Pertama kali gue tau tentang band ini dari seorang temen waktu SMP. Lagu pertama yang gue denger dari Sum41 adalah Pieces. Gak tau kenapa, gue terhanyut banget sama liriknya yang dalem. Akhirnya gue memutuskan untuk mendonlot full album Chuck sama Underclass Hero yang merupakan dua album terakhir mereka.
Sebelumnya, gue sama sekali gak tau kalo ada aliran yang bernama pop punk. Maklum waktu SMP gue terhalang dari peredaran. Setelah meng-google segala macemnya tetang Sum41, gue baru tau kalo ada aliran namanya Pop Punk.
Gue mulai tertarik sama band ini. Gue donlot semua album-albumnya. Dari mulai EP mereka yang "Half Hour To Power" sampe "Underclass Hero". Sejauh ini, album favorit gue adalah All Killer No Filler.
Keseluruhan album mereka berkisahkan tentang pemikiran anak muda yang kritis, serta komplain-komplain terhadap lingkungan sekitar dan orang tua. Semua itu dipaparkan secara gamblang dan lugas.
Sampai pada suatu saat Sum41 terjadwalkan untuk manggung di Jakarta. Tanpa banyak pkir, akhirnya gue beli tiket konser tersebut dan menyaksikan live footage mereka yang ternyata mengagumkan walaupun pada waktu itu Dave Bashk sudah mengundurkan diri. Akhirnya, gue sadar gue bener2 jatuh cinta sama band pop punk ini.
Oiya, Sum41 "tadinya" terdiri dari 4 personil yaitu:
1. Deryck Whibley
Vocal/Rythm Guitar
2. Cone McCaslin
Bass
3. Steve Jocz
Drummer
4. Dave Baksh
(former) Lead guitar
Dave keluar dari sum41 pada tahun 2006. "Chuck" merupakan album terakhirnya bersama Sum41.
Keluarnya Dave menyebabkan surut-nya Sum41 dari dunia permusikan selama 3 tahun lamanya.
Pada tahun 2007 Sum41 mengeluarkan album pertama mereka tanpa Dave sebagai Lead Guitar. Dan posisi Dave digantikan oleh Tom Thacker.
(Tom Thacker: Additional Guitar)
Berikut daftar album-album dari Sum41:
1. (Full Album) Half Hour To Power (2000)
2. A Killer No Filler (2001)
3. Does This Look Infected? (2002)
4. Chuck (2004)
5. Underclass Hero (2007)
Info lebih lanjut dari www.wikipedia.com :
"Sum 41 adalah band yang berasal dari Ajax, Ontario, Kanada. Awalnya Sum 41 dibentuk oleh Deryck Whibley (vokal, gitar) dan Steve Jocz (Drum) yang merupakan teman semasa SMA. Nama Sum 41 dipilih karena band ini dibentuk 41 hari sebelum musim panas (summer). Anggota ketiga yang masuk adalah Dave Bashk (gitar), dan yang terakhir adalah Jason McCaslin (Bass) pada tahun 1999 setelah sempat berganti-ganti pemain bass. Mereka merilis album pertama mereka pada tahun 2000 yang berjudul Half Hour of Power di bawah label Island Record.
Manajer pertama mereka adalah Greig Nori, vokalis Treble Charger. Deryck meminta Greig Nori untuk menjadi manajer Sum 41. Greig Nori berpendapat bahwa Deryck adalah seorang anak yang sangat berambisi menjadi bintang rock. Sebagian besar lagu Sum 41 ditulis oleh Deryck, beberapa ditulis oleh Stevo, lagu-lagu yang ditulis Stevo seperti Pain for Pleasure (All Killer No Filler) dan Ma Poubelle (Underclass Hero) biasanya adalah hanya untuk lelucon. Stevo pernah berkata di Exposed, Much Music, tanpa Deryck kita hanya band yang memainkan lagu orang lain.
