Sum 41 hit worldwide radar in 1996 after tiny Ajax, Ontario, proved unable to fully contain the foursome's blathering mixture of punk-pop riffing, hip-hop poses, and toilet-bowl humor. Led by guitarist/vocalist
Deryck Whibley, who looked like a mash-up of
The Prodigy's
Keith Flint and cartoon land's Calvin, the band also included guitarist/vocalist
Dave Baksh, bassist
Cone Mccaslin, and drummer
Steve Jocz. Wooed by the boys' goofy antics and incendiary live show (and excited about the prospect of promoting their very own
Blink-182), Island put
Sum 41 on the payroll in 1999. The
Half Hour Of Power EP followed, and Warped Tour dates got the word out. They returned in 2000 with the fun-filled full-length
All Killer No Filler, and the singles "In Too Deep" and "Fat Lip" became staples of both modern rock radio and Total Request Live.