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Deryck Whibley
Background information
Birth name	Deryck Jason Whibley[1]
Also known as	Bizzy D, Gunner
Born	March 21, 1980 (1980-03-21) (age 29) Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Punk rock, alternative metal, skate punk, pop punk, rapcore, alternative rock
Occupations	Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Producer, Actor
Instruments	Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Piano, Bass, Drums, Mellotron
Years active	1994–present
Labels	Island
Associated acts	Sum 41, Tommy Lee, Iggy Pop, Treble Charger, The Operation M.D.
Notable instruments
Squier Signature Telecaster Model

Deryck Jason Whibley^[1] (born March 21, 1980) is a Canadian musician and producer, best known for his work as the guitarist, lead vocalist, songwriter and producer of the Juno Award-winning rock band Sum 41. Sum 41 has sold over 10 million albums and won multiple awards across the world.

Early life and Sum 41

Whibley was born in Scarborough, Ontario. His parents are of English descent. He never met his father, and talks of it in the song Dear Father from the album Underclass Hero. He was in several bands before he met Steve Jocz in high school. His first band was called "The Powerful Young Hustlerz", a hip hop band that covered rap songs from The Beastie Boys, and N.W.A. Deryck and Steve became good friends and started a band called "Kaspir". The band consisted of Whibley as lead singer, Jocz on drums, Mark Spicoluk on bass, Dave Baksh and Marc Costanzo on guitar. They later fired Spicoluk due to him getting into too much trouble, and Costanzo left to form the pop band, Len. Deryck Whibley then replaced the other guitarist. They changed their name from "Kaspir" to "Sum 41" for a supernova show. They got Cone McCaslin to play bass in 1999.

Professional career

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. 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.^[2]

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 disk 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.^[3]

Personal life

Whibley was married to fellow singer Avril Lavigne in 2006.^[4] Lavigne initiated divorce proceedings in October 2009 claiming irreconcilable differences.^[5]

See also

• List of guitarists

References

External links

• Sum 41 Deryck's Band Official Site
• Deryck Whibley at the Internet Movie Database
• Fender Artist Deryck's Fender Artist Profile
• Squier Guitars Deryck's Signature Telecaster