Aliran musik Sum 41 pada umunmya adalah Pop Punk dan Punk Rock. Di album Half Hour Of Power dan All Killer No Filler mereka mengusung aliran Pop Punk, di Does This Look Infected? mereka mulai memainkan musik Punk Rock keras, di Chuck mereka memasukan unsur Metal didalamnya, dan di Underclass Hero mereka kembali ke unsur musik Pop Punk. Dalam bermusik, Sum 41 kebanyakan dipengaruhi oleh band-band Rock 80'-90'an, seperti: Beastie Boys, Metallica, Nofx, dan The Vandals. "
Kenapa bagi gue Sum41 itu bener-bener "inspiring", soalnya mereka ngajarin gue secara gak langsung akan kehidupan yang selama ini gue anggap gampang. Secara gak langsung mereka ngerubah sudut pandang gue akan kehidupan. Dari lirik-lirik lagu mereka yang sarkastik, musik mereka yang agresif. Semua itu ngebuka mata gue, bahwa kehidupan yang selama ini gue jalanin itu merupakan kehidupan yang penuh kebusukan. Dan ini salah satu lirik yang bener-bener nyadarin gue:
"And we're all to blame, we've gone too far,from pride to shame,we're trying so hard,we're dying in vain,we're hopelessly blissful and blind. To all we are, we want it all with no sacrifice!"
Memang lirik tersebut terlihat sangat sederhana dan menggunakan penggulangan kata yang banyak. Namun inti dari kalimat itu sangat dalam. Dimana kita sebagai umat manusia melakukan banyak kebusukan dan kesalahan.
Gue juga ngambil banyak nasehat dari lagu-lagu Sum41 yang terkesan ringan, namun membawa banyak amanat. Berikut salah satu lirik yang bener-bener bikin mata gue kebuka:
"Now that you're older life's weighing on your shoulders.You can't seem to keep things so perfectly straight. With most things so basic you might as well face it. You can't help but worry it's all just begun"
Empat kalimat tersebut menyadarkan gue bahwa gue gak boleh takut menjalani kehidupan yang baru aja gue hadapi. Dan itu membuat bener-bener kagum sama permainan lirik Sum41 yang begitu mengesankan.
Jika kita membicarakan band Pop Punk, mungkin jika dibandingkan dengan Greenday, Sum41 merupakan anak kecil yang mencoba menggapai prestasi tinggi. Namun bagi gue, Sum41 sudah berhasil mencapai puncak keberhasilan mereka. Karena Sum41 sudahberhasil merubah hidup gue, memberi gue inspirasi dalam menghadapi kehidupan. emang terkesan agak lebay, tapi benar adanya.
Sampai sekarang, gue masih ngedengerin musik pop punk dari band-band lain. Tapi yang paling "ngena" di hati gue itu Sum41. Makasih Deryck, Steve, Cone dan Dave..... *smooch
Sebagai penutup, gue bakal ngasih kalian beberapa lirik lagu dari Sum41 yang jadi favorit gue:
FAT LIP
Storming through the party like my name was El Niño,
When I'm hanging out drinking in the back of an El Camino.
As a kid, was a skid, and no one knew me by name.
Trashed my own house party, 'cause nobody came.
I know I'm not the one you thought you knew back in high school.
Never going, never showing up when we had to.
Attention that we crave, don't tell us to behave.
I'm sick of always hearing "act your age".
I don't want to waste my time,
Become another casualty of society.
I'll never fall in line,
Become another victim of your conformity and back down.
Because you don't
Know us at all, we laugh when old people fall,
But what would you expect with a conscience so small?
Heavy metal and mullets, it's how we were raised.
Maiden and Priest were the gods that we praised.
'Cause we like having fun at other people's expense and
Cutting people down is just a minor offense then.
It's none of your concern, I guess I'll never learn,
I'm sick of being told to wait my turn.
I don't want to waste my time,
Become another casualty of society.
I'll never fall in line,
Become another victim of your conformity and back down.
Don't count on me
To let you know when.
Don't count on me,
I'll do it again.
Don't count on me.
It's the point you're missing.
Don't count on me,
'Cause I'm not listening.
Well I'm a
No good nick lower middle class brat, backpacked,
And I don't give a shit about nothing.
You be standing on the corner talking all that kufuffin.
Well you don't make sense from all the gas you be huffing.
'Cause if the egg don't stain, you'll be ringing off the hook,
You're on the hit list, wanted in the telephone book.
