Deryck Whibley

Template:Infobox musical artist 2 Deryck Jayson Whibley (born March 21, 1980), also known as Bizzy D, is a musician and producer better known for his work as the guitarist and lead vocalist and songwriter of Canadian pop punk Juno Award winning band Sum 41. As a producer he was one of the founders and directors of Bunk Rock Productions. Whibley was born in Scarborough, Ontario. However, his hometown is Ajax, Ontario, since that was where Sum 41 was formed. He married fellow Canadian singer/songwriter Avril Lavigne on July 15, 2006, in Montecito, California.

Early life

Deryck is the son of divorced parents. He was raised by his mother, Michelle who moved from place to place during his early years. They finally landed in Ajax, Ontario, Canada, where he spent his teenaged years. Deryck's first 'band' was a trio hip-hop/rapping group, 'Powerful Young Hustlers' covering songs in the hip-hop genre. At age 16, after having formed Sum 41, he met Treble Charger's frontman Greg Nori at a local place in Ontario.

Sum 41

Main article: Sum 41

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DeryckDeryck during the "Go Chuck Yourself" tour.

Professional career

Besides Sum 41, Whibley has 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. In Bunk Rock he had co-produced some of the Greig Nori's band albums, Treble Charger. In Treble Charger he has also done backing vocals for the album Detox, in the company, he used to produce for No Warning. Since parting ways with Greig, 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, from Iggy Pop.

Currently he is working as the producer of the first EP album from the side project of bandmate Cone McCaslin, called The Operation M.D. and the producer of the next Sum 41 album. For 2007, he is mixing the first album of a new band called Permanent Me. He is also involved with the new album by Avril Lavigne "The Best Damn Thing", where he produced, played guitar and bass, recorded backing vocals, and co-wrote the music for some of the more rock/punk-rock oriented songs.

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

Personal life

In 2003, he was rumored to date Paris Hilton for about six months. In January of 2004, Deryck began dating fellow Canadian pop/rocker Avril Lavigne. During the last part of Lavigne’s European Tour for the Bonez Tour shows, she and Whibley took a trip to Venice and got engaged. The couple married in a traditional ceremony on July 15, 2006 at a private estate in the California coastal city of Montecito, located about 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, and Sum 41's drummer), Jason "Cone" McCaslin (Sum 41's bassist), Avril's older brother Matt Lavigne, and Sum 41's close friend Robb Dipple. Lavigne's younger sister Michelle Lavigne was one of the bridesmaids. About 110 guests attended the wedding, and their first dance as a married couple was to the Goo Goo Dolls song "Iris".

Discography

Sum 41

Main article: Sum 41 discography

Arrangements, 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 Infected Too? (2002), Producer
• Chuck (2004), Producer on "Subject To Change"
• Go Chuck Yourself (2005/2006), Executive Producer
• Underclass Hero (2007), Producer

Others

An asterisk (*) after the album name indicates that the collaboration 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. 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
• Permanent Me - After The Room Clears (2007), Mixing
• The Operation - We Have An Emergency (2007), Producer
• Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing (2007), Producer, guitar, bass

See also

List of guitarists

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