History Music / Sum41

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Does This Look Infected?'' is this to ''All Killer, No Filler'', ''Chuck'' is this to ''Does This Look Infected?'', ''Screaming Bloody Murder'' is this to ''Underclass Hero'', ''13 Voices'' is this to ''Screaming Bloody Murder'' and ''Order in Decline'' is this to ''13 Voices''.

* CallBack: Bridge to the song Subject to Change (found on the Japanese version of Chuck) is the same as at the end of No Reason (another, earlier song from the same album). And of course, chorus of the former song was later re-used as chorus to Underclass Hero.

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Does This Look Infected?'' was this to ''All Killer, No Filler'', ''Chuck'' was this to ''Does This Look Infected?'', ''Screaming Bloody Murder'' is this to ''Underclass Hero'', ''13 Voices'' is this to ''Screaming Bloody Murder'' and ''Order in Decline'' is this to ''13 Voices''.

* LighterAndSofter: While darker than ''All Killer No Filler'', ''Underclass Hero'' was this to the previous two albums.
** First part of ''Heaven and Hell'' is also going to be notably softer, than their last few albums.

** ''All Killer No Filler'': "Introduction to Destruction", "Fat Lip", "Crazy Amanda Bunkface" and "Heart Attack".

-->"Fat Lip"

'''Sum 41''' is a pop punk 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]]). Their first album, ''All Killer, No Filler'', was released in 2001 and spawned their most successful single, "Fat Lip".

Their follow-up album ''Does This Look Infected?'' was released in 2002. It featured a darker sound and also more serious lyrical themes. This continued onto their third album ''Chuck'', released in 2004. In 2006, Baksh left the band to focus on his own band Brown Brigade and the band recorded their next two albums, 2007's ''Underclass Hero'' and 2011's ''Screaming Bloody Murder'', as a trio. In this time, Tom Thacker of Music/{{Gob}} was hired as their touring guitarist.

Drummer Steve Jocz left the band in April of 2013 and was replaced with Frank Zummo, leaving Deryck 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 5 piece band. A double album, titled ''Heaven and Hell'' is in works, and will be the band's final album.

The band's primary musical style is pop punk, but also includes various sub-genres such as RapRock ("What We're All About," "Fat Lip"), EmoMusic ("Pieces"), melodic hardcore ("Still Waiting", "We're All To Blame," "Fake My Own Death"), straightforward hardcore punk ("A.N.I.C.") and various types of HeavyMetal.

!!!Principal members (current members in bold)

!!!Discography

!All Killer, Trope Filler:

Drummer Steve Jocz left the band in April of 2013 and was replaced with Frank Zummo, leaving Deryck 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 5 piece band. A double album, titled ''Heaven and Hell'' is in works.

* ''Heaven and Hell'' (TBA)

* FiveManBand: After Dave rejoined the band and Steve left the band:
** TheLeader: Deryck
** TheLancer: Tom
** TheSmartGuy: Cone
** TheBigGuy: Frank
** TheHeart: Dave

* [[LiveAlbum ''Go Chuck Yourself'']] (2005, released in Japan as Happy Live Surprise)

* [[GreatestHitsAlbum ''All the Good Shit'']] (2008)

* DisappearedDad: "Never There" is about Deryck's.

Drummer Steve Jocz left the band in April of 2013 and was replaced with Frank Zummo, leaving Deryck 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 5 piece band.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: They've done everything from 1 to 8. Though, they probably average out at 4-6.

* WildTeenParty: In the second video for "Makes No Difference".

* HoldUpYourScore: The music video of "In Too Deep" includes shots of judges judging the diving meet between the band and the jocks. One person is blinded by a mirror being shone from a spectator and scores badly, the judges all showing "4.1"

* HoldUpYourScore: The music video of "In Too Deep" includes shots of judges judging the diving meet between the band and the jocks. One person who was blinded by a mirror being shone from a spectator scored badly, with a shot of the judges all showing "4.1"

* AffectionateParody: Pain for Pleasure is this towards [[The80s 80s]] heavy metal bands such as Music/JudasPriest and Music/IronMaiden.

The band's primary musical style is punk pop, but also includes various sub-genres such as RapRock ("What We're All About," "Fat Lip"), EmoMusic ("Pieces"), horrorcore ("Still Waiting," "The Hell Song"), melodic hardcore ("We're All To Blame," "Fake My Own Death") and various types of HeavyMetal.