I like songs with distortion, to drink in proportion.
The dentist* said my mom should've had an abortion.
When I'm hanging out drinking in the back of an El Camino.
As a kid, was a skid, and no one knew me by name.
Trashed my own house party, 'cause nobody came.
I know I'm not the one you thought you knew back in high school.
Never going, never showing up when we had to.
Attention that we crave, don't tell us to behave.
I'm sick of always hearing "act your age".
I don't want to waste my time,
Become another casualty of society.
I'll never fall in line,
Become another victim of your conformity and back down.
Because you don't
Know us at all, we laugh when old people fall,
But what would you expect with a conscience so small?
Heavy metal and mullets, it's how we were raised.
Maiden and Priest were the gods that we praised.
'Cause we like having fun at other people's expense and
Cutting people down is just a minor offense then.
It's none of your concern, I guess I'll never learn,
I'm sick of being told to wait my turn.
I don't want to waste my time,
Become another casualty of society.
I'll never fall in line,
Become another victim of your conformity and back down.
Don't count on me
To let you know when.
Don't count on me,
I'll do it again.
Don't count on me.
It's the point you're missing.
Don't count on me,
'Cause I'm not listening.
Well I'm a
No good nick lower middle class brat, backpacked,
And I don't give a shit about nothing.
You be standing on the corner talking all that kufuffin.
Well you don't make sense from all the gas you be huffing.
'Cause if the egg don't stain, you'll be ringing off the hook,
You're on the hit list, wanted in the telephone book.
I like songs with distortion, to drink in proportion.
The dentist* said my mom should've had an abortion.
MOTIVATION
What's the difference of never knowing at all,
When every step I take is always too small.
Maybe it's just something I can't admit,
But lately, I feel like I don't give a shit.
Motivation, such an aggravation.
Accusations, don't know how to take them.
Inspiration's getting hard to fake it.
Concentration, never hard to break it.
Situation, never what you want it to be.
What's the point of never making mistakes?
Self-indulgence's such a hard habit to break.
It's all just a waste of time in the end.
Don't care, so why should I even pretend?
Motivation, such an aggravation.
Accusations, don't know how to take them.
Inspiration's getting hard to fake it.
Concentration, never hard to break it.
Situation, never what you want it...
Nothing's new, everything's the same
It keeps on dragging me down, (it's getting kind of lame).
I'm falling further behind, (there's nothing to explain).
No matter what you say, nothing's going to change my mind.
Can't depend
On doubt until the end.
It seems like
Leaving friends has become this year's trend,
And though I can't pretend, it's fine to be mislead.
It's not the same, but who's to blame
For all those stupid things I never said?
Motivation, such an aggravation.
Accusations, don't know how to take them.
Inspiration's getting hard to fake it.
Concentration, never hard to break it.
UNDERCLASS HERO
When every step I take is always too small.
Maybe it's just something I can't admit,
But lately, I feel like I don't give a shit.
Motivation, such an aggravation.
Accusations, don't know how to take them.
Inspiration's getting hard to fake it.
Concentration, never hard to break it.
Situation, never what you want it to be.
What's the point of never making mistakes?
Self-indulgence's such a hard habit to break.
It's all just a waste of time in the end.
Don't care, so why should I even pretend?
Motivation, such an aggravation.
Accusations, don't know how to take them.
Inspiration's getting hard to fake it.
Concentration, never hard to break it.
Situation, never what you want it...
Nothing's new, everything's the same
It keeps on dragging me down, (it's getting kind of lame).
I'm falling further behind, (there's nothing to explain).
No matter what you say, nothing's going to change my mind.
Can't depend
On doubt until the end.
It seems like
Leaving friends has become this year's trend,
And though I can't pretend, it's fine to be mislead.
It's not the same, but who's to blame
For all those stupid things I never said?
Motivation, such an aggravation.
Accusations, don't know how to take them.
Inspiration's getting hard to fake it.
Concentration, never hard to break it.
UNDERCLASS HERO
Well I won't be caught living in a dead-end job,
While praying to my government, guns and God.
Now it's us against them, we're here to represent
And spit right in the face of the establishment.
And now I don't believe (in having faith in nothing),
Stand on my own (and got no sympathy).
