Sum 41 has been nominated for three awards at the 2017 Alternative Press Music Awards! The nominations include Artist of the Year, Music Video of the Year for “Fake My Own Death,” and Best Drummer for Frank Zummo. Fans can vote for these categories and more at http://www.altpress.com/vote.
Sum 41 released their latest album, 13 Voices, in the Fall and saw incredible success with Billboard charting positions that included #9 on the Top Albums chart. The 10-track album was recorded, produced and engineered by singer Deryck Whibley at his home in Los Angeles and marks the band’s first LP in five years, following up 2011’s Screaming Bloody Murder. Fans and press alike praised the album and the band has been touring nonstop to sold-out crowds around the world.
Garnering a Music Video of the Year nomination for the APMA’s is very exciting seeing as it was the bands first big return to their classic off the wall videos. Directed by Marc Klasfeld, who previously worked with SUM 41 on their videos for “Fat Lip”, “In Too Deep” and “The Hell Song,” “Fake My Own Death” depicts the band performing on a rooftop in downtown Los Angeles, where all their worst nightmares –including Kim Kardashian, Michael Jordan, and Donald Trump– come to attack them. Singer Deryck Whibley states, “The song is about leaving the past behind and moving on. With the video, we’re making fun of pop culture in a similar tone to some of our past videos like “Hell Song” and “Still Waiting”. We’re basically saying, that in the middle of all this bullshit we’re just a rock band doing our thing.”