The person I most admire: Deryck Whibley

Deryck Jason Whibley, who was born in Scarborough on 21 March 1980, is a Canadian singer, guitar player and producer. He had a very difficult childhood because he never met his father and he had to be brought up by his mother, who was a teenager back then. Nevertheless, he soon discovered that he was musically gifted.

At the age of thirteen he already had his first band, which was a hip hop trio. Afterwards, he learnt to play the guitar and went through some rock groups until he created Sum 41 in 1999. Deryck and his band played punk/rock worldwide and sold more than three million copies of his first studio album ,“All Killer, No Filler”, back in 2001. He continued with his professional career and, in 2006, he married the pop star Avril Lavigne. He produced her last album, which was very successful and also sold millions of copies.

Nowadays, Deryck keeps playing in Sum 41 and touring all over the world. More over, they have released their sixth studio album this month, which is called “Screaming Bloody Murder”, though he got divorced lately and he went through a serious crisis. I admire Deryck’s musical talent the most, but I also value his determination and how he overcame his problems when he was a child.