Wasting the youth (while being young and useless).
Speak for yourself (and don't pray for me).
Well because we're doing fine, and we don't need to be told
That we're doing fine, 'cause we won't give you control.
And we don't need anything from you,
'Cause we'll be just fine, and we won't be bought and sold, just like you.
(A call across the Underclass.)
Calling out loud with no respect,
I'm not the one, I'm just another reject.
I'm the voice to offend all those who pretend.
Unsung against the grain, I'm here to rise against.
Now I'm desensitized (I state my place in nowhere),
Burning the flag (of the degeneration).
Everyone sing (the anthem of no future).
Down with the mass ('cause we're not listening).
Well because we're doing fine, and we don't need to be told
That we're doing fine, 'cause we won't give you control.
And we don't need anything from you,
'Cause we'll be just fine, and we won't be bought and sold, just like you.
May I have your attention please?
I pledge allegiance to the Underclass,
As your hero at large!
One, two, three, four...
We're the saints of degeneration,
We don't owe anyone an explanation.
Fuck elitists, we don't need this,
We're the elite of just alright.
While praying to my government, guns and God.
Now it's us against them, we're here to represent
And spit right in the face of the establishment.
And now I don't believe (in having faith in nothing),
Stand on my own (and got no sympathy).
Wasting the youth (while being young and useless).
Speak for yourself (and don't pray for me).
Well because we're doing fine, and we don't need to be told
That we're doing fine, 'cause we won't give you control.
And we don't need anything from you,
'Cause we'll be just fine, and we won't be bought and sold, just like you.
(A call across the Underclass.)
Calling out loud with no respect,
I'm not the one, I'm just another reject.
I'm the voice to offend all those who pretend.
Unsung against the grain, I'm here to rise against.
Now I'm desensitized (I state my place in nowhere),
Burning the flag (of the degeneration).
Everyone sing (the anthem of no future).
Down with the mass ('cause we're not listening).
Well because we're doing fine, and we don't need to be told
That we're doing fine, 'cause we won't give you control.
And we don't need anything from you,
'Cause we'll be just fine, and we won't be bought and sold, just like you.
May I have your attention please?
I pledge allegiance to the Underclass,
As your hero at large!
One, two, three, four...
We're the saints of degeneration,
We don't owe anyone an explanation.
Fuck elitists, we don't need this,
We're the elite of just alright.
Dan ini lirik dari lagu yang pertama kali ngenalin gue sama Sum41:
PIECES
I tried to be perfect
But nothing was worth it
I don’t believe it makes me real
I thought it’d be easy
But no one believes me
I meant all the things I said
If you believe it’s in my soul
I’d say all the words that I know
Just to see if it would show
That I’m trying to let you know
That I’m better off on my own
This place is so empty
My thoughts are so tempting
I don’t know how it got so bad
Sometimes it’s so crazy
That nothing can save me
But it’s the only thing that I have
If you believe it’s in my soul
I’d say all the words that I know
Just to see if it would show
That I’m trying to let you know
That I’m better off on my own
On my own
I tried to be perfect
It just wasn’t worth it
Nothing could ever be so wrong
It’s hard to believe me
It never gets easy
I guess I knew that all along
If you believe it’s in my soul
I’d say all the words that I know
Just to see if it would show
That I’m trying to let you know
That I’m better off on my own
But nothing was worth it
I don’t believe it makes me real
I thought it’d be easy
But no one believes me
I meant all the things I said
If you believe it’s in my soul
I’d say all the words that I know
Just to see if it would show
That I’m trying to let you know
That I’m better off on my own
This place is so empty
My thoughts are so tempting
I don’t know how it got so bad
Sometimes it’s so crazy
That nothing can save me
But it’s the only thing that I have
If you believe it’s in my soul
I’d say all the words that I know
Just to see if it would show
That I’m trying to let you know
That I’m better off on my own
On my own
I tried to be perfect
It just wasn’t worth it
Nothing could ever be so wrong
It’s hard to believe me
It never gets easy
I guess I knew that all along
If you believe it’s in my soul
I’d say all the words that I know
Just to see if it would show
That I’m trying to let you know
That I’m better off on my own
_Nindya_
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