Sum 41

Sum 41 is a band that was created in Canada by the lead singer,  Deryck Whilby in 1996. The band stayed, for the most part, under the radar until around 1999 when they got a record deal with Island Records. Sum 41 released their album "All Killer, No Filler" in 2001. The album was a huge success, especially with the songs In Too Deep and Fat Lip, even if you don't know Sum 41, you've probably heard the song In Too Deep or Fat Lip. The most impressive part, is that Fat Lip was Sum 41's first single and the song made it to the number one spot on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. Fat Lip is still the band's single most popular song that they've released. And with over 30 million albums sold worldwide, you can tell that there must be some talent here. After All Killer No Filler, Sum 41 continued with their unique sound of a pop-punk band with the release of their albums; "Does This Look Infected?", "Chuck", "Underclass Hero", and "Screaming Bloody Murder". But after 17 years of touring, the original Drummer, Steve Jocz (stevo) left the band. If you would like to read more about his departure, read this article. 

Now, what do I think of Sum 41? I first heard Sum 41 when i was very young, I had heard their song "In Too Deep" at the end of the movie, Cheaper By The Dozen. I waited through the whole credits just to find the name of the band so i could get that song on my mp3 player. In Too Deep is probably the song that I have listened to the most in my whole lifetime, I swear i must be half of the views on their music video on youtube. But it actually took me a while to get into the band's other music. I knew of Fat Lip, but i wasn't really a fan because fat lip has more of a rap/hip-hop fell and i wasn't really a fan (i have learned to appreciate Fat Lip now). But, a few years pass and i hear the song "With Me" and i loved it. It was yet another song that i had playing on repeat. So i looked up more songs and in my research, I found that there really isn't a song by Sum 41 that I don't like. I fell in love with their songs, like Walking Disaster, Underclass Hero, The Hell Song, Pieces, and so many other songs. Their pop-punk with a touch of hip-hop sound cannot be duplicated. And their 7th grade humor that they portray in their music videos is classic. In my opinion, overall, of Sum 41 is that this is a band that even people who dont like rock music respect, their music is classic, and even though a punk-rock band is becoming a very loose-term nowadays, i think sum 41 shines through as the epitome of a punk band.