Half Hour of Power

Infobox Album
Name = Half Hour of Power
Type = ep
Artist = Sum 41


Released = June 27, 2000
Recorded = 1999 - 2000
Genre = Pop punk
Length = 30:00
Label = Big Rig (US)
Aquarius (Canada)
Producer = Greig Nori, Deryck Whibley
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=A4gd5vwxia9ek link]
Last album = "1998 demo tape"
(1998)
This album = "Half Hour of Power"
(2000)
Next album = "All Killer No Filler"
(2001)
Misc = Singles
Name = Half Hour of Power
Type = ep
single 1 = Makes No Difference
single 1 date = 2000

Half Hour of Power is Sum 41's debut EP . Despite it's title, there is only 24 minutes of music on it, with 6 minutes of dead space added on. It was released on June 27, 2000 on Big Rig Records, a subsidiary of Island Records (US), and Aquarius Records (Canada).

On the thanks to section, it states "This EP Is dedicated in loving memory to the band Closet Monster."

This is the second of three times that "Summer" appeared on a Sum 41 album, the first being the 1998 Demo tape, and the third being "All Killer No Filler". The band planned to put the song on each of their albums as a joke, but scrapped the plan after "All Killer No Filler".The cover of the album features drummer Steve Jocz in his boxer shorts holding a water gun. It bears a resemblance to the cover of the Megadeth album So Far, So Good... So What!

The song "Dave's Possessed Hair/It's What We're All About" was redone as "It's What We're All About" for the Spider Man soundtrack.

In an online poll, the song "Makes No Difference" was voted favorite song, with "Machine Gun" coming in second. [ [http://theresnosolution.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=832&p=11820&hilit=survivor+game#p11820 TheresNoSolution.com - Boards • View topic - Half Hour Of Power Survivor Game ] ]

Track listing

All songs by Sum 41
#"Grab the Devil by the Horns and **** Him Up the *** - 1:06
#"Machine Gun" – 2:29
#"What I Believe" – 2:49
#"T.H.T. (Tables Have Turned)" – 0:43
#"Makes No Difference" – 3:10
#"Summer" – 2:40
#"32 Ways to Die" – 1:30
#"Second Chance for Max Headroom" – 3:51
#"Dave's Possessed Hair/It's What We're All About" – 3:47
#"Ride the Chariot to the Devil" – 0:55
#"Another Time Around" – 3:19 (6:52 with added silence to make album length thirty minutes)
#"Makes No Difference" - (Japanese Bonus Enchanced Video Track)
#"Gone Gone Gonerrhea - (Japanese Bonus Enchanced Video Track)

ingles

*"Makes No Difference" - 2000

Personnel

*Deryck "Bizzy D" Whibley – Vocals, guitar
*Dave "Brownsound" Baksh - guitar, Vocals
*Jason "Cone" McCaslin – bass
*Steve "Stevo 32" Jocz – drums

1998 Demo Tape

Referred to by fans as "Rock Out With Your Cock Out", Sum 41's demo tape was released in 1998 on cassette only.

Infobox Album
Name = 1998 Demo Tape
Type = Demo
Longtype =
Artist = Sum 41

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Released = 1998
Recorded = 1998
Genre = Pop punk
Punk rock
Length = 9:40
Label =
Producer = Marc Costanzo
Reviews =
Last album =
This album = "1998 demo tape"
(1998)
Next album = "Half Hour of Power"
(2000)

It was the first and only demo tape to be recorded by the band. This demo was produced by Marc Castanzo.
This demo tape was never officially released and was only used as a promotional material for record labels and was given away to a few random people at the time, and is extremely rare.

It is also the only Sum 41 release to feature Richard "Twitch" Roy on bass.

Three of the songs on this record, "What I Believe", "Another Time Around" and "Summer" were later re-recorded for the debut EP, "Half Hour of Power". The cover was also reused for the Half Hour Of Power EP.

A copy of the Demo tape recently sold on eBay in January 2008 for $50 and is currently the only copy known to have been sold online. In February 2008 the tape was leaked onto the internet along with its information.

Track listing

# "Summer" (Demo version) - 2:50
# "Another Time Around" (Demo version) - 2:18
# "What I Believe" (Demo version) - 2:52
# "Astronaut" - 1:43

Personnel

* Deryck Whibley - lead vocals/guitar
* Dave Baksh - lead guitar/backing vocals
* Richard "Twitch" Roy - bass
* Steve Jocz - drums/backing vocals

References