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==Musical style and influences== {{Listen|filename=Fat Lip.ogg|title="Fat Lip"|description=Sample of "[[Fat Lip]]" from [[All Killer No Filler]]. "Fat Lip" has been described as pop-punk, much like the band's other material.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/the-essential-pop-punk-playlist-1188256|title=20 Essential Pop Punk Tracks Everyone Should Know|work=[[NME]]|date=June 2, 2011|access-date=September 24, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418005427/https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/the-essential-pop-punk-playlist-1188256|archive-date=April 18, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Unlike the band's other material, the song contains rapping during the verses.<ref>{{cite web|first=Dan|last=Weiss|url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/ten-rap-rock-songs-that-are-actually-awesome-2401191|title=Ten Rap-Rock Songs That Are Actually Awesome|work=[[LA Weekly]]|date=April 6, 2012|access-date=December 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516080947/https://www.laweekly.com/ten-rap-rock-songs-that-are-actually-awesome/|archive-date=May 16, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Brendan|last=Menapace|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2144152/sum-41-fat-lip-all-killer-no-filler/interviews/qa/|title=Still Killer: Deryck Whibley On Sum 41's "Fat Lip" 20 Years Later|work=[[Stereogum]]|date=April 22, 2021|access-date=December 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415162443/https://www.stereogum.com/2144152/sum-41-fat-lip-all-killer-no-filler/interviews/qa/|archive-date=April 15, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>|format=[[Ogg]]}} Sum 41 has been described as [[pop-punk]], [[skate punk]], [[punk rock]], [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]], [[alternative metal]], [[melodic hardcore]], [[alternative rock]], [[thrash metal]], [[pop rock]], [[punk metal]], [[arena rock]], and [[hard rock]].{{refn|group=note|Musical styles:{{columns-list|colwidth=30em| *"[[pop-punk]]"<ref name="Allmusic overview"/><ref name="Colburn"/><ref name="exclaim never there"/><ref name="Heaven and Hell"/><ref name=Gavin>{{cite magazine|first=Gavin|last=Edwards|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/sum-41-teenage-rock-roll-machine-20010924|title=Sum 41: Teenage Rock & Roll Machine|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=September 24, 2001|access-date=March 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160103015355/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/sum-41-teenage-rock-roll-machine-20010924|archive-date=January 3, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Nardine Saad">{{cite web|first=Nardine|last=Saad|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-05-08/sum-41-disbanding-breaking-up-heave-x-hell-album-tour|title='Disbanding,' you say? Sum 41 rockers say they're splitting after new album and tour|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=May 8, 2023|access-date=December 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509025024/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-05-08/sum-41-disbanding-breaking-up-heave-x-hell-album-tour|archive-date=May 9, 2023}}</ref> *"[[skate punk]]"<ref name=Gavin/><ref name="Punknews">{{cite web|first=Mike|last=Elfers|url=https://www.punknews.org/review/16661/sum-41-order-in-decline|title=Sum 41 Order in Decline (2019)|work=Punknews.org|date=August 5, 2019|access-date=December 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419232513/https://www.punknews.org/review/16661/sum-41-order-in-decline|archive-date=April 19, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=CMJ>{{cite journal|title=Sum 41 Half Hour of Power|journal=[[CMJ New Music Monthly]]|last=Behrman|first=Lorne|number=85|year=2000|issn=1074-6978 |page=61}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Al|last=Horner|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/10-albums-that-wouldnt-exist-without-green-days-dookie|title=10 Albums That Wouldn't Exist Without Green Day's 'Dookie'|work=[[NME]]|date=January 31, 2014|access-date=December 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326033155/https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/10-albums-that-wouldnt-exist-without-green-days-dookie-768209|archive-date=March 26, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Cody|last=Fitzpatrick|url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/sum-41-tell-the-story-behind-chuck-11375550|title=Sum 41 Tell the Story Behind Chuck|work=[[Phoenix New Times]]|date=October 18, 2019|access-date=December 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128040407/https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/sum-41-tell-the-story-behind-chuck-11375550|archive-date=January 28, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/Sum-41/news/Sum-41-get-to-The-Point/2622120.html|title=Sum 