A band composed of Deryck Whibley (Bizzy D) on vocals, piano(occasionally, and rythmn
guitar, Cone on bass a few times on vocals, Dave Baksh (Brownsound or Hot Chocolate) on
guitar and vocals, and Steve Jocz (Stevo32) on drums and a few vocals. They were formed 41 days into the summer creating the band name Sum41.
They are not the greatest band on
earth, but they are pretty
good. They continue to become better with each album and more serious. They are not punk, but the y have been slowly moving into a more political type of band from their early days as a blabbermouth
brat SoCal band from Ajax, Ontario.
Brownsound is a very
good guitarist in my
opinion, with raging solos, and Stevo32 can spaz out on the drums for what seems hours. Cone seems to be a
good bassist on the solos sometimes given to him, and Bizzy D does well on backup guitar and can sing well on actual singable songs.
They experiment with different styles at times and have full songs of just instrumental or mainly instrumental.
They are wrongly placed in alternative and as punk. They are really neither- they have their own style which is hard to label since they have changed so quickly within their four albums (Half Hour of Power, All Killer No Filler, Does This Look Infected, and Chuck). To prove this furthermore, they made a documentary in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in doing so almost died. Not typical of your SoCal bands
like Good Charlotte and
Simple Plan.
They do not deserve all the fans that they have which do not really recognize how well they can play and just
like them for their looks. They aren't that
good-looking anyway and caring about a band just for their looks is shallow. Sum41 doesn't deserve that. They are too great for that.
Girl: OMG! Cone is sooo
hot! I
love sum41!
Me: He's not really that- augh. Anyway, what's your favorite song?
Girl: Umm, I don't really know any.
Me: That's sad. I am so sad to share the same music genre as you, you shallow, sad little girl.