Deryck Whibley
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| Deryck Whibley | ||
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 Deryck during the "Go Chuck Yourself" tour
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Deryck Jayson Whibley | |
| Born | March 21, 1980 | |
| Origin | Scarborough, Ontario. Canada | |
| Genre(s) | Pop punk, Punk rock, Alternative rock, Alternative metal | |
| Occupation(s) | Musician Producer |
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| Instrument(s) | vocals, Guitar, keyboard/piano, drums | |
| Years active | 1996 - present | |
| Label(s) | Island Records (Universal) | |
| Associated acts |
Sum 41 Pain For Pleasure Treble Charger Avril Lavigne Iggy Pop |
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Deryck Jayson Whibley (born March 21, 1980), also known as Bizzy D, is a musician and producer better known for his work as the lead vocalist and songwriter of Canadian pop punk Juno Award winning band Sum 41. He also plays the guitar, drums and keyboard/piano. As a producer he was one of the founders and directors of Bunk Rock Productions. Whibley was born in Scarborough, Ontario. Whibley's main influences include Elvis Costello, The Beatles, and southern California punk bands. He started his career as a musician due to his favorite band when he was 14 years old, Nirvana.
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[edit] Sum 41 & Professional career
Around 1993 Deryck met the future Sum 41 drummer Steve Jocz. The two of them became the first members of the band that had formed from rival bands, 41 days into the summer of 1996. The band has topped charts in several countries. He is Gunner in Sum 41's alter-ego band Pain for Pleasure. Deryck writes all of Sum 41's lyrics (except for some of Fat Lip) and most of their music.
Deryck is part of Bunk Rock Music, a music management and production company. In Bunk Rock he had co-produced some of the Sum 41 albums and for his longtime mentor and manager's (Greig Nori) band, Treble Charger albums, in Treble Charger he has also done backing vocals for the album Detox, also he used to produce for No Warning. More recently he is the producer of the first EP album from the side project of bandmate Jason McCaslin, called The Operation.
Besides his musical career he has worked on occasion as an actor. He portrayed the character Tony on the movie Dirty Love.
More recently along with the new Sum 41 album he is also involved with the next album of Avril Lavigne, where he is producing and writing some of the more rock/punk-rock oriented songs. [1]
[edit] Personal life
He was previously in a relationship with Hilton hotels heiress Paris Hilton for a short period. In March 2004 he began dating fellow Canadian singer, Avril Lavigne, and they became engaged in June 2005. Whibley proposed to Lavigne by surprising her with a trip to Venice, a romantic picnic, a gondola ride, and then a helicopter ride. The couple finally married in a traditional ceremony on July 15th, 2006 at a private estate in the California coastal city of Montecito, located 87 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Lavigne wore a Vera Wang gown, carried pearl white Australian roses and was walked down the aisle by her father. Whibley wore a Hugo Boss suit and was accompanied by four groomsmen, Steve Jocz (his best man), Cone McCaslin, Matt Lavigne, and Sum 41's close friend Robb Dipple. There were about 110 guests in attendance.[2] Their first dance as a married couple was to the Goo Goo Dolls song Iris. When asked if they were ready for kids they said not right now but somewhere down the road. [3][4] [5]
[edit] Instruments
He now plays a modified Fender American Telecaster HH, Fender 72' Telecaster Deluxe (with a Seymour Duncan Bridge pickup) and a Fender Standard Telecaster. He also has been known previously to play Gibson SGs, and Gibson Les Pauls. He plays the drums when Stevo Jocz is singing in the Sum 41 Alter-Ego band Pain For Pleasure. In the song Pieces when performed live Whibley sometimes uses a piano or keyboard instead of a guitar.
He plans to release a Fender Signature Telecaster, sometime in the middle of next year. He said it will come out around the same time as their new album. It will be available in black, white, and red and black, according to the official Q&A section.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Sum 41
Arrengements, songwriting, vocals, guitar and piano throughout all albums, other roles when noted.
- Half Hour Of Power (1999/2000), Producer
- All Killer No Filler (2001), Drums on "Pain For Pleasure"
- Motivation EP(2002), Producer
- Does This Look Infected? (2002), Drums on "Reign In Pain" and "WWVII Parts 1 & 2" (Live only)
- Does This Look Intected Too? (2002), Producer
- Chuck (2004), Producer on "Subject To Change"
- Go Chuck Yourself (2005/2006), Executive Producer
- Sum 41 TBA Album (2007), Producer
[edit] Others
An asterisk (*) after the album name indicates that the colaboration was done with Sum 41.
- Various Artists - National Lampoon's Van Wilder (Soundtrack)* (2002), Producer
- Various Artists - FUBAR: The Album* (2002), Producer, drums
- Various Artists - Spider-Man Soundtrack* (2002), Producer
- Treble Charger - Detox (2002), Co-Producer, vocals and guitar
- No Warning - Ill Blood (2002), Co-Producer, arranger, management
- Iggy Pop - Skull Ring* (2003), Producer, vocals, guitar, songwriter
- No Warning - Suffer, Survive (2004), Co-Producer, arranger, management
- Various Artists - Fantastic 4: The Album* (2004), Vocals, guitar, songwriter
- Ludacris - The Red Light District* (2004), Guitar
- Various Artists - Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1* (2004), Producer, vocals, guitar, songwriter
- Various Artists - Rock Against Bush, Vol. 2 (2004), Producer
- Iggy Pop - A Million in Prizes: The Anthology (2005), Vocals, guitar, songwriter
- Various Artists - Killer Queen: A Tribute To Queen* (2005), Vocals, piano
- Tommy Lee - Tommyland: The Ride (2005), Guitar
- The Operation - First studio album (2007), Producer
- Avril Lavigne - Third studio album (2007), Producer, songwriter
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Sum 41 Deryck's Band Official Site
- Deryck's Interview with Playboy Magazine
- CBC Canada Deryck's wedding coverage
- Deryck's Wedding - yet another wedding story!
