Half Hour of Power by Sum 41

Half Hour of Power, Sum 41's debut EP, arrived on June 27, 2000, on Aquarius Records in Canada and Big Rig, an Island Records offshoot, in the US, and it's the sound of four Ontario punks with more energy than they know what to do with. The band had come out of Ajax in 1996 and signed with Island in 1999, and this was the first thing the deal put in the shops.

Deryck Whibley sings and plays guitar, Dave Baksh throws in the lead-guitar flash, Jason McCaslin holds down the bass and Steve Jocz hammers the drums, all of them chipping in on backing vocals. Greig Nori produced it, keeping the skate-punk speed and the pop hooks in balance. "Makes No Difference" is the one that stuck. All Killer, No Filler, and "Fat Lip", were right around the corner.

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