History Music / Sum41

** According to them, the first part of ''Heaven and Hell'' is also going to be notably softer than the last few albums preceding it.

* LyricalDissonance

* MoodWhiplash: ''Chuck'' is especially made of this. Not only does it put relatively softer songs ("Some Say", "Pieces" and "Slipping Away") between fast and aggresive songs, but even some of the heavier songs on the album have slower, melodic parts such as on "We're All to Blame" (aggressive verses, calm choruses) or "88" (which has calmer first verse and the outro, but is otherwise fast and heavy).
** ''Screaming Bloody Murder'' is similar to Chuck in this regard, with a mostly heavy album featuring some softer songs such as "What Am I to Say" or "Crash" and heavy songs featuring occasional softer passages, such as in all parts of "A Dark Road Out of Hell".

Drummer Steve Jocz left the band in April of 2013 and was replaced with Frank Zummo, leaving Whibley as the sole remaining founding member until Dave Baksh returned in 2015. By that point, Thacker became a full-time member and they recorded their next two albums, 2016's ''13 Voices'' and 2019's ''Order In Decline'', as a five-piece band. A double album, titled ''Heaven :x: Hell'', is in the works and will be the band's final album; its two sides, ''Heaven'' and ''Hell'', will reportedly contain a throwback to the band's early sound and a continuation of their newer sound, respectively.

* DistinctDoubleAlbum: ''Heaven and Hell'' is expected to be one, with one part (Heaven) seeing the band returning to their PopPunk roots, while the other (Hell) will focus on their current, metal-influenced sound.

** "What We're All About" was originally included on ''Half Hour of Power'' before being re-recorded for the ''Film/SpiderMan2002'' soundtrack.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is it Sum 41, Sum-41 or [=Sum41=]?

* CanadaEh: The band hail from Ajax, a sleepy coastal town in Southern Ontario.

* PunkRock

* RapRock: Many of their earlier songs, especially "Fat Lip" and "What We're All About," as a holdover from Deryck's brief tenure in a rap group prior to the band forming. "The Fall and the Rise" from ''13 Voices'' has elements of this. They also collaborated with Ludacris for a rock version of "Get Back."

* SpecialGuest: [[Music/{{Slayer}} Kerry King]] on [[Film/SpiderMan1 What We're All About]], and some more obscure, [[AWildRapperAppears random rapper appears]] on the "Half Hour of Power" version to do a verse.

* ''Heaven :x: Hell'' (TBA)

Sum 41 is a punk rock/metal band from Ontario, Canada, formed in 1996 by vocalist/guitarist Deryck Whibley and drummer Steve Jocz under the name Casper. They were soon joined by lead guitarist Dave Baksh, and after a set of bass guitarists they settled on Jason "Cone" [=McCaslin=] in 1999, by which point they'd changed their name to Sum 41 (because they'd formed [[PunBasedTitle 41 days into their summer vacation]]).

Drummer Steve Jocz left the band in April of 2013 and was replaced with Frank Zummo, leaving Whibley as the sole remaining founding member until Dave Baksh returned in 2015. By that point, Thacker became a full-time member and they recorded their next two albums, 2016's ''13 Voices'' and 2019's ''Order In Decline'', as a five-piece band. A double album, titled ''Heaven and Hell'' is in works, and will be the band's final album.

* AlterEgoActing: As Pain for Pleasure (see below). Also in music video for Still Waiting, they performed as The Sums and were renamed. Deryck was Sven, Dave was Holmes, Steve was Sergio and Cone was Thurston.

