The band Sum 41 announced Monday that they’re splitting up after 27 years, and pop-punk seemed to be everywhere in memorable scenes from MTV’s “Total Request Live” and blockbuster movies into the early 2000s. released the nostalgia of
The Canadian group, led by spiky-haired singer Derrick Whibley, was part of a pop-punk wave that included Blink-182, Simple Plan, Good Charlotte and Avril Lavigne. Their hits included “Fat Lip” and “Into Deep,” and fans loved belting in the car and hopping around at the show.
The band’s music was also featured in popular films in the early 2000s. Among them are “Spider-Man”, “Hey Where’s the Car?” and “Bring It On”.
of statement on twitter, SUM41 did not explain the reason for the disbandment. He said that he plans to finish the tour by the end of this year, releasing the final album “Heaven:x: Hell” and announcing a final tour to celebrate the end of that tour.
“Being in Sum 41 since 1996 has given us some of the best moments of our lives,” the band members wrote. It’s hard to articulate the love and respect we have for all of you, so we wanted you to hear this from us first. ”
News of the band’s decision left fans mourning the end of an era. While many punk fans despised Sum 41 and groups like them as safe and conventional, pop punk fans said the music was part of the soundtrack of their youth.
After the release of Sam 41’s groundbreaking album All Killer No Fillers in 2001, “Fat Lips” reached number one on Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart. Thick eyeliner accented with a tricolor wrist sweatband.
“Sum 41 is definitely the Mount Rushmore of early 2000s pop punk,” says Finn McKenty, creator of the YouTube series The Punk Rock MBA.The strange history of the Sum 41”
“To be able to ride the MTV-type hype wave they had and turn it into a career that really has longevity and respect is a rare thing they’ve been able to pull off.” Mr McEntee said.
The band’s music seemed to capture the spirit of suburban teenage high jinx.
in an interview with 2021 BillboardWhibley said the members filmed themselves when the band, which formed in a suburb of Toronto in 1996, was trying to get some attention. our show.
The band’s manager then sent a three-minute version of the video to the record company.
“And it was a matter of weeks,” Whibley said. “All the labels in America were trying to sign us and it became a big bidding war.”
Mike Damante, author of “Hey Suburbia: A Guide to the Emo/Pop-Punk Rise,” said Sum 41 were one of the first popular pop-punk bands to fuse metal and hip-hop, and were “one of the era’s most popular bands.” It’s a really nostalgic era for music.”
In recent years Sum 41 has toured with Simple Plan and The Offspring.
McEnty said the band is producing music these days that is “just as good or better” than it was in the early 2000s.
“I like to see people on top rather than sad,” he said.