41 get to The Point|work=[[Hot Press]]|date=November 12, 2002|access-date=December 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211000646/http://www.hotpress.com/Sum-41/news/Sum-41-get-to-The-Point/2622120.html|archive-date=December 11, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> *"[[punk rock]]"<ref name="Nardine Saad"/><ref name="cosOrder in Decline"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/sum-41s-deryck-whibley-sells-publishing-catalog-to-harbourview|title=Sum 41's Deryck Whibley Sells Publishing Catalog To Harbourview|work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=August 18, 2022|access-date=December 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518073127/https://blabbermouth.net/news/sum-41s-deryck-whibley-sells-publishing-catalog-to-harbourview|archive-date=May 18, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Joe|last=Smith-Engelhardt|url=https://www.altpress.com/features/sum-41-order-in-decline-politics-interview/|title=Sum 41 singer Deryck Whibley boycotts the news for the sake of his sanity|magazine=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]|date=June 12, 2019|access-date=December 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623173832/https://www.altpress.com/features/sum-41-order-in-decline-politics-interview/|archive-date=June 23, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Christopher|last=Brito|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sum-41-disbanding-concert-tour-deryck-whibley/|title=Sum 41 says it's disbanding after 27 years together|work=[[CBS News]]|date=May 9, 2023|access-date=December 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601113057/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sum-41-disbanding-concert-tour-deryck-whibley/|archive-date=June 1, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="7newss">{{cite web|first=Ana|last=Gonzalez|url=https://7news.com.au/entertainment/music/punk-rock-band-sum-41-announces-break-up-c-10590481|title=Punk rock band Sum 41 announces break up|work=7news|date=May 8, 2023|access-date=December 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002232200/https://7news.com.au/entertainment/music/punk-rock-band-sum-41-announces-break-up-c-10590481|archive-date=October 2, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> *"[[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]"<ref name="Punknews"/><ref name="Vulture Hound - 13 Voices">{{cite web|first=Lee|last=Hazell|url=https://vulturehound.co.uk/2016/10/sum-41-13-voices-album-review/|title=Sum 41 β 13 Voices (Album Review)|work=Vulture Hound|date=October 7, 2016|access-date=January 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111134951/https://vulturehound.co.uk/2016/10/sum-41-13-voices-album-review/|archive-date=November 11, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Exclaim - 13 Voices">{{Cite web|first=Bradley|last=Zorgdrager|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/sum_41-13_voices|title=Sum 41 13 Voices|work=[[Exclaim!]]|date=October 5, 2016|access-date=December 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404181120/http://exclaim.ca/music/article/sum_41-13_voices|archive-date=April 4, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> *"[[alternative metal]]"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sptimes.com/News/120501/news_pf/NorthPinellas/In_spite_of_some_feed.shtml|title=Northpinellas: In spite of some feedback, rock concert was success|work=Sptimes|date=December 5, 2001|access-date=March 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924140428/http://www.sptimes.com/News/120501/news_pf/NorthPinellas/In_spite_of_some_feed.shtml|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2001/12/05/in-spite-of-some-feedback-rock-concert-was-success/|title=In spite of some feedback, rock concert was success|work=[[Tampa Bay Times]]|date=December 5, 2001|access-date=December 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419134149/https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2001/12/05/in-spite-of-some-feedback-rock-concert-was-success/|archive-date=April 19, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> *"[[melodic hardcore]]"<ref name="Carouser All">{{cite web|first=Daragh|last=Markham|url=http://thecarouser.com/2014/06/18/all-messed-up-a-look-back-at-sum-41s-does-this-look-infected/|title=All Messed Up: A Look Back At Sum 41's 'Does This Look Infected?'