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All The Good Shit
''All the Good Shit: 14 Solid Gold Hits 2000–2008'' (known as ''8 Years of Blood, Sake and Tears: The Best of Sum 41 2000–2008'' in Japan) is a greatest hits album by Canadian rock band Sum 41. The Japanese version was released on November 26, 2008, and the worldwide version was released on March 17, 2009. This is the band's first greatest hits album. It includes singles from each of the band's studio albums, as well as a previously unreleased song, "Always". The release also includes a bonus DVD with all of the band's music videos (excluding "Some Say (Sum 41 song), Some Say" and "Handle This"). Track listing Personnel * Deryck Whibley – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, piano (all tracks); lead guitar (tracks 5, 8, 10, 11, 15), drums (track 14) * Dave Baksh – lead guitar, backing vocals (all tracks, except 5, 8, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17) * Tom Thacker (musician), Tom Thacker – lead guitar, backing vocals (tracks 16, 17) * Jason McCaslin, Cone McCaslin – bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sum 41
Sum 41 was a Canadian rock band formed in Ajax, Ontario, in 1996. The band's final lineup consisted of Deryck Whibley (lead vocals, guitars, keyboards), Dave Baksh (lead guitar, backing vocals), Jason McCaslin (bass, backing vocals), Tom Thacker (guitars, keyboards, backing vocals), and Frank Zummo (drums, occasional backing vocals). In 1999, Sum 41 signed an international record deal with Island Records and released its first EP, '' Half Hour of Power'', in 2000. The band released its debut album, '' All Killer No Filler'', in 2001. The album achieved mainstream success with its first single, " Fat Lip", which reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart and remains the band's most successful single to date. The album's next singles " In Too Deep" and "Motivation" also achieved commercial success. ''All Killer No Filler'' was certified platinum in both the United States and the United Kingdom and triple platinum in Canada. In 2002, the band released ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Still Waiting (Sum 41 Song)
"Still Waiting" is a song by Canadian rock band Sum 41. It was released in October 2002 as the lead single from their second studio album, ''Does This Look Infected?''. Song meaning The song is anti-George W. Bush and anti-Iraq War. Critical reception Gareth Dobson of Drowned in Sound criticized the song, writing "Worst of all, the band choose to articulate their sense of misplaced rage in the form of a sub-Offspring SoCal punk dirge. I'd like to say I preferred it when they sang about girls n'that, but I didn't. I just want them to go away." Music video Vocalist Deryck Whibley conceived the idea of the video after a conversation with The Strokes singer Julian Casablancas about the trend of bands with numbers and "the" in their names. At Casablancas's encouragement, the video is a parody of the Strokes video for their song Last Nite while the band is wearing matching outfits similar to The Hives. The video, directed by Marc Klasfeld, starts with the band members entering the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makes No Difference
"Makes No Difference" is the debut single by Canadian rock band Sum 41. It was released in June 2000 as the lead single from the band's extended play '' Half Hour of Power''. The song is featured on the soundtracks for '' Bring It On'', '' Out Cold'' and ''Van Wilder''. A 2002 re-recording of the song was featured on Sum 41's greatest hits compilation, '' All the Good Shit''. Critical reception Larry Flick, of ''Billboard'' magazine, reviewed the song favorably, saying that it "neatly walks a line between polished modern rock and a clever turn at accessible adult top 40, charged up with grimacing guitars and a pace frantic enough to shake the perm loose from the intended audience's girlfriends." Music videos There are two different music videos of this song, both of which were filmed in Toronto. The first music video contains miscellaneous clips of the band performing, goofing around in shops and spraying people with water guns. This footage was used by the band in order to attr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motivation (Sum 41 Song)
"Motivation" is a song by Canadian rock band Sum 41. It was released on January 5, 2002, as the third single from the album ''All Killer No Filler''. Greig Nori appears on backing vocals. Content The song is about being nihilistic, apathetic, demotivated, and being too lazy to look for motivation to do anything. Music video The music video is of the band playing in Steve Jocz' attic located in Ajax, Ontario. The room is piled with garbage and other various items. Track listing ;Single version # "Motivation" # "Crazy Amanda Bunkface" # " Pain for Pleasure" # "Machine Gun" (Live) # "All She's Got" (Live) # "Crazy Amanda Bunkface" (Live) # " What We're All About" (Live) # "Fat Lip" (Video) # " In Too Deep" (Video) ;EP version # Motivation # All She's Got (Live) # Crazy Amanda Bunkface (Live) # What We're All About (Live with Tommy Lee Thomas Lee (born Thomas Lee Bass; October 3, 1962) is an American musician who co-founded and plays drums for the heavy metal band Mötley Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Underclass Hero (song)
"Underclass Hero" is the first single from Sum 41's fourth studio album ''Underclass Hero''. The song impacted radio on May 15, 2007. The song in its entirety was leaked on April 23 from a 91X podcast interview with Deryck Whibley. It was confirmed on Sum 41's official site that this would be the opening track for the album. The song was used in the EA Sports video game '' Madden 08'' and Sony's '' NBA 08''. It is the band's first single since the departure of guitarist Dave Baksh. Critical reception Andrew Blackie of ''PopMatters'' cited the song as an example of "on ofthose rare occasions when the trio do shut up and honestly ''play'' with as much zest as they can muster, which can thus be spoken about with half-hearted approval". Dave de Sylvia of Sputnikmusic compared the song to "Fat Lip", referring to it as a "less rhythmic variation". Music video Sum 41's video for "Underclass Hero" was premiered May 29, 2007, on their official website. It shows the band playing behind a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pieces (Sum 41 Song)
