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All rights reserved. https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=424 Wed, 12 Mar 2025 12:02:01 -0400 Fri, 20 Oct 2017 19:49:45 -0400 60 Ultimate-Guitar.Com https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/static/_img/logo_trans.png https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=424 144 44 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/deryck-whibley-reveals-what-scared-him-before-sum-41s-final-show-recalls-what-happened-backstage https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/deryck-whibley-reveals-what-scared-him-before-sum-41s-final-show-recalls-what-happened-backstage Music News: "A lot of stuff can go wrong."]]> Wed, 12 Mar 2025 12:02:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/can-punk-endure-this-breakup-the-turbulent-genre-and-sum-41s-farewell-173568 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/can-punk-endure-this-breakup-the-turbulent-genre-and-sum-41s-farewell-173568 Features: Their unique take on punk and metal will be sorely missed.]]> Mon, 30 Dec 2024 11:16:51 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum-41-frontman-opens-up-on-what-it-really-feels-like-to-be-on-their-final-tour-its-finally-hitting-me https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum-41-frontman-opens-up-on-what-it-really-feels-like-to-be-on-their-final-tour-its-finally-hitting-me Music News: "It's coming to an end."]]> Thu, 19 Dec 2024 14:11:01 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/this_album_silenced_critics_and_proved_that_pop_punk_can_be_as_heavy_as_metal-170298 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/this_album_silenced_critics_and_proved_that_pop_punk_can_be_as_heavy_as_metal-170298 Features: This was the record that legitimized an entire genre.]]> Mon, 14 Oct 2024 09:50:03 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_frontman_deryck_whibley_accuses_former_manager_of_sexual_assault.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_frontman_deryck_whibley_accuses_former_manager_of_sexual_assault.html Music News: "He controlled everything in my life, but even the rest of the guys through the band. We were all under his wing."]]> Thu, 10 Oct 2024 19:03:00 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_announces_final_world_tour.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_announces_final_world_tour.html Music News: The "Tour of the Setting Sum" will celebrate the band's work with stops across the world.]]> Wed, 17 Jan 2024 10:52:42 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41s_deryck_whibley_released_from_hospital_after_a_tough_fight_with_pneumonia.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41s_deryck_whibley_released_from_hospital_after_a_tough_fight_with_pneumonia.html Music News: "Deryck was discharged after responding so well to his treatments."]]> Sun, 17 Sep 2023 22:25:23 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_are_breaking_up.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_are_breaking_up.html Music News: The band will disband after more than 25 years together.]]> Mon, 08 May 2023 16:37:17 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/kerry_king_says_he_turned_down_sum_41_guest_spot_10_times_reveals_epiphany_that_changed_his_mind.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/kerry_king_says_he_turned_down_sum_41_guest_spot_10_times_reveals_epiphany_that_changed_his_mind.html Music News: The guitarist became a part of pop punk's History.]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2023 22:39:10 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_frontman_sells_entire_publishing_catalog.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_frontman_sells_entire_publishing_catalog.html Music News: Deryck Whibley sold the rights to his recordings to HarbourView Equity Parners.]]> Fri, 19 Aug 2022 10:30:49 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_frontman_explains_his_problem_with_radiohead_shows_discusses_bands_upcoming_metal_album.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_frontman_explains_his_problem_with_radiohead_shows_discusses_bands_upcoming_metal_album.html Music News: "It sounds more confident than those early records".]]> Thu, 07 Jul 2022 15:00:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_announce_european_tour_with_simple_plan.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_announce_european_tour_with_simple_plan.html Music News: The "Does This Look All Killer No Filler" run will kick off in September.]]> Mon, 16 May 2022 23:00:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41s_dave_brown_sound_baksh_reveals_cancer_battle_and_prognosis.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41s_dave_brown_sound_baksh_reveals_cancer_battle_and_prognosis.html Music News: The musician found a tumor in March.]]> Wed, 04 May 2022 13:00:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_announce_double_album_called_heaven_and_hell.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_announce_double_album_called_heaven_and_hell.html Music News: It's claimed to be a pop punk/Metal fusion record.]]> Thu, 24 Mar 2022 21:34:55 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_bassist_talks_shock_of_meeting_metallica_recalls_annoying_thing_lars_did_to_everyone_at_afterparty.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_bassist_talks_shock_of_meeting_metallica_recalls_annoying_thing_lars_did_to_everyone_at_afterparty.html Music News: "You'd be like, 'Oh, *** off, stop it!'," Cone McCaslin said.]]> Fri, 30 Oct 2020 15:31:38 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_frontman_names_song_he_never_intended_to_release.