* "Half Hour of Power" (2000, EP)
* "All Killer, No Filler" (2001)
* "Does This Look Infected?" (2002)
* "Chuck" (2004)
* [[LiveAlbum "Go Chuck Yourself"]] (2005, released in Japan as Happy Live Surprise)
* "Underclass Hero" (2007)
* [[GreatestHitsAlbum "All the Good Shit"]] (2008)
* "Screaming Bloody Murder" (2011)
* "13 Voices" (2016)
* "Order In Decline" (2019)

* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Steve.

* NonAppearingTitle: Sorted by albums, excluding some partial examples and istrumentals.

* {{Adorkable}}: All of them, especially Cone.

* InkSuitActor: The band, in it's original incarnation, were animated into the ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' episode "Reborn To Be Wild," where they played a Christian rock band.

* AscendedExtra: Tom, as of 2009.

Their follow-up album ''Does This Look Infected?'' was released in 2002. It featured a darker sound and also more serious lyrical themes. This continued onto their third album ''Chuck'', released in 2004. In 2006, Baksh left the band to focus on his own band Brown Brigade. He was replaced by Tom Thacker, who was initially only a live member, while their 2007 album ''Underclass Hero'' was recorded as a trio. Thacker became an official member in 2009 and helped to co-write title track for (but did not record on) their fifth studio album ''Screaming Bloody Murder'', released in 2011.

Drummer Steve Jocz left the band in April of 2013, leaving Deryck as the sole remaining founding member. He was replaced by Frank Zummo, who performed on their sixth album, 13 Voices. The new album also marks the return of lead guitarist Dave Baksh, making Sum 41 a 5 piece as Tom remained with the band as well.

* FourChordsOfPop: "Pieces," "Crash," "Never There," "The Hell Song" and "Thanks For Nothing" all use these, though they have plenty of songs with variations on it.

+ Music/{{NoFX}}, Pennywise, Music/IronMaiden, Music/JudasPriest, Music/BeastieBoys, Music/{{Metallica}}

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: ''Half Hour of Power'', although it's actually slightly shorter, with the 30 minutes length being padded out by three minutes of silence after the last song. This is because the EP is literally just the band's entire live set at the time, which usually ''was'' exactly half an hour (as they were an opening act at the time and, therefore, only allowed so much time to perform), played in a studio, meaning spontaneities like stage banter and vamping which would add up to those three extra minutes got lost in translation.

* GriefSong: Played with in case of "Catching Fire". What originally started out as a love song, that Deryck wrote for his wife, eventually turned into a song, that describes the feelings of those left behind after their loved ones commited suicide and how Deryck would feel, if he lost her. It was partially inspired by deaths of Creator/RobinWilliams [[Music/{{Linkin Park}} Chester Bennington]] and Music/ChrisCornell among others and the impact, that their deaths had on their families and friends.

* TheAlcoholic: Deryck admitted, that he used to drink very excessively. He eventually stopped after he collapsed and doctors told him, that if he had one more drink, he would probably die.

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: ''Half Hour of Power'', although it's actually slightly shorter, with the 30 minutes length being padded out by three minutes of silence after the last song. This is because the EP was literally just their entire live set and the time which they called "The Half Hour Of Power" as, being the opening act for bigger bands, they'd usually only get thirty minutes to perform. Being a studio recording, however, it lacks lacks spontaneous things like live banter and vamping that would add up to those three extra minutes, making the title TheArtifact.

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: ''Half Hour of Power'', although it's actually slightly shorter, with the 30 minutes length being padded out by three minutes of silence after the last song. This is because the EP was literally just their entire live set and the time, itself also called "The Half Hour Of Power" and was itself this trope because, being the opening act for bigger bands, they'd only get thirty minutes to perform. Being a studio recording, however, it lacks lacks spontaneous things like live banter and vamping that would add up to those three extra minutes, making the title TheArtifact.

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: ''Half Hour of Power'', although it's actually slightly shorter, with the 30 minutes length being padded out by three minutes of silence after the last song. This is because the EP was literally just their entire live set and the time: being an up-and-coming act opening for bigger bands at the time, their sets usually did last exactly half an hour. Being a studio album, it obviously lacks the various bits of live banter and vamping that would eventually add up to those three minutes.

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Half Hour of Power, although it's actually slightly shorter, with the 30 minutes length being padded out by three minutes of silence after the last song.