|work=The Carouser|date=June 18, 2014|access-date=March 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716103857/http://thecarouser.com/2014/06/18/all-messed-up-a-look-back-at-sum-41s-does-this-look-infected/|archive-date=July 16, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Rachela|last=Saletta|url=http://www.melodicamente.com/i-sum-41-allindipendent-days-festival-la-probabile-scaletta/|title=I Sum 41 all'Indipendent Days Festival. La probabile scaletta|publisher=MelodicaMente|date=September 4, 2010|access-date=March 27, 2022}}</ref> *"[[alternative rock]]"<ref name="7newss"/><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Andy|last=Greene|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/inside-sum-41s-dramatic-comeback-125046/|title=Inside Sum 41's Dramatic Comeback|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=October 24, 2016|access-date=March 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502051235/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/inside-sum-41s-dramatic-comeback-125046/|archive-date=May 2, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *"[[thrash metal]]"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/music-reviews/2004/1115/449194-sum41/|title=Sum 41 - Chuck|work=Rte.ie|date=November 15, 2004|access-date=December 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415160939/https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/music-reviews/2004/1115/449194-sum41/|archive-date=April 15, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Toilet of Hell - Chuck">{{cite web|url=http://www.toiletovhell.com/sum-41-wrote-a-thrash-metal-album-when-you-werent-looking/|title=Toilet of Hell β Chuck|work=Toilettovhell|date=October 1, 2014|access-date=December 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423040209/http://www.toiletovhell.com/sum-41-wrote-a-thrash-metal-album-when-you-werent-looking/|archive-date=April 23, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> *"[[pop rock]]"<ref name="Nardine Saad"/><ref name="Punknews"/> *"[[punk metal]]"<ref>{{cite book|title=The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History: The grunge and post-grunge years, 1991-2005|date=2006|publisher=Greenwood Press}}</ref> *"[[arena rock]]"<ref name="altpress10bands">{{cite magazine|first=Joe|last=Smith-Engelhardt|url=https://www.altpress.com/features/best-debut-albums/|title=10 Bands Whose Debut Albums Contain Their Most Iconic Material|magazine=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]|date=October 16, 2019|access-date=December 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017030035/https://www.altpress.com/features/best-debut-albums/|archive-date=October 17, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *"[[hard rock]]"<ref name="fyimusicnews">{{cite magazine|url=https://ca.billboard.com/fyi/sum-41-out-blood|title=Sum 41: Out For Blood|magazine=Billboard Canada|date=April 25, 2019|access-date=September 24, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213034515/https://ca.billboard.com/fyi/sum-41-out-blood|archive-date=December 13, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> }}}}<!--End note--> In a November 2004 interview, Deryck Whibley said: "We don't even consider ourselves punk. We're just a rock band. We want to do something different. We want to do our own thing. That's how music has always been to us."<ref>{{cite web|first=Phil|last=Bonyata|url=http://www.concertlivewire.com/interviews/deryck.htm|title=Deryck Whibley of Sum 41 Interview - One on One|work=Concert Livewire|date=November 25, 2004|access-date=December 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415160939/http://www.concertlivewire.com/interviews/deryck.htm|archive-date=April 15, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Dave Baksh reiterated Whibley's claims, stating "We just call ourselves rock... It's easier to say than punk, especially around all these fuckin' kids that think they know what punk is. Something that was based on not having any rules has probably one of the strictest fucking rule books in the world."<ref name=Phoenix>{{cite web|first=Geoff|last=Harkness|url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/pop-punk-and-then-sum-6398321|title=Pop-Punk and Then Sum|work=[[Phoenix New Times]]|date=June 9, 2005|access-date=December 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419035924/https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/pop-punk-and-then-sum-6398321|archive-date=April 19, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Sum 41's musical style has consistently changed between albums.<ref name="Stewart 2023" /> The band's EP ''[[Half Hour of Power]]'' is described as pop-punk<ref name=Half/><ref name=Paul/><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Ewan|last=Wadharmi|url=http://www.hybridmagazine.com/reviews/1200/sum41.shtml|title=Sum 41 β Half Hour of Power|magazine=Hybridmagazine|access-date=December 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010510052831/http://www.hybridmagazine.com/reviews/1200/sum41.shtml|archive-date=May 10, 2001|url-status=dead}}</ref> and skate punk.