Steve Jocz

Steve Jocz
Steve singing during "Pain for Pleasure"
Background information
Birth name	Stephen Martin Jocz
Also known as	Stevo32, Stevo, Pain
Born	July 23, 1981 (1981-07-23) (age 30) Ajax, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Punk rock, pop punk, melodic hardcore, alternative rock, alternative metal
Occupations	Musician, drummer, songwriter, music video director
Instruments	Drums, vocals, guitar, piano
Years active	1996–present
Labels	Island, Aquarius
Associated acts	Sum 41, The Operation M.D., The Vandals, Avril Lavigne, Iggy Pop, Treble Charger
Notable instruments
Remo Drumheads DW Zildjian

Stephen Martin "Steve" Jocz (nicknamed Stevo32 or Stevo) was born on July 23, 1981, and is best known as the drummer for Canadian punk band Sum 41.

Early life

In high school, Steve was the captain of the dive team and portrayed his skills in the music video for "In Too Deep". Jocz graduated high school in 1999.

Personal life

Jocz (pronounced Yotch) is of Polish descent. He was born in Ajax, Ontario, to Marg and Phil Jocz, and has an older sister named Jenn. Around 1993, he met future Sum 41 frontman, Deryck Whibley. They became the first two members of the band, which formed out of two rival bands at their local high school. Jocz married singer Jessy Moss in November 2008. The couple have a son together, born April 2011.

Profesional carrer

Sum 41

In 1999, the band signed an international record deal with Island Records. The band released their debut album, All Killer No Filler in 2001. The band achieved mainstream success with their first single from the album, "Fat Lip", which reached number-one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and remains the band's most successful single to date.^[1] All Killer No Filler' was certified platinum in the United States, Canada and in the UK.^[2] The band has since released four more studio albums: Does This Look Infected? (2002), Chuck (2004) Underclass Hero (2007) and Screaming Bloody Murder (2011). The three albums before Screaming Bloody Murder have been certified platinum in Canada.

The band often performs more than 300 times each year and holds long global tours, most of which last more than a year.^[3] They have been nominated for seven Juno Awards and have won twice (Group of the Year in 2002 and Rock Album of the Year for Chuck in 2005). Their fifth studio album, Screaming Bloody Murder, was released on March 29, 2011. With Sum 41, he is known for his outspoken personality and toilet humor in interviews. He is sometimes considered the frontman of the band because of his outgoing personality and the fact he often takes over interviews. He has done lead vocals in some of their songs, including – most notably – "Pain for Pleasure" and "Fat Lip".

Drums

Jocz endorses Vic Firth sticks, Zildjian cymbals, Remo drum heads and DW Drums and Hardware. He uses a 10x13 rack tom, 20x24 bass drum, 14x16 and 16x18 floor tom. He lists Dave Grohl, Tommy Lee, Lars Ulrich, Ringo Starr, Erik Sandin, Keith Moon, and Josh Freese as some of his biggest drumming influences.

Other appearances

Aside from drums, Stevo plays the piano and guitar. He sings lead vocals for the Sum 41 alter-ego heavy metal band Pain For Pleasure. He is also featured on drums in his bandmate Cone McCaslin's side project, The Operation M.D. on both of their albums, where he is referred to as Dr. Dinero, although uncredited on the first album.

In 2007, Jocz recorded drums for two songs on Avril Lavigne's album, The Best Damn Thing.

In the summer of 2008, Stevo toured with The Vandals on the Vans Warped Tour as a touring drummer.^[4][5]

More recently, Stevo has started a career directing music videos.

Discography

Sum 41

See also: Sum 41 discography

• Half Hour of Power (2000)
• All Killer No Filler (2001)
• Does This Look Infected? (2002)
• Does This Look Infected Too? (2003)
• Chuck (2004)
• Go Chuck Yourself (2005)
• Underclass Hero (2007)
• All the Good Shit: 14 Solid Gold Hits 2000-2008 (2009)
• Screaming Bloody Murder (2011)

The Operation M.D.

• We Have an Emergency (2007)
• Birds + Bee Stings (2010)

Avril Lavigne

• The Best Damn Thing (2007) – drums on "One of Those Girls" and "Contagious"

Treble Charger

• Detox (2002)

Iggy Pop

• Skull Ring (2003) – drums on "Little Know It All"

Videos directed

As a director, Steve has created the following music videos:

• "Change For You" (2006) – The Midway State
• "Sayonara" (2007) – The Operation M.D.
• "Underclass Hero" (2007) – Sum 41
• "Someone Like You" (2007) – The Operation M.D.
• "With Me" (2008) – Sum 41
• "One for the Radio" (2008) – McFly
• "Starstrukk" (2009) – 3OH!3
• "Starstrukk" (Remix) (2009) – 3OH!3 featuring Katy Perry
• "No Hablo Ingles" (2009) – Bowling for Soup
• "Stupid Love Letter" (2009) – The Friday Night Boys
• "No Way But the Hard Way" (2009) – Airbourne
• "Screaming Bloody Murder" (2011) – Sum 41

Honors

• The music channel "Kerrang" rated him the 40th best drummer of all time.

See also

• List of drummers

References

1. ^ "Artists Chart History". Billboard (Nielsen Company). http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Singles&model.vnuArtistId=401778&model.vnuAlbumId=476041. Retrieved August 17, 2008. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ Edwards, Gavin (December 17, 2001). "People of the Year 2001: Sum 41". Rolling Stone (Wenner Media). http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/sum41/articles/story/5918959/people_of_the_year_2001_sum_41. Retrieved August 19, 2008. 
3. ^ "Sum 41 Past Tour Dates". Island Records. http://www7.islandrecords.com/sum41/site/tour_pastshows.las. Retrieved August 17, 2008. 
4. ^ "Island | Island Def Jam". Islandrecords.com. http://www.islandrecords.com/site/artist_newsinfo.php?artist_id=259&uf_item_id=2-1712623. Retrieved October 19, 2011. 
5. ^ "Updates from Sum 41". Punknews.org. http://www.punknews.org/article/29986. Retrieved October 19, 2011. 

External links

• Sum 41 official site
• Zildjian Artist Profile
• Stevo on video "Change For You" (only available in Canada)
• Article: Sum 41 drummer busy director

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