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Full Sum 41 Biography
Since signing an international record deal with Island Records in 1999, the band has released five studio albums, two live CDs, two live DVDs, more than fifteen singles, and sold close to ten million albums worldwide. As of 2006, the band performed more than 600 times and has become famous for their long and global tours, often lasting for more than a year.
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 had become known for. The first single released was "Still Waiting", the video of which had them mocking "new-garage" retro-rock under the name of "The Sums" and was a parody of one of The Strokes' videos.
After extensive touring in support of the album, Iggy Pop recruited Sum 41 for his new album, Skull Ring. They co-wrote the first single from the album, "Little Know It All", and joined Iggy on The Late Show with David Letterman to promote the song. Iggy said he chose Sum 41 "because they have balls."
Sum 41 released a live CD, Happy Live Surprise, in Japan on December 21, 2005. The CD contains a full concert recorded live from London, Ontario and was produced by Deryck. The same CD was released March 7, 2006, in Canada under the name Go Chuck Yourself. This version was released under Aquarius Records instead of EMI, the band's former label in Canada. (The band had an issue with their producer and their management company, Greig Nori and Bunk Rock Music; since their management company had a contract with EMI, after the band left the company and dropped the producer, the contract was broken.) The Japanese version contained a CD with five songs from their live performance. It was originally to be a DVD, but the band was unhappy with the way the filming turned out and decided to put out a live CD instead. The footage is being incorporated into a project along with the rest of the film from the tour.
On, May 11, 2006, Dave Baksh 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 have been due to his desire to play music with a more classical metal sound.
Cone recently did an artist on artist interview with Slash of Velvet Revolver. They talked about Slash's experiences while in Guns N' Roses and his life now in Velvet Revolver.
Sum 41 said that their early music was heavily influenced by NOFX. Another influence on their music was The Beastie Boys, especially in their All Killer No Filler hip-hop persona and their rapcore music found in the "Fat Lip" and "It's What We're All About" singles. Their later music on the album, Does This Look Infected?, had heavy influences from The Offspring, as the band itself commented. Also, some metal influence coming from bands like Iron Maiden is noted. In the song "Fat Lip", the quote "Maiden and Priest were the gods that we praised" refers to Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. Their album, Chuck, features a series of songs that can be compared with thrash metal, and they have named Metallica as one of the main influences on their metal music.
However, the musical genre of Sum 41 has been disputed among fans because of the complex combination of different musical styles. Their music has been labeled by critics as pop punk, punk rock and even skate punk, but they are now considered an alternative rock band. The band's later albums are known for their often politically-driven and pretentious music.
Touring in support of Chuck, Sum 41 played videos before their set which were deemed "unsuitable for children". Much controversy arose over the videos. In one video, Basketball Butcher, which was also included in some versions of Chuck, Steve and Cone play basketball, and Cone beats Steve badly. Following the game, Steve murders Cone and later dismembers and cooks him. In another video, 1-800-Justice, Cone and Steve are drug dealing brothers, while Dave and Deryck play undercover police officers. Steve shoots Deryck, as Cone stabs Dave, and Steve and Cone make their getaway. Another video was "The Stache" Steve decides to grow out his moustache, but it turns out to be evil and makes him kill people while he's sleeping. After killing two people, the police come to his apartment. He decides to end everything and kill himself by jumping out a 5-story window. Cone, playing a policeman looks down at his body, turns around and has a moustache.
Albums: Half Hour of Power | All Killer No Filler | Does This Look Infected? | Chuck | Underclass Hero
Live Albums, EPs and compilations: Rock Out With Your Cock Out (Demo Tape) | Motivation EP | Does This Look Infected Too? | Chuck Acoustic EP (Tour Edition Promo) | Go Chuck Yourself/Happy Live Surprise
Singles: "Makes No Difference" | "Fat Lip" | "In Too Deep" | "Motivation" | "Handle This" | "It's What We're All About" | "Still Waiting" | "The Hell Song" | "Over My Head (Better Off Dead)" | "Little Know It All" | "We're All to Blame" | "Pieces" | "Some Say" | "No Reason" (Radio Release Only) | "March of the Dogs" (Digital Release Only) | "Underclass Hero" | "Walking Disaster" |
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