<ref name=CMJ /><ref name=Paul>{{cite web|url=http://www.punktastic.com/album-reviews/sum-41-half-hour-of-power/|title=Sum 41 β Half Hour of Power|work=Punktastic|date=July 30, 2004|access-date=April 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307192909/http://www.punktastic.com/album-reviews/sum-41-half-hour-of-power/|archive-date=March 7, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[All Killer No Filler]]'' was also described as pop-punk<ref name="Allmusic overview"/><ref name="Pop matter pop punk">{{cite web|first=Andrew|last=Blackie|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/sum-41-underclass-hero/|title=Sum 41: Underclass Hero|work=[[PopMatters]]|date=August 21, 2007|access-date=April 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409141939/https://www.popmatters.com/sum-41-underclass-hero-2496219032.html|archive-date=April 9, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Yasmine|last=Shemesh|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/sum-41-interview-all-killer-no-filler-9552792/|title=Sum 41's Deryck Whibley on 'All Killer No Filler' at 20: 'For the Longest Time, I Thought It Wasn't Very Good'|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=April 7, 2021|access-date=April 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415160942/https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/sum-41-interview-all-killer-no-filler-9552792/|archive-date=April 15, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> and skate punk<ref>{{cite web|first=El|last=Hunt|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/23/sum-41-review-a-joyful-pop-punk-celebration-alexandra-palace|title=Sum 41 review β a joyful pop punk celebration |work=[[The Guardian]]|date=October 23, 2022|access-date=December 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329154210/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/23/sum-41-review-a-joyful-pop-punk-celebration-alexandra-palace|archive-date=March 29, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> (except for "Pain for Pleasure", which is purely heavy metal).<ref name="D'Angelo">{{cite web|first=Joe|last=D'Angelo|url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/s/sum_41/news_feature_080202/index.jhtml|title=Sum 41: Testing Their Metal|work=[[MTV]]|access-date=October 20, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113093507/http://www.mtv.com/bands/s/sum_41/news_feature_080202/index.jhtml|archive-date=January 13, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[Does This Look Infected?]]'' has been described as punk rock,<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Tom|last=Sinclair|url=https://ew.com/article/2002/11/29/does-this-look-infected/|title=Does This Look Infected Review|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=November 29, 2002|access-date=April 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425181452/https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,393126,00.html|archive-date=April 25, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> pop-punk<ref name="Pop matter pop punk"/> melodic hardcore,<ref name="Carouser All"/> [[horror punk]],<ref name="Carouser All"/> and heavy metal.<ref name="Carouser All"/> ''[[Chuck (Sum 41 album)|Chuck]]'' departed heavily from their pop-punk origins, into a sound influenced by heavy metal and [[hardcore punk]],<ref name="Chuck AllMusic"/><ref name="Toilet of Hell - Chuck"/> and has been categorised by critics as alternative metal,<ref name="Stewart 2023" /> thrash metal<ref name="Toilet of Hell - Chuck"/><ref name="Stewart 2023">{{cite web|first=Ethan|last=Stewart|url=https://www.popmatters.com/ranking-the-sum-41-albums|title=Ranking The Sum 41 Albums: From Pop-punk To Thrash Metal|work=[[PopMatters]]|date=May 17, 2023|access-date=May 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519131735/https://www.popmatters.com/ranking-the-sum-41-albums|archive-date=May 19, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> and melodic hardcore.<ref name="Stewart 2023" /> ''[[Underclass Hero]]'' was as a revival of the band's pop-punk style,<ref>{{cite web|first=Vik|last=Bansal|url=http://www.musicomh.com/albums/sum-41.htm|title=Sum 41 Album reviews|work=[[MusicOMH]]|access-date=August 19, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704052931/http://www.musicomh.com/albums/sum-41.htm|archive-date=July 4, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> however differentiated itself from their early work through its heavy use of acoustic guitars, complex vocal harmonies, pianos and organs.<ref>{{cite web|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/underclass-hero-mw0000584729|title=Underclass Hero Sum 41|work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=May 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415160939/https://www.allmusic.com/album/underclass-hero-mw0000584729|archive-date=April 15, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Screaming Bloody Murder]]'' saw the band turn in a much darker direction. Sonically it was a return to metal, while also incorporating elements of [[garage rock]] and, on some songs, [[progressive rock]].<ref name="Stewart 2023" /> ''[[13 Voices]]'' and ''[[Order in Decline]]'' saw the band continue in this heavier direction, incorporating elements of hardcore punk, [[metalcore]] and thrash metal.