Deryck Whibley

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Deryck Whibley
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Whibley performing in 2019
Born
Deryck Jason Whibley

(1980-03-21) 21 March 1980 (age 41)
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Occupation
  • Musician
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
Spouse(s)
  • ​
    ​
    (m. 2006; div. 2010)​
  • Ariana Cooper
    ​
    ​
    (m. 2015)​
Children1
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • piano
  • drums
Years active1993–present
Labels
Associated actsSum 41
Websitederyckwhibley.net

Deryck Jason Whibley[1] (born 21 March 1980), nicknamed Bizzy D,[2] is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, best known for his work as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, keyboardist, main songwriter, producer, and only constant member of the rock band Sum 41.

Recording career[]

Sum 41[]

Main article: Sum 41
Whibley performing in 2008

Whibley formed Sum 41 with drummer Steve Jocz, bassist Richard Roy and vocalist Jon Marshall.[3][4] They were originally called Kaspir, and were a NOFX cover band.[3][5] In 1999, the band signed an international record deal with Island Records.[6] The band released their debut album, "Half Hour of Power" in 2000, then All Killer No Filler in 2001.[6][7] The band achieved mainstream success with their first single from the album, "Fat Lip", which reached number-one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and remains the band's most successful single to date.[8] All Killer No Filler was certified platinum in the United States, Canada and in the UK.[9] The band has since released six more studio albums: Does This Look Infected? (2002), Chuck (2004), Underclass Hero (2007), Screaming Bloody Murder (2011), 13 Voices (2016), and Order in Decline (2019). The three albums before Screaming Bloody Murder have been certified platinum in Canada.

Deryck Whibley performing in 2017.

The band often performs more than 300 times each year and holds long global tours, most of which last more than a year.[10] They have been nominated for seven Juno Awards and have won twice (Group of the Year in 2002 and Rock Album of the Year for Chuck in 2005).[11][12] Their fifth studio album, Screaming Bloody Murder, was released on March 29, 2011.[13] During the Screaming Bloody Murder Tour, the band added Deryck Whibley's cousin Matt Whibley on keyboard.

Solo work[]

Besides Sum 41, Whibley developed a professional career in the music industry as producer and manager. Deryck was part of Bunk Rock Music, a music management and production company. He produced for No Warning with the company as well. Since parting ways with Greig Nori, he sold his part of the company in early 2005.

During the Sum 41 hiatus in 2005 and 2006, he worked with Tommy Lee on guitar and backing vocals for his album, Tommyland: The Ride, and A Million in Prizes: The Anthology with Iggy Pop.

He worked as the producer of We Have an Emergency, the debut album by Sum 41 co-member Jason McCaslin's side project The Operation M.D.. In 2007, he mixed the debut album of the band Permanent Me. He was also involved with the Avril Lavigne album, The Best Damn Thing, where he produced and played guitar.[14]

Besides his musical career, he has worked on occasion as an actor. He portrayed the character Tony in the movie Dirty Love, and himself as a guest character in King of the Hill.

In November 2007, Whibley suffered a herniated disc while drumming on the song "Pain for Pleasure". This happened while Sum 41 was on tour with Finger Eleven, and the remainder of the Strength in Numbers Tour was canceled although Finger Eleven did travel to Winnipeg, Manitoba to play the show with Die Mannequin and Inward Eye in replacement of Sum 41.[15]

On the Operation M.D.'s second album Birds + Bee Stings, which was released on June 29, 2010, Deryck mixed one track entitled "Sick + Twisted". He also played keyboard and piano on the same track. Deryck has also joined the band live, playing guitar on this song, on December 21, 2010, at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto.

Deryck contributed some guitar to Tommy Lee's side project Methods of Mayhem's second album A Public Disservice Announcement which was released on September 21, 2010.

He co-wrote the songs "Broken Pieces" and "Lost in Reality" with 5 Seconds of Summer which appeared on their She's Kinda Hot EP.

Instruments[]

Whibley uses a black customized '72 Fender Telecaster Deluxe live with his well-known red X's for decoration and good luck.[16] He has also put out a signature guitar with Squier, a sub-brand of Fender. The signature Squier comes in black and Olympic white, sports the two red X's and has one humbucking pickup in the bridge position, which is a Seymour Duncan Designed HB-102. It also has his signature "Deryck" written on the headstock.[17] In the past Deryck has used many Gibson guitars such as the Flying V, Les Paul, SG and a Gibson Marauder, which was his first guitar given to him by his mother and has been used in some of the band's videos such as "Fat Lip" and "In Too Deep". According to October 2007's issue of Rock Sound magazine, Deryck also uses '59 Les Paul Reissues, '52 Telecaster Reissues, Telefunken and Neumann mics, Plexi 100 watt Marshall Heads and Cabinets and cables.[18]

Personal life[]

Whibley lived in Ajax, Ontario, and attended Southwood Park Public School. He grew up in a single parent household. If Whibley was not a musician, he could see himself doing architecture in another life. [19] As a teenager, he attended Exeter High School. It was there that he and his bandmates were discovered while playing at their War of the Bands.[20] In high school, Whibley was the captain of his basketball team.