"Pieces" is a song written and recorded by Canadian band Sum 41. "Pieces" was released to radio on November 15, 2004, as the second single from the band's third studio album, ''Chuck Chuck () is a masculine given name or a nickname for Charles or Charlie. It may refer to: People Arts and entertainment * Chuck Alaimo, American saxophonist, leader of the Chuck Alaimo Quartet * Chuck Barris (1929–2017), American TV produce ...'' (2004). Music video The video shows lead vocalist Deryck Whibley singing while he miserably walks throughout an abandoned community. Trucks with one clear side pass behind him, showing the other band members inside of them with signs labeling them as having "the perfect vacation", "the perfect night", "the perfect family", and "the perfect body." In the end, there is a truck with Whibley sitting alone in a sparsely furnished room labelled "the perfect life". At the end of the music video, the letter "F" from the word "life" labelled on the truck fal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Too Deep (Sum 41 Song)
"In Too Deep" is a song by Canadian rock band Sum 41. It is the seventh track on their debut studio album ''All Killer No Filler'' (2001), and was released as the second single in September 2001. History According to Ben Cook of Fucked Up, No Warning and Young Guv, "In Too Deep" was originally a reggae song, to be released by writer Greig Nori's band Treble Charger and feature rapper Snow in the verses. This was later confirmed by drummer Steve Jocz in a YouTube video on the history of the song. Singer Deryck Whibley told ''Kerrang!'' that one night when he was 18, he and his friend, guitarist Dave Baksh, were going to drive to downtown Toronto to hang out. Baksh was very late in picking Whibley up, and Whibley started playing around with his guitar while sitting by the window and waiting. The riff came first, and he started improvising verses and the chorus, and within three or four minutes, had come up with everything but the guitar solo and bridge. He recorded it on his smal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Underclass Hero (album)
''Underclass Hero'' is the fourth studio album by Canadian rock band Sum 41. It is the first of two albums by the band recorded as a three-piece since the departure of guitarist Dave "Brownsound" Baksh the previous year. It was released on July 24, 2007 by Island Records and distributed worldwide by Aquarius Records, the band's final album on the label. In comparison to the heavy metal-inspired style of their previous album ''Chuck'' (2004), ''Underclass Hero '' marked a return to the band’s pop-punk sound. The album was a commercial success, peaking at number 1 on the Canadian Albums Chart and at number 7 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, becoming the band’s highest-charting album to date. It received generally mixed reviews from critics, with some praising its songwriting, lyrics and production, while others found it to be too long, melodramatic, and derivative. Background In his memoir, ''Walking Disaster'', Whibley reveals that the album was quietly " ghost produced" by Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walking Disaster
"Walking Disaster" is the second track on Sum 41's 2007 studio album ''Underclass Hero''. It was released as the album's second single on July 24, 2007, six days after the release of the album. The band performed the song on ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' on July 24, 2007. Music video Sum 41 recorded the music video for "Walking Disaster" while in Los Angeles during the time of their stay when they performed on Jay Leno. The video premiered on August 20 on MTV2. The video focuses on a toy robot walking around L.A. Meanwhile, the band is playing in a toy store in Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, .... In the end the robot finds his way back home to the toy store which has been trashed by Sum 41. Track listing Charts References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck (Sum 41 Album)
''Chuck'' is the third studio album by Canadian rock band Sum 41. The album was released on October 12, 2004. It was the last album to feature guitarist Dave Baksh before his departure from Sum 41 on May 11, 2006. Baksh later rejoined the band in 2015. ''Chuck'' peaked at No. 2 on the Canadian Albums Chart and No. 10 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, making it the band's highest-charting album until it would be surpassed by '' Underclass Hero'' in 2007. The album's title is named after a volunteer UN peacekeeper named Chuck Pelletier who was in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where Sum 41 was filming a documentary for War Child Canada. Fighting broke out during production, and Pelletier helped the band evacuate their hotel during the fighting, as he was staying at the same hotel. The album's lyrical content has been described as darker and more mature than the band's previous work. It also had a different sound, mixing punk rock and melodic hardcore with heavy metal. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We're All To Blame
"We're All to Blame" is a song by Canadian rock band Sum 41. It was released to radio on August 31, 2004, as the first single from ''Chuck''. Lyrical themes Frontman Deryck Whibley said the song is about war, death, fear, corporate power and other concerns, and was written after the band's trip to the Congo, making it the last song written for ''Chuck''. Music video The video, directed by Marc Klasfeld, is a spoof of Solid Gold and features the Solid Gold dancers. At the end of the video, the announcer says that the next guest is Pain For Pleasure, Sum 41's heavy metal alter ego band. Reception Fox83 of Sputnikmusic called the song an "impressive approach lyrically" and said "If System of a Down's ' Chop Suey!' had never been released then this could be leaning on originality. Aside from these irritations, 'We're All to Blame' is a great effort, and deserves its place on ''Chuck''." An ''Entertainment Weekly'' reviewer wrote, "It may sound heinous on paper, but trust us, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Killer No Filler
''All Killer No Filler'' is the debut studio album by Canadian rock band Sum 41, released on May 8, 2001. It was certified platinum in the United States, Canada, and in the UK. Despite mixed reviews, the album was a commercial success, peaking at No. 13 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The single, " Fat Lip" peaked at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Alternative Airplay. Composition, music, and influences The album's style has been described as pop punk and skate punk. NOFX's album ''Punk in Drublic'' was a considerable influence on the album. Sum 41's vocalist/rhythm guitarist Deryck Whibley cites Rancid, Elvis Costello, the Beatles, and Pennywise as influences on ''All Killer No Filler''. The band has mentioned Green Day as their main influence for the album. "I was about 14 when '' Dookie'' came out," Whibley says. "I remember seeing the video for ' Basket Case' for the first time... It had so much energy and it was so different. I'd never seen anything like it before. From then I was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