* HeavyMetal: They had an AlterEgoActing band named [[FakeBand Pain for Pleasure]], where they performed in wigs and costumes and used nicknames - Steve (who was lead vocalist here) was Pain, Deryck (drummer) was Gunner, Dave was Pleasure and Cone was Sniper. They recorded three songs under this monicker: Pain for Pleasure, Reign in Pain and WWVII Parts 1 & 2. They also appeared as this in two of their music videos: Fat Lip (where they performed their self-titled song) and We're All to Blame (where they were announced as next band to perform on Solid Gold). Incidentally, Deryck is shown as guitarist in both of those appearances, although he actually played drums in this band.[[note]]Dave is credited in the band as "the metal guy," as most of the metal influences in the songwriting came from him. All of the guitar solos and shredding riffs came and left with him.[[/note]]
** As of 2017, Pain for Pleasure is back. Except now they call themselves T'aint for Pleasure, with a slightly different line-up: Pleasure and Sniper remain on their instruments, Gunner switched to rhythm guitar and was replaced by new drummer El Dildo (Frank), while Pain was replaced by T'aint (Tom).

* ImAHumanitarian: In one of their web videos, Basketball Butcher, after losing against Cone in basketball match, Steve kills him and then cooks him. Later, Deryck and Dave come in. They ask him what is for the dinner. Steve replies with "You!".

Sum 41 is a punk rock/metal band from Ontario, Canada, formed in 1996 by vocalist/guitarist Deryck Whibley and drummer Steve Jocz under the name Casper. They were soon joined by lead guitarist Dave Baksh and after a set of bass guitarist they finally settled on Jason "Cone" [=McCaslin=] in 1999, by which point they'd changed their name to Sum 41 (because they'd formed [[PunBasedTitle 41 days into their summer vacation]]).

Sum 41 is a rock band from Ontario, Canada, formed in 1996 by vocalist/guitarist Deryck Whibley and drummer Steve Jocz under the name Casper. They were soon joined by lead guitarist Dave Baksh and after a set of bass guitarist they finally settled on Jason "Cone" [=McCaslin=] in 1999, by which point they'd changed their name to Sum 41 (because they'd formed [[PunBasedTitle 41 days into their summer vacation]]).

->''I don't want to waste my time,\\

And back down.''

-->-- "Fat Lip"

---> I like songs with distortionnnnNAH!

* NobodyLovesTheBassist: Cone is the only one to not rap on both “Fat Lip” and “What We’re All About”.
** Inverted with live performances of "Fat Lip" during the "Screaming Bloody Murder", and to an extent, "13 Voices" years, as he does get a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAutrpjbnYc few lines]]... and boy, does he [[LargeHam play]] [[ChewingTheScenery them]] [[SuddenlyShouting up.]]
--> I like songs with distortionnnnNAH!

** ''Does This Look Infected?'': "The Hell Song", "A.N.I.C.", "No Brains", "Mr. Amsterdam", "Hyper-Insomnia-Para-Condriod", "Billy Spleen" and "Hooch." "Thanks For Noting" just barely averts this.

** Pretty much [[AvertedTrope averted]] with all the albums that have a TitleTrack (see NonAppearingTitle below). "Underclass Hero" and "Screaming Bloody Murder" play around with their titles but don't say the exact phrases, while "13 Voices" has neither "thirteen" nor "voices" anywhere in its lyrics.

* AlbumTitleDrop: ''Order in Decline'' in "The New Sensation".
** Also pretty much [[AvertedTrope averted]] for all albums that have a TitleTrack (see NonAppearingTitle below). ''Underclass Hero'' and ''Screaming Bloody Murder'' play around with their titles, though they don't drop the exact phrases, while ''13 Voices'' has neither thirteen, nor voices anywhere in lyrics.

* DisappearedDad: "Never There" and "Dear Father" are about Deryck's.

** The chorus of "We're All to Blame" from ''Chuck'' has a soft reprise with different lyrics as the outro of "Pull the Curtain" from ''Underclass Hero''.

** The chorus of "We're All to Blame" from ''Chuck'' has a brief reprise as the outro of "Pull the Curtain" from ''Underclass Hero''.

* AffectionateParody: Pain for Pleasure is this towards [[TheEighties 80s]] heavy metal bands such as Music/JudasPriest and Music/IronMaiden.