Sum 41 is a Canadian pop-punk band, from Ajax, Ontario, formed from members of local rival bands, 41 days into the summer of 1996. They signed a record deal with Island Records in 1999 and released their hair-metal/poppunk fusion album ''Half Hour Of Power'' and their second album ''All Killer No Filler'' came next, with Sum 41 releasing several international hit singles beginning with 2001's "Fat Lip". ''Does This Look Infected?'', a more heavy punk album, came next, followed by ''Does This Look Infected Too?'', a live bonus EP. The band's newest album, ''Chuck'', is a mix of much heavier songs such as "The Bitter End", and slower fillers such as "Pieces".In 2003, lead vocalist Deryck Whibley was rumoured to have had an intimate sexual relationship with hotel heiress/model Paris Hilton but he is now engaged to marry Avril Lavigne, while drummer Steve Jocz was said to have had a relationship with Paris' ''The Simple Life'' co-star Nicole Richie. They also did a song called "Little Know it All" with Iggy Pop on Iggy's new album ''Skull Ring''.Sum 41's album ''Chuck'' was released on October 12, 2004, and the first single from the album was "We're All To Blame". The album is named after one Mr. Chuck Pelletier, a United Nations peacekeeper who saved the lives of the band and 40 other civilians while the band was recording a documentary about the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for War Child Canada. War Child is planning to release the video on November 29, 2005 in the US.The song "Still Waiting" (from ''Does This Look Infected?'') appears as the theme song for ''Obscure'', a survival horror game from Hydravision published by MC2-MicroAds for PC and console platforms in 2004. "We're All To Blame" appears in the movie ''Godzilla Final Wars'' (2004), played during a battle between the Japanese Godzilla and his Hollywood counterpart in Sydney, Australia. "Noots" (from ''Chuck'') appears in the movie (and the album soundtrack) ''Fantastic Four'' (2005).Also, Sum 41 was featured in a commercial for Motorola's iTunes-enabled phone.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 describes the bandas 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 special also tracks the bandas much-publicized evacuation from Congo, assisted by Canadian peacekeeper Chuck Pelletier, whom Sum 41 named their latest album after. More than 3 million people have been killed in the Congo in the past 6 years. The DVD was released on November 29, 2005 in the US.Sum 41 recently announced that they were releasing a new live CD, called "Happy Live Surprise". The CD contains 22 songs, all recorded live from various concerts around the world. There is also a bonus DVD with live footage, although not much is known about it. "Happy Live Surprise" was released on November 22, 2005.
Line-Up
- Deryck Whibley - (Bizzy D) Guitar, Lead Vocals, Piano
- Dave Baksh - (Hot Chocolate/Brown Sound) Lead Guitar, Vocals
- Jason McCaslin (Cone) - Bass guitar, Vocals
- ''Half Hour Of Power'' (2000)
- ''Motivation EP''
- ''All Killer No Filler'' (2001) #7 UK
- ''Does This Look Infected?'' (2002) #37 UK
- ''Does This Look Infected Too?'' (2002)
- ''Chuck'' (2004) #59 UK
- ''Happy Live Surprise'' (2005) (Not yet released)===Singles===
- "Makes No Difference" (2000) #37 US, #12 UKFrom ''All Killer No Filler'':
- "Fat Lip" (2001) #66 US, #8 UK
- "In Too Deep" (2001) #13 UK
- "Motivation" (2002) #21 UKFrom ''Spider-Man soundtrack'':'''
- "What We're About" (2002) #32 UK'''From ''Does This Look Infected?'':
- "Still Waiting" (2002) #16 UK
- "The Hell Song" (2003) #35 UK
- "Over My Head (Better Off Dead)" (2003) #17 UKFrom ''Chuck'':'''
- "We're All to Blame" (2004)
- "Pieces" #1 CAN (2005)
- "Some Say" #10 CAN (2005)
- "No Reason" (2005)
Guest Appearances
- "Killer Queen," from the album ''Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen'' (2005)
- Treble Charger, in the video Hundred Million from the album Detox
- "Rock You", from the movie soundtrack album "FUBAR: The Album" (2001)
B-Sides
- "Subject to Change"* Appeared as secret track on "Chuck" on Japanese and European versions
- "Noots"* Appeared in movie *"Fantastic Four"*, 2005
- "Astronaut"* Can be found on original Website, recorded before "Half Hour of Power", never made an album
VHS & DVDs
- ''Introduction To Destruction'' (2001)
- ''Cross Your T's and Gouge Your I's'' (2002) - DVD inside with their 2002 Does This Look Infected? album.
- ''Sake Bombs And Happy Endings'' (2004)
Others