Derik Whibley is a rather unusual person; in addition to participating in Sum 41, he is involved in several other activities. Once he tried himself in the acting field, playing Tony in the movie Dirty Love ("Dirty Love"). Also, the musician starred in the movie King Of The Hill ("King of the Hill"). In addition, this is the former spouse of the once popular punk rock singer Avril Lavigne.
Biography
Derik Jason Whibley, also known as BizzyDee, was born March 21, 1980 in Scarborough (USA, Ontario). The boy was brought up without a firm father's hand, and his mother had a very difficult time.
Music attracted Derik from childhood, so he began to build his career at the age of 14. Even before meeting with Steve Joseph in high school, he managed to participate in several school teams. The first group of Derick Whibley was The Powerful Young Hustlerz, and the music was hip-hop.
Sum 41
Acquaintance with Steve very quickly grew into a strong friendship, and a team called Kaspir was born. Derik took on the role of vocalist, but after the bassist left, he took his place. Soon the guys went to a television show dedicated to the search for young talents, and changed their name to Sum 41. The secret was that the group was created during 41 summer days. The guys managed to show themselves worthily and immediately flew to the top of the charts in several countries at once.
Derik Whibley writes texts and music on his own, and such groups as Nirvana, Elvis Costello and The Beatles influenced his work. Sometimes, when drummer Steve Jos sings, a musician takes his place. And at concerts in some songs he plays keyboard parts.
Other activity
Derik Whibley is co-producer of Sum 41, as well as manager of Greig Nori. In 2008, he helped his (now former) wife Avril Lavigne on her tour of The Best Damn Thing. Within its framework, they performed the song Sum 41 - In Too Deep in a duet, so on the network you can find a fan video of those happy minutes.
Endorser of a famous company
The musician has long collaborated with Fender, so he can be seen with models of guitars such as Standard Telecaster, Fender '72 Telecaster Deluxe and American Telecaster HH. In 2007, the company implemented a personalized tool called Deryck Whibley Telecaster. It was created on the basis of Telecaster Deluxe (1972), which has a more elongated neck feather and a pickguard of irregular shape.
The personalized Fender Telecaster model differs from the original in that it has a Duncan Designed bridge humbucker, has one operating mode - full humbucker. The strings pass through the housing, and the bridge is securely fixed. The body of the pickguard is made of agatis and covered with three layers of plastic. The neck is made of maple wood and is divided into 21 frets.
The company offers two color options - Olympic White (Olympic White) and Black (Black), but the main color of the picgard is always black. Also on the case painted red crosses, which, in fact, is a special sign of the nominal model.
Disease
Derik Whibley does not hide the fact that he suffers from alcohol addiction. For many years he drank alcohol in huge doses, ruthlessly poisoning his own body, and this led him to the intensive care unit. Under the close supervision of doctors, Derik spent about a month, as the liver and kidneys refused to work. On the official website you can see him chained to a hospital bed.
At that time, the guy was only 34 years old. The musician believes that if he even once allows himself to “fill in the collar” with at least 100 grams, he will definitely go to the forefathers. Below is a photo of Derik Whibley, which can only be called "On the verge of death."
He drank soundly every single day and one night poured himself another shot of alcohol, about to watch an interesting film. Suddenly, Derik felt sick, his consciousness went out. The bride immediately brought the musician to the intensive care unit, where he was rescued by putting more than one dropper. The first week, Derik lay in a coma, and when he woke up, he could not understand where he was. A mother and a stepfather stood over him, which reassured a little frightened guy.
When Derik Whibley realized what had happened, he realized that he should not drink more under any circumstances. Now he knows that everything should be a measure, otherwise the outcome is obvious. Despite the fact that he was very hard, he was able to be inspired by new ideas for creating the next album.
First marriage
The guitarist of the popular Sum 41 band, Derik Whibley and Avril Lavigne, were a great couple for three years, but something prevented their happiness, and they broke up. The acquaintance between the musicians began even when the singer was a charming 17-year-old girl, and when another two years passed, it became obvious that they were together.
In 2006, Whibley made Avril an original marriage proposal - right in the middle of romantic Venice. The wedding took place on July 15, 2006 in the town of Montecito (California). Avril was charming in her dress from Vera Wong, and Derik looked very courageously in a suit of "Hugo Boss". The best friend of the musician was his bosom friend Steve Joseph, and the sister of the singer Michelle was the bridesmaid. The celebration was distinguished by its splendor, and about 110 people came to congratulate the couple. By the way, Derik Whibley during the marriage took the name of his popular wife. They lived in Bel Air (Los Angeles), but happiness did not last long, and already in 2009 it was announced the collapse of this beautiful union.
New life
After breaking up with Avril, the musician was spotted with a model from England named Han Bet. However, in 2013, the musician met his current wife, and in August 2015, Derik Whibley and Ariana Cooper got married.
The wedding took place a year after the musician was in intensive care and almost died. The celebration took place in Los Angeles, at the Bel Air Hotel, where Whibley lived with his previous wife. The party on this occasion was quite classic, but the black and white wedding cake and sneakers on the bride's legs betrayed the informality of the newlyweds. About a hundred guests came to the wedding.