Hey guys!! what up?? This siteis dedicated to my favourite
band Sum 41! and also to all the wonderful fans! A lot of the info on this site is rather old, but im getting back into it
and trying to update it! Pretty much all of it is still true, just not the latest news. well ill talk to you later cya!
BAND
BIO.
In 1996 Deryck Whibley and Steve Jocz formed the band
Sum 41. The name Sum 41 was picked because they formed the band 41 days into the summer. They added their friend
Dave Baksh on guitar and they had another bass player, not Cone. But before their first record deal they had a different
bass player but he got in too much trouble so they kicked him out. And a long came Jay McCaslin, always known as Cone(Deryck
and Steve gave him that name because he ate so many ice cream cones in highschool!). One day they met up with the
lead singer of Treble Charger, Greig Nori, and they asked him to come to one of their concerts. Nori was amazed by their
outstanding performance and agreed to become their manager. Island Records signed sum 41 in 1999 and their first cd
came out "Half Hour of Power" in 2000. They played at small shows and the big one Summersault, which included performences
by Our Lady Peace, The Smashing Pumpkins and Treble Charger. The Following year they relesed their second
cd "All Killer No Filler". This became a huge hit, with their singles "Fat Lip/Pain For Pleasure" and "In Too Deep".
People just couldn't get enough of them. It was said to be one of the most popular punk albums of 2001-2002. They
played concerts(including the one I went to at the Hershey Center in Missisauga, Ontario), and did some
interviews. In the year of 2002 the single "What Were All About" (also featured a bit on the cd Half
Hour Of Power) came out on the Spiderman soundtrack and that also was a good hit. Then finaly in late 2002
the single "Still Waiting" hit the radio and tv music channels, everyone knew that the album was soon to come,
about 2 or 3 weeks later the album was released. They called it "Does This Look Infected?". In late 2003 they are just
finishing up some tours and then they are going back into the recording studio. They say that Greig Nori is
a very good manager and he isn't THAT strict, he just gets mad when they spend their money on stupid things...lol...but when
your in a sucessful band you gotta do that sometimes!
Cone with manager Greig Nori below!
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*~*NICKNAMES AND HOW THEY GOT THEM*~*
Deryck-Bizzy D, he got that name beacuse he gets bizzy so often..lol..
Dave-Brown Sound, he came out of his mom brown and he makes sound with his guitar
Jason-Cone, Deryck and Steve gave him that name because he ate so many ice cream
cones in highschool
Steve-Stevo32, he sucks at sports, and he thought athletes that wear the number
"32" exell in sports
*~*POSITIONS
IN BAND*~*
Deryck Whibley A.K.A. Bizzy D-Lead Vocals, guitar
Dave Baksh A.K.A. Brown Sound-Lead guitar, backup
vocals
Cone McCaslin A.K.A. Cone-Bass guitar, some backup
vocals
Steve Jocz A.K.A. Stevo32- Drums, backup vocals
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