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I've been addicted to Sporcle quizzes for almost two weeks, like I'm a freshman in college again.
Last night, around 11 PM, I was Sporcling like there's no tomorrow (even though tomorrow was quickly approaching), banging out "Billboard Year-End Top 25 Singles of X year" quizzes and was at a/"Tha Crossroads" (#7 on the 1997 year-end list) for 2002. I knew the answer for #11, but it wasn't registering due to typos.
Now, if you've been reading DOL since B.T.W.E. (Before the Weebly Era), you know that spelling, grammar, subject-verb agreement, proper punctuation; basically everything in writing other than voice/tone has never really been my swag. I stink out loud at spelling, like to the point where sometimes I think I'm a functioning illiterate. I'm not like Charlie Kelly, I know the alphabet, but sometimes I have to think for juuust a little too long to remember what sounds certain letter combinations make, especially with names when rules that I don't even know by heart aren't always followed. I've had to look up "Aguilera", "Olajuwon", "Havlicek", "Abdul Jabbar" (No disrespect to Islam, but I always type Alcindor because it's easier; although after staring at the line above for about a minute, I realize that Abdul Jabbar is pretty much spelled how it sounds) every time I've ever typed them. I thought there was a "d" in Blige until like last week despite my sister holding the world record for most plays of "Family Affair" Like my shitty wiener and social awkwardness, I blame my old man. Hollywood Henderson was actually talking about him when he said Terry Bradshaw couldn't spell cat if you spotted him that c-a. This is my long winded way of saying I don't look up answers while Sporcling because that defeats the purpose of playing; I'm not Putin, but googling a correct spelling that google can register from my attempt is 100% fair game in my eyes. It's not like I'm googling "49ers FB" in a situation where I need "Juszczyk", I just can't spell that shit on my own. You really think I don't fucking know that "Complicated" is by Avril Lavigne? When I was closing out tabs with "Ki-C & Jo Jo" (that "I" gets me every time), other examples that I can't remember, and "Lavigne" (I always think it's Lavinge), I ended up going down to Avril's Wikipedia. In case you're unaware, Avril not only made the highest-selling album of the 21st century by a Canadian artist, but she also was married into Canadian 2000s Rocker Royalty TWICE; Deryck Whibley of Sum 41 (2006-2010) and Chad Kroeger of Nickelback (2013-2015). Obviously, I had to click on both of their wikipedia pages and it wasn't long before I ended on Sum 41's and saw that Steve Jocz was a "past member" 
The music of my youth has never left my rotation, but I'm not going to pretend like I've kept up with the ins and outs of every band I've ever liked. I grew up on pop-punk and alt-rock. I loved Sum 41 when I was in middle school. So much so that I sang "Fat Lip" while fake playing a Wal Mart electric guitar at the P*mouth Middle School Talent Show in 2002 with a classmate named Abe. I didn't know what abortion was at the time, so 10-year-old pre-Dozah I sang the song as is, and yes, there was a gasp in the audience. But, hand up, I didn't even know Stevo left Sum 41, until last night/heard and forgot, so I was flabbergasted when I read this:
I know a showroom worth of people who work in real estate. It's a cool job; you can make a great living; I wish Netflix didn't cancel the Santa Clarity Diet, but let's not act like being a real estate agent is in the same stratosphere as being the drummer for Sum 41 (or The Sums). Pour some out for this victim of conformity.
I couldn't believe it. Stevo went from banging the skins in a song about not being bought and sold to literally selling houses. Life comes at you FAST, my dude. I thought this was one of those examples of Wikipedia not being a reliable source, but I dug a little deeper, and it's as real as the estate he sells. 
I mean that is a nice color scheme, but this bums me the fuck out.
What's next? Joel and Benji Madden leave Good Charlotte to start a Madden and Madden law firm? Jesse Lacey's Lexus Dealership? Why would Stevo, who was arguably more of the face of Sum 41 than Deryck Whibley, give up the rockstar life to be a normie? Was he in too deep?
Granted, I am technically years behind the news (not that this is common knowledge), but Stevo a being realtor blows Lindsay Lohan's net worth and Spider from School of Rock being a D.A. out of the water for most shocking where-are-they-now from middle school pop culture.
Sum 41 belongs on the Mount Rushmore of number bands. They're a seminal point of the early-mid 2000s pop-punk wave that shaped my developing mind. They weren't selling out Madison Square Garden, but they were on TRL. They had a platinum and three gold records. Frontman Deryck Whibley is divorced and still doing quite well financially.
Stevo was a STAR in the early oughts. He was on par with Steve-O for a brief time. The dude was on MTV Cribs (although the was at his parent's house, but think that was for comedic effect)
MTV Cribs Stevo Sum 41 from Steve Jocz on Vimeo.
There's countless stories of rockstars who blew it all, so I hope Stevo isn't doing this for anything other than the love of the game. Maybe the dude just wants to put you in your dream house? If so, that's a beautiful thing, but from a sentimental standpoint, it always bums me out to see change. Stevo started this band with Deryck in high school. Was there a falling out? My research didn't show one. Regardless, this discovery really fucked me up (A lot, 21 Savage). It blows my mind that someone would make this career change.
As long as Stevo is happy, good for him, but much like Blink 182 without Tom DeLonge, I don't want to exist in a world where there is a Sum 41 w/o Stevo, even though I've been living in that world for eight years. At least he still drums from time to time.
But this will forever be weird to me and a tad disheartening.
P.S.
I gotta imagine he gets at least 41 of these texts a week. I can't lie I thought about reaching out.
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4/3/2022 10:12:23 am
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Not sure how you can go from rock drummer to Joe Normalguy job and tolerate it, but good for Stevo if he's happy with it! I just don't know how anyone could ever do it. Leave a Reply. |
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