<ref name="Stewart 2023" /> Their final album, ''[[Heaven :x: Hell]]'', is a [[double album]] which features both a return to the pop-punk sound of the band's early career, and a continuation of the band's later heavy metal sound.<ref>{{cite web|first=Greg|last=Kennelty|url=https://metalinjection.net/upcoming-releases/sum-41s-new-album-is-somewhat-of-a-nod-to-black-sabbath|title=Sum 41's New Album Is "Somewhat Of A Nod To Black Sabbath"|work=Metal Injection|date=April 6, 2022|access-date=April 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240316094734/https://metalinjection.net/upcoming-releases/sum-41s-new-album-is-somewhat-of-a-nod-to-black-sabbath|archive-date=March 16, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/sum-41s-new-album-heaven-x-hell-to-arrive-in-spring-2024|title=Sum 41's New Album 'Heaven :x: Hell' To Arrive In Spring 2024|work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=October 31, 2023|access-date=April 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102021224/https://blabbermouth.net/news/sum-41s-new-album-heaven-x-hell-to-arrive-in-spring-2024|archive-date=November 2, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> This album was also described as skate punk,<ref name="Noizze rev">{{cite web|first=Tom|last=Bruce|url=https://www.noizze.co.uk/sum-41-heaven-x-hell-album-review/|title=Sum 41 β Heaven :x: Hell Album Review|work=Noizze UK|date=March 28, 2024|access-date=April 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328203618/https://www.noizze.co.uk/sum-41-heaven-x-hell-album-review/|archive-date=March 28, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> alternative rock,<ref name="Noizze rev"/> and alternative metal.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Adrian|last=Garro|url=https://rockcellarmagazine.com/sum-41-heaven-hell-album-review-final-album-tour-dates-deryck-whibley/#google_vignette|title=Review: Sum 41 Bows Out with Final Album, 'Heaven :x: Hell' β a Career-Spanning Mix of Pop/Punk/Metal Precision|magazine=Rock Cellar Magazine|date=March 28, 2024|access-date=April 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328203618/https://rockcellarmagazine.com/sum-41-heaven-hell-album-review-final-album-tour-dates-deryck-whibley/#google_vignett|archive-date=March 28, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Some of the band's songs contain political-social commentary; "[[Still Waiting (Sum 41 song)|Still Waiting]]" is an anti-[[George W. Bush]] and anti-[[Iraq War]] song,<ref>{{cite web|first=Ed|last=Masley|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2018/04/19/sum-41-deryck-whibley-interview-does-look-infected-anniversary-tour/530458002/|title=Sum 41's Deryck Whibley looks back on 'Does This Look Infected?' in advance of anniversary tour|work=[[The Arizona Republic]]|date=April 19, 2018|access-date=May 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412022930/https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2018/04/19/sum-41-deryck-whibley-interview-does-look-infected-anniversary-tour/530458002/|archive-date=April 12, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Emma|last=Wilkes|url=https://www.altpress.com/sum-41-still-waiting-oral-history/|title=Sum 41 still remember creating the magic and mayhem behind their 2002 hit "Still Waiting"|magazine=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]|date=January 24, 2023|access-date=December 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320215058/https://www.altpress.com/sum-41-still-waiting-oral-history/|archive-date=March 20, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> "The Jester" and "[[March of the Dogs]]" also are critical of Bush,<ref name="George W. Bush"/> "45 (A Matter of Time)" is critical of U.S. president [[Donald Trump]],<ref>{{cite web|first=David|last=Friend|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2019/07/10/i-tried-to-fight-it-sum-41-songwriter-lets-trump-into-tunes.html|title='I tried to fight it': Sum 41 songwriter lets Trump into tunes|newspaper=[[Toronto Sun]]|date=July 10, 2019|access-date=January 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419190056/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2019/07/10/i-tried-to-fight-it-sum-41-songwriter-lets-trump-into-tunes.html|archive-date=April 19, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/sum-41-frontman-on-donald-trump-hes-not-my-kind-of-guy|title=Sum 41 Frontman On Donald Trump: 'He's Not My Kind Of Guy'|work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=July 9, 2019|access-date=December 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710015348/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/sum-41-frontman-on-donald-trump-hes-not-my-kind-of-guy/|archive-date=July 10, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> "[[Underclass Hero (song)|Underclass Hero]]" is a song about class struggle, and "Dear Father" and "[[Never There (Sum 41 song)|Never There]]" are about Whibley's absent father.