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Jason McCaslin
Jason "Cone" McCaslin (born September 3, 1980) is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the bassist and backing vocalist of the band Sum 41. He and frontman Deryck Whibley are the only two members of the band to appear on every studio album. Early life McCaslin began playing bass at the age of 14, as a member of a grunge garage band called Second Opinion. He is of Irish/ Swedish descent. McCaslin attended Exeter High School in Ajax, Ontario along with fellow Sum 41 band members Deryck Whibley, Dave Baksh, and their former drummer Steve Jocz. He acquired the nickname "Cone" from fellow band member Deryck Whibley in high school, because he frequently ate ice cream cones at lunch. Career Sum 41 In 1999, the band signed an international record deal with Island Records. The band released their debut EP, '' Half Hour of Power'', in 2000. Their first album, '' All Killer No Filler'', was released in 2001. The band achieved mainstream succes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Am Ring And Rock Im Park
The (German for "Rock at the Ring") and ("Rock in the Park") festivals are two simultaneous rock music festivals held annually in Germany. While ''Rock am Ring'' takes place at the Nürburgring race track, ''Rock im Park'' takes place at the Zeppelinfeld in Nuremberg. Rock am Ring festival was founded by in 1985. The two festivals are usually regarded as one event sharing nearly identical lineups. All artists perform one day at the Nürburgring and another day in Nuremberg during the three-day event. There have been minor exceptions in the past years where an artist would be announced for one of the festivals only. Combined, Rock im Park and Rock am Ring are the largest music festivals held in Germany and one of the largest in the world with a combined attendance of over 150,000 people in 2007, selling out both events in advance for the first time. History In 1980, German concert promoter initiated a festival project on the part of the , but it failed due to protests ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajax, Ontario
Ajax (; 2021 Canadian census, 2021 population: 126,666) is a waterfront town in Regional Municipality of Durham, Durham Region in Southern Ontario, Canada, located in the eastern part of the Greater Toronto Area. The town is named for , a Royal Navy cruiser that served in the Second World War. It is approximately east of Toronto on the shores of Lake Ontario and is bordered by the City of Pickering, Ontario, Pickering to the west and north, and the Town of Whitby, Ontario, Whitby to the east. History The indigenous peoples in Canada, indigenous peoples were active in the watersheds of the Duffins Creek and the Carruthers Creek (Canada), Carruthers Creek since the Archaic period (North America), Archaic period (7000-1000 BCE), although they did not build any major settlements in the area, presumably because of the poor navigability of these streams. In 1760, French Canadians, French Sulpician missionaries from Ganatsekwyagon reached the Duffins Creek area, but did not settle the ... [...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] |
Does This Look Infected?
''Does This Look Infected?'' is the second studio album by Canadian rock band Sum 41. It was released on November 26, 2002. Music Composition The album is more aggressive, darker and heavier and has fewer elements of pop music than Sum 41's previous studio album, '' All Killer No Filler'' (2001) ''PopMatters'' writer Ethan Stewart described ''Does This Look Infected?'' stylistically as a "transitional record" between the pop-punk of ''All Killer No Filler'' and the heavy metal sound of ''Chuck'', as well as "the band's most varied album". It includes both pop punk tracks, such as "Hyper-Insomnia-Para-Condrioid" and " The Hell Song" and melodic thrash metal songs such as " Still Waiting". Many songs incorporating elements of both genres, such as shouted vocals, breakdowns, harmonized guitars and riffs typical of thrash metal, as well as melodies indebted to pop punk and sometimes a more jovial tone. Critics have categorized the album as punk rock, pop punk, heavy metal an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolling Stone
''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. The magazine was first known for its coverage of rock music and political reporting by Hunter S. Thompson. In the 1990s, the magazine broadened and shifted its focus to a younger readership interested in youth-oriented television shows, film actors, and popular music. It has since returned to its traditional mix of content, including music, entertainment, and politics. The first magazine was released in 1967 and featured John Lennon on the cover, and was then published every two weeks. It is known for provocative photography and its cover photos, featuring musicians, politicians, athletes, and actors. In addition to its print version in the United States, it publishes content through Rollingstone.com and numerous international editions. The magazine experienced a rapid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Recording Sales Certification
Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units. The threshold quantity varies by type (such as album, single, music video) and by nation or territory (see List of music recording certifications). Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories, which are named after precious materials (gold Gold is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol Au (from Latin ) and atomic number 79. In its pure form, it is a brightness, bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a transition metal ..., platinum and diamond). The threshold required for these awards depends upon the population of the territory where the recording is released. Typically, they are awarded only to international releases and are awarded individually for each country where the album is sold. Different sales levels, some perhaps 10 times greater t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nielsen Company
Nielsen Holdings plc (or Nielsen) is an American media audience measurement firm. Nielsen operates in over 100 countries and employs approximately 15,000 people worldwide. For most of its history, the company was known for its two subsidiaries, Nielsen Media Research, which was responsible for TV ratings, and AC Nielsen, which was responsible for consumer shopping trends and box-office data. Nielsen Media Research later evolved into Global Media division and the AC Nielsen later evolved into Global Connect division. The company later decided to retain its Global Media division and divested the Global Connect division (NielsenIQ, the former AC Nielsen) to private equity firm Advent International in March 2021. The company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange and used to be a component of the S&P 500. History Formation Nielsen was founded in 1923 by Arthur C. Nielsen, Sr., who invented an approach to measuring competitive sales results that made the concept of "market shar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized in letter case, lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events and styles related to the music industry. Its Billboard charts, music charts include the Billboard Hot 100, Hot 100, the Billboard 200, 200, and the Billboard Global 200, Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in various music genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm and operates several television shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks
Alternative Airplay (formerly known as Modern Rock Tracks between 1988 and 2009, and Alternative Songs between 2009 and 2020) is a music chart published in the American magazine ''Billboard'' since September 10, 1988. It ranks the 40 most-played songs on alternative and modern rock radio stations. Introduced as Modern Rock Tracks, the chart served as a companion to the Mainstream Rock chart (then called Album Rock Tracks), and its creation was prompted by the explosion of alternative music on American radio in the late 1980s. During the first several years of the chart, it regularly featured music that did not receive commercial radio airplay anywhere but on a few modern rock and college rock radio stations. This included many electronic and post-punk artists. Gradually, as alternative rock became more mainstream (spearheaded by the grunge explosion in the early 1990s), alternative and mainstream rock radio stations began playing many of the same songs. By the late 2000s, the ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fat Lip
"Fat Lip" is a song by Canadian rock band Sum 41. It is the fourth track on their debut album, '' All Killer No Filler'' (2001), and was released as the lead single in April 2001. It is the band's most successful single to date, topping the ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart. It peaked at number 66 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and at number eight on the UK Singles Chart. Background and composition "Fat Lip" was written by Sum 41 members Deryck Whibley, Steve Jocz and Dave Brownsound, and in-house producer Greig Nori, with production by Jerry Finn. The song gets its title from the slang term for a swollen lip as a result of being punched in the face. "It was the last song I had written for ''All Killer'' ">'No Filler''/nowiki>," Whibley told ''Stereogum'' in 2021. "The whole album was pretty much done. It was never meant to be a single. It wasn't even supposed to be a song. The very, very first thing I wrote was the guitar riff. And I didn't necessarily write ... [...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] |
Half Hour Of Power
''Half Hour of Power'' is the debut extended play by Canadian rock band Sum 41. It was released on June 27, 2000, on Big Rig Records, a subsidiary of Island Records (United States), and Aquarius Records (Canada). The cover features the band's then-drummer Steve Jocz aiming a Nerf gun up in the air and standing in front of an explosion in the background. Though officially an EP, ''Half Hour of Power'' may also be considered the band's debut studio album. Most of the songs featured on the EP were included as bonus tracks on Sum 41's actual debut studio album ''All Killer No Filler'' (2001), which featured a re-recorded version of ''Half Hour of Powers sixth track "Summer". This is the second of three times that this song was featured on a Sum 41 album. It first appeared on their 1998 demo tape. The group originally planned to include different versions of the song on each of their albums as a joke, but scrapped the idea after ''All Killer No Filler'', as they felt that it would ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
