) |
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This band is the s**t, emotional one moment, angry another, and another moment their being silly. Great band.
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So my buddy one day told me he had a couple cds to give me cause they werent hardcore enough. Half hour of power it was. these guys are just fun pop punk. and i like 'em.
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They sound like someone else, but I just can't put my finger on it...
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