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Sum 41's Deryck Whibley reflects on "Fat Lip" 20 years later Publish Date Tuesday, 27 April 2021, 9:24AM Sum 41 catapulted themselves into rock stardom in the blink of an eye, all thanks to their debut album All Killer, No Filler and its hit single "Fat Lip." Now, 20 years after releasing the track that would change their lives, frontman Deryck Whibley reflects on an iconic song that was almost never written. “It was the last song I had written for All Killer,” Whibley confessed during a recent interview with Stereogum. “The whole album was pretty much done. It w...

“It was the last song I had written for All Killer,” Whibley confessed during a recent interview with Stereogum. “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,” he recalled. “And I didn’t necessarily write it for this idea that I had for this sort of punk rock-rap kind of thing. I knew I had this old school rap idea mixed with punk rock sort of stuff, but I wrote this riff just as a riff. And then I ended up writing a chorus, like, months later. And th...

With its ripping opening riff and authority defying lyrics, lead single “Fat Lip” exploded that summer, reaching No. 1 on  Billboard’s Alternative Airplay and launching the band into superstardom. “In Too Deep” and “Motivation” were likewise hits, but the album was true to its title: songs like “Handle This,” “Heart Attack,” and even the self-described metal gag “Pain for Pleasure” made for a sharply-written and spirited record that also earned the respect of Sum 41’s heroes, like NOFX and Judas Priest. “This is gonna be the next great heavy metal band o...

The story of pop-punk in 16 songs From Green Day to All Time Low and beyond, this is the genesis and evolution of pop-punk told through the songs that changed it all… Words: Kerrang! staff Admitting to loving punk rock’s smilier, happier, dweebier cousin won’t earn you much in the way of cred among sneering musical snobs, but who cares when you’re grinning from ear to ear and screaming along to choruses so catchy they literally stay with you for decades? Few genres fall victim to as much apparent punching down as pop-punk yet continue to deliver so much genuine pleasure to its tru...

Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley: ​“I woke up to see my mum standing over me, and I knew instantly: ​‘Okay, this is bad…’ ” Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley on his darkest hour, getting sober, coping with fame and not-quite partying with Prince Words: Matt Allen Photo: Jenn Five When Sum 41 frontman, Deryck Whibley awoke from a coma in 2014, with his arms attached to a tangle of drips and tubes in hospital, a fresh perspective was in place: life had taken a big-time dip. Five albums into a seven-album career, and with a back catalogue featuring some of the most recognisable c...