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_frontman_names_song_he_never_intended_to_release.html Music News: "When I was writing it, I didn't ever think it was going to be a Sum 41 song," Deryck Whibley said.]]> Wed, 25 Dec 2019 17:17:32 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_guitarist_recalls_producer_telling_him_his_tone_sucks_a_lot__how_it_affected_him.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_guitarist_recalls_producer_telling_him_his_tone_sucks_a_lot__how_it_affected_him.html Music News: The guys also remember a wild party moment with producer Jerry Finn.]]> Tue, 24 Dec 2019 12:26:54 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_frontman_assumes_metalheads_dont_like_his_band_talks_relationship_with_metal_music.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_frontman_assumes_metalheads_dont_like_his_band_talks_relationship_with_metal_music.html Music News: "There's a reason why in 'Fatlip' we say, 'Maiden and Priest were the gods that we praise," Deryck Whibley says.]]> Sun, 22 Dec 2019 17:49:59 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_frontman_talks_becoming_famous_at_young_age_says_hes_probably_worst_musician_in_the_band.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_frontman_talks_becoming_famous_at_young_age_says_hes_probably_worst_musician_in_the_band.html Music News: "And I'm not very funny or very talkative either," Deryck Whibley says.]]> Mon, 28 Oct 2019 09:00:26 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_frontman_talks_finding_balance_between_writing_music__producing_it_thinks_he_would_do_a_great_job_producing_metallica.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_frontman_talks_finding_balance_between_writing_music__producing_it_thinks_he_would_do_a_great_job_producing_metallica.html Music News: "I don't really find that being the producer affects the songwriting for me," Deryck Whibley says.]]> Tue, 30 Jul 2019 07:41:39 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_bassist_names_favorite_metallica_song__favorite_grunge_band.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_bassist_names_favorite_metallica_song__favorite_grunge_band.html Music News: "The next day, I went out, told my parents, 'I need, '...And Justice for All,''" Jason "Cone" McCaslin says.]]> Mon, 29 Jul 2019 08:52:14 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_frontman_this_was_my_first_thought_when_i_picked_up_the_guitar.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_frontman_this_was_my_first_thought_when_i_picked_up_the_guitar.html Music News: "When I started playing, it was around the time that the two biggest bands in the world were Guns N' Roses and Nirvana," Deryck Whibley says.]]> Thu, 25 Jul 2019 08:35:50 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_frontman_answers_is_the_new_album_heavier_on_purpose.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_frontman_answers_is_the_new_album_heavier_on_purpose.html Music News: Deryck Whibley also talks new songs he's most proud of.]]> Tue, 23 Jul 2019 06:35:38 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/heres_what_sum_41_sounds_like_playing_classic_metallica.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/heres_what_sum_41_sounds_like_playing_classic_metallica.html Music News: The boys delivered a medley of three songs live at the SiriusXM studios.]]> Fri, 19 Jul 2019 12:59:54 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/frontman_deryck_whibley_explains_the_meaning_of_sum_41_name.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/frontman_deryck_whibley_explains_the_meaning_of_sum_41_name.html Music News: "When we were first starting out, we were a band called Kaspir," the musician explains.]]> Thu, 18 Jul 2019 15:20:08 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_guitarist_names_favorite_metallica_solo_explains_what_made_kirk_hammetts_style_great.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_guitarist_names_favorite_metallica_solo_explains_what_made_kirk_hammetts_style_great.html Music News: "It might be a little controversial with the, like, elite shredders out there," Dave Baksh says.]]> Tue, 16 Jul 2019 08:16:03 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_frontman_talks_new_album_names_song_that_was_never_meant_to_be_released.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_frontman_talks_new_album_names_song_that_was_never_meant_to_be_released.html Music News: Deryck Whibley also explains what made him include the track on the record after all.]]> Mon, 08 Jul 2019 15:36:54 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_frontman_on_writing_song_about_mental_health_i_cant_really_relate_to_people_who_committed_suicide_but_i_can_certainly_relate_to_people_who_were_left_behind.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_frontman_on_writing_song_about_mental_health_i_cant_really_relate_to_people_who_committed_suicide_but_i_can_certainly_relate_to_people_who_were_left_behind.html Music News: "I wouldn't ever want to try to sing a song, trying to relate to that," Deryck Whibley said.]]> Mon, 10 Jun 2019 14:12:25 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/the_story_behind_pieces_by_sum_41-87504 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/the_story_behind_pieces_by_sum_41-87504 Features: A song about trying to be perfect for somebody else.]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2019 21:27:47 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_frontman_whats_the_essence_of_a_guitar_riff_in_my_book.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sum_41_frontman_whats_the_essence_of_a_guitar_riff_in_my_book.html Music News: "To me, guitar riffs are just different variations of a vocal melody."]]> Fri, 20 Oct 2017 19:49:45 -0400