O Sum 41 se formou em 1996, em Ajax, Ontario, Canadá, pelos adolescentes Deryck Whibley e Steve Jocz. Cone McCaslin foi recrutado somente em 1999, depois da banda ter tido vários baixistas. O grupo apostava numa mistura bem humorada de pop, punk e hip hop.
O nome da banda, Sum 41, é uma abreviação da expressão: "41 days into the Summer", ou seja, 41 dias de verão, porque a banda foi formada no 41° dia do verão canadense.
Depois de criarem uma fita com algumas travessuras da banda (incluindo um roubo de pizzas com armas d'água)
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
Verse 1: EbmC# I've said this before BF# No matter how hard I try EbmC# I can't help be bored BF# While this world passes by EbmC#/F So this revelation's BC# got no meaning EbmC#/F We lost it all in BC# hopeless dreaming Ebm Am I just losing grip F# Paint it black and C# just forget me Ebm This worlds a sinking ship F#C# coz our baggage is too heavy
Chorus 1: EbmC#/F I can't stop believing there's BC# something to be said EbmC#/F What are we achieving with BC# the bullshit that we're fed EbmC#/F I know I'm not going to stay BC# Or live to see the day EbmC#/F this world comes to be BC# So here's a resignation from EbmBC#Ebm me a resignation from me BC# a resignation from me
Interlude: Ebm--Bbm--F#--C# x2
Verse 2: EbmC# I've said this before BF# No matter how hard I try EbmC# I can't help be bored B While this world passes F#EbmC# by Don't tell me we're BF# closed to something EbmC#BF# That we don't even understand Ebm Were prisoners to our homes F# Some might say that C# were all to blame Ebm The outsides so unknown F#C# And no one here to complain
Chorus 2: EbmC#/F I can't find the answers BC# to save humanity EbmC#/F I can't find the anger here's BC#Ebm a resignation from me BC#Ebm a resignation from me BC#Ebm a resignation from me B C# Ebm--E-E-Ebm--E-E-Ebm--E-E-Ebm-Ebm-Ebm-Ebm a resignation from me