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Christian|last=Hoard|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/sum41/albums/album/15502568/review/15807523/underclass_hero|title=Underclass Hero Review|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=August 23, 2007|access-date=August 19, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080708232543/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/sum41/albums/album/15502568/review/15807523/underclass_hero|archive-date=July 8, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hughes|first=Josiah|title=Deryck Whibley Discusses Sum 41's Order in Decline Track By Track|url=https://www.kerrang.com/features/deryck-whibley-discusses-sum-41s-order-in-decline-track-by-track/ |website=[[Kerrang!]] |date=19 July 2019 |accessdate=5 March 2025}}</ref> Sum 41's influences include [[Weezer]], [[Slayer]], [[the Police]], [[Devo]], [[Megadeth]], [[Pennywise (band)|Pennywise]], [[Refused (band)|Refused]], [[Rancid (band)|Rancid]], [[No Use for a Name]], [[the Vandals]], [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]], [[Carcass (band)|Carcass]], [[Dio (band)|Dio]], [[Judas Priest]], [[Foo Fighters]], [[Green Day]], [[NOFX]], [[Lagwagon]], [[Face to Face (punk band)|Face to Face]], [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]], [[the Beatles]] (including [[John Lennon]]'s solo work), [[Elvis Costello]], [[Beastie Boys]], [[RunβD.M.C.]], [[Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock]], [[Metallica]], [[Guns N' Roses]], and [[Iron Maiden]].{{refn|group=note|Influenced by:{{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * [[Weezer]],<ref name=SpinPoll>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8s9P_S6njMC&q=%22sum+41%22+%22favorite%22&pg=PA80|title=Readers Poll 2001|magazine=[[Spin Magazine|Spin]]|pages=79β80|date=March 2002|volume=18|number=3|issn=0886-3032|publisher=Spin Media LLC}}</ref> * [[Slayer]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Gary|last=Ryan|url=https://www.nme.com/music-interviews/july-6-braincellsdoes-rock-n-roll-kill-braincells-deryck-whibley-sum-41-2521197|title=Does Rock 'N' Roll Kill Braincells?! - Derrick Whibley, Sum 41|work=[[NME]]|date=July 9, 2019|access-date=October 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709162914/https://www.nme.com/music-interviews/july-6-braincellsdoes-rock-n-roll-kill-braincells-deryck-whibley-sum-41-2521197|archive-date=July 9, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[the Police]],<ref name=SpinPoll/> * [[Devo]],<ref name=SpinPoll/> * [[Megadeth]],<ref name=MetalProject/> * [[Pennywise (band)|Pennywise]],<ref name=UG/><ref name=Modern>{{cite magazine|title=The Modern Age|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|last=Pesselnick|first=Jill|date=May 19, 2001|issn=0006-2510|volume=113|number=20|publisher=[[Nielsen Business Media, Inc.]]|page=80}}</ref> * [[Refused (band)|Refused]],<ref>{{cite journal|last1=di Perna|first1=Alan|title=Sum 41: Blow Up|journal=[[Guitar World]]|date=December 2004|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/sum-41-blow}}</ref> * [[Rancid (band)|Rancid]],<ref name=Modern/><ref name=Chron>{{cite web|first=Vaughn|last=Watson|url=https://www.chron.com/life/article/Pop-punkers-Sum-41-cut-through-rock-star-egotism-2062360.php|title=Pop-punkers Sum 41 cut through rock-star egotism|work=[[Houston Chronicle]]|date=April 16, 2002|access-date=June 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419232512/https://www.chron.com/life/article/Pop-punkers-Sum-41-cut-through-rock-star-egotism-2062360.php|archive-date=April 19, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[No Use for a Name]],<ref name=Riot/> * [[the Vandals]],<ref name="HOLLY">{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywood.com/general/sum-41-interview-57163118/|title=Sum 41 Interview|work=[[Hollywood.com]]|date=May 28, 2014|access-date=January 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821043710/http://www.hollywood.com/general/sum-41-interview-57163118/|archive-date=August 21, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]],<ref name=MetalSludge/><ref name=MetalProject>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/ex-sum-41-guitarist-returns-with-metal-project-brown-brigade-audio-available/|title=Ex-Sum 41 Guitarist Returns With Metal Project Brown Brigade: Audio Available|work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=September 10, 2006|access-date=June 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423164015/https://blabbermouth.net/news/ex-sum-41-guitarist-returns-with-metal-project-brown-brigade-audio-available|archive-date=April 23, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Carcass (band)|Carcass]],<ref name=MetalSludge>{{cite web|url=http://metalsludge.tv/classic/?p=28675|title=20 Questions with Sum 41's Brown Sound, 8/6/02|work=Metal