Whibley's ex-wife, Avril Lavigne

In 2003, Whibley dated Hilton Hotels heiress and reality TV celebrity Paris Hilton.[21]

Whibley married fellow singer Avril Lavigne in 2006. The couple occasionally performed together and have spoken about their relationship in interviews. Whibley and Avril Lavigne began dating when she was 19 years old, after being friends since she was 17.[22]​

The wedding was held on July 15, 2006. About 110 guests attended the wedding, which was held at a private estate in Montecito, California.[23]​

After little over three years of marriage Lavigne filed for divorce on October 9, 2009 and the divorce was finalised on November 16, 2010.[24]

On August 30, 2015, Whibley married model Ariana Cooper in Los Angeles.[25] Deryck and Ari have one child, Lydon Igby, born March 1, 2020.[26]

Health issues[]

Whibley has chronic back pain due to a series of back injuries, starting with a slipped disc during a 2007 concert.[27] On August 5, 2010, Whibley was hospitalized after he was attacked in a bar in Japan late at night by three unknown individuals.[28] After an MRI scan, it was revealed that Whibley herniated a disc in his back for the fourteenth time.[29] Although advised against performing, Whibley rejoined the band on August 8 in Osaka for the Summer Sonic Festival.[30] The back injuries, alongside severe anxiety, caused Whibley to self-medicate with alcohol.[27] Whibley again injured his back in April 2013, causing him to miss shows.[31]

On May 17, 2014, Whibley announced that, a month earlier, he had been hospitalized for alcoholism after his liver and kidneys failed.[32]

Discography[]

With Sum 41[]

Main article: Sum 41 discography

References[]

  1. ^ "American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers". ASCAP. Archived from the original on June 1, 2017. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
  2. ^ Gavin Edwards (2001-09-24). "Sum 41: Teenage Rock & Roll Machine – Rolling Stone". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Sum 41-B-sides and rarities list". There's No Solution. Theresnosolution.com. Retrieved October 16, 2008.
  4. ^ Chan, Helen (June 2, 2015). "Sum 41: Overcoming the Worst, Preparing for a Comeback". Emptylighthouse.com. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  5. ^ "Sum 41 Drummer Steve Jocz Leaves Band". Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "Sum 41 Half Hour of Power". Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  7. ^ Birchmeier, Jason. "All Killer, No Filler – Sum 41". AllMusic. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  8. ^ "Artists Chart History". Billboard. Nielsen Company. February 2016. Archived from the original on March 17, 2006. Retrieved August 17, 2008.
  9. ^ Edwards, Gavin (December 17, 2001). "People of the Year 2001: Sum 41". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Archived from the original on February 11, 2009. Retrieved August 19, 2008.
  10. ^ "Sum 41 Past Tour Dates". Island Records. Archived from the original on February 9, 2007. Retrieved August 17, 2008.
  11. ^ "Best Group: Yearly summary: 2002". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
  12. ^ "Group of the Year: Yearly summary: 2005". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
  13. ^ allmusic
  14. ^ Elias, Matt (September 15, 2006). "High-Fashion Victoria Ladd Promises 'Upbeat' New LP, Says Married Life 'Rocks!'". Mtv.com. Archived from the original on June 4, 2009. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
  15. ^ "Back Injury Sidelines Sum 41 | News". Ultimate-guitar.com. October 29, 2007. Archived from the original on October 12, 2012. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
  16. ^ Squier Guitars by Fender: The Official Website Archived February 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  17. ^ Squier Guitars by Fender: The Official Website Archived January 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  18. ^ TheresNoSolution.com – Boards • View topic – Rocksound Archived December 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  19. ^ "7 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Sum 41's Deryck Whibley".
  20. ^ "Sum 41". www.facebook.com. Archived from the original on 2016-01-05.
  21. ^ "Paris Hilton's Romantic History". E! News. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  22. ^ Metcalfe, Luisa (October 15, 2009). "Avril Lavigne Files Divorce". OK! Magazine. Archived from the original on February 26, 2010. Retrieved April 6, 2010.
  23. ^ Kessler, Vincent (July 17, 2006). "Avril Lavigne Weds". SFgate.com. Archived from the original on June 18, 2009. Retrieved March 28, 2010.
  24. ^ Mazur, Kevin (September 17, 2009). "Avril Lavigne and Deryck Whibley Separate". People. Archived from the original on April 20, 2010. Retrieved April 6, 2010.
  25. ^ McBride, Caitlin (September 1, 2015). "Avril Lavigne's ex Deryck Whibley weds Ariana Cooper one year after coma due to organ failure". Irish Independent. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
  26. ^ "Deryck Whibley is a dad".
  27. ^ Jump up to: a b whibley
  28. ^ "Deryck Whibley Attacked in Japan – Avril Lavigne, Deryck Whibley". People.com. August 7, 2010. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
  29. ^ MacNeil, Jason (August 6, 2010). "Sum 41 rocker hurt in bar attack". Toronto Sun. Retrieved August 7, 2010.
  30. ^ Bhamra, Satvir (August 9, 2010). "Sum 41 frontman attacked". Amplified.tv. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
  31. ^ back injury
  32. ^ Williams, John (May 17, 2014). "Sum 41's Deryck Whibley hospitalized for alcoholism: 'If I have one drink the docs say I will die'". Toronto Sun. Retrieved May 17, 2014.

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