Sludge|date=October 6, 2002|access-date=April 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225162408/http://metalsludge.tv/classic/?p=28675|archive-date=February 25, 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Dio (band)|Dio]],<ref name=Riot>{{cite web|first=Lorena|last=Cupcake|url=https://riotfest.org/2018/07/sum-41-battled-boy-bands-and-won/|title=How Sum 41 Battled Boy Bands... and Totally Won|work=[[Riot Fest]]|date=July 12, 2018|access-date=June 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122211421/https://riotfest.org/2018/07/sum-41-battled-boy-bands-and-won/|archive-date=January 22, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Judas Priest]],<ref name=UG/><ref name=Chron/><ref>{{cite web|first=Graham|last=Hartmann|url=https://loudwire.com/sum-41-voices-dave-baksh-return-deryck-whibley-recovery/|title=Sum 41 Talk '13 Voices,' Dave's Return + Deryck's Recovery|work=[[Loudwire]]|date=October 25, 2016|access-date=June 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415160941/https://loudwire.com/sum-41-voices-dave-baksh-return-deryck-whibley-recovery/|archive-date=April 15, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Foo Fighters]],<ref name="HHO">{{cite web|url=http://www.hiponline.com/3344/sum-41-interview-2001.html|title=Sum 41 β Interview [2001]|work=Hip Online|date=August 6, 2001|access-date=January 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228090950/http://www.hiponline.com/3344/sum-41-interview-2001.html|archive-date=February 28, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Green Day]],<ref name="HOLLY"/> * [[NOFX]],<ref name=Chron/><ref name="knac.com"/><ref name="WhibleyInsp"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgdWDKLNx0U|title=Deryck Whibley on how NOFX inspired him to start Sum 41 - Juice Singapore|publisher=[[YouTube]]|date=August 25, 2017|access-date=April 3, 2022|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/hgdWDKLNx0U|archive-date=November 3, 2021|url-status=live|last=JUICE Singapore}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * [[Lagwagon]],<ref name=UG/> * [[Face to Face (punk band)|Face to Face]],<ref name=UG>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/frontman_deryck_whibley_explains_the_meaning_of_sum_41_name.html|title=Frontman Derrick Whibley Explains the Meaning of 'Sum 41' Name|work=[[Ultimate-Guitar]]|date=July 18, 2019|access-date=October 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415160939/https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/frontman_deryck_whibley_explains_the_meaning_of_sum_41_name.html|archive-date=April 15, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]],<ref name="SpinPoll" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0uerYiqD8U|title=Sum 41: Kurt Cobain's Influence - Cone McCaslin|publisher=[[YouTube]]|date=November 15, 2018|access-date=May 3, 2019|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/H0uerYiqD8U|archive-date=November 3, 2021|url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * [[the Beatles]]<ref name="HHO"/> (including [[John Lennon]]'s solo work),<ref>{{cite web|first=Matthew|last=Parker|url=https://www.musicradar.com/totalguitar/john-lennon-sum-41-interview-314486|title=John Lennon: Sum 41 interview|work=Music Radar|date=November 29, 2010|access-date=April 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605040647/https://www.musicradar.com/totalguitar/john-lennon-sum-41-interview-314486|archive-date=June 5, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Elvis Costello]],<ref name="WhibleyInsp"/> * [[Beastie Boys]],<ref name="WhibleyInsp"/><ref name="knac.com"/> * [[RunβD.M.C.]],<ref name="knac.com"/> * [[Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock]],<ref name="knac.com"/> * [[Metallica]],<ref name="knac.com"/><ref name="WhibleyInsp">{{Cite web|first=Michiel|last=Feenstra|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_OOfjGzIyk|title=Sum 41's Deryck about Metallica, Beastie Boys & NOFX (and other inspirations)|website=5 Essential Tracks|date=May 21, 2017|access-date=April 3, 2022|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/Y_OOfjGzIyk|archive-date=November 3, 2022|url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * [[Guns N' Roses]],<ref name="knac.com"/> * [[Iron Maiden]],<ref name="knac.com"/> }}}}<!--End note--> Sum 41 has inspired modern artists such as [[5 Seconds of Summer]], [[Seaway (band)|Seaway]], [[Dune Rats]], [[Marshmello]], [[PVRIS]], [[Trash Boat]], [[Neck Deep]], [[The Vamps (British band)|the Vamps]], [[Bully (band)|Bully]], [[Waterparks (band)|Waterparks]], and [[Roam (band)|Roam]].{{refn|group=note|Influenced:{{columns-list| * [[5 Seconds of Summer]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Jessica|last=Norton|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2102369/five-seconds-of-summer-meet-pop-punk-idols-sum-41/|title=5SOS Meet Their Idols, Get Starstuck AF|work=[[MTV]]|date=March 12, 2015|access-date=April 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424101710/https://www.mtv.com/news/obqqpm/five-seconds-of-summer-meet-pop-punk-idols-sum-41|archive-date=April 24, 2023|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Seaway (band)|Seaway]],<ref>{{Cite web|first=El|last=CorazΓ³n|url=https://www.thestranger.com/events/35633141/seaway-trophy-eyes-microwave-cant-swim-hot-mulligan|title=Seaway, Trophy Eyes, Microwave, Can't Swim, Hot Mulligan|work=[[The Stranger (newspaper)|The Stranger]]|date=December 14, 2018|access-date=January 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030233715/https://www.thestranger.com/events/35633141/seaway-trophy-eyes-microwave-cant-swim-hot-mulligan|archive-date=October 30, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Dune Rats]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://3voor12.vpro.nl/update~de1bf86f-fa7b-433e-b56f-b0d5225104d2~bks18-dune-rats-is-voor-alle-punkrockpartypeople~.html|title=BKS18: Dune Rats is voor alle punkrockpartypeople|work=3voor12|access-date=May 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419125925/https://3voor12.vpro.nl/update~de1bf86f-fa7b-433e-b56f-b0d5225104d2~bks18-dune-rats-is-voor-alle-punkrockpartypeople~.html|archive-date=April 19, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Marshmello]],<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Kat|last=Bein|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8477016/marshmello-creates-playlist-to-his-life-video|title=Marshmello Creates the Playlist to His Life: Watch|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=September 26, 2018|access-date=April 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209001423/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/marshmello-creates-playlist-to-his-life-video-8477016/|archive-date=February 9, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[PVRIS]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/kerrang-uk/20180505/281578061284480|title=PressReader - Kerrang! (UK): 2018-05-05 - PVRIS How Sum 41 Set Lynn Gunn On Her Musical Journey|via=PressReader|access-date=April 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503103908/https://www.pressreader.com/uk/kerrang-uk/20180505/281578061284480|archive-date=May 3, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Jennyfer J.|last=Walker|url=https://www.kerrang.com/features/pvriss-lynn-gunn-the-10-songs-that-changed-my-life/|title=PVRIS's Lynn Gunn: The 10 Songs That Changed My Life|work=[[Kerrang!]]|date=January 23, 2019|access-date=April 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605164553/https://www.kerrang.com/features/pvriss-lynn-gunn-the-10-songs-that-changed-my-life/|archive-date=June 5, 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Trash Boat]],<ref name="POPPUNKINF">{{cite magazine|first=Mackenzie|last=Hall|url=https://www.altpress.com/features/10_most_influential_bands_of_pop_punk/|title=The 10 most influential bands of pop punk|magazine=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]|date=June 14, 2016|access-date=April 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218024610/https://www.altpress.com/features/10_most_influential_bands_of_pop_punk/|archive-date=December 18, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Neck Deep]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Timothy|last=Monger|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/neck-deep-mn0003188027/biography|title=Neck Deep Biography|work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=April 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419114922/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/neck-deep-mn0003188027/biography|archive-date=April 19, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[The Vamps (British band)|the Vamps]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Emily|last=Brandon|url=https://ohmy.disney.com/music/2014/06/14/current-band-obsession-the-vamps/|title=Current Band Obsession: The Vamps - Disney Playlist|work=Oh My Disney|date=June 14, 2014|access-date=April 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802091212/https://ohmy.disney.com/music/2014/06/14/current-band-obsession-the-vamps/|archive-date=August 2, 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Bully (band)|Bully]],<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Will|last=Richards|url=https://diymag.com/2016/08/31/bully-cover-sum-41-fat-lip|title=Bully have covered Sum 41's 'Fat Lip' - the world rejoices|magazine=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]|date=August 31, 2016|access-date=April 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225120024/https://diymag.com/2016/08/31/bully-cover-sum-41-fat-lip|archive-date=February 25, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Waterparks (band)|Waterparks]],<ref name="POPPUNKINF"/> * [[Roam (band)|Roam]],<ref name="POPPUNKINF"/> }}}